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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)
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This past weekend in Ottawa, over 700 musicians and festival organizers met in downtown Ottawa for 4 days of non-stop music, networking and festivities as part of the annual conference for the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals. I participated in round table discussions with the purpose of sharing information across festival organizational structures in order […]
I will be hosting North America’s longest standing and most decorated science and nature program in January 2011, with an episode on addictions and the use of the Amazonian psychaedelic brew Ayahuasca in the treatment of addiction patients. Stay tuned for more information and clips as the show comes closer to the airdate. We are […]
The Ontario Council of Folk Festivals annual conference is a 4-day long music and networking extravaganza. Held this year again at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Ottawa from the 14-17th of October, I will be attending this conference as a delegate representing the Ottawa Folk Festival, as well as participating as a panelist in […]
I grew up spending most of my spare time hanging out backstage at concerts, festivals and camps devoted to folk music and dance throughout the 70s and 80s. This was largely due to my father’s incessant gigging schedule with The Friends of Fiddler’s Green (pictured left in their heyday) and later as a participant myself […]
I am just back from 3 weeks in Europe, having gone for an IJAS conference in Provence. From Aix, I revisited my old stomping grounds in Nice for a weekend and had fantastic jaunts in Paris and London, as well as a great week in Cornwall, on the British Riviera, visiting family. Check out some […]
The initial line-up for this year’s Ottawa Folk Festival was just announced at the media release held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Ottawa this morning. The festival will be held from the 13-15 of August at Britannia Park and will be hosting the following acts, among several other yet to be announced: The […]
I have recently joined the Board of Directors for the Ottawa ArtsScene organization, a group dedicated to promoting Ottawa’s vibrant and diverse arts community, as well as bridging the link between the Arts and Business. Over the course of the calendar year we will be hosting a number of artistic events that will allow you […]
Dr. Brown is just back from a gruelling but fantastic trip to Tarapoto, Peru for the filming of the upcoming Nature of Things episode on Amazonian plant medicine and Ayahuasca. We had an amazing time filming in the tropical forests, swinging on vines and braving raging rivers! This is not to mention the tremendously potent […]
I have been elected onto the Board of Directors for the Ottawa Folk Festival. This is an exciting time for this international music and dance festival with the recent hiring of a new Festival Director (Dylan Griffith) and General Manager (Ana Miura) and I am thrilled to be a part of it. The OFF hosts […]
Science is playing an increasingly important role in society and therefore members of the general public will need to make sound political, ethical, technological and economic decisions based at least in part on the integrity of the science behind each scenario. In a democratic society, public opinion plays a major role in decisions made in […]
