Month: March 2012

A Big Contributor, Largely Overlooked

Posted on March 17, 2012

Does the name Harriet Brooks ring a bell? Harriet Brooks was the first Canadian nuclear physicist born on January 1st, 1876 in Ontario. Brooks was called second to Marie Curie, the Polish physicist w… Read More

Event Recap – XX Evening

Posted on March 15, 2012

On March 8th, 2012, SCWIST, in a longstanding and successful partnership with TELUS World of Science, Vancouver SCWIST members and non-members alike enjoyed another year of XX Evening; an event where… Read More

Event Recap – CIHR Café Scientifique Event a Great Success!

Posted on March 9, 2012

First a thank you to those of you who joined our event!! It was a great evening with inspiring presentations from the speakers and very interesting discussions. The pub was a casual venue to gather, l… Read More

March 2012

Posted on March 8, 2012

The news that broke last year that scientists in the United States and the Netherlands had made key mutations in the H5N1 strain of influenza virus…(more here)… Read More

Personal Branding: How to Market Yourself Online

Posted on March 1, 2012

SCWIST is excited to present our second 2012 workshop on Personal Branding: How to Market Yourself Online. Social media is a crucial part of today’s society and most of us experience it on a daily bas… Read More