Posts in: Leadership Programs

We are thrilled to announce the scientists who will be part of the Scientist Sentinels: Civic Engagement & Leadership program! The goal of this new program is to build a network of empowered, mutually supportive leaders who are working to advance the role of science in society, inspire their peers, and support evidence-based decision making at the local level a...

At last week’s Sackler Colloquium at the National Academy of Sciences, while absorbing the latest research on the science of science communication, I pondered how rapidly the world is changing - and how much COMPASS trainings have also changed to address the urgent challenges of today. COMPASS workshops teach communication tools: the simple but powerful Messag...

The Vega Fellowship started in 2011, after Dr. Daniel Conley, Lund University professor of biogeochemistry in Sweden, decided to find a way to bring more science communication training to his part of the world. Daniel collaborated with Nancy Baron to build a network of researchers with the skills and knowledge to share their science to improve conditions in the Bal...

2015 Wilburforce Fellow Erin Sexton is a Research Scientist and Regulatory Affairs Manager with the Institute on Ecosystems, at the University of Montana. Erin’s research focus encompasses the international landscape known as the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, with an emphasis on aquatic ecology and conservation biology in the transboundary watersheds between ...

Kyle Artelle studies the ecology and conservation of wildlife, with a focus on black and grizzly bear population dynamics in the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia, bear-human conflict throughout the province, and wildlife management in general. He works to democratize ecological decision-making by sharing the best available knowledge and science with manage...

Dr. Aerin Jacob. Dr. Aerin Jacob is a Liber Ero Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Victoria. Trained as an ecologist, she works with managers and Indigenous communities on marine and coastal planning in British Columbia, Canada. We spoke with Aerin about what being a Wilburforce Fellow has been like for her – here are her thoughts. How has being a...