Inclusive SciComm Symposium

Our team is excited to present “Beyond Boundaries: Trust and Inclusion in the Art-Science Interface” at the Metcalf Institute 2023 Inclusive SciComm Symposium.

September 29, 2023
11:30 - 12:30 Eastern Time

Registration ($) is required to attend the session. The event will be held on Zoom. Find our community guidelines here.

About Our Speakers

Dr. Jennifer Willet (she/her) is the Director of INCUBATOR Art Lab and serves as a Canada Research Chair in Art, Science and Ecology at the University of Windsor. Dr. Willet is an internationally recognized artist and curator in the emerging field of BioArt. Her research takes place at the intersection of art and science, and explores notions of representation, the body, ecologies, and interspecies interrelations in the biotechnological field.

Dr. Cristian Zaelzer (he/him) is a Chilean-Canadian neuroscientist, graphic designer, educator, communicator, and artist. Dr. Zaelzer is the Founder and President of Convergence Initiative, a not-for-profit organization promoting knowledge exchange between science and art disciplines. In addition to teaching and research, Dr. Zaelzer explores themes in nature, science, & society as an artist through a variety of visual-audio media.

Ni-ka Ford (she/her) is a Board-Certified Medical Illustrator based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. She is the founder of Enlight Visuals, a scientific and medical visualization studio. She creates didactic illustrations and 3D visualizations for scientific research, journal publications, medical education, and patient educational materials. Fords’s goals include improving health literacy through visual communication and contributing to the growing need for inclusive and diverse representation within medical and healthcare literature.

Accessibility

• The event will be held in English, with auto-captions and live ASL interpreters.

• Multiple methods for engagement will be provided for all activities, including written, verbal, poll-based, on- and off-camera options.

• If you require additional accommodations, please contact the Inclusive SciComm Symposium organizing team so that we can work to best accommodate you.

Land Acknowledgement

SciComm Collective was started in Tiotià:ke/Montreal, Canada and now operates primarily online. Currently, our members are distributed in various places across North America, also known as Turtle Island to many Indigenous communities. In Montreal, our work continuously takes place on the unceded Indigenous lands which have long served as a gathering place for many First Nations, including the Kanien’keha:ka of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron/Wendat, Abenaki and Anishinaabeg. We will gather on a platform called Zoom, whose closest data server is in Toronto, on the traditional lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnaabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. This land is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.

Image Credit

Created by Abbey Morris.

Funding

This session is partially supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Science Communication Skills Grant (Pilot).