🥁 The 2024 #SWCCBookAwards finalists are here!.8 amazing Canadian science books made the shortlist in our Youth & General categories 📚.Winners + Paradigm Prize will be announced Sept 15. 🔗 #SWCCBookAwards

#GenerativeAI: Friend, Foe, or Just a New Tool? 🧵. With #AI making headlines almost daily, SWCC wanted to hear directly from science communicators. We conducted a survey to explore those experiences: benefits, challenges, and ethical implications. 🔗

Meet the 2024 #SWCCBookAwards General Category finalist! 📚 . @KirstyDuncanPhD , MP for Etobicoke North since 2008, has championed science in Canada’s federal agenda. She lives in Toronto. More info: #SciComm #sciencebooks

📅 Join us for SWCC’s 2025 AGM on Sept. 16, 5–6:30 p.m. ET! Reflect on the year, vote for our next Board of Directors & get involved—nominations now open! 7 director spots (2-year terms) are up for election. Step up & lead!.🔗 #SciComm #SWCC

Meet the 2024 #SWCCBookAwards Youth finalists! 📚 .Amanda West Lewis is a writer, theatre director & founder of Ottawa Children’s Theatre. @OliverAverill is a UK illustrator & creator of The Boy from the Moon. More info: #sciencebooks @KidsCanPress

Meet Dana L. Church, 2024 #SWCCBookAwards finalist (General Category)! 🐝 Her debut The Beekeepers explores the human–bumble bee connection. Based in Waterloo, she blends science + storytelling. More: #SciComm

That’s a wrap on #SWCC2025!.Thanks to everyone who visited the SWCC Book Awards booth, chatted with us, and checked out this year’s Canadian science books 📚.Congrats to our book bundle giveaway winners! 🎉.#SWCCBookAwards #SciComm

AI for Good: Thoughtful q's and discussions around ethical AI and critical thinking around how to use it and deepfake technology for good. While we hear a lot about the threats, there are also opportunities!.Presenters: Azfar Adib, Kim Taylor.Moderator: Lucas Kavanagh.#SWCC2025

Accessibility and accommodation is a process, not a goal post. Dr. @tammyphamily Tam Pham shed light on how consistent community dialogue can advance accessibility and support engagement of persons with disabilities in communications and science. #SWCC2025 #SWCC2025Conference

This afternoon, the @TRIUMFLab comms team shared how they reimagined and relaunched their website. In the world of AI, bots, and diverse user experiences and demands, redesigning web sites is a whole new ballgame!. #SWCC2025 #SWCC2025Conference

Congratulations to all of the #SSHRCStorytellers winners, so well deserved!.

Congratulations to all the presenters in the @SSHRC_CRSH Storytellers Showcase. 🎉 Special shoutout to this year’s Final 5:.Sarah Abouali.Maddie Brockbank.Mélanie Letendre Jauniaux.Mike Taylor.Jaweria Qaiser. #SWCC2025 #SSHRCStorytellers #SWCC2025Conference

@jamesshelley His solution? An AI-powered platform integrated with ORCiD, to generate tailored digital newsletters and podcasts. Stay tuned for more updates and the SSHRC Storytellers Winners. 3/3. #swcc2025conference

sharing of ideas among the audience. Western University’s @jamesshelley addresses a critical challenge for universities and other research institutions: the lack of dedicated communication support for departments and research centres. 2/3

We kicked off Day 2 of #SWCC2025 with 2 amazing sessions: .Wren Bruce wove nautical themes (and puns) into sharing her experience in science communications as a geoscientist. Her practical guidelines for making science meaningful and accessible sparked a lively discussion and 1/3

RT @SSHRC_CRSH: 📖Wishing our finalists well as they present their stories at the #SSHRCStorytellers Showcase today. .

RT @SSHRC_CRSH: 📖Tomorrow we reveal the winners of the #SSHRCStorytellers Challenge! . Stay tuned as we announce the results live from @SWC….

Day 2 of #SWCC2025 is underway! 🎉. We’ve got a full slate of great presentations ahead, including the @SSHRC_CRSH Storytellers Final Competition. Winners announced at lunch! 🏆. 📚 Don’t forget to stop by the book awards table for 4 more giveaways today!. #SWCC2025Conference.

Johanne Provençal shared the @CRDCN approach to creating “research-policy snapshots” which sparked a collaborative discussion on how science communicators and journalists can collaborate and strengthen science communication. #SWCC2025 #SWCC2025Conference

Using scissors, paper and math equations, Dr. Jon Sensinger explained how to break down barriers to understanding and empathy. Thank you Dr. Jon Sensinger for a thought provoking, engaging and important presentation. @UNB . #SWCC2025 #SWCC2025Conference

Communicating with humility & meeting audiences where they are, Tara Wood @Concordia . Apoqnmatulti'k: Sharing stories of Etuaptmumk-guided research & building inclusive partnerships, Amanda Leslie @OceanTracking & Nadine Lefort @UINR