Fri, September 8, 2017 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL). Why Communicate Science? - SCIence Communication Action Team - SciCAT!
Communicating our science and our scholarship is an incredibly important part of what we as researchers do. In this short and interactive session, a facilitator from SciCATS (the Science Communication Action Team!) will walk you through the fundamentals of talking about your research. Come prepared to learn, share, laugh, and be inspired!
Speaker: Jennifer Gardy
Dr. Jennifer Gardy is a scientist and science communicator. By day, she’s an Assistant Professor in UBC’s School of Population and Public Health, where she holds a Canada Research Chair in Public Health Genomics and where her work focuses on sequencing bacterial DNA to track the spread of infectious diseases. By night, she’s a regular guest host on CBC Television’s long-running science documentary series The Nature of Things, a kids’ science book author, and a speaker on all things science communication-related!
Location: AERL 120 (Theatre)
2202 Main Mall, UBV