Month: February 2021
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Museum of Ingenuity J. Armand Bombardier is asking for your help to identify young Canadian inventors (aged 13 to 24) for their Jeunes inventeurs (young inventors) travelling exhibition.
Calling upon everyone, The Museum of Ingenuity J. Armand Bombardier in Valcourt, Quebec, is currently working to organize the Jeunes inventeurs (young inventors) travelling temporary exhibition that will be introduced in the spring of 2022, marking the 100th anniversary of Joseph-Armand Bombardier’s “first invention.” On New Year’s Eve 1922, at the age of 15, he tested his first…
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How Canada’s science centres are fighting COVID-19 misinformation
Using the hashtag #ScienceUpFirst, a coalition of groups that includes the Canadian Association of Science Centres (CASC), COVID-19 Resources Canada and the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta, is circulating its own information that is being carefully vetted by scientists. The focus is on presenting “accessible, shareable, accurate and trustworthy” information – primarily…
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The Canadian Association of Science Centres joined forces with other groups to launch #ScienceUpFirst
With misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccination running rampant in multiple countries, many organizations are also seeing bad information circulate in their own realm and wondering how to stop it. The Canadian Association of Science Centres realized that communication could be its tool in the fight against this insidious problem. “The World Health Organization has declared…
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Latest News from CASC: Together Against Misinformation initiative!
CASC E-newsletter: January 28, 2021 CASC is proud to be a partner in the #ScienceUpFirst: Together Against Misinformation initiative! #ScienceUpFirst is a digital awareness and engagement campaign that will flood and disrupt social media, in an effort to debunk misinformation, and amplify best-in-class science-based content. View full newsletter here.