Jun
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June Café Scientifique with Claudia Cornwall
Posted by: jdewitt | June 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday June 25th, 7:30pm at The Railway Club. Our speaker for the evening will be Claudia Cornwall, a science writer and author of 5 books and over 50 magazine articles. The details of her talk are as follows: Catching Cancer—the story of a medical revolution We […]
May
21
May Café Scientifique with Lars Martin
Posted by: jdewitt | May 21, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday May 28th, 7:30pm at The Railway Club. Our speaker for the evening will be Lars Martin. The details of his talk are as follows: Nuclear Astrophysics at TRIUMF Nuclear Astrophysics is the field of science that tries to explain the natural origin of all chemical […]
Apr
24
April Café Scientifique with Michael Kobor
Posted by: jdewitt | April 24, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday April 30th, 7:30pm at The Railway Club. Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Michael Kobor. The details of his talk are as follows: A Dialogue in Epigenetics: How Does the Environment Get Under Our Skin? The scientific community has known for some time […]
Mar
18
March Café Scientifique with Ian Bushfield
Posted by: jdewitt | March 18, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday March 26th, 7:30pm at The Railway Club. Our speaker for the evening will be Ian Bushfield, the executive director of the British Columbia Humanist Association and a passionate advocate for science outreach and education. The details of his talk are as follows: Weighing Paper With Lasers […]
Feb
1
Darwin Day February Café Scientifique with Greg Bole
Posted by: jdewitt | February 1, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, Our next café will be a special event to celebrate Charles Darwin’s birthday, Darwin Day, on Tuesday, February 12th, 7:30pm at Science World. (Note: There is no charge to enter Science World for this event, but admittance is to the Science Theatre area, not all of Science World.) Our speaker for the […]
Jan
17
January Café Scientifique with Jim Rupert
Posted by: jdewitt | January 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday January 29th, 7:30pm at The Railway Club. Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Jim Rupert, an associate professor from the kinesiology department at UBC. He specializes in the genetics and genomics of exercise, human adaptation to altitude and the genetics of altitude-related illnesses, […]
Nov
16
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday November 27th, 7:30pm at The Railway Club. Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Anne Trudel, head of Environment Health & Safety at TRIUMF and involved with the field of radiation protection for the last 15 years. She has a background in subatomic particle […]
Nov
2
Vancouver SkeptiCamp – Nov 3
Posted by: jdewitt | November 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Posted on behalf of Vancouver SkeptiCamp VANCOUVER SKEPTICAMP 2012 Vancouver SkeptiCamp is a fun, informative, one-day, free, open, attendee-driven, grassroots skeptic conference featuring many brief (~10 minute) presentations with Q&A sessions. Saturday, November 3, 2012 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. UBC’s Buchanan Bldg., Block A, Room A201, 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC Check out the […]
Oct
23
LSI Café Sci Event – Nov 14
Posted by: jdewitt | October 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Posted on behalf of LSI (Life Sciences Institute) VIEWING THE BIOLOGICAL WORLD WITH X-RAYS AND MAGNETIC FIELDS ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’. Researchers at the Life Sciences Institute are exploring the molecular and cellular details of life as it relates to health and disease. Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012; 6:00-8:00 p.m. LSC3, 2350 Health […]
Oct
17
October Café Scientifique with Byron Jennings
Posted by: jdewitt | October 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Dear Café Scientifiquers, our next café will happen on Tuesday October 30th, 7:30pm at The Railway Club. Our speaker for the evening will be Dr. Byron Jennings. Details of his talk are as follows: Science: What is it? Global warming and CO2 levels. Autism and vaccinations. Cancer and cell phones. What do they all have […]