Science Communication Day
Co-organized by Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives and聽SciCommCollective.聽
This event is full
Please email聽falisha.karpati [at] mcgill.ca聽if you would like to be added to the wait list. In your email, please include whether you would like to attend select workshops or the full day.
Schedule
9:00-11:00 a.m.:聽The Reviewer's Perspective: A Panel Discussion on Academic Writing
What do reviewers look for in a manuscript? What writing strategies do successful researchers use when writing their papers? At this event, you will get tips and advice on how to write impressive manuscripts and navigate the academic publication process from four McGill faculty members.
Panelists:
- Blake Richards, Assistant Professor, Computer Science
- Keith Murai, Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Aparna Suvrathan, Assistant Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery
- Sarah Woolley, Associate Professor, Biology
11:00-11:15 a.m.:听Coffee break
11:15 a.m.-1:15 p.m.:听A Picture is Worth 1000 Statistics: Effective Data Visualization for Scientific Communication聽(offered in collaboration with the )
Speaker: Eisha Ahmed, PhD Candidate in Experimental Medicine, and Brand and Marketing Intern at聽Dispersa
1:15-2:15 p.m.:听Lunch, with a booth exhibition by on-campus science communication聽groups, and art-science projections
2:15-4:15 p.m.:聽#SciComm on Social Media: Sharing Your Science Beyond the Lab
Speaker:听聽(@science.sam / @heysciencesam), Neuroscientist & Science Communicator at Science Sam Media
In this 2-hr interactive workshop, Samantha Yammine聽will share best practises for audience-first storytelling, and tips and tricks for engaging folks with your science through social media! Whether you're a daily tweeter or it's your first time taking your science beyond the lab, come ready to hone modern communication skills that can be applied to any future career.
4:15-5:00 p.m.:听Networking session,聽with a booth exhibition from science communication-related student groups and art-science projections
