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 […]

Dec

2023

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 […]

Oct

2023

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 […]

Aug

2023

On how activists deploy propaganda techniques as they attempt to deceive

John Bennett, a Senior Policy Advisor to Friends of the Earth Canada and an ardent anti-nuclear campaigner responded to our letter in the Hill Times. I can reproduce his letter […]

Aug

2023

More on getting the words right

Words are very powerful, because they paint pictures in people’s minds that are very hard to move. It is important that we use them correctly. Many will have heard me […]

Aug

2023

Recent letter highlights misunderstandings about nuclear power: Canadian Nuclear Society

CNS had another letter published in the Hill Times this week in response to another letter that had been published a short while ago. The Hill Times is a subscription […]

Aug

2023

Fact checking Gordon Edwards

The Canadian Nuclear Society is a learned society and one part of its mandate is to provide factual information on nuclear issues to the public. We avoid expressing opinions and […]

Jul

2023

Can we learn anything about radioactive waste disposal from the situation in the Ukraine, sure we can but its not what Erika Simpson suggests.

Erika Simpson, a professor of international politics at Western University and frequent author of anti-nuclear articles had an opinion piece published in the Hill Times a few days ago. https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2023/07/06/when-planning-nuclear-waste-sites-in-canada-consider-the-potential-nuclear-crisis-in-ukraine/392019/ It’s […]

Jul

2023

Congratulations Canadian Medical Isotope Ecosystem

Canada has always been a leader in the field of medical isotopes. We were the first country to successfully demonstrate the use of large radiotherapy sources to treat cancer. […]

Jun

2023

The contamination at Elliot Lake

“This story is behind a paywall but CNS members may be asked about it today. Their homes sit on radioactive mining waste and no one told them | The Star I […]