• 21 June, 2012
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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!

  • 25 May, 2012
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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 …

  • 21 May, 2012
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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!    

  • 21 May, 2012
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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

  • 27 April, 2012
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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.

  • 23 April, 2012
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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…

  • 23 April, 2012
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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.

  • 17 April, 2012
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    What is ScienceOnlineVancouver?

    ScienceOnlineVancouver is a monthly discussion series exploring how online communication and social media impact current scientific research and how the general public learns about it. ScienceOnlineVancouver is an ongoing discussion about online science, including science communication and available research tools, not a …

  • 28 March, 2012
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    About the Organizers

    The science online community is expanding, and it’s coming here to Vancouver. It is co-organized by Vancouverites passionate about open science, communicating science, and connecting with others! The SoVan organisers Catherine Anderson – Catherine Anderson teaches medicine to future doctors and dentists at …

  • 21 March, 2012
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    Raise your glass to ScienceOnline 2012, NC

    Thanks to Carin Bondar we have a video as memorable as the unconference original: Thanks as ever to the ScienceOnline mothership in Raleigh for sharing it, as well! http://scienceonlinenow.org/