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Artificial intelligence’s influence on science communication and public engagement

By Jagpreet Kaur Maker, Borealis Blog editor Science communication plays a pivotal role in bridging the gap between scientific advancements […]

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Par Laurie L’Espérance, étudiante à la maîtrise à l’Université de Sherbrooke Photo prise par Justine Le Vaillant Je pourrais vous parler de ma recherche sur l’Hirondelle bicolore. Vous expliquer comment mes résultats m’ont appris que l’environnement influence la migration de ces passereaux. D’ailleurs, vous avez peut-être déjà écouté mes présentations dans des congrès en écologie....

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Black Girls Do Engineer (BGDE) and the US National Security Agency plus some Canadian Black Scientists Network news

This April 24, 2024 Black Girls Do Engineer (BGDE) news release popped up in my email with an abbreviation I haven’t seen in a while, HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities), Black Girls Do Engineer recently signed an Education Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the [US] National Security Agency in an effort to continue playing a key...

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Simon Fraser University’s (SFU; Vancouver, Canada) Café Scientifique: last Spring 2024 event & Science Rendezvous on May 11, 2024

I have posted about this April 30, 2024 event on Zoom previously (see my January 16, 2024 post) so this constitutes a reminder. From an April 23, 2024 Simon Fraser University (SFU) Café Scientifique announcement (received via email), SFU CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE: Overtraining and the Everyday AthleteTuesday, April 30 [2024], 5:00 – 6:30 pm over ZoomWhat happens when...

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Travel Story: Les conférences de recherche Gordon

Par Jeanne Clermont, stagiaire postdoctorale à l’Université de Sherbrooke L’été dernier, le soutien financier du CSBQ m’a permis de participer à un séminaire et une conférence intitulés Movement Ecology of Animals, organisés par les Gordon Research Conferences (GRC). Cet évènement s’est tenu à Lucques en Italie du 28 mai au 2 juin 2023. J’y ai présenté...

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New York City’s Guggenheim (art) Museum celebrates Earth Day on April 22, 2024 with poetry and more

The Guggenheim’s Earth Day celebrations feature artist and poet Cecilia Vicuña’s “The Quipu of Encounters” series. Here’s an example, An Inca quipu, from the Larco Museum in Lima (Peru).Claus Ableiter nur hochgeladen aus enWiki – enWiki, hochgeladen von User Lyndsaruell [downloaded from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quipu] CC BY-SA 3.0 File:Inca Quipu.jpg Created: 29 October 2007 Uploaded: 28 October...

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Artificial intelligence’s influence on science communication and public engagement

By Jagpreet Kaur Maker, Borealis Blog editor Science communication plays a pivotal role in bridging the gap between scientific advancements and the public. In recent years, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into research, education, and communication activities has revolutionized various aspects of society, including science communication. In Canada, a nation known for its rich...

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Profile: Nabanita Nawar, CEO HDAX Therapeutics

CCRM, the publisher of Signals, has enhanced its long-standing relationship with the University of Toronto’s Medicine by Design through a new strategic alliance. This profile is one in a series of proflies that feature “people” of Medicine by Design. Some minor edits may have been made to the original published version. Nabanita Nawar, PhD “When...

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