A March 12, 2026 Canadian Science Policy Centre (CSPC) notice (received via email) announces a number of upcoming virtual panels and more,
Call for Editorial Series on “Defence Industrial Strategy and Strengthening Canada’s R&D and Innovation Capacities”
CSPC is excited to announce a call for editorials entitled “Defence Industrial Strategy and Strengthening Canada’s R&D and Innovation Capacities.” The Canadian government has recently unveiled their Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS), which promises to increase government investment in defence-related research and development (R&D) by ~85% over the next decade. This call seeks perspectives on how DIS and increased investments can strengthen Canada’s innovation ecosystem. The submission deadline is Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
Panel and Short Talk Submission Open for CSPC [Canadian Science Policy Conference] 2026
Don’t miss your opportunity to join the action-oriented conversation at the 18th Canadian Science and Innovation Policy Conference, CSPC 2026, this November 25-27, 2026 at the Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa.
With the overarching theme “Sovereignty by Design: Mobilizing Action to Reshape Canada’s Science, Technology, and Innovation Capacity,”CSPC 2026reflects a time of geopolitical realignment, fiscal constraint, productivity challenges, and rapid technological disruption during which Canada must strategically mobilize its full knowledge base to advance national priorities.
The deadline to submit a Proposal or Short Talk is Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
March 19 [2026]: Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research: Building Canadian Research Capacity in a Shifting Global Landscape
Join us for a virtual panel that brings together Canadian brain research leaders for a discussion on strengthening Canada’s research ecosystem on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET.
March 24 [2026]: Comment le Canada peut tirer parti de son bilinguisme pour renforcer sa collaboration scientifique et technologique à l’échelle mondiale
CSPC Celebrates “la journée de la francophonie”. Join us for a panel discussion on how Canada can leverage its bilingualism as a strategic asset to strengthen international scientific and technological collaboration and partnerships on Tuesday, March 24, 2026, at 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET. This virtual panel will be held in French.
April 8 [2026]: Decentralizing Data for Climate‑Smart Research: Policy, Infrastructure, and Trust
Join us for a panel on how decentralized data systems can help Canada securely share research data while protecting sovereignty, trust, and community control on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 from 2-3:30 pm EST, organized by Genome Canada.
April 16 [2026]: Canada, South Africa, Astronomy, and the SKAO: a Strategic Research Partnership
Join us for a panel on how Canada’s participation in the Square Kilometre Array Observatory can strengthen strategic research and science policy collaboration with South Africa while addressing challenges in access, capacity, and international partnership on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 12:00 – 1:30 PM EST, organized by Queen’s University.
A September 9, 2025 Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) notice (received via email) announces a quantum conference and call for posters,
Join leading quantum researchers at the Year of Quantum Across Canada Conference that will highlight advances in quantum information theory and applications. The conference is co-hosted by the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics from October 6 to 9, 2025.
Learn about and share the latest advances in quantum information theory and applications.
Find opportunities to collaborate with local, Canadian and international quantum researchers.
Celebrate 100 years since the initial development of quantum mechanics this International Year of Quantum.
IQC and Perimeter Institute invite all scientists who are interested in:
Quantum metrology
Quantum simulation and quantum advantage
Quantum error-correction and fault tolerance
Quantum complexity and algorithms
Quantum communication and networks
Quantum cryptography
Quantum information in quantum matter and quantum gravity
The Year of Quantum Across Canada Symposium will be hosting a poster session on Tuesday, Oct 7th [2025] at IQC. Poster submissions are welcome and will be reviewed by the program committee. Some posters may be selected to present as a contributed talk. If you are interested in your poster being considered for a talk, please indicate this on the submission form.
NOTE: You must be in attendance at the Symposium in Waterloo to present a poster and/or contributed talk. We encourage you to register for the Symposium as soon as possible as space is limited. You will be advised if your poster has been accepted before the registration fee payment deadline.
If you have questions about the Call for Abstracts with respect to your research, please contact Alex May (amay@perimeterinstitute.ca).
Any logistical questions about the application process, the website or decision timelines should be directed to conferences@perimeterinstitute.ca
Then, there’s this from the Year of Quantum Across Canada’s Speaker List webpage, Note: Two confirmed speakers from Canada to “celebrate and aim to strengthen the quantum information science community in Canada and beyond, by bringing together leading Canadian researchers as well as members of the broader quantum community” as per the conference homepage. Maybe they’ll get a few more before October 2025?,
Speaker List
Confirmed Speakers:
Christian Bauer (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Alexandre Blais (Université de Sherbrooke) Sergey Bravyi (IBM Research – Thomas J. Watson Research Center) Nikolas Breuckmann (University of Bristol) Soonwon Choi (MIT [Massachusetts Institute of Technology]) Zohreh Davoudi (University of Maryland) Matthew Fisher (University of California, Santa Barbara) Dakshita Khurana (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Aleksander Kubica (Yale University) Hank Lamm (Fermilab) Laura Mancinska (University of Copenhagen) Antonio Mezzacapo (IBM) John Preskill (Caltech) Martin Savage (University of Washington) Brian Swingle (Brandeis University) Nathan Wiebe (University of Toronto) Yu-Xiang Yang (The University of Hong Kong)
Moving on, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) took a slightly more celebratory approach to their launch of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology 2025 (IYQ 2025) in February 2025 (see my January 31, 2025 posting).
Uncredited image promoting Poetry Night [downloaded from: https://mailchi.mp/e40a5373a9cd/dont-miss-artscisalon-poetry-night?e=ee5b8cc3f5]
Is there some sort of misunderstanding between Toronto’s ArtSci Salon and the Onsite Gallery at OCAD (Ontario College of Art and Design) University)?
Previously, I featured a series organized around the ‘more-than’human’ exhibition at the Onsite Gallery which included events being held by the ArtSci Salon in my February 1, 2023 posting. This morning (April 3, 2023), I received, via email, an April 2, 2023 ArtSci Salon announcement about some upcoming events for the ‘Re-situating: more-than-human’ event series (sigh), Note 1: They’ve added a poet to the Poetry Night, added more detail to the May 2023 excursion, and added a call for projects; Note 2: The Onsite Gallery continues call to it the ‘more-than-human’ exhibition,
Poetry Night Wednesday, April 5 [2023] – 7:30-9:30
An immersive poetry performance that involves three poets reading poems and a site-specific live projection mapping response created by artist Ilze Briede (Kavi). Come to this in-depth and unique event of deep listening and embodied experience!
Dr. Madhur Anand, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph Dr. Karen Houle, College of arts, University of Guelph
Liz Howard, Department of English, Concordia University
Projection mapping by Ilze Briede (Kavi) PhD student, York University
Don’t forget next event of the Re-Situating series:
The rare Charitable Research Reserve is an urban land trust and environmental institute in Waterloo Region/Wellington, protecting over 1,200 acres of highly sensitive lands.
This event follows and concludes several interdisciplinary dialogues on ethics of care, ecology, symbiosis, and human-plant relations. We weave together embodied discovery and sensory experience ; listening and thinking about the ethical and material implications of recognizing non-human individuals as valuable ; as well as different disciplines, epistemologies, positionalities. Our goal is to acquire better awareness of the ecological community to which we belong, with the intention of rethinking and resituating the human within a diverse, complex, and multifaceted ecosystem of other-than-human lifeforms.
The day will begin with a panel between artists and scientists investigating the social, economic, and natural complexities affecting both human and plant-life. The afternoon events will include a 30-minute walk through the wetlands at rare (wetland as carbon sinks), a Master Class led by Dr. Alice Jarry (the design of plant-based air filtration), and a rare led walk following the ecological lichen monitoring.
IMPORTANT! Bus will leave for rare at 9 am and will return to Toronto at 5:30 pm.
Please, note: Tickets are limited. Should you not be able to attend, please let us know so we can free up the space for someone else.
We require a nominal registration fee of $5 which will be refunded on the day of the event.
PROGRAM
Sunday, May 7 [2023] – 9:00 am – 5:30 pm
Meeting place: Onsite gallery, 199 Richmond Street West.
11:00 am-12:30 pm: Panel
Sumia Ali, McMaster University
Grace Grothaus, PhD candidate, York University
Dr. Alice Jarry, Speculative Life BioLab, Concordia University
Dr. Marissa Davis, University of Waterloo
12:30-1:30pm: lunch – catered
1:30-2:15 Wetlands walk
2:30-4:15 Workshop
Dr. Alice Jarry, Speculative Life BioLab, Concordia University – Plant based filtration systems
4:30-5:15 The lichen monitoring walk. This program at rare is one of several long-term ecological monitoring programs yielding valuable baseline data and can help to identify critical changes in ecosystem dynamics.
5:30 – return to Toronto
For more information and for media inquiries please contact Roberta Buiani – ArtSci Salon, The Fields Institute roberta.buiani@utoronto.ca Jane Tingley – Slolab, York University jtingley@yorku.ca
The call
From the April 2, 2023 ArtSci Salon announcement (received via email),
call for GLAM Incubator projects for 2023 – 2024
For more information about the Call for Projects please visit the GLAM Incubator’s website For specific questions about the Incubator or this year’s call, please email me directly at p.keilty@utoronto.ca. I am happy to answer any questions you or any potential partner organizations might have.
Great idea to have this acronym for a set of institutions that don’t usually inspire fun, slang adjectives. Here’s more about GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) incubator from its homepage on the University of Toronto website,
The GLAM Incubator is a research and support hub that connects galleries, libraries, archives, and museums with industry partners, researchers, and students to advance the development of seedling projects that benefit cultural institutions, industry, and the research and teaching goals of universities worldwide. The overarching goal of the Incubator is to provide support to experimental projects that benefit the GLAM industries and engages students. It provides the broader context and overarching structure for an ongoing series of responsive, finite, cross-sector action research collaborations. A collaboration between the Faculty of Information and the Knowledge Media Design Institute at the University of Toronto, the GLAM Incubator provides space, administrative assistance, research expertise, equipment, event facilitation, limited funding, and knowledge mobilization.
Each year, the GLAM Incubator puts out a Call for Projects from GLAM institutions for small-scale projects that experiment or incubate new programming, service models, interactive experiences, technical services, knowledge media, and user interfaces that will have an impact on GLAM institutions or professions more broadly. Please consult our Call for Projects page for more information.
The GLAM Incubator is a theory and innovation lab dedicated to launching and supporting small-scale projects focused on the development of cutting-edge programming, service models, interactive experiences, knowledge media, and user interfaces that address a specific issue or opportunity associated with emerging technologies within the GLAM sector. The themes and contents of the projects supported by the Incubator evolve in keeping with shifting technological developments and in response to the fluctuating needs and concerns of the various stakeholders involved in the cultural industry sectors (professionals, patrons, funders).
The Incubator will use its resources and infrastructure to run multiple projects concurrently. In addition to meeting the above criteria, projects will demonstrate a capacity to engage a diversity of stakeholders, as well as new and existing community partners. Projects will be “small-scale,” with a well-bounded research design (e.g. a study addressing a specific issue or timed opportunity faced by a community or industry partner) and short-term (1-3 years) duration. Active projects will be set up in a “doored lab,” either dedicated or shared. The Incubator will purchase or assist with the purchase of technological equipment and software required for the research. It will assist with administrative tasks and knowledge mobilization activities, as described in more detail below. It will provide in-kind support to help project leads secure external grants to fund other costs associated with the research (including research assistant salaries, conference travel, etc.). In exchange, project leads and their teams will ensure that a significant proportion of the research activities occur within that space.
Project teams must participate in an annual Symposium and engage their research and results in Incubator-supported knowledge mobilization activities, public or community outreach activities, and student engagement opportunities, where applicable.
Incubator projects will be selected through an application process.
Two-page description of the project that includes an explanation of the project’s purpose and impact on a GLAM industry or profession;
Resume(s) of the lead applicant(s);
A list of collaborators including brief biographies or descriptive information
Sustainability for continuing the project after incubation
A list of potential equipment, space, administrative, and funding needs.
We also welcome inquiries from potential applicants.
Enjoy the events and good luck with your submission to GLAM.
Should you be interested in an ArtSci Salon event (and part of whatever this series and exhibition is being called), titled ‘On Ethics of Care’, held in late March 2023, there’s an embedded two hour video on their ‘Re-situating: more-than-human’ webpage,
You have until April 21, 2023 *extended to May 5, 2023* to reply to the call for submissions to present at the 2023 Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC) being held from November 13 – 15, 2023 in in Ottawa, Canada. Here’s more about the conference, from the conference themes and topics webpage,
CSPC 2023 Themes & Topics:
Science and Innovation in a Time of Transformation
The 15th Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC 2023), will be held in person on November 13th – 15th, 2023. The conference expects 1000+ participants, more than 300 speakers, in 60 panel sessions. CSPC 2022 will also include a spectacular Gala dinner featuring its award ceremony which has become a signature annual event to celebrate Canadian science and innovation policy achievements.
We invite you to submit proposals in a variety of presentation formats that revolve around any of the conference topics. The conference tracks and topic can be found below
CSPC 2023 Overarching Theme: Science and Innovation in a Time of Transformation
Track 1: Science and Policy
The national STI [Science, technology, and innovation] ecosystem: Strategy for the next ten years; building on strengths and opportunities; addressing weaknesses
Modernizing the federal research support system
Strengthening Intergovernmental coordination and cooperation
Learning from international experiences
Assessing and fostering Canadian global leadership in STI
Governance of Science, technology and innovation
Managing the evolving/changing research landscape
Inter- and trans-disciplinarity, co-production of knowledge, effective integration of all fields of knowledge and ways of knowing
Science for social and economic objectives (including the UN SDGs)
Research security
Barriers and Opportunities in Open Science
Braiding Indigenous and Western knowledge
Optimizing benefits from national infrastructures, including data as infrastructure
Equity, diversity, inclusion, and racism in science
Evidence for policy
Science advice for Parliament
Best practices for bridging research and policy
Standardization, quality and transparency
The impact of ChatGPT
Science policy futures
Track 2: Science and Society
Public trust
Mis- and disinformation
Science communication in a post-truth era
Diverse forms of knowledge and ways of knowing
Science and social justice
Social trust, cohesion, social innovation
Systemic racism, otherism
Science in support of democracy
Science and Truth and Reconciliation
Science policy and aging
Science, technology and ethics
Science and innovation: public education
Track 3: Innovation and Economic Development
Canada’s Innovation strategy, 10 years outlook
Innovation in government investments in R&D and innovation
Regional development and innovation actions
Global Innovation Clusters
Digital challenges and strategy
Emerging economic opportunities
The conservation economy & the circular economy
The blue economy
Emerging and disruptive technologies
AI, including Chat GPT
Quantum
Gene editing
Ethical dimensions
Sector policies and challenges
Canadian Mineral Strategy
Facilitating the energy transition, including transportation infrastructure
Biomanufacturing capacity, security and competitiveness
Cleantech
Track 4: Science, International Affairs and Security
International STI agreements and Canada’s interest,
Assessing and fostering Canadian global leadership in STI Managing Canada’s approaches to emerging international industrial strategies and knowledge sharing
International opportunities, e.g.,
Horizon Europe
The Indo-Pacific strategy [emphases mine]
International collaboration
Large, concerted projects and major facilities
Security and cyber security
Foreign investment
Science, technology, innovation in the context of geopolitical shifts
Science diplomacy and geopolitics
Track 5: Science and The Next Generation
Research training
Revisiting the PhD
The welfare of research trainees
Fostering the next generation of science policy experts
Career transitions
Transitions between sectors in the science ecosystem
Track 6: Grand Challenges
Climate change
Mitigation and adaptation
Informing climate change action with data
Net Zero
Water resources and conservation
Nature-based solutions
Healthcare
Measuring healthcare outcomes
Towards meaningful indicators of the health system
Accessibility of health data
Issues in sharing, using and reporting health data
Pandemic preparedness
One Health
Zoonotic diseases
Environmental Health
Vector born diseases
The North
Permafrost – the next big challenge
Science, security and Canada’s Arctic
Food and agriculture
Future of food
A national food strategy?
Food Safety
Energy sovereignty
Nice to see interest in the Indo-Pacific region. Unsurprisingly given that these discussions are dominated by policy wonks from central and eastern Canada (heavily dominated by Ontario), Europe is mentioned first.
1.Submission type: There are two types of submissions;
a) Panel proposals (CSPC 2023 Overarching Theme, Tracks, and Topics)
80 minute panels (50 minute presentation, 30 minutes for Q&A session) where a diverse, multisectoral group discusses topics in science policy (see CSPC 2023 Overarching Theme, Tracks, and Topics)
b) Short talk proposals. (maximum 12 submissions will be accepted)
10 minute presentations (8 minute presentation, 2 minutes for Q&A session) that are intended to provide a brief overview of a topic in science policy.
Please read the criteria for each stream carefully before finalizing your submission.
2. Please review the CSPC 2023 Overarching Theme, Tracks, and Topics here.
3. CSPC 2023 will be an in-Person Conference: To participate in the in-person conference between Nov-13-15, 2023, at Westin Hotel Ottawa, Ontario, panelists must be present on-site. (In exceptional cases, we will try to accommodate virtual attendance for select speakers).
4. There is NO fee associated with proposal submission. However, CSPC is not responsible for speakers’ travel and accommodation costs. Speakers are entitled to register at a discounted rate.
5. Panel Diversity: CSPC is a national forum and mosaic that is built upon a balanced representation of diversity including region, sector, ethnicity, gender, age, and topic, in addition to seeking to provide under-represented groups an opportunity to present their ideas. These criteria will be heavily considered in the final selection of panels.
6. The Program Committee, alongside external reviewers from the community, will make selections based on the following criteria.
Proposals will be ranked based on the following high level criteria:
Panel Proposals (full description of criteria is below)
Quality of the proposed session: proposal description and justification (35%)
An action and/or solution-oriented focus, as opposed to a statement of the status quo of an issue (15%)
A diverse range of panelists (20%)
Quality of the speakers and moderator (15%)
Creativity in choice of panel format and its interactivity (15%)
Full Description of Criteria
1. Quality of the proposed session: proposal description and justification (35%)
The Quality of the session is evaluated on the panel description and justification:
Deep comprehension of the issue
Clear and compelling description of the panel and its novelty and importance to, and impact on, society
The value of the panel to be discussed at CSPC, in terms of follow ups, calls to action, policy change, etc.
Alignment with the Conference theme and topics
2. Incorporation of an action and/or solution-oriented focus, as opposed to a statement of the status quo of an issue (15%)
CSPC is seeking sessions that focus on solutions, forward actions and a futuristics analysis, rather than just a reiteration of the status quo.
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Good luck!
*Change made on April 6, 2023. Newly extended date for submissions received via email in an April 6, 2023 Canadian Science Policy Centre announcement.*
One February event previously mentioned in my February 4, 2019 posting, ‘Heart & Art—the first Anatomy Night in Canada—February 14, 2019 in Vancouver’, is sold out! If you’re feeling lucky, you could join the waitlist (click on Tickets). I think the University of British Columbia’s Heartfelt images created by medical students will be featured at the event. The image below is from Heartfelt Images 2013,
Turbulent Flow; 1st Place
Credit: April Lu (VFMP)
I love how the artist has integrated a salmon and Hokusai’s Great Wave, while conveying information about blood flow into and out of the heart. BTW, you might want to look at the image on its ‘homesite’ as I don’t think the aspect ratio here is quite right. Note: Heartfelt Images were copied and moved to a new website and organized with newer images into the teachingmedicine.com site’s ‘Art Gallery‘.
Onwards, I have two events and an opportunity.
Traumatic Brain Injury: a Brain Talks event
Courtesy: Brain Talks
The Brain Talks folks at the University of British Columbia (UBC) emailed a February 8, 2019 announcement (Note: I have made a few minor formatting changes to the following),
Traumatic Brain Injury; Molecular Mechanisms to Chronic Care
Wednesday, February 20th, 2019 from 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Join us on February 20th for talks on Traumatic Brain Injury spanning from molecular mechanisms to chronic clinical care. We are excited to announce presenters who both practice in the community and perform high level research. Our presenters include Dr. Cheryl Wellington, director of ABI Wellness Mark Watson, and clinical rehabilitation director Heather Branscombe.
Dr. Cheryl Wellington is a professor and researcher internationally recognized for her work on lipid and lipoprotein metabolism in the brain. Her group has made key contributions to the understanding of the role of apolipoprotein E (apoE) in Alzheimer’s Disease as well as the critical role played in repair of damaged neurons after TBI.
Mark Watson is the Chief Executive Officer of ABI Wellness, a clinic specializing in providing services for patients with chronic brain injury to improve higher order cognitive functioning. Mark has worked in education and cognitive rehabilitation since 2002, having served as a teacher, administrator, Executive Director and CEO. A frequent speaker on the topic of brain injury rehabilitation Mark has presented this work to: Public health agencies, BC Cancer Agency, The NHL Alumni Assoc., NFLPA Washington State.
Heather Branscombe serves as the Clinic Director and owner of Abilities Neurological Rehabilitation. A physiotherapist by training, Heather has consulted as a clinical specialist to a rehabilitation technology company and has taught therapists, orthotists and physicians across Canada. She is involved in research projects with the University of British Columbia (FEATHER’s project) and has been asked to be the exclusive BC provider of emerging therapy practice such as the telemedicine driven ReJoyce through rehabtronics. Professionally, Heather volunteers her time as a member of the Board of Directors for the Stroke Recovery Association of B.C. and is the past-chair of the Neurosciences Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association.
After the talk, at 7:30 pm, we host a social gathering with healthy food and non-alcoholic drinks. For physicians, the event is CME accredited for a MOC credit of 1.5.
Date and Time Wed, 20 February 2019 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST Add to Calendar Location Paetzhold Theater Vancouver General Hospital Vancouver, BC View Map Refund Policy Refunds up to 1 day before event
We are pleased to be writing to you to announce the first event of 2019. After having learned how hard-core dark matter physicists are finding out what our universe is made of, we’ll next have the pleasure to hear from a scholar in a humanistic discipline. Mark Turin will be talking on the topic of language diversity and its importance in our time. In a city with some of the highest levels of cultural variety in the nation, we believe this topic is very relevant and timely. Please, read on for details on the lecture by Dr. Turin in a few weeks.
The first event of ARPICO’s winter 2019 activity will take place on Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 at the Italian Cultural Centre (see the attached map for parking and location). Our speaker will be Dr. Mark Turin, an Associate Professor of Anthropology and First Nations Languages at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Trained in anthropology and linguistics, he has worked in collaborative partnership with Indigenous peoples in the Himalayas for over 20 years and more recently with First Nations communities in the Pacific Northwest. He is a committed advocate for the enduring role of Indigenous and minority languages, online, in print and on air through his BBC radio series.
We look forward to seeing everyone there. The evening agenda is as follows: 6:30 pm – Doors Open for Registration 7:00 pm – Introduction by Nicola Fameli and Lucio Sacchetti 7:15 pm – Start of the evening event with introductions & lecture by Dr. Mark Turin ~8:00 pm – Q & A Period to follow – Mingling & Refreshments until about 9:30 pm If you have not already done so, please register for the event by visiting the EventBrite link or RSVPing to info@arpico.ca. ..
Also included in the announcement is more detail about the March 6, 2019 talk along with some logistical information,
Rising Voices: Linguistic diversity in a Globalized World
The linguistic diversity of our species is under extreme stress, as are the communities who speak increasingly endangered speech forms. Of the world’s living languages, currently numbering around 7,000, around half will cease to be spoken as everyday vernaculars by the end of this century.
For communities around the world, local languages function as vehicles for the transmission of unique traditional knowledge and cultural heritage that become threatened when elders die and livelihoods are disrupted. As globalisation and rapid socio-economic change exert complex pressures on smaller communities, cultural and linguistic diversity is being transformed through assimilation to more dominant ways of life.
In 2016, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution proclaiming 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages to help promote and protect Indigenous languages. This celebration of linguistic vitality and resilience is welcome, but is it enough? And in an increasingly and often uncomfortably interconnected world, what is the role for the ‘heritage’ languages that migrants bring with them when they move and settle in new places?
In this richly illustrated lecture, I will draw on contemporary examples from North America, Asia and Europe to explore the enduring importance and compelling value of linguistic diversity in the 21st century.
WHEN: Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 at 7:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm) WHERE:Italian Cultural Centre – Museum & Art Gallery – 3075 Slocan St, Vancouver, BC, V5M 3E4 RSVP: Please RSVP at EventBrite (https://linguisticdiversity.eventbrite.ca/) or email info@arpico.ca
Tickets are Needed Tickets are FREE, but all individuals are requested to obtain “free-admission” tickets on EventBrite site due to limited seating at the venue. Organizers need accurate registration numbers to manage wait lists and prepare name tags.
All ARPICO events are 100% staffed by volunteer organizers and helpers, however, room rental, stationery, and guest refreshments are costs incurred and underwritten by members of ARPICO. Therefore to be fair, all audience participants are asked to donate to the best of their ability at the door or via EventBrite to “help” defray costs of the event.
Should you attend, read the parking signs carefully. Not all the areas adjacent (that includes parts of the parking lot) to the Italian Cultural Centre are open to public parking.
Her Story: an art/sci opportunity for filmmakers and scientists in Metro Vancouver
Her Story: Canadian Women Scientists will be a series of artist-created narrative videos in which local women scientists tell us stories of Canadian women who came before them in their field of study. Through these stories, we will also learn about the narrating scientists themselves. We are looking for several filmmakers to each create one 5 – 6 minute short film that features a mixture of live action, animation, and narration. Download this call in pdf.
Each film is a collaboration between a film artist and a scientist. The final product will be a storytelling artwork rather than a documentary style presentation. We encourage teams to incorporate unique complementary visuals that will enhance the scientist’s story and bring it to life.
Filmmakers are submitting an application to work with a scientist, and after being paired with one by Curiosity Collider, the scientist and filmmaker will choose a historical figure and create the content for the film in collaboration. Filmmakers may indicate a scientific field of interest, or propose their own Canadian woman scientist who would be interested in participating, however overall scientists will be selected with consideration for diversity of subject matter. Deadline for submission is 25 March 2019.
Your film will premiere as part of this project at an in-person viewing event in a Vancouver theatre in September 2019. The event will include an interactive component such as a panel discussion on art, science, and gender. After the premiere event, the videos will be available through Curiosity Colllider’s social media channels including YouTube and our website(s). We will also pursue subsequent opportunities as they arise, such as film festivals, University screenings, and Women in Science conferences. We envision this first series as the beginning of a collection that we will promote and grow over several years. This is an opportunity to get involved early, to join our growing community, and to be paid for your work.
We are expecting concept-driven independent freelancers with experience in directing, cinematography, shooting, editing, and animating of short films. $1300 is allocated to each film, which must feature live action, animation, and narration. Filmmakers are welcome to propose independent work or collaborative work (as a filmmaking team). If submitting a proposal as a team, the proposal must clarify team member responsibility and breakdown of fee; a team leader who will be responsible for contract and distribution of funds must be specified. The fee will be paid out only upon completion of the film. There is no additional funding for equipment rental.
Any animation style will be considered. The following National Film Board examples show a combination of live action, animation, and narration: 1. https://bit.ly/2xJTAwz, 2. https://bit.ly/2DDqvbw. And this YouTube example shows another animation style (although it is lacking the narration and should be considered a visual example only): 3. https://youtu.be/I62CwxUKuGA?t=54 Animation styles not shown in the examples are welcome. If you have any questions please contact submissions@curiositycollider.org. All complete submissions will be reviewed and considered. We will add you to our database of creators and contact you if we feel you are a great fit for any of our other events
Eligibility: Your submitted materials must fit within our mandate. You may submit applications for other Collider projects in addition to this one. Applications will be accepted from everywhere, however filming will take place in Metro Vancouver, BC. At this time we are unable to cover travel expenses
In your submission package (scroll down to access submission form), include: A statement (500 word max) about how you will approach collaboration with the scientist. Tell us about your scientific fields of interest, inspirations, and observations. Include information about your team if applicable. A bio (200 word max) A CV (3 page max) Submit a link to a single video or reel of up to 7 minutes total to represent your work A list of works included in your video submission, and any brief pertinent details (1 page max) A link to your website Your name, address, email, and any other contact information. If you have any questions about this call for submissions, contact us at submissions@curiositycollider.org.
This project is funded by: Westcoast Women in Engineering and Science (WWEST) and eng•cite The Goldcrop Professorship for Women in Engineering at the University of British Columbia
David Bruggeman writes about a Google-sponsored scriptwriting competition in an April 28, 2016 posting on his Pasco Phronesis blog (Note: Links have been removed),
At the Tribeca Film Festival last week [the festival ran from April 13 – 24, 2016] Google announced that its CS Education in Media Program is partnering with the website The Black List for a fellowship competition to support the image of computer science and computer scientists in media (H/T STEMDaily). The Black List is a screenwriting site known for hosting the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood.
The fellowship could award up to $15,000 for as many as three scripts (one film script and two episodic television pilots). The writers would use the money to support their work on new materials for six months. At the end of that period the writer(s) would present that work to Google along with a summary of how the grant helped advance that work and/or affected their career.
The Black List is pleased to partner with Google’s Computer Science Education in Media program to offer financial grants in support of the development of three scripts with a focus on changing the image in popular culture of computer science and computer scientists.
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REQUIREMENTS
The candidate must host a script on www.blcklst.com for a least one week during the opt-in period.
Such script must be original to the candidate.
The candidate must be competent to contract.
If selected for the fellowship, writers must develop a feature screenplay or episodic pilot that changes the image of computer science or computer scientists, particular as it applies to women and minorities, in popular culture.
Further, selected writers must agree that six months following receipt of the fellowship that they will provide a designated representative of Google with a sample of his/her new work along with a report addressing how the grant has been used to advance his/her work and/or impacted his/her career.
SELECTION PROCESS
Beginning April 20, 2016, users of the Black List website can opt into consideration for this fellowship.
On July 15 [2016], the Black List will short list ten writers based on all data available on the Black List website about their opted in feature screenplays and teleplays.
These ten short listed candidates will be asked to submit one-page biographies, which will be sent to Google along with the screenplays/teleplays.
Google will review these 10 scripts and choose the Fellowship recipients. Google reserves the right to grant no fellowships if, in Google’s opinion, no entry is of sufficient merit.
DEADLINES OF NOTE (ALL TIMES 11:59 PM PT)
Evaluation purchase deadline* June 15, 2016
Opt in deadline July 15, 2016
* In order for new script evaluations to guarantee consideration for this opportunity, they must be purchased by midnight on the Evaluation deadline.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT GOOGLE’S COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION IN MEDIA PROGRAM
Why is Google working with Hollywood?
Google aims to inspire young people around the world not just to use technology, but to create it. To do so, we need more students pursuing an education in CS, particularly girls and minorities, who have historically been underrepresented in the field. Google wants to prepare the next generation for the workplace of the future, and expand access to CS education that engages and retains students from all backgrounds.
Moreover, Google’s research shows that perceptions of CS and computer scientists are primary drivers that motivate girls to pursue CS. “If you can’t see it, you can’t be it,” as our friend Geena Davis notes.
Google’s hope is that by dispelling stereotypes and identifying positive portrayals of women in tech it can do for CS what CSI did for the field of forensic science, changing its gender make-up and increasing its appeal to a wider audience.
Media is part of the ecosystem that needs to change in conjunction with the other areas of work where Google has invested including increasing access to curriculum, non-profit grants, and policy support. If we don’t address the perceptions piece for both young people and adults through mainstream media, we run the risk of undermining our other efforts in CS education.
Background stats on perceptions of CS:
Google’s research shows that perceptions of careers in computer science really matter. Girls who feel that television portrays programmers negatively or who don’t see other students like them taking CS are significantly less likely to get into computing. Interestingly, girls who want a career with social impact are also less likely to go into CS.
Google conducted a research study to identify the factors that most influence girls to study computer science, and the second most important category of factors was Career Perceptions.
Girls who felt that television portrays programmers in a negative light were less likely to pursue CS.
If a girl didn’t see the right social crowd in a class — that is, if there weren’t enough students like her — she was less likely to go into CS.
Girls who want careers with social impact are less likely to go into CS. (It’s clear we need to do a better job of showing how CS can be used to develop solutions to some of the world’s most challenging problems.)
Perception accounts for 27% of the decision making for girls to pursue CS.. #1 factor is parent/adult encouragement which is also influenced by media.
Stats on representation in media:
Blacks & Hispanics are already underrepresented on-screen 14.1% and 4.9%, respectively.
Combine this with lack of / misrepresentation of STEM/CS characters in family movies and prime TV, you get STEM characters < 18% women; CS characters <13%.
Proven Success with other Fields:
Forensic Science – CSI increased the number of forensic science majors in nationally recognized programs by at least 50% in 5 years – a majority being women.
Law – UCLA claimed a 16.5% increase in law school applicants 1 year after LA Law premiered. Justice Sotomayor credits her interest in law from watching Perry Mason at 10 years old.
Go here to register (there is a cost associated with registering but there don’t appear to be any citizenship or residency restrictions, e.g., must be US citizen or must reside in the US. Good Luck!
The US National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) on behalf of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) has announced the winners for its first, ‘Tiny Science. Big Impacts. Cool Videos.’ contest in a June 5, 2015 news item on Nanowerk,
The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office (NNCO) is pleased to announce the winners of the first Tiny Science. Big Impacts. Cool Videos. nanotechnology video contest for students. Abelardo Colon and Jennifer Gill from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research Lab won the top honors for their video entitled Chlorination-less. The video explains a new method for disinfecting drinking water using a nanodiamond powder. This nanotechnology-enabled method can kill bacteria, is biocompatible, and is reusable, making it a good alternative to traditional chlorination. Congratulations Abelardo and Jennifer!
A June 5, 2015 NNCO news release on EurekAlert, which originated the news item, describes the judging process and plans for the video,
Videos submitted by students from universities across the United States and U.S. territories, were posted on NanoTube, the official National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) YouTube channel, for public voting. The winning video was chosen by representatives from the NNI member agencies from the top two videos identified by public voting. This video will be featured on Nano.gov for the next month. For more information on the Tiny Science. Big Impacts. Cool Videos. contest rules and judges, visit the student video contest page on Nano.gov.
“Access to clean water is a major international issue that must not be ignored. Our research is finding a new method for the disinfection of drinking water. Even so, chlorination is the most common treatment for the disinfection of drinking water, but has a lot of disadvantages. Disinfectant by-products (DBP’s) produced by the chlorine disinfection process can cause health problems such as cancer to humans that drink water or inhale vapor. Also some bacteria are able to adapt to this chemical treatment. This is why we are proposing a physical treatment using Ultra Dispersed Diamond (UDD) for the disinfection of drinking water. The UDD is a nanodiamond powder, which has bactericidal properties and is biocompatible. After applying the UDD material to the contaminated water we have promising results. There was a reduction of fecal E. coli colonies as time passed and the density of the material increases. This process will be healthier, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly since it is reusable.”
Graduate students, will your research lead to nanotechnologies that impact our daily lives? Submit videos that demonstrate how your nanotechnology research will bring solutions to real-world problems. …
Email submissions information to NNCOvideos@gmail.com and include:
Name and affiliation:
Submissions will be accepted from teams and from individuals. A lead contact person must be designated for team submissions. The order in which names are listed in the submission is the order in which they will appear on the NNI public voting page, the NNI YouTube channel, and on Nano.gov.
Description (150 words or less): Explain your research, use plain language and avoid jargon. Concentrate on what problem your research will help to solve.
Title of uploaded video: It should be the same as the video file name you upload using Google Drive.
Releases for people appearing in the video: A release form is available here; print, collect signatures, scan, and email us electronic copies.
Laboratory website: Include link to the lab where you work, if available
Funding source: Include funding agency, program manager, and award/grant number, if possible
Upload videos using Google Drive to NNCOvideos@gmail.com:
Video Criteria
Video length should be between 2.5 and 3 minutes.
Maximum file size is 2 GB
File type must be H.264, MP4, FLV, or MOV
Use a camera that can shoot videos at least 1280 x 720 pixels in size.
Save video file as the title listed on emailed submission information
Remember to avoid jargon while explaining your research
Collect signed releases (available here) from any recognizable individual appearing in your video
You are allowed to have others (e.g., film students) produce the video. If you put your own video together make sure everything is well lit. Fluorescent overhead lights aren’t the best, try to use natural or focused light if you can. Pay attention to sound quality; use a good microphone and listen for background noise. Watch for too much clutter in the background of your scenes, this can be distracting.
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Timeline:
NNCO will begin accepting submissions for the Tiny Science. Big Impacts. Cool Videos. video contest on July 1, 2015.
The Tiny Science. Big Impacts. Cool Videos. video contest will close on November 12, 2015.
The deadline for submissions is 12:00 p.m. PST November 12, 2015.
Semifinalist judging for videos submitted before 12:00 p.m. PST on November 12, 2015 takes place from 12:00 p.m. November 19, 2015 to 12:00 p.m. November 30, 2015.
The winning video will be announced on December 15, 2015.
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