A crisis in science literacy and communication: Does reluctance to engage the public make academic scientists complicit?

A crisis in science literacy and communication: Does reluctance to engage the public make academic scientists complicit?

The impetus for this commentary was the news that I was chosen to receive the 2018 Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Lee Lorch Award (the CAUT Distinguished Academic Award), which recognizes contributions to the three pillars of academia: teaching, research, and service. Although de...

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Main Author: John P. Smol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2018-11-01
Series:FACETS
Subjects:
science literacy
science communication
environment
Online Access:http://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10.1139%2Ffacets-2018-0022
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spelling doaj-97ad74ef4fb5468eab841c8dac0763982020-11-25T00:31:06ZengCanadian Science PublishingFACETS2371-16712371-16712018-11-01395295710.1139/facets-2018-0022A crisis in science literacy and communication: Does reluctance to engage the public make academic scientists complicit?John P. Smol0Paleoecological Environmental Assessment and Research Lab (PEARL), Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada.The impetus for this commentary was the news that I was chosen to receive the 2018 Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Lee Lorch Award (the CAUT Distinguished Academic Award), which recognizes contributions to the three pillars of academia: teaching, research, and service. Although delighted by the news, I admit that it felt odd to receive a reward for doing something that I love. I have always believed that it is a privilege to be a professor. I love universities. I love universities because they are keepers, interpreters, and disseminators of our collective knowledge. I love universities because they are also the place where we create new knowledge: knowledge that can be used to improve our lives.http://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10.1139%2Ffacets-2018-0022science literacyscience communicationenvironment
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environment
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title A crisis in science literacy and communication: Does reluctance to engage the public make academic scientists complicit?
title_short A crisis in science literacy and communication: Does reluctance to engage the public make academic scientists complicit?
title_full A crisis in science literacy and communication: Does reluctance to engage the public make academic scientists complicit?
title_fullStr A crisis in science literacy and communication: Does reluctance to engage the public make academic scientists complicit?
title_full_unstemmed A crisis in science literacy and communication: Does reluctance to engage the public make academic scientists complicit?
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publishDate 2018-11-01
description The impetus for this commentary was the news that I was chosen to receive the 2018 Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Lee Lorch Award (the CAUT Distinguished Academic Award), which recognizes contributions to the three pillars of academia: teaching, research, and service. Although delighted by the news, I admit that it felt odd to receive a reward for doing something that I love. I have always believed that it is a privilege to be a professor. I love universities. I love universities because they are keepers, interpreters, and disseminators of our collective knowledge. I love universities because they are also the place where we create new knowledge: knowledge that can be used to improve our lives.
topic science literacy
science communication
environment
url http://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10.1139%2Ffacets-2018-0022
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