Op-Ed Commentary Articles and Public Writing
New York Times, 15 July 2014, “Our Bees, Ourselves”
Seattle Times, 10 November 2014, “Pathways to Urban Nature”
The Scotsman, 17 December 2014, “Saving Bees Can Teach Us Lessons,”
Vancouver Sun, 4 March 2014, “Reconciling Injustices in a Pluralistic Canada“
Vancouver Sun, 28 May 2015, “John Muir Words Stand Tall in Today’s Assault on Environment”
Vancity Credit Union, 20 July 2016, “Sweet Deal: The Value of Bees to British Columbia’s Economy“
Media Interviews
Farm to Table, 18 April 2014, “What’s the Buzz?”
CBC Almanac, 7 July 2014, radio interview/phone-in
WILS, Lansing Michigan: 16 July 2014, radio interview
Vancouver Courier, 24 July 2014 “Tree Spraying Worries Vancouver Beekeeper”
Japan Times, 26 July 2014: “As Species Die, What Valuable Knowledge Dies with Them?” Stephen Hesse
Vancouver Courier, 30 July 2014, “Bee Calm and Grow Community”
CBC radio Victoria, 29 July 2014, morning show, bees and agriculture
National Public Radio, Minnesota, 29 July 2014, bees and agriculture
BC Business, 5 August 2014, “Buzz Builds for Ban on Pesticides Linked to Bee Die-offs”
Vancouver Sun, 27 September 2014, “Universities Answer Demand for Real-World Experience”
Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 27 September 2014, “A Scientists Aim: Save the Bees”
PBS News Hour, Science Wednesday, 1 October 2104, “Why bees sting
CBC International (Radio), 5 October 2014, “Bee Time”
CBC Radio, Victoria, All Points West, 8 October, “Bee Time”
Lethbridge Herald, 18 October 2014, “Bees Telling Us a Story”
WPR National Public Radio (Wisconsin), 20 October 2014, Joy Cardin show, “Bee Time”
Chemical Institute of Canada, November/December 2014, “What’s the Buzz?”
Alberta Farmer, 7 January 2015, “Neonics Are An Issue, and Also An Easy Target”
Georgia Straight, 15 April 2015, “Humans vs. Nature: The Sixth Extinction Hits B.C.”
Washington Post, 19 May 2015, “How the White House Plans to Help the Humble Bee Maintain its Buzz”
DailyXtra, 28 May 2015, “ Qmunity consultation on new centre hears inclusivity top priority”
CQ Researcher, 5 June 2015, “Pesticide Controversies”
National Public Radio, Utah, 9 June 2015, “This Green Earth,” radio interview about bees and Canadian environmental issues
Asheville Citizen Times, 16 June 2015, “Bee Expert Speaks n Asheville for Pollination Week”
Mountain Express, 18 June 2015, “Author Mark Winston Draws Connections Between Humans and Bees”
UBC Sharing Science Radio, 24 June 2015, interview about bees and science
Province Newspaper, Vancouver BC, 28 June 2015, “B.C.’s Unassuming Scientists Have Changed the World”
Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota, 2 August 2015, Video interview, as part of the inaugural events for the IAS Bee Arts Collaborative
Western Producer, Alberta, 27 August 2015, “Consider Alternative Hive Design, Reduce Pesticides”
Globe and Mail, Toronto, 22 September 2015, “Feed the World, Save the Bees”
BC Booklook, BC 28 October 2015, “Bee Expert Mark Winston Wins Governor-General’s Award,”
Globe and Mail, Toronto, 28 October 2015 (and many other newspapers across Canada), “Governor-General’s 2015 Literary Award,”
CBC TV Evening News, 29 October 2015, “Bee Time” Governor-General’s Award
49th Shelf, 5 November 2015, “Bee Time” Governor-General’s Award (interview)
CBC Radio, North by Northwest, “Bee Time” Governor-General’s Award, 7 November 2015, interview with Sheryl Mackay
CBC Radio, The Current, 10 November 2015, “Bee Time” Governor-General’s Award, interview with Anna Maria Tremonti
The Washington Post, Washington DC, 11 November 2015, “Humans Have Relied on Honeybees for Nearly 9000 Years – and Now They’re Mysteriously Declining.”
The Peak, SFU, 23 November 2015, “Award-Winning Book About Bees Generates Buzz”
Ottawa Citizen, 12 December 2015,”GG Nominees and Winners Pick Their Favourite Canadian Books”
University Affairs Magazine, January 2016, “Award-Winning Book by SFU Biologist Explores What Humans Can Learn From Bees.”
Winnipeg Free Press, 27 February 2016, “In Conversation with Mark Winston”
CBC Radio, 29 February 2016, Winnipeg Noon Show interview
CJOB Radio, 29 February 2016, Dahlia Kurtz Show interview, Winnipeg
CTV, 1 March 2016, Morning Show interview
Vancouver Courier, 6 April 2016, “Beekeepers Offer Residents a Honey of a Deal to Host Hives”
North Shore News, 29 April 2016, “Authors for Indies Day Celebrates Literary World”
CBC Radio, 4 May 2016, Early Edition, interview focused on neonicitinoid pesticides, bees and lawns
Delta Optimist, 11 May 2016, Bees Celebrated at Earthwise Plant Sale
Vice, 13 May 2016, Bee Populations Seem to be Bouncing Back in Canada”
Globe and Mail, Western Schools Report, 30 May 2016. “Semester in Dialogue fosters understanding, leadership”
CBC TV, 4 June 2016, “Our Vancouver,” Gloria Macarenko
Guelph Today, 2 June 2016, “Bee Expert and Award Winning Author Buzzes into Guelph”
AM1150, Kelowna radio, 6 June 2016, bees in the city
Global News TV, 7 July 2016, neonicitinoid ban in the city of Vancouver
CBC Radio, Early Edition, 12 July 2016, neonicitinoid ban in the city of Vancouver
CBC Evening News, TV, Vancouver, 12 July 2016, neonicitinoid ban
Vancouver Sun, 12 July, “Vancouver Bans Bee-Killing Pesticide”
Global BC, TV morning show, 13 July, neonicitinoid ban
CKNW Radio, 20 July 2016, Vancity report “Sweet Deal: the Value of Bees to B.C.’s Economy”
NEWS 1130 Radio, 20 July 2016, Vancity report “Sweet Deal: the Value of Bees to B.C.’s Economy
CBC Radio News, 20 July 2016, Vancity report “Sweet Deal: the Value of Bees to B.C.’s Economy”
Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province, 20 July, “B.C. Bee Industry Abuzz in Big Bucks” ; (Also in Vancouver Province)
CBC Radio, Early Edition, 20 July 2016, Vancity report “Sweet Deal: the Value of Bees to B.C.’s Economy”
Global TV, 20 July 2016, Vancity report “Sweet Deal: the Value of Bees to B.C.’s Economy
CityTV, 20 July 2016, Vancity report “Sweet Deal: the Value of Bees to B.C.’s Economy
Roundhouse Radio, 20 July 2016, Vancity report “Sweet Deal: the Value of Bees to B.C.’s Economy
Business in Vancouver, 20 July 2016, “What’s Black and Yellow and Also Read?”
CBC Radio, Prince George, 21 July 2016, Vancity report “Sweet Deal: the Value of Bees to B.C.’s Economy
CFAX Radio, Victoria, 21 July 2016, Vancity report “Sweet Deal: the Value of Bees to B.C.’s Economy
Huffington Post, 23 August 2016, “What Honeybees Taught Me About Running a Business”
CBC News (website), Early Edition (CBC radio), 24 November 2016, “Health Canada Proposes Ban of Bee-Killing Neonicitionoid Pesticide,”
CBC Radio, All Points West, Victoria, 25 November 2016, Neonicotinoids
Marin County News (California), 16 December 2016, “Bee Experts Urge Shake Up to Promote Proliferation of Bees”
Paste Magazine, 7 May 2017, “Decoding the Waggle Dance: The Science of How Bees Communicate.”
Peninsula News Review, 3 July 2017, “Native Bees Boost Central Saanich Cidery,”
CBC Radio, 6 October 2017. “Neonicotinoids in honey”
Westender, 5 December, 2017, “Poetic Licence: Apples and Honey”
PolliNation Podcast, March 2018, Interviewed by Andony Melathopolous, Oregon State University, http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/pollinationpodcast/2018/03/05/mark-l-winston/
Metro News, Cruickshank, April 2018, blueberries and bees
Global News, 2 April 2018 “Blueberry Pollination” https://globalnews.ca/news/4119157/bc-bee-shortage-blueberries/
KawarthaNow, 11 April 2018, “Award-winning bee expert Mark Winston to speak at Peterborough Pollination Summit” https://kawarthanow.com/2018/04/11/peterborough-pollination-summit/
Peace Arch News, 18 April 2018. “New Book About Honey Bees” https://www.peacearchnews.com/entertainment/new-book-about-honey-bees-from-surrey-poet-laureate-saklikar-and-expert-winston/
StarMetro Vancouver, 28 April 2018. “B.C. beekeepers worry blueberries are making their bees sick.” https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2018/04/28/bc-beekeepers-worry-blueberries-are-making-their-bees-sick.html
The Peterborough Examiner, 3 May 2018. “Bee expert to talk about listening and learning,” https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/community-story/8583792-bee-expert-to-talk-about-listening-and-learning-in-peterborough/?s=e
thecommentary.ca, 16 May 2018, Joseph Planta, http://thecommentary.ca/ontheline/1607-mark-winston/
Cascadia, 25 May 2018, “A Poet and a Scientist Listen to the Bees”. https://www.cascadiamagazine.org/artsculture/a-poet-and-scientist-listen-to-the-bees/
Nexus, 31 May 2018, “Listening to the Bees successfully uses art and science to bring point home” http://www.nexusnewspaper.com/2018/05/31/listening-to-the-bees-successfully-uses-art-and-science-to-bring-point-home/
Brigham Young University Radio, “Listening to the Bees,” http://www.byuradio.org/episode/90c81a64-64ae-4674-a7e7-ab0c0152c415?playhead=1940&autoplay=true
BC Bookworld Summer 2018, 32:2. Mary Ann Moore “To Bee or Not to Bee” https://bcbooklook.com
CBC Radio North by Northwest, 11 June 2018, Sheryl Mackay
Globe and Mail, 16 June 2018, “The Science of Reading” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-the-scoop-on-summer-reads-the-coolest-books-of-the-season/#science
Focus Magazine, July/August 2018. “Wild Fierce Life,” (review of “Listening to the Bees”), http://www.focusonvictoria.ca/july-august-2018/summer-reading-picks-r4/
New York Times, 21 August 2018, “Honeybees Are Hurting, What Else Can Pollinate Our Food?” Catherine Allchin, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/science/bees-pollination-farming.html?hpw&rref=science&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
Institute on Science for Global Policy, “Pollination Nation,” 7 January 2019
Globe and Mail 8 May 2019 “A Sweet Symbiosis” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/adv/article-a-sweet-symbiosis/
Washington Post 22 May 2019. EPA blocks a dozen products containing pesticides thought harmful to bees. Dino Grandoni, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2019/05/22/the-energy-202-epa-blocks-a-dozen-products-containing-pesticides-thought-harmful-to-bees/5ce46c34a7a0a46b92a3fd6a/?utm_term=.fc41f4eb92ad