COMING SOON!
Leveraging Diversity and Fostering Collaboration Among Canadian Scientists
The Canadian Sciences Speakers Network provides a database of scientists, across all disciplines, that will produce more robust and effective identification of colleagues than traditional “word of mouth” approaches. Further, this platform will also highlight the diversity in our highly active scientific community. This is a not-for-profit initiative that was founded by scientists, for scientists and with scientists who are keen to enhance our collaborative potential and catalyze excellence by leveraging diversity within the scientific community.
Our goals are the following:
To provide a database to assist scientists and others in finding experts
To provide a database for scientists and others including the press and public to aid in the search for specialists with specific expertise across a range of geographic locations and scientific areas – for questions, collaborations and community.
The site will benefit Canadian science and scientists by facilitating the search for collaborators to work with on projects, group grants, panels, boards etc.
To provide a registry of experts that can be leveraged by the press, charities, industry, the government and others
To provide a tool that can be leveraged by the scientific and popular press, industry, charities and any interested parties, to find experts in specific fields for interviews (TV, radio, web, print), expert opinion, collaboration, etc.
To facilitate greater inclusion in conference programming, board membership, seminar series, award nominations and the like.
To enable the broadest reach possible to ensure the most diverse pools of talent are being considered for speaking engagements, conference programming, award nominations, grant review panels, etc. This tool will accelerate access to, and the full participation of, the incredible pool of talent that is distributed across Canada. Our database will enable talented scientists from a diversity of demographics and geographies to be sourced for a wide range of activities, ensuring excellence, representation and relevance.
We’re putting the finishing touches on our website and getting ready to launch.
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