Lessons from Mark Winston on Bees, Nature, and His Experiences – 110

October 22, 2019

We get into an emotional journey through what it’s like to work, and live with bees, and what Mark has learned over the years!

Mark L. Winston is the recipient of the 2015 Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction for his book Bee Time: Lessons From the Hive. One of the world’s leading experts on bees and pollination, Dr. Winston is also an internationally recognized researcher, teacher and writer. He directed Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue for 12 years, where he founded the Centre’s Semester in Dialogue, a program that creates leadership development opportunities that equip and empower students contribute to social change in communities.

As a consultant and thought leader, Dr. Winston partners with universities, corporations, NGOs, governments and communities to advance communication skills, engage public audiences with controversial issues through dialogue, and implement experiential learning and community engagement in educational institutions. As an award-winning writer and editor, he works with students, scientists, other professionals and writers to develop compelling non-fiction, from proposals and newspaper opinion pieces to manuscripts and books.

He currently is a Professor and Senior Fellow in Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue, and a Professor of Biological Sciences.

Recent News/Media

Article in the Globe and Mail about bees in cities published 8 May 2019: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/adv/article-a-sweet-symbiosis/

My new book “Listening to the Bees,  co-authored with the wonderful Canadian poet Renée Sarojini Saklikar, has been selected as a “Read of the Year” by the Glasgow Review of Books

New article out in Bee Culture magazine, “Listening to the Bees About Diversity” January 2019

Works[edit]

  • Travels in the Genetically Modified Zone (Harvard University Press, 2002)
  • Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive (Harvard University Press, 2014)

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