{"id":3407,"date":"2017-04-18T16:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T23:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=3407"},"modified":"2017-04-18T16:00:49","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T23:00:49","slug":"march-for-science-vancouver-apr-22-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-3407","title":{"rendered":"March for Science Vancouver Apr 22, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Saturday, April 22<\/span>nd<\/span><\/sup>, we are planning to get a group together to participate in the <\/span>March for Science in Vancouver and we\u2019d love for you to join us!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This is a non-partisan event where researchers and the public can express the <\/span><\/span>important role science plays in our lives, as well as our support for science-based policy. There are over +450 marches being planned across Canada and internationally in +30 countries. Details about the event can be viewed at <<\/span><\/span> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1747338538915653\/?active_tab=about<\/span><\/a>>. This event has been endorsed by our parent society <<\/span> https:\/\/fisheries.org\/2017\/03\/march-for-science\/<\/span><\/a>>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We plan to meet<\/span><\/span> Queen Elizabeth Plaza at 9:45am on Earth Day – Apr 22, 2017.<\/span> The march starts at 10am and goes until 1:30.<\/span> Afterwards, those interested can join us at the <\/span>Craft Beer Market (85 W 1st Ave, Vancouver). Please bring any science-themed garb you may care to wear (such as lab coats, waders, oil-skins, etc.) or ask us and we can bring a lab coat for you. You could also bring a sign with a positive message. Please let us know whether you are planning to come either to the march or beers afterwards and we can keep an eye open for you!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Regards,
\n<\/span><\/span>Yangfan Zhang, M.Sc., Ph.D. student
\n<\/span><\/span>Communications Officer, AFS-BC Student Subunit<\/span><\/span>
\nFarrell Lab
\n<\/span>Department of Zoology & Applied Animal Biology
\n<\/span>Faculty of Land and Food System
\n<\/span>University of British Columbia
\n<\/span>Phone: +1 (778) 928-8298
\n<\/span>Email: yangfan@zoology.ubc.ca<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Saturday, April 22nd, we are planning to get a group together to participate in the March for Science in Vancouver and we\u2019d love for you to join us! This is a non-partisan event where researchers and the public can express the important role science plays in our lives, as well as our support for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18841,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18841"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3408,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407\/revisions\/3408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}