Note: This letter is part of an ongoing campaign to end the use of the Canadian Common CV. The campaign began with an open letter signed by 2682 people and a cover letter sent to the leaders of three Canadian federal funding agencies on December 2, 2019. The agencies responded on December 17, 2019. Dear […]

Colleagues across a wide range of fields–from the humanities to the natural sciences–and I have begun a campaign to end the use of the Canadian Common CV. For those not on Twitter who are interested in reading and perhaps signing the open letter, you can access it here. How to sign the letter Signing is […]

I love backcountry camping trips. It is important to my well-being to spend time with lots of trees, water, and few people. Type 1 diabetes (T1D) has always added to the logistical challenge of this need to get away, but I’ve usually managed it somehow, including my most difficult trip with T1D: a backcountry canoeing […]

Like others in Canadian health research, last week, I received an anonymous invitation to fill out a google form to sign a letter to the president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The letter recommends that the president reconsider the recent decision to shutter a particular grant program, which awarded larger, longer grants […]

Reflections on being awarded tenure as a woman with kids and a disability / chronic illness Short version There is no universal experience. In my individual experience, a good partner can make the ‘with kids’ part much easier but the ‘and a disability / chronic illness’ part remains tough. Support helps, but no one else […]