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Right Turn: Combatting disinformation and misinformation

He’s been coming into your home for years, via the television airwaves, so that familiarity probably makes you feel like you know him. Well, I do. I met Ali Velshi before he became The Ali Velshi. We are both from Toronto and met on a special council of high school...

Right Turn: Revisiting stem cell tourism

Are you the type of traveller who finds a destination you love and you keep returning to it every chance you get? That’s not me. I can appreciate that with a limited number of vacation days and a limited budget, there is something to be said for sticking with the...

Right Turn: Exciting progress in treating Cystic Fibrosis

I am going to take a guess that the teen romance movie Five Feet Apart, starring Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse, introduced many people to cystic fibrosis (CF). Certainly that was the case for my teenage daughter. I learned about CF through television ads, “back...

Right Turn: Fake news and science communication

In my role as Communications Specialist at CCRM, I often come across examples of science communication that would be considered best practice in the field. However, after finishing the best-selling book Bad Blood (Carreyrou, 2018), I was reminded that not all science...

Right Turn: The science behind New Year’s resolutions

Happy New Year! As you contemplate how to keep your resolve and willpower strong so you can stick to your New Year’s resolutions, we’re sharing some tips courtesy of Business Insider and NIL, below. If you care to tell us your resolution or your own...