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10/04/2026

🤓 New youth category judges for Book Awards 2026 wanted 📖

We are looking for:

📚 SWCC members

📚 journalists, scientists, parents, teachers or educators

📚 Science bookworms

📚 French-speakers welcome

📚 Your minimum commitment of 9 months

Curious? Check out the application form for volunteer judges here:

https://lnkd.in/gPWFnsdv

The deadline is October 30th, 2026

Happy reading!

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🤓 Nouveaux jurés recherchés pour la catégorie jeunesse des Book Awards 2026 📖

Nous recherchons :

📚 Membres du SWCC

📚 Journalistes, scientifiques, parents, enseignants ou éducateurs

📚 Rats de bibliothèque scientifiques

📚 Les francophones sont les bienvenus

📚 Votre engagement minimum de 9 mois

Curieux ? Consultez le formulaire de candidature pour les jurés bénévoles ici :

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEwNByDeACrnwyFfc8Cjn_c0tiIV-Ylb7l0tJS3bsixuqzcA/viewform

Bonne lecture!

10/01/2026

📣 We are delighted to share that the 2026 SWCC Book Awards are now open for submissions! 📚

For over 20 years, the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada (SWCC) has recognized outstanding contributions to science writing with the annual SWCC Book Awards. SWCC will also continue to offer the Paradigm Prize for Underrepresented Perspectives in Science Writing.

Learn more about the submission process, new AI policy, and deadlines here:
https://sciencewriters.ca/bookawards/submissions

09/23/2026

🎉 📚 Congratulations to the SWCC 2025 Book Awards winners 📚 🎉

General Category: 'Webb's Cosmos' by Marcin Sawicki

Youth Category: 'Dad, is it Time to Gather Mint?' by Tyna Legault Taylor, illustrated by Michelle Dao

Paradigm Prize: 'Dad, is it Time to Gather Mint?' by Tyna Legault Taylor, illustrated by Michelle Dao*

*This is only the second time since the introduction of the Paradigm Prize that one title won both a category award and the Paradigm Prize! 🏆

We want to thank all publishers and authors for their submissions, showing us again the diversity and abundance of Canadian Science Literature 📖

09/19/2026

Please say hello to this month’s SciArt Spotlight featured SciArtist, Soutick Saha! 🎨🧬

Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Soutick is a Bioinformatics Software Developer at Wolfram Alpha. Soutick builds tools for protein structure, biological data analysis, and visualizations for the Wolfram Language. 🖥️

Many of Soutick’s SciArt projects focus on merging computation, biology, and art. In his piece Flowers of Life, for which he was a winner of the 2024 ASBMB Molecular Motifs bioart competition, he highlights the symmetries found in proteins in nature. To generate his images, Soutick uses the Wolfram Language, and he continues to build new functionalities within the language to make it more accessible to students, educators, and researchers.

“Creating SciArt is how I make computation, science, and art more accessible to a broader audience”.

Soutick has always loved both art and science, and during school, he used pen, pencil, and paint to produce his work. But after joining Wolfram, he realized that computation can be used not only to create powerful visualizations, but also to create art. “This started my journey of bringing together the things I care most about: computation, science, communication, and art.”

Soutick loves the creative process, but he is most encouraged by the reception of his pieces by general audiences. “This gives me hope that communication can be such a powerful tool to convey science.”

Check out Soutick’s work on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/soutick-saha-phd/

Stay tuned for next month’s SciArt Spotlight! If you or a SciArtist you know would like to be featured, send us a DM! 📩

08/24/2026

We’re celebrating our final Youth Category shortlist title for the 2025 SWCC Book Awards 📚 🏆 !

The Gland Factory: A Tour of Your Body’s Goops, Juices, and Hormones by Rachel Poliquin, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer, and published by Greystone Kids, is an entertaining and informative book that takes readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of the human body. Through humour, fascinating science, and playful illustrations, The Gland Factory introduces young readers to the endocrine and exocrine systems, revealing how glands help maintain balance by regulating everything from growth and digestion to sleep and body temperature.

Author Rachel Poliquin is known for bringing the wonders of the natural world to life for young readers, while illustrator Clayton Hanmer’s artwork transforms complex scientific concepts into an engaging and unforgettable visual adventure.

Congratulations, Rachel Poliquin and Clayton Cton Hanmer! 👏
🔗 Learn more through the link in our bio.

UTP Distribution

08/17/2026

We’re celebrating our next youth category shortlist title for the 2025 SWCC Book Awards 📚 🏆!

Dad, Is It Time to Gather Mint? Celebrating the Seasons by Tyna Legault Taylor, illustrated by Michelle Dao, and published by HighWater Press, is an engaging read-aloud story that follows Joshua as he learns about the rhythms of the seasons while spending time on the land with his family in Animbiigoo Zaagi’igan Anishinaabek (Lake Nipigon First Nation).

Through observations of nature, readers discover when it is finally time to gather mint, while also encountering Omushkegomowin (Swampy Cree) and Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe) words woven throughout the story.

Congratulations Tyna and Michelle Dao! 👏
🔗 Learn more through the link in our bio.

UTP Distribution

08/12/2026

Our final 2025 SWCC Book Awards 📚 🏆 General Category shortlist spotlight is Sisters of the Jungle: The Trailblazing Women Who Shaped the Study of Wild Primates by Dr. Keriann McGoogan, published by .

Blending science, history, and storytelling, Sisters of the Jungle shines a light on the pioneering women who transformed the study of wild primates. Drawing on her own experience as a biological anthropologist and primatologist, Keriann brings these remarkable stories to life while exploring the legacy they left on the field of primate research.

Congratulations ! 👏

🔗 Learn more about the 2025 Book Awards titles through the link in our bio.

08/10/2026

Congratulations to Roz MacLean, her children's book Together, a Forest: Drawing Connections Between Nature's Diversity and Our Own published by has been shortlisted for the 2025 SWCC Book Awards 📚 🏆 in the Youth Category!

In this beautifully illustrated picture book, a class trip to a nearby forest becomes an exploration of belonging, diversity, and connection. Award-winning Canadian illustrator and children's author Roz MacLean is passionate about education, inclusion, and the arts. Through Together, a Forest, MacLean invites young readers to reflect on how disability, neurodivergence, and diverse ways of experiencing the world enrich our communities, just as biodiversity strengthens a forest.
Congratulations Roz! 👏

Congratulations ! 👏
🔗 Learn more through the link in our bio.

07/27/2026

Congratulations to professional research astronomer 🔭 Marcin Sawicki, whose book Webb’s Cosmos published by Firefly Books has been shortlisted for the 2025 SWCC Book Awards 📚 🏆 ! A professional research astronomer, Sawicki has been involved with the James Webb Space Telescope project for more than two decades and is now extensively using Webb to explore the universe. He is the co-author of 20 research papers based on Webb data and has played a key role in helping translate cutting-edge discoveries for both scientific and public audiences.

Congratulations Marcin! 👏
🔗 Learn more through the link in our bio.

07/22/2026

🚨 SWCC members: This is your last chance! 🚨

Help shape the future of your SWCC membership!

We're planning upcoming professional development events, resources, and member benefits. And we want your input. Tell us what you'd like to see from SWCC in the year ahead.

✅ Takes less than 10 minutes
💬 Your feedback will help guide future programming
📅 Survey closes Tuesday, July 21, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET

Take the survey here:
https://sciencewriters.ca/Sys/Poll/73836

Thank you for sharing your ideas and helping make SWCC even better!

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