How to advocate for science this fall – using the #VoteScience campaign

by Farah Qaiser | Aug 15, 2019

Science doesn’t usually get a lot of attention during elections, and we think that this needs to change. That’s why, on August 8th, a coalition of science groups, including Evidence For Democracy, the Toronto Science Policy Network (TSPN) and the Science & Policy...

Science matters. Stand up for science!

by Stacey Johnson | Aug 14, 2019

Canadian science groups and a non-partisan organization that promotes the “transparent use of evidence in government decision-making in Canada” have come together to launch a national campaign before Canadians go to the polls this fall to elect their federal...

Business of Regenerative Medicine Conference 2019: The rundown

by Guest | Aug 8, 2019

Matthew Mistry is a Market and Equity Analyst at CCRM, where he conducts investment diligence, market analyses, participates in company creation activities and supports strategic business development. He joined CCRM from the Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization...

New tips and tools for “scicomm” courtesy of ComSciConCAN

by Farah Qaiser | Jul 29, 2019

On July 18th, 50 graduate students (including yours truly!) descended upon McMaster University to attend the first national ComSciConCAN: a three-day science communication event consisting of four panels, six workshops, one keynote and over 25 different experts, with...

Five amazing ways redesigning biological cells could help us fight cancer

by Stacey Johnson | Jul 26, 2019

Cancer is the leading cause of death in the world. Julio C. Valencia, NCI Center for Cancer Research, CC BY-SA  Synthetic biology is an exciting discipline that, according to SynBio Canada, “represents a maturation of genetic engineering and...

Crowdfunding and the global marketplace for unproven stem cell interventions

by Guest | Jul 15, 2019

Jeremy Snyder, PhD, is a Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. Leigh Turner, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Center for Bioethics, School of Public Health and College of Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota. You can find them...

Got “sciart”?

by Guest | Jul 12, 2019

Eleni Kanavas is the Acting Communications Specialist at CCRM. She has more than eight years of corporate communications experience working in the academic and health science fields. She graduated with an Honours BA in Journalism from the University of Toronto and...

Right Turn: PR, propaganda, science, storytelling and a soupçon of stem cells

by Stacey Johnson | Jul 5, 2019

Propaganda is everywhere these days. Even (especially?) at a conference for public relations professionals. La Generalista, aka Alicia Wanless, was the opening keynote speaker at the recent Canadian Public Relations Society’s (CPRS) “Evolving Expectations” annual...

Right Turn: Announcing a new blog for the cell and gene therapy industry

by Stacey Johnson | Jun 28, 2019

There’s a new blog in town and it’s in direct competition to Signals. Or is it? In our information saturated world, there is a great deal of competition for your attention. In 2015, Netflix users had streamed 42.5 billion hours of video and its users collectively...

Right Turn: Are stem cell documentaries aiming to lend legitimacy to unproven stem cell treatments?

by Stacey Johnson | Jun 21, 2019

In our hyperconnected world, video is king. There are many reasons for this, including the fact that for marketers video helps convert visitors (to a website for example) into customers. Videos also bring testimonials to life. Real people are telling us why we should...