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The researchers that search engines make invisible

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The researchers that search engines make invisible

I went to the university’s article database but finding this paper again wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be.

Posted on June 10, 2021January 21, 2025 by clearstaffIn Blog, feature, Projects8 Minutes Read

Waking up to the politics of citation

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Waking up to the politics of citation

I found myself shocked by the importance of citation, and particularly by my lack of awareness of the impact my citing could have on others.

Posted on June 10, 2021January 21, 2025 by clearstaffIn Blog, feature, Projects, Uncategorized5 Minutes Read

CLEAR mini-documentaries

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CLEAR mini-documentaries

CLEAR has worked with Couple3 Films to make a series of short documentaries about the lab and our processes. We’ve also brought those processes into the filmmaking.

Posted on May 10, 2021January 21, 2025 by Max LiboironIn Blog, Projects2 Minutes Read

Participatory filmmaking with CLEAR

Participatory filmmaking with CLEAR

This film was a little different than what they’d done before… they had to gut more fish, for one. Read more on how participatory filmmaking with CLEAR works…

Posted on June 19, 2019January 22, 2025 by Max LiboironIn Blog, feature, Projects5 Minutes Read

Teaching kits for DIY marine plastic research (grades 7-12)

Teaching kits for DIY marine plastic research (grades 7-12)

CLEAR and Let’s Talk Science have created guides on how to build and use marine plastic research devices in classrooms from grade 7-12.

Posted on November 7, 2017January 22, 2025 by Max LiboironIn Blog, Projects, Resources, Uncategorized1 Minute Read

Citizen science collection of beached fish tags

Citizen science collection of beached fish tags

We can tell how plastics move around the world by collecting wayward fishing tags.

Posted on November 7, 2017January 22, 2025 by Max LiboironIn Blog, Projects1 Minute Read

Surface plastics at Holyrood, NL

Surface plastics at Holyrood, NL

We found an average of just over one pieces of plastic per square km around Holyrood, Newfoundland.

Posted on December 16, 2016January 22, 2025 by Max LiboironIn Blog, Projects, Research Results1 Minute Read

Animal respect guidelines

Animal respect guidelines

What are anticolonial ways of respecting animals in research that include but exceed institutional values of replacement (of animals with non-animals), reduction (of the number of animals needed), and refinement (of studies)?

Posted on December 14, 2016January 22, 2025 by Max LiboironIn Blog, Projects, Uncategorized2 Minutes Read

How to collect guts for science

How to collect guts for science

Posted on July 24, 2016January 22, 2025 by Max LiboironIn Blog, Projects, Tools + Protocols2 Minutes Read

Classification of marine debris by citizen scientists

Classification of marine debris by citizen scientists

This project tests three different ways of classifying marine waste to determine how different methods of affect dimensions of data quality and highlight different areas of common knowledge and concern for citizen scientists.

Posted on November 8, 2015January 22, 2025 by Max LiboironIn Blog, Projects2 Minutes Read

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