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 STEPHEN J. A. WARD
Dr. Stephen Ward is the principal investigator for
a GE3LS research project into the public communication
of controversial science. Dr. Ward’s project is part of
unprecedented $10.2 million, four-year gene therapy program
– the Pleiades Promoter
Project.
Dr. Ward is Director and Associate Professor of Journalism Ethics
at the Graduate School of Journalism, University of British
Columbia. He is the award-winning author of The Invention
of Journalism Ethics: The Path to Objectivity and Beyond,
published in February 2005 by McGill-Queen’s University
Press of Montreal. The book won the 2005-2006 Harold Adams Innis
Prize from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social
Sciences for the best English-language scholarly book in the
social sciences.
Dr. Ward holds a PhD
in Philosophy from the University of Waterloo and has 15 years
of journalism experience, including 10 years as a foreign
correspondent and bureau chief for Canadian Press. Based in
London, he covered such major events as the Gulf War, the
Bosnian conflict and the troubles in Northern Ireland. Before
joining the journalism school, Ward was a research fellow
at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and
Public Policy, part of the Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University. His research interests include the philosophy
of journalism, media ethics and the impact of new media on
journalism.
In February 2006, he was appointed chair
of the ethics advisory committee of the Canadian Association
of Journalists. He is also the director of www.journalismethics.ca,
Canada’s first comprehensive web site devoted to the
study and promotion of journalism ethics from a global perspective.
Dr. Ward is the editor of Global Journalism Ethics, an international
Internet ethics forum at www.worldpressinstitute.org
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 ERIC JANDCIU
GE3LS Research Coordinator, School of Journalism,
University of BC
Eric is a past recipient
of the CIHR Graduate Science Writer Scholarship. He holds
a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree from Queen's University
and a Master of Science (organometallic chemistry) from UBC.
He also obtained a Master of Journalism from the UBC School
of Journalism, where his thesis examined the academic background
science journalists require and proposed an outline for an
interdisciplinary science journalism course.
Eric has interned at the Natural Resources News Service in
Washington, DC, where his investigative stories ranged in
topic from scientist intimidation by the hog farming industry
to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's Energy Task Force meetings.
Eric has also interned at Discovery Channel Canada in Toronto
and his writing on science and health has appeared in the
Toronto Star. In 2003 he moved to Heidelberg, Germany, to
coordinate the copy editing of book and journal manuscripts
at the scientific publishing house Springer. In April 2004,
he founded a copy editing department at LE-TeX in Leipzig,
Germany, a publishing services company specializing in scientific
journal and book publication. Eric is currently GE3LS
research coordinator at the UBC School of Journalism.
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 ANNA FONG
Graduate Student, School of Journalism, University of British Columbia
Anna Fong has a bachelor degree with a double major in psychology and biology from Dalhousie University. Her decision to switch careers as a lab technician and manager in biochemistry was fueled by her keen interest in science and healthcare stories. As a science journalist she plans to use her background scientific knowledge and her experience at the UBC School of Journalism to report on science and healthcare issues in a manner the general public can understand.
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 TREVOR D'ARCY
Graduate Student, School of Journalism, University of British Columbia
Navigating his way through the respective jungles of scientific studies, love and Montreal nightlife, Trevor D’Arcy eventually found himself studying ecology and environmental studies. For two summers, he worked for Pacific Agri-Food Canada in Summerland, B.C as a research assistant investigating methods of insect control. Before finishing his B.Sc. he spent his last term studying in Panama through McGill's Panama Field Study Semester, giving him the opportunity to literally navigate his way through the jungle. As a master of journalism student, Trevor hopes to critically examine how the media is addressing emerging environmental issues.
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 SID KATZ
Scientist in Residence, School of Journalism, University of British Columbia
Dr. Katz, a noted UBC science educator, journalist, and professor of pharmacology, has long supported the development of the School of Journalism and, in particular, its emphasis on science journalism. As scientist-in-residence for the academic year 2007-2008, Prof. Katz will teach and assist students with their research and thesis projects. He will advise the school’s Science Journalism Research Group as it carries out a four-year investigation into the public communication of controversial science.
Dr. Katz is Executive Director of Community Affairs for the University of British Columbia and Managing Director of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. He is also a Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC. He has published over 150 research monographs, reviews and conference presentations, trained over 35 MSc and PhD students and Postdoctoral Fellows, and lectured in over 50 Universities and Institutes around the world. In 2000 he was given the Janssen-Ortho Award for career achievements in research by the Association of Faculties of Pharmacies of Canada. His current research interest is the determination of the mechanism of action of natural health products in inflammatory disease using gene expression and protein kinase microblot technologies and airway cell cultures.
Katz has had a parallel career in science journalism having contributed over 400 items on CBC radio regional and national programs, including Morningside and `As it Happens’ on science and health issues and was the national health science correspondent on the CTV National News. He also has contributed numerous columns on science for newspapers and co-produced two science film documentaries. He served for a number of years as vice-president of the Canadian Science Writers association and on many science writing awards juries.
For more than 15 years, Prof. Katz has promoted science education for elementary and high school children. Sid has served as Executive Director of Science World in British Columbia and Director General and CEO of the Ontario Science Centre. He has played a part in developing other science centres, including Science World in BC, The Regina Science Centre, the Bersheva Science Centre in Israel, and the Science Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Prof. Katz has won many awards for his science education activities, including the Order of Canada in 2003. In addition, he has won the Gordin Kaplan Award from the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies, the Eve Savory Award from the Science Council of BC, the McNeil Medal from the Royal Society of Canada, the Sandford Fleming Award from the Royal Canadian Institute, and the Michael Smith Award from the National Science and Engineering Research Council.
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