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Conversations about how science is carried out and communicated online, with a Canadian accent. Tweets by @genegeek, @AnneSteino and @susanmvickers. #sciovan

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Joined February 2012
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@sciovan Banff #scicomm alumni have organised October retreat in Whistler - sign up here! bit.ly/1tZqWiZ (pswrd: science!) #cancomm
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Thanks to our Shredding Day sponsors @VanCity @UIRecycling + #LaughingBeanCoffee. Join us May 3 @ Sunrise Square bit.ly/1n0Y47M
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@sciovan We made a radio doc on Harper muzzling Canadian scientists. Help us share? terry.ubc.ca/2013/11/07/the-…
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Drinks and a Workshop: Strategies for Effective Scientific Presentations. Science World Tue 7pm vancouver.scienceonline.com/… @sciovan
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NYT says the Canadian government is engaged in an "attempt to guarantee public ignorance." Scathing. goo.gl/jwAoLk
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Cafe Sci presents Dr Robin Coope, "Explain what it is you do again? Engineering in the life sciences". Tomorrow, 7:30 pm at the @RailwayClub
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June's cafe will be on Catching Cancer—the Story of a Medical Revolution by Claudia Cornwall (@CCornwall1). @RailwayClub, June 25th, 7:30 pm
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MT @genegeek: Student @MeganNantel has great ideas 4 getting teens 2 write about science; pls support her indiegogo.com/projects/two-c… Every...
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Dr Michael Kobor on Epigenetics: How Does the Environment Get Under Our Skin? Tomorrow, 7:30pm at @Railwayclub! blogs.ubc.ca/cafesci/
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What the Brain Can Tell Us About Art nyti.ms/10ZDULe another great follow-up to @sciovan conversation on intersection of art and sci
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@sciovan: @scheufele does research on online comments and the understanding of science. His pubs list scimep.wisc.edu/publications…. Good resource.
.@sciovan negative tweets about flu vaccine can spread quickly on twitter tinyurl.com/ct99nmf #sciovan
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@sciovan when discussing controversial topics, when do you respond, and when do you ignore (or do you?) When to draw the line and walk away?
Guest post on my blog by @Curious_JaneO on Art and Science wp.me/p2MvHM-qQ #scicomm #cancomm @sciovan
What's the same/different about science and the arts? Raymond & others at @Sciovan explored this question last week: ow.ly/jdMJP
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We hope to see you tomorrow for a special Cafe Sci event celebrating Darwin's birthday,7:30pm at @scienceworldca blogs.ubc.ca/cafesci/
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Could part of problem w/ deficit model be public perception of scientists as crazy lab rats? Does that hurt our cred? @sciovan #scioSDM
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Watching the science deficit model session from #scio13 with @sciovan - It's my first exposure to this idea #youngscientist
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RT @sciovan: ScienceOnlineVancouver on Feb. 5th - eepurl.com/uW9yr
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The next Cafe Sci will be on Tues, Jan 29th with Jim Rupert on "The use of genetics in doping and in doping control" blogs.ubc.ca/cafesci/