Featured articles:
Collaborating Across Disciplines. Open Source Business Resource. July 2009
Come on in, the water's fine ... right?, We asked Joseph Wilson to take the plunge at Toronto's beaches. His advice: Swim at the Islands, avoid Scarborough. The Globe and Mail, Aug 09, 2008
Great ideas from minds that don't think alike. The Toronto Idea Exchange culls innovation from the meeting of people with very little in common. The Globe and Mail, Mar 29, 2008
Blinding Them With Science Creationism's curious blend of cherry-picked facts and biblical literalism comes to Canadian churches. The Toronto Star. October 13, 2007
The Creationist Spin on our Origins What the creationists says are the scientific facts. The Toronto Star. October 13, 2007
Cyborg Sensation An Interview with Steve Mann, the "world's first cyborg," during Digifest 2004. NOW Magazine. May 13 - 19, 2004
Joseph Wilson's Top 10 Tech Events A run down of the most influential events in technology during 2004. NOW Magazine. Dec 29 - Jan 5, 2005
Life Lessons from Dawson An analysis of the role technology played, for better or worse, in the tragic shooting at Dawson College. NOW Magazine. Oct 5 - 11, 2006
Big City, Bright Lights The black-out of 2004 revealed to Torontonians the true extent of the light pollution in our skies. Spacing. Fall 2005.
Street Smarts A description of the practice of teaching math and science in public spaces rather than in schools. Spacing. Spring/Summer 2006.
Joseph Wilson is a freelance writer based in Toronto, focusing on issues in science, technology and culture. His work has appeared in Toronto’s leading alternative weekly, NOW Magazine, the Toronto Star, Spacing Magazine, and The Globe and Mail. He graduated from the University of Toronto with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Astronomy and Semiotic Linguistic Anthropology, and a Bachelor of Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, specializing in social justice and global education. He is involved with a project to record memories from citizens all over the world at Memory Archive, and is a co-founder of the Treehouse Group a local collective which brings together people from diverse backgrounds for brunches, conferences and science fairs. He currently teaches physics and science at a Toronto high school.
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