We are a non-profit organization with a mission to promote Canadian science and train Canadian science communicators. Launched in 2013 as Canada’s largest aggregator of science blogs, syndicating 150 member blogs covering topics from astronomy to zoology, policy to politics, the establishment of our very own Borealis Blog has made us a trusted hub for the public, media, educators, scientists, and policymakers to discover and connect with Canadian science.
In addition, our Pitch & Polish mentorship program is designed to help science students learn to communicate technical information to broad audiences. This not only helps spread stories of great Canadian science, but also helps individuals develop valuable science communication skills to further their careers.
Support a Canadian science communication endeavour
We are asking for your support to help develop our capacity to communicate and promote Canadian science. Science Borealis is a non-profit organization run by a passionate team of volunteers, who generously donate their time and energy to produce, edit, and review our content and social media. Our annual operating costs include the technical costs of website hosting and maintenance, meeting our obligations as a non-profit under the Canada Revenue Act, and providing a minimal stipend for our most time-intensive volunteer positions: Executive Director, Managing Editor of the Borealis Blog, and Outreach Manager.
Why sponsor Science Borealis?
- Show your organization’s commitment to bringing good engaging science to the public.
- Promote fact-based science stories, free of sensational claims, pseudoscience, and misinformation.
- Support students who are committed to learning the skills necessary to write high-quality science stories.
- Globally promote your organization’s programs and research excellence to potential recruits, policymakers, and the media.
For details, please see our 2024 Sponsorship Package, outlining the benefits of sponsorship and attesting to the value of investing in the work we do and the community we interact with.
We believe that communicating the science done at Canadian institutions, including universities, government, and think tanks, is in the public interest. With the decline in reporters assigned to the science beat, however, this task increasingly falls to researchers themselves. Science blogging has become a common media outlet: no longer new or disruptive, but accessible and educational. Our bloggers include science communicators, science graduates, current students, postdocs, and professors from universities across Canada. We provide a platform for these scientists to increase public understanding of and appreciation for science, and to demonstrate the value of investing in research for the public good.
We are working to better inform the public about the great research done at Canadian institutions, but we can’t do it without your support.
Please contact us at contact@scienceborealis.ca for further discussion or information.
To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, download our 2024 Sponsorship Package.
