News archive - June 2015

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Stratford Festival's 'The Physicists' examines science and morality

CBC News discusses The Physicists with Heather Douglas (Waterloo Chair in Science and Society) and the play's director, Miles Potter.

Do scientists have a duty to publish their research, even if it's potentially dangerous? That question is at the heart of the Stratford Festival's production.

Podcast: June 15, 2015

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

CBC Radio: Science under Siege

The CBC radio series Ideas launched a three-part series on Science Under Seige on June 3, 2015. Heather Douglas (Waterloo Chair in Science and Society) helped the producer with the series and wrote a commentary for it.

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Science and the Public: Rebuilding the Relationship

Heather Douglas (Waterloo Chair in Science and Society) gave a talk at University of Washington, Seattle colloquium on May 15, 2015 on "Science and the Public: Rebuilding the Relationship" in addition to Wesleyan University on April 23, 2015. Slides of her talk.