RCIScience explores age-related research into eyesight and cognitive function, and how that can help to improve navigating the modern world as we get older.
Join the fight against misinformation in this special evening with 2020 Fleming Medal recipient Professor Timothy Caulfield!
Edward Struzik, author of RCIScience Fall Reads Firestorm: How Wildfire Will Shape Our Future, outlines what the history of fire can tell us about the present wildfire situation and our ability to deal with future fire events.
At a time of year when we celebrate fear, join RCIScience to explore the science behind the scary! As if 2020 wasn’t terrifying enough…😱
ISSP RCIScience and the Institute for Science, Society and Policy return to explore the mind-brain connection surrounding addiction.
Markham Library Join The Great Canadian Baking Show’s season 2 runner-up Sachin Seth as he leads a gingerbread cake baking demonstration and explains some of the science behind your favourite tasty treats!
Waterloo Library Combat COVID-19 misinformation with Quarantrivia, an online video game developed by third year pre-med student Ridhi Patel.
Join RCIScience for a timely exploration of the power and fury of wildfires, and what scientists can learn from the ashes.
Explore the science of fermented food alongside a DIY pickling demonstration!
Markham Library Join RCIScience for a night of board games and microbes as we explore the science behind the board game Pandemic.
Waterloo Library Unlike in The Sims or Animal Crossing, planning or expanding a community in real life can be difficult to balance the needs of all stakeholders! Explore a novel, participatory process for community planning.
Book Club Join us for a chilling look at recent and historical pandemics that have changed the way we live with author Sonia Shah and her book Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond.
Book Club Join RCIScience’s Book Club for an informal chat as we progress through Pandemic, the second of our Summer Reads 2020 program.
Book Club In the first of our Summer Reads program, we explore the relationship between Science and Race in Angela Saini’s book, Superior: The Return of Race Science.
Join us for a digital experiment as we explore the science behind the board game Pandemic!
Waterloo Discover how to transform your yard in to a rain garden or other rain-smart landscape and help reduce flood risk in your neighborhood.
Toronto Following a sold out debut, Science is a Drag returns to the Gladstone Hotel, where scientists challenge the cis/heteronormative stereotypes of science with entertaining drag performances and interactive science presentations! Come along for dinner, drinks & drag - stay for the science!! 🍻
Toronto Quantum physics is often depicted in film, TV, games and literature as frighteningly complicated science or a mysterious magical entity. But just how much is joyful speculation and how much is a complete disregard for scientific reality?
Toronto Our favourite science-themed variety show returns to Kensington Market! Quite possibly the most fun you’ll have had with science in a long time.
Mississauga Use data from orbital missions to explore planets beyond Earth with planetary scientist and geologist Dr. Bhairavi Shankar.
Waterloo A family fun exploration of ice, snow and everything frozen, followed by a free community skate.
Toronto The first in a series of annual New Year, New You events takes a look at the science behind dieting and healthy eating.
Toronto This year’s annual Gairdner Foundation lecture celebrates the achievements of Nobel Prize winner Sir Peter Ratcliffe with a look at how his fundamental research has furthered our understanding of the body’s basic functions.
Waterloo Join RCIScience for an engaging look at the opportunities and impacts of renewable energy development in the Waterloo Region.
