Author Archives: Chey721

I remember in high school, my teachers always would say “NEVER USE WIKIPEDIA AS A SOURCE.” I used to think I really cracked the system when I would use the references on Wikipedia as my source and not the actual wikipedia page. The teacher’s main reason for not us to list wikipedia as a sourceContinue reading “Scientific Communication: Becoming a Wikipedia”

Imagine you’re a plant biologist on an isolated island conducting research and you just sequenced a novel plant species, never before seen, that produces diamonds as seeds. This is amazing and your discovery has to be shared with everyone, but how? How does a knowledge-creating sector share this knowledge? Well, there are many tiers toContinue reading “Evaluating your Source”

When I was searching for documentaries for the Applied Plant Ecology Film Festival, I struggled between two films which I thought best provided information and cleared up misconceptions about plant. I ended up choosing an episode from Battleground Everglades about invasive species, but a close second was “A Fragile World.” With a duration of 51Continue reading “A Fragile World: Climate Change”

What binds all human societies is the need for survival and supplying our most basic needs, food for survival. From the richest to the poorest, food security is an issue of great importance to us all.  The agricultural industry has a net worth 2.4 TRILLION globally (according to croplife.com as of 2015). Additionally, the agricultural industry is aContinue reading “Sustainable Agriculture”

When you do a google search for “ecologist,” the first few images that pop up are women. Of the top 10 images, 7 of them show women in the field. This is vastly different from the face of science many years ago. While many women have been influential and contributed to the field their impactsContinue reading “ELENA M. BENNETT”

Over the 4 years I have spent at York University, if I went to the library it was definitely Staecie Science library. The only time I would venture into Scott library is if I was meeting with a group to study, but that was not very common. As I began doing research practicums with Dr.  BazelyContinue reading “A journey to the Sound and Moving Image Library”