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The soul-sucking day-to-day of being Indigenous in Academic STEM

Posted on May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 by admin

I am pretty sure that I am burnt out. I am not a medical doctor or a therapist or anything, but I am tired and unmotivated and am simply languishing. According to an article in Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnrampton/2015/05/13/the-6-causes-of-professional-burnout-and-how-to-avoid-them/?sh=373c4a211dde by John Rampton, the causes include a lack of control, insufficient reward, lack of community, an absence of…

What is science?? Not just the scientific method…

Posted on October 14, 2017February 24, 2019 by admin

This is a tough question even through it seems so simple. In our daily lives, we see science all around, in cars, medicine, construction, nature. We view it with hope for fighting diseases, climate change, solve the riddles of the Universe and basically improve the lives of people everywhere. At least, that is what we…

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