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Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Faculty of Science
and
Faculty of Education
University of Ottawa
Science Education and
Science Communication
(Ecology, Evolution and
Environmental Science)
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Professeur adjoint
Département de biologie
Faculté des sciences
et
Faculté de l’Éducation
Université d’Ottawa
Pédagogie scientifique et communication scientifique
(Écologie, Évolution et Sciences
Environnementales)
single meta
I was asked to speak to the reporters on CBC television news about the role of effective science communication during a pandemic. You may watch the segment in the video below and please let me know what you think!
Élise Bankley
I thought you answered the reporter’s questions very well. The way that the questions were being asked was fairly vague, in that the general public could have turned it around. For example, the reporter mentioned something along the lines of ‘whether or not Dr. Tamm knew what she was talking about” and before you answered the question, you stated “she DID know what she was saying.” and I like how you went about clearing that up the possible misinterpretation that could have raised from the general public with the way this question was asked. I also ike that you used terms like ‘EVIDENCE-based’, again, to reiterate that this is the science that we are talking about and not opinions.