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08/01/2018

Spectacular images from the Canadian Wilderness!

07/31/2018

07/24/2018

Time to get those creative juices flowing, it is Name Time Again!
"Pouty" the Ocean Pout has been with us for several weeks now but is in need of a proper name.
The male pouts are darker in colour than the females. They also have a larger flatter head with fuller or more fleshy lips than that of the female.
Winner will be drawn at random and will receive family day pass!

06/29/2018

Awesome clip about the science of the Wood Wide Web! Trees use underground networks for some really cool and surprising purposes. Although, "arboreal cyber-crime" sounds pretty sketchy 😂

06/19/2018

Good advice here on how to look for a job in science communication. Here's hoping that the number of *paid* jobs will keep increasing! We need to bridge the gap that exists between science and society. And to do that, we will need more paid, trained professionals out there doing it!

Alex Chattwood, Communications, Education & Outreach co-editor Becoming a paid science communicator can be hard work. In my recent post, I offered up some resources for people looking to educat…

06/14/2018

Really hoping that the Mars rover Opportunity survives this mega-storm!!! Hang in there, Oppy 👍

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jun/14/mars-storm-nasa-rover-opportunity

Experts have no idea what the landscape, or the Opportunity, will look like after storm raging across a quarter of the planet

06/10/2018

Do any examples of bad physics in movies (or real life) bug you? https://www.wired.com/story/the-many-shades-of-bad-physics/

There are different categories of incorrect physics—and each deserves its own strategy.

05/30/2018

Love that the Canadian team at IISD Experimental Lakes Area were named the Flame Challenge 2018 Graphic Entry Winner. Awesome stuff! https://www.iisd.org/ela/blog/commentary/climate-scientists-explain-eleven-year-old/

What is climate? It's a more difficult question than you would think, especially when explaining it to an eleven-year old. Take a look at our infographic.

05/15/2018

There’s two weeks left to donate and help make this super cool Science + Art project happen! It's all about the kind of Afrofuturism seen in Marvel’s Black Panther, but right here in Canada, and you can be a part of it. The creators have added hand-knitted Infinity War-themed keychains as new Rewards. Check it out :) https://www.labfundr.ca/expanding-black-thought?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=ebt1

Expanding Black Thought is an experimental Sci + Art project, which aims to bring together Afrofuturist artists and black scientists in Canada.

05/01/2018

04/25/2018

A new project has launched! 🚀 The goal is to team up black scientists and Afrofuturist artists. After collaborating, they'll present and discuss their results at a convention in August. Check out this -focused +Art project by Black Speculative Arts Movement Canada and Sci Comm Toronto!
https://www.labfundr.ca/expanding-black-thought

Expanding Black Thought is an experimental Sci + Art project, which aims to bring together Afrofuturist artists and black scientists in Canada.

04/15/2018

Big news! This upcoming campaign on Labfundr will bring black scientists and Afrofuturist artists together to re-imagine the future.

The results of this exciting collaboration between the Black Speculative Arts Movement Canada and Sci Comm Toronto will be displayed and/or performed at the BSAM Convention in Toronto this August.

Check it out!

https://mailchi.mp/f6ce2fff4c9f/expanding-black-thought

Afrofuturism is an art form that re-imagines the future for the African Diaspora through speculative fiction, comics, visual art, fashion, film but to imagine the future is also to imagine new frontiers for science and technology. This project, by the Black Speculative Arts Movement Canada and SciC....

04/11/2018

New post alert! Guest blogger Alan Shapiro talks about ways to overcome the “curse of knowledge” and connect with your audience via science communication.

To quote Alan, who in turn quotes author Andy Grove - "How well we communicate is determined not by how well we say things but how well we are understood."

https://www.labfundr.ca/blog-posts/how-to-talk-to-your-grandparents-about-science?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=gbp10

Assuming that your grandparents aren’t Nobel laureates, it’s time to have a talk with them about science. Any science is fine, but your own area of expertise is preferred. Make sure to schedule ahead – this isn’t one of those conversations you can start nonchalantly over dinner.

04/02/2018

Cool clip featuring a description of a gene-editing technology called CRISPR from Rodolphe Barrangou, winner of the 2016 Canada Gairdner International Award!

03/29/2018

"I am an academic with dyslexia and I would like to share my story with you."

Great story and perspective on research/science communication from researcher Grainne Cleary!

https://theconversation.com/my-dyslexic-perspective-on-academia-and-how-i-found-science-communication-92846

Never underestimate a person with dyslexia - the skills and strategies they've developed to survive academia can be the right fit for effective communication.

03/25/2018

Check out this CBC Cross Country Checkup podcast for a very interesting discussion about public trust in science!

There are some amazing guests featured here - senior CBC science writer Nicole Mortillariko, Dr. Neil Turok (Director of The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ont. Friend and colleague of Stephen Hawking), Dr. Mona Nemer, Canada's Chief Science Advisor, and Samantha Yammine, PhD student and accomplished science communicator as “.Sam” (20,000 followers on Instagram and Twitter).

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/are-people-losing-faith-in-the-ability-of-science-to-provide-answers-1.4580684

The world has lost a giant who worked hard to improve scientific understanding. Canadians rate high on scientific literacy. But on certain issues, some are reluctant to go with the science. A new study suggests many believe science is not that important in their lives. What do you think? Does scienc...

03/22/2018

Our newest blog author Chapin Korosec explores a study that found Canadians trust friends more than journalists for science news and how this raises fascinating questions on how strategies for & writing can increase trust in science journalism. https://buff.ly/2GTALuv

On August 12, 2017, the Ontario Science Centre released a nationwide study called “the Science Literacy Report.” The report divides participants by what motivates their decision making process by topics such as: personal beliefs, gut feeling, balanced intuition/facts, pure data/fact driven. In d...

03/10/2018

Love this article from Ontario's first chief scientist, Dr. Molly Shoichet, on "How to build a culture of science" http://www.macleans.ca/opinion/how-to-build-a-culture-of-science/

Opinion: Molly Shoichet, Ontario's chief scientist, on how to keep Canadian children's curiosity about the world around them alive as they grow up