Olivia DeBourcier

Olivia deBourcier is in her third year of environmental and conservation sciences, and has spent the last year writing and illustrating for The Gateway. An avid lover of science communications, she would happily talk your ear off about animals, bugs, environmentalism, or which Star Wars movie is better, but she's usually find her running to a meeting she’s already late for.

Olivia DeBourcierDecember 26, 2018

Comic: Plant Mom

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Olivia DeBourcierDecember 14, 2018

Checking out bugs with Peter Heule: Q&A with the Royal Alberta Museum’s live animal supervisor

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSSPeter Heule is the live animals supervisor at the Royal…
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Olivia DeBourcierNovember 12, 2018

Feature: Field School

This summer, my parents drove me to Portage College in Lac la Biche for field school, about two and a…
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Olivia DeBourcierOctober 4, 2018

Photostory: Royal Alberta Museum grand re-opening

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Olivia DeBourcierOctober 2, 2018

U of A students and staff behind the scenes in Royal Alberta Museum’s grand reopening

In preparation for the Royal Alberta Museum’s reopening on October 3, volunteers like University of Alberta student Wendy Dennis have…
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Olivia DeBourcierSeptember 25, 2018

Edmonton Public Library’s talk by Neil Gaiman sells out in record time

Science fiction and fantasy author Neil Gaiman has amassed many fans over the years, so it’s no wonder that tickets…
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Olivia DeBourcierAugust 4, 2018

U of A neuroscientists discover brain circuit behind intelligence in parrots

Neuroscientists at the U of A have discovered what makes parrots so clever, and it turns out to be a…
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Olivia DeBourcierJune 24, 2018

Foreign correspondent Nahlah Ayed receives honorary degree from U of A

From Winnipeg to a Palestinian refugee camp to being the CBC’s Middle East correspondent, Nahlah Ayed’s life story is as…
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Olivia DeBourcierApril 4, 2018

Future Energy Systems hosts first research symposium

On the eighth floor of the Donadeo Innovation Centre of Engineering, overlooking the river valley and the skyline of Edmonton,…
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Olivia DeBourcierMarch 31, 2018

90-million-year-old fish fossil found underfoot

Within a Columbian monastery, right under the feet of unknowing tourists, lay the nearly perfect outline of a 90-million-year-old fish…
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