ScienceOnline Vancouver
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Recap: Changing Landscape: Science in Canada’s North 10/20
We partnered with Science World to bring you local scientists and researchers discussing how research up north tells us about the impact it has on us down “south”.
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Recap: Writing for Action (9/20)
You have an issue you’re passionate about – and you know all the information to back it up – but how do you convey that message to an audience that will promote action? You might need different goals and messages for government officials, funders, or even family and friends.
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Recap: Naked Science (6/12 Event)
Exposed. Transparent. Nude. All adjectives that should describe access to scientific journal articles, but currently, that’s not the case. The research paid by our Canadian taxpayer dollars is locked behind doors. The only way to access these articles is money, and lots of it!
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Science Online with Andy Hegle
Each month, SoVan will feature a member of the ScienceOnlineVancouver community. This month we have Andy Hegle, winner of the NASA backpack from the first SoVan event, where do you get your science? Could you tell us about yourself. Where are you …
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Recap: Making Contact (5/15 event)
We had the second ScienceOnlineVancouver event on May 15. We had a pretty good turn out despite some confusion re: changing dates. The addition of mingling and cold beverages did seem to add to the fun and networking opportunities. New people were …
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Who’s attending #sovan?
On twitter, @JLggM had some good questions about the people attending #sovan. So, we thought we’d ask you!
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Dear ABC, please sign the petition for open access
I saw this post via twitter and thought people involved in ScienceOnlineVancouver might like to see do something similar. ^Catherine (also @genegeek) Dear Mom, Please Sign The Petition. #OAMonday
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Snapshots of SoVan
We’ve posted our photos from the April 19 ScienceOnline event on Flickr. Thank you Fred Bremmer for also posting his photos. If you have other photos to share please send them to us and we can post it our Flickr page.
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We want your input!
We need help from the Vancouver community with suggestions for future meetings. If you have another topic to suggest, please leave it in the comments or contact us via email, facebook, twitter…
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Recap: Where do you get your science? (Apr 19 event)
Practically every day, the internet gives us another option for finding scientific information. More sources publishing more content more frequently! How do we keep up?
We used the story of #arseniclife to discuss changing sci com roles.