Happy Halloween everyone! Here’s what happening this month.
Wednesday October 3, 2012
Nerd Nite – 6 pm
Hang out with the cool people for a change! Every first Wednesday of the month, scientists, science journalists and science communicators congregate at their favorite watering hole for some good, thought-provoking conversations. And of course, some awesome beer.
Location: Railway Club – 579 Dunsmuir Street
Time: 6 pm
Saturday October 20, 2012
ScienceOnlineVancouver – 6:30pm
ScienceOnlineVancouver and Science World team up to present Changing Landscape: Science in Canada’s North. RSVP here.
Location: Science World
Time: 6:30pm
Saturday October 20, 2012
Mycology Tour in Pacific Spirit Park
Want to learn more about fungi? Now is the perfect time to get outside and learn something about our local forests before the rains come in to stay.
Terry Taylor, formerly from the Science and Technology Division of the Vancouver Public Library, and current UBC Research Associate, will take up to 15
people on a walk through Pacific Spirit Park. He has studied local botany and mycology for 40 years and is a founding member of the Vancouver Mycological Society.
Terry will help you find many sorts of fungi and will explain all of the different parts of the organisms and where this group fits into the ecology of the forest. He will also let you know which species are edible.
Meet at 16th Avenue and Sasamat Street –near the entrance to UBC, and at a trailhead of Pacific Spirit Park – see below. Start time: 10 am. It will be a 2 hour walk.
To really get down and see these fascinating life forms, if you have a hand lens or magnifying glass, please bring it, for you will then be able to see pore structure and all of the myriad other complex parts of these fungi.
Participants should be prepared for possible cold rainy weather with enough warm clothes, as we will be doing quite a bit of standing around.
This event is free. Register here. Sponsored by SCWIST.
Monday October 22, 2012
2012 Gairdner Foundation Symposium
Come and get inspired at this free public lecture featuring Dr. William Kaelin and Dr. Jeffrey Ravetch. Both have done exceptional work to be awarded Canada’s Gairdner Foundation Award.
Location: Life Sciences Centre, Lecture Theatre 2 (LSC 2), UBC
TIme: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Critical Skills For Success: Effective Networking Skills
The Student Biotech Network is putting on a workshop for you to learn to communicate effectively and get that job of your dreams. RSVP here.
Location: Genome BC Multifunction Room, 500-555 West 8th Ave.
Time: 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Friday October 26, 2012
Science World After Dark
Have fun at Science World, WITHOUT children. Put on your detective hats for this event for this night of killer fun. Make sure you show up at 7pm sharp to participate in the murder mystery. Register here.
Location: Science World
Time: 7pm – 10pm
Monday October 29, 2012
SBN Networking Event
Put your networking skills in action with fellow biotech professionals.
Location: Original Joe’s, Cambie and Broadway
Time: 6pm until you’re all networked out
October 31, 2012
SCWIST’S Brown Bag Lunch
In the spirit of Halloween SCWIST is bringing scientists and journalists together in one room to discuss, ready for it, science communication! OMG! AHH!!!! They have an excellent panelist of science communicator superstars, and if you miss this, that would definitely be scary!
Location: Beaty Biodiversity Museum
Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm
October 12 to 21, 2012
Communicating Science to General Audiences – presented by the Student Biotech Network
Learn how to communicate science effectively and tailor it to a specific audience, albeit granting agencies, potential employers or even family and friends.
Location: Genome BC Multifunction Room – 500-555 W. 8th Avenue, Vancouver
Time: 5:30pm
October 12 to 21, 2012
National Science and Technology Week
The Government of Canada is celebrating science and technology all over the country. In BC, Science World is having a science festival. Check out the website for the celebration near you.
Location: Throughout the country
September 21 to October 21
Science World presents Around the Dome in 30 Days
Come celebrate science for 3o days at Science World’s first ever science festival! There will be various events all throughout the month including Cafe Scientifiques. Keep checking back at http://www.scienceworld.ca/aroundthedome for more info.
Location: Science World
If you have any other science related events you would like me to post on my site, please e-mail me at sswchow@gmail. Also, please make sure you check the websites of the respective events to make sure you get the most up-to-date details on the events.