Scientific communication has always been important to me, and I believe it is the foundation for our sustainable future, where people from every background can access and digest science. Our role as scientists is to make sure our findings are accessible to a wide audience.
In May 2020, I created Whale Scientists with my friend Naomi Mathew. Whale Scientists is a platform where early-career scientists can share their marine mammal knowledge with a broad international audience. The posts we publish are always fun, educational, and accessible to the public. We write articles about anything from marine mammal conservation to fun facts or stories featuring marine mammals. On top of science communication pieces, Whale Scientists publishes advice posts for aspiring marine mammalogists. Our posts explain how to find research internships, find a good master’s program, etc. Lastly, Whale Scientists features many early career marine mammalogists from various backgrounds to celebrate early-career scientists, inspire future researchers, and show them how multiple paths can lead to a career focusing on whales and dolphins.
Whale Scientists is my baby and one of my proudest accomplishments. I spend countless nights and weekends working on the platform: I am the chief editor, primary writer, and infographic designer of Whale Scientists. I also manage a team of about 25 early-career writers, all volunteers, and all from different countries. Within two years, Whale Scientists has become a reference in the marine mammal science communication world. We’ve received more than 500K visits from May 2020 until now, and our loyal followers can access new content once a week and find out a thing or two about marine mammals. Whale Scientists is proudly sponsored by the Quebec Fonds de Recherche.
You can find my latest posts for Whale Scientists here:
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Baby killer whales face many challenges in their first year
Published on 2023-06-29
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What do killer whales eat in the North Atlantic? Fat’s the question!
Published on 2023-04-14
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Who are the type B killer whales?
Published on 2023-02-16
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The Sowerby’s beaked whale – January 2023
Published on 2023-01-11
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Bros for life! Dolphin males can form life-long relationships with one another
Published on 2022-12-14

If you wish to read more posts, you may click on this link that will redirect you to Whale Scientists where you will find all the posts I personally wrote.
Science Communication outside of Whale Scientists
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Interview by Al Jazeera for The Stream
June 2023 – I Gave Al Jazeera my opinion about the public's interest in the so-called "orca uprising" in Spain/Portugal, and why I think it is important not to see these endangered animals as villains because they need all the conservation efforts they can get.
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Organized and hosted the season 3 of Cetacean Sessions with Bay Cetology
April - June 2023 – I organized 6 webinars to present impactful research conducted by early-career researchers. The webinars were free and available to the public.
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Wrote for The Conversation: Analyzing the fat of killer whales reveals what they eat
April 2023 - I wrote my first The Conversation article to discuss my research on North Atlantic killer whales' diets.
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Created my first youtube video explaining the diets of North Atlantic killer whales
April 2023 - I created this video abstract on Premiere Pro to recap the findings of the third chapter of my doctoral thesis. The title of the video is: What do killer whales eat in the North Atlantic? Fat’s the question!
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Invited speaker for the 24th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals science communication panel
August 2022 – I participated in the panel with four other science communication experts. My presentation title was: Communicate your findings to the general public for early-career scientists.
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Invited speaker for the Breaching Extinction podcast
June 2022 – I was invited by Erica Wirth to discuss my work on killer whales and Whale Scientists.
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First prize for the "présente ta recherche en écotox" competition by ECOTOQ
June 2022 – I won first prize for the infographics I made on our research with Icelandic killer whales
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Press release: Unlocking the secrets of killer whale diets and their role in climate change
May 2022 – I helped draft the press release for the second chapter of my thesis, published in May 2022 in Scientific Reports.
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Multiple interviews by Radio Canada and CBC (TV and radio) about the two minke whales in Montreal
May 2022 – I was interviewed as a whale expert multiple times (CBC Montreal, Radio Canada) about the two minke whales that came to Montreal and the threats whales face around Canada.
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McGill's Principal’s Prize for Public Engagement Through Media Runner-up
April 2022 – I was the runner-up in the Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows category. Principal and Vice-Chancellor Suzanne Fortier created the Principal’s Prize for Public Engagement through Media to recognize outstanding achievements among individuals who share their knowledge with the public and the media.
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Workshop: Communicate your findings to the general public for early-career scientists
April 2022 – I created and delivered this workshop at the European Cetacean Society 2022 conference (online) to help my fellow early-career colleagues turn their research into posts aimed toward the public. Through this intensive training, early-career scientists received all the tools necessary to start their science communication journey, including how to pitch their stories to magazine editors.
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Writer for Baleines en Direct - Whales Online, Quebec lead marine mammal magazine
March 2022 – I write articles for Baleines en Direct in French and English about my research and marine mammals in general.
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Interviewed by "Let's talk Science"
December 2021 – I described what my work consists of and how I became a whale researcher for a young public.
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Featured on McGill University's front page
McGill wrote a story about me, my research and my science communication work with Whale Scientists.
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Communications chair for ComSciCon QC
September 2020 to October 2021 – COMSCICON is a scientific communication conference initiated by Harvard. We train the next generation of scientific communicators.
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Invited speaker for Cetacean Sessions by Bay Cetology
June 2021 – Cetacean Sessions is an outreach webinar organized by Bay Cetology (British Columbia). The webinar name was “You are what you eat: PCBs in North Atlantic killer whales” and I spoke with my colleague Clare Andvik from the University of Oslo.
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Press release for our Icelandic killer whale research
May 2021 – McGill newsroom press release where we explain our latest published research on the impact of seal consumption on PCB concentrations in Icelandic killer whales.
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Invited speaker for « 24 Heures de Science du Québec » with Sciences à la Carte on Twitch
May 2021 – Panel "Voyage avec les Baleines" in collaboration with the Groupe de Recherche de d'Éducation sur les Mammifères Marins (GREMM).
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Received the Quebec Fonds de Recherche Grant to pursue Science Communication
March 2021 – Was selected by the Fonds de Recherche to receive a 5000 CAD grant to promote Whale Scientists and help kickstart my own science communication journey.
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Invited speaker for the “Super Spécialiste” Podcast in Quebec on killer whales
March 2021 – Interviewed for a french scientific podcastabout my work on killer whales.
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Published my first French science communication piece in Québec Science
June 2020 – The piece explained how whales carcasses can feed an entire abyssal ecosystem for a century.
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Zoom seminar for young aspiring marine biologists
April 2020 – Invited by ORCA Ireland to interact with school students about my work on killer whales and contaminants.
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Interview on TV for "Cabine de Recherche" by Savoir Média
February 2020 – Invited by Savoir Média to discuss my scientific journey and my PhD research. Interview in French.
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Won two first prizes in the Quebec and then International “My Nordic Project” competition
May and October 2019 – The competition format was a "my thesis in five minutes" on a Nordic topic. The first competition was in french, the second in English (in Reykjavík, Iceland)
Examples of infographics I made



