Resources

A government scientist blogging from behind the muzzle: http://unmuzzledscience.wordpress.com/

Democracy Watch and the University of Victoria Environmental Law Clinic report on muzzling:
http://www.elc.uvic.ca/press/documents/2012-03-04-Democracy-Watch_OIPLtr...

Canadian Science Writers’ Association’s
http://sciencewriters.ca/initiatives/muzzling_canadian_federal_scientists/

Media stories on muzzling:

Marc Garneau promises to ungag government scientists (Ottawa Citizen, February 27th 2013)
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Liberal+leadership+hopeful+Marc+...

Death knell has not yet been rung on evidence-based policy (Vancouver Sun, February 26th 2013)
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Death+knell+been+rung+evidence+ba...

Censorship is alive and well in Canada – just ask government scientists (Globe and Mail, February 22 2013)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/censorship-is-alive-and-well-i...

Feds new confidentiality rules on Arctic project called ‘chilling’ (Ottawa Citizen, February 13 2013)
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/story.html?id=7960978

New policy gives government power to muzzle DFO scientists (iPolitics, Feb 7 2013)
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2013/02/07/new-policy-gives-government-power-to-...

Canadian Scientists Must Speak Out Despite Consequence, Says Andrew Weaver (Desmog Canada, January 25 2013)
http://desmog.ca/2013/01/25/canadian-scientists-must-speak-out-despite-c...

Unshackle government scientists and let them do their jobs (Globe and Mail, January 4 2013)
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/unshackle-government-scientist...

Silence of the labs (Ryerson Review of Journalism, January 2 2013)
http://www.rrj.ca/m25739/

Death of Evidence events take place across the country (July 11 2012) http://www.deathofevidence.ca/inthenews

Federal scientists closely monitored during polar conference (CBC, April 24 2012)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/04/24/scientists-muzzl...

Prestigious science journal slams Harper government’s muzzle on federal scientists (The Star, March 1 2012)
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/03/01/prestigious_science_journa...

Prime Minister: please stop muzzling scientists and researchers (iPolitics, February 16 2012)
http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/02/16/prime-minister-please-stop-muzzling-s...

Kristi Miller, Fisheries Scientist, Tells Inquiry Her Work Was Muzzled By Feds (Huffington Post, August 25th 2011)
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/08/25/kristi-miller-fisheries-scientis...

Ottawa silences scientist over West Coast salmon study (Vancouver Sun, July 27, 2011)
http://www.canada.com/technology/Ottawa+silences+scientist+over+West+Coa...

Environment Canada 'muzzles' scientists' dealings with media (Ottawa Citizen, February 1 2008)
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=55e49c18-cb8d-45d...