Some communications things we may be getting wrong
Some communications things we may be getting wrong. If you are reading this there is a good chance that you are university educated, likely in a technical discipline and possibly […]
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Becalmed Ideals: How Misinformation Stalls Ontario’s Path to Reliable Clean Energy
To date most of our communications have been responsive and focused on correcting specific bits of misinformation. But there are wider issues where organizations are alluding to things that are […]
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The Power of Words: How Misleading Language Distorts the Truth About Nuclear Energy
The nuclear industry has suffered badly from words being used to trick people into forming unhelpful images in their minds. Sometimes it happens by accident as the author fails to […]
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The Walleye
In its February issue The Walleye, a monthly arts magazine for the people of Thunder Bay, published the attached article by a couple of anti NWMO campaigners. http://www.cns-snc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lloyd-February-2024.pdf We have […]
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If you understand power generation, the Ford government’s decision on nuclear makes sense
Using the term renewable and notably including hydro has often been used to suggest that wind and solar based grids are possible. But the defining feature of wind and solar […]
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The (highly predictable) crisis in Alberta, and the inadequate media response
Some years back I wrote an essay for LinkedIn entitled “What if I am wrong, What if they are wrong”, in which I considered the outcome of two different scenarios. […]
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Are SMR companies “the bad guys”?
A while ago the National Observer published “Bad guys and bombs: The nuclear risks of small modular reactors” (https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/11/03/news/bad-guys-bombs-nuclear-risks-small-modular-reactors). It follows an earlier article they produced in September about an […]
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Communicating on Social Media
One of the problems that the nuclear industry has always had is that where communications are concerned it has to play the game on a very slanted playing field. Anti-nuclear […]
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Communications Director or Head of Communications; Why should anyone care?
Those of you with an attention to detail may have noticed that my title has changed from Communications Director to Head of Communication. It’s a subtle but important change. When […]
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Proactively communicating about nuclear issues
Our communications program began with us trying to correct misinformation by responding to media articles in which the misinformation was being spread. We learned that this quickly becomes a game […]
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