Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Feature
Please give a warm welcome to Jubilee Connor, our SciArt Spotlight Series featured SciArtist for March! 🎨🧬
Based in Belleville, Ontario, Jubilee has experience creating SciArt with a focus on conservation. She has worked for Ontario Provincial Parks, where she made natural science museum displays and ran both science and art programming, as well as Environment and Climate Change Canada, where she created experimental art pieces about pollution and the Rust Belt. 🌿
Jubilee also enjoys producing medical-related SciArt. “What I ultimately have the most fun making is medical-centered imagery that incorporates multiple disciplines.” This was best demonstrated in her undergraduate gallery show, Pneuma, where she explored the connections between theology, history, art, and neuroscience. 🧠
Jubilee credits her upbringing with how she became interested in science and communication. “Being homeschooled until my undergraduate, I was able to tailor my education to focus heavily on the sciences, teaching myself by interacting directly with the world and asking questions constantly.”
She also acted as a teacher and translator for her older sister, who has speech apraxia, which instilled an appreciation for creative education and clear, audience-centred communication. “She inspires me to translate complex biological systems into accessible visual language.”
When Jubilee discovered the field of SciArt during her undergraduate degree at Redeemer University, she focused her academics and extracurriculars in art and biology to develop the skills necessary to become a scientific illustrator.
“Science can sometimes feel abstract and inaccessible, but understanding the textures, form, and structure that lie hidden in the data, theory, and systems gives life to that abstraction. Each time I take on a project, I not only learn about the world around me, but I learn a little bit about myself each time too.”
To connect with Jubilee, you can visit her website,
follow her on Instagram,
or find her on LinkedIn.
Stay tuned for next month’s SciArt Spotlight! If you or a SciArtist you know would like to be featured, send us a DM! 📩#SciArt #ScienceCommunication
