Jim Handman.bsky.social
@sciencejim.bsky.social
Executive Director, Science Media Centre of Canada.
Former Exec Producer, CBC Quirks & Quarks, Ryerson University (now TMU) journalism instructor. Award-winning science journalist and SciComm trainer. http://sciencemediacentre.ca/
Former Exec Producer, CBC Quirks & Quarks, Ryerson University (now TMU) journalism instructor. Award-winning science journalist and SciComm trainer. http://sciencemediacentre.ca/
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Science interrupted: How the Trump administration’s cuts to U.S. science are derailing Canadian research - from @scibri.com universityaffairs.ca/features/fea...
Science interrupted - University Affairs
How the Trump administration’s cuts to U.S. science are derailing Canadian research
universityaffairs.ca
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Science interrupted: How the Trump administration’s cuts to U.S. science are derailing Canadian research - from @scibri.com universityaffairs.ca/features/fea...
Science on shaky ground: Canadian research shifts in the wake of US cuts - from @ljevanso.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Science on shaky ground: Canadian research shifts in the wake of US cuts
Scientists hunt for the silver lining amid the changing funding landscape.
www.nature.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Science on shaky ground: Canadian research shifts in the wake of US cuts - from @ljevanso.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Is this the moment Canada gets serious about science and the economy? www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Is this the moment Canada gets serious about science and the economy?
The federal budget includes $1.7-billion to attract international researchers and support Canadian R&D and IP protections
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Is this the moment Canada gets serious about science and the economy? www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e93470d...
Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says
Low rate of R&D investment plays key role in productivity crisis, according to Council of Canadian Academies
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Canada’s research and scientific spending is declining relative to other nations, report says www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e93470d...
Bizarre and disturbing article: Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era - thelocal.to/investigatin...
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Bizarre and disturbing article: Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era - thelocal.to/investigatin...
We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
Congrats to the winners: @odetteauger.bsky.social, @docleslie.bsky.social, @isabellegroc.bsky.social, @arnokopecky.bsky.social, @ninilab.bsky.social, @jbmackinnon.bsky.social, @toughcitywriter.bsky.social, @ljevanso.bsky.social, @tjanepalmer.bsky.social, @spoorthyraman.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Congrats to the winners: Odette Auger, Brian Payton, Brad Badelt, Katherine Cheng, Anna Dulisse, Isabelle Groc, Ruth Kamnitzer, Arno Kopecky, Annie Labrecque, JB MacKinnon, Adrienne Mason, Lesley Evans Ogden, Jane Palmer, Leslie Anthony, Spoorthy Raman, Alexis Riopel,
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Congrats to the winners: Odette Auger, Brian Payton, Brad Badelt, Katherine Cheng, Anna Dulisse, Isabelle Groc, Ruth Kamnitzer, Arno Kopecky, Annie Labrecque, JB MacKinnon, Adrienne Mason, Lesley Evans Ogden, Jane Palmer, Leslie Anthony, Spoorthy Raman, Alexis Riopel,
LNG expansion could bring 200 more tankers a year to B.C.’s West Coast, report says vancouversun.com/_preview/new...
LNG expansion could bring 200 more tankers a year to B.C.’s West Coast, report says
More than 800,000 people in B.C. and Washington state live within 10 kilometres of the approved tanker routes. Find out more.
vancouversun.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
LNG expansion could bring 200 more tankers a year to B.C.’s West Coast, report says vancouversun.com/_preview/new...
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Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the international @aaas.org Kavli Science Journalism Awards! Read the full list of this year's winners—including journalists from Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom: bit.ly/4oCwZtq
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the international @aaas.org Kavli Science Journalism Awards! Read the full list of this year's winners—including journalists from Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom: bit.ly/4oCwZtq
Congrats to @isabellegroc.bsky.social for her Silver Award for a magazine article funded by Sitka Biodiversity Reporting Grants.
Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the international @aaas.org Kavli Science Journalism Awards! Read the full list of this year's winners—including journalists from Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom: bit.ly/4oCwZtq
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Congrats to @isabellegroc.bsky.social for her Silver Award for a magazine article funded by Sitka Biodiversity Reporting Grants.
B.C.’s century-long feast on big, old trees has sent forests into freefall: thenarwhal.ca/bc-forests-l...
How logging has sent B.C. forests into freefall | The Narwhal
A Sierra Club BC report reveals a gap between B.C.’s forestry promises, including old-growth deferrals, and reality
thenarwhal.ca
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
B.C.’s century-long feast on big, old trees has sent forests into freefall: thenarwhal.ca/bc-forests-l...
Canada officially loses its measles elimination status www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Canada officially loses its measles elimination status
The return of measles has been largely attributed to lower childhood vaccination rates
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Canada officially loses its measles elimination status www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
These are the environmental programs to be cut under Carney’s first budget: thenarwhal.ca/carney-budge...
How Carney’s first budget impacts the environment | The Narwhal
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget scales back many Trudeau-era environmental programs and creates a youth climate corps
thenarwhal.ca
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
These are the environmental programs to be cut under Carney’s first budget: thenarwhal.ca/carney-budge...
Down a Forgotten River: Travel with me along the Chemainus, a ribbon of life defined by logging, floods, droughts, a lawsuit — and hope. via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Down a Forgotten River | The Tyee
Travel with me along the Chemainus, a ribbon of life defined by logging, floods, droughts, a lawsuit — and hope.
thetyee.ca
October 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Down a Forgotten River: Travel with me along the Chemainus, a ribbon of life defined by logging, floods, droughts, a lawsuit — and hope. via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
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🎉📚 Congratulations to the SWCC 2024 Book Awards winners 🎉📚
We want to thank all publishers and authors for submitting a total of 62 (!) books, showing us again the diversity and abundance of Canadian Science Literature 📖
#SWCCBookAwards #SciComm #WinnersScienceBookAwards
We want to thank all publishers and authors for submitting a total of 62 (!) books, showing us again the diversity and abundance of Canadian Science Literature 📖
#SWCCBookAwards #SciComm #WinnersScienceBookAwards
September 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🎉📚 Congratulations to the SWCC 2024 Book Awards winners 🎉📚
We want to thank all publishers and authors for submitting a total of 62 (!) books, showing us again the diversity and abundance of Canadian Science Literature 📖
#SWCCBookAwards #SciComm #WinnersScienceBookAwards
We want to thank all publishers and authors for submitting a total of 62 (!) books, showing us again the diversity and abundance of Canadian Science Literature 📖
#SWCCBookAwards #SciComm #WinnersScienceBookAwards
The Big Bad Wolf Is Afraid of You www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/s...
The Big Bad Wolf Is Afraid of You
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The Big Bad Wolf Is Afraid of You www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/s...
Following hard-won sea otter recovery, First Nations call for a new hunt cheknews.ca/following-ha...
Following hard-won sea otter recovery, First Nations call for a new hunt
Half a century ago, sea otters were on the brink of extinction along British Columbia’s coast.
cheknews.ca
September 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Following hard-won sea otter recovery, First Nations call for a new hunt cheknews.ca/following-ha...
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September 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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A high-tech greenhouse brings fresh produce to Gjoa Haven, an Inuit hamlet in Canada’s Arctic whose residents have little experience growing plants. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w...
Where No Trees Grow, Fresh Strawberries All Year Round
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September 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A high-tech greenhouse brings fresh produce to Gjoa Haven, an Inuit hamlet in Canada’s Arctic whose residents have little experience growing plants. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/w...
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social Did you see this? www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Meat from critically endangered sharks is commonly sold under false labels in the US
Researchers from the US determined the species of 29 samples of shark meat bought in shops or online. 93% had been labeled ambiguously as ‘shark’, and 31% overall were from four endangered...
www.eurekalert.org
September 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
@whysharksmatter.bsky.social Did you see this? www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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KUOW - Newborn orca spotted with Northwest's endangered J Pod
Newborn orca spotted with Northwest's endangered J Pod
The orca J pod has been very active in Central Puget Sound waters Friday, and they've got reason to be animated: There's a new calf.
www.kuow.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
KUOW - Newborn orca spotted with Northwest's endangered J Pod
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Honoured to have won in the Natural World category for my @reuters.com feature on the troubling link between climate change and volcanic eruptions. Thanks to the judges for their kind words, and congrats to all the other winners! 🌋
🥁 Drumroll please...
An investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in anti-protest laws;
A profile of a Palestinian woman collecting climate-resilient heirloom seeds;
And a sprawling television series tackling the profound fight between saving the planet and growing our economies...
An investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s role in anti-protest laws;
A profile of a Palestinian woman collecting climate-resilient heirloom seeds;
And a sprawling television series tackling the profound fight between saving the planet and growing our economies...
The 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now
Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its fifth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the c...
www.coveringclimatenow.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Honoured to have won in the Natural World category for my @reuters.com feature on the troubling link between climate change and volcanic eruptions. Thanks to the judges for their kind words, and congrats to all the other winners! 🌋
Congrats to @jaelabernstien.bsky.social ernstien.bsky.social and the rest of the CBC News team for their @coveringclimatenow.org journalism award. coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...
September 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Congrats to @jaelabernstien.bsky.social ernstien.bsky.social and the rest of the CBC News team for their @coveringclimatenow.org journalism award. coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...