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Ebola quarantines are antiquated

November 27, 2014November 26, 2014
Wrenna Robertson
In the U.S., blanket quarantines like those currently in place in four states to control the spread of Ebola have not been used since the influenza pandemic of 1918. In

Research institute eschews short-term funding methods

November 6, 2014November 5, 2014
Wrenna Robertson
In a landscape marred by massive cuts to science funding, the Hakai Institute on British Columbia’s Central Coast represents an alternative paradigm in research funding. For UVic ethnobotanist Dr. Nancy

Open-source textbooks

October 23, 2014November 2, 2014
Wrenna Robertson
This is the second instalment about the practicality of open source texts. Last week Veronica Roberts addressed the irony of offering winners of a sustainability contest a UVic Bookstore gift

Becoming a Google scholar

October 16, 2014November 2, 2014
Wrenna Robertson
If the organization charged with addressing sustainability on campus conceptualizes “reward” as increased consumption in the form of a bookstore shopping spree, I fear we are doomed.

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