Café Scientifique

Hosted by Lawson, the Café Scientifique is a free community event that provides an informal opportunity to get involved with science. Through an open-forum discussion in a casual setting, we address health-related issues of popular interest to the general public.

Each Café Scientifique highlights a particular theme of importance in health research and includes a panel of experts discussing latest practices and findings.

Guests can ask questions, participate in discussion, and gain insights from the speakers, as well as from one another.

The last Café Scientifique, titled "Uncovering Trauma: A Conversation about PTSD and Moral Injury” took place on Thursday, September 28th at Goodwill Industries. 

To watch the Uncovering Trauma presentation and to find some local trauma resources, click here. To register to be notified about future events click here.

Past Café Scientifique topics have included:

• Caring for our health care system: Why we should give a darn about medical research   

• When connections break down: Slowing the decline to neurodegenerative diseases

• Cutting Edge: Surgical advancement through research

• An image of the future: Innovations in imaging research

• Reduce the swelling: Why does chronic inflammation matter?

• Making Canada a leader in health care, again
• Innovations in health research

• Food and disease: Dispelling the myths

• Made to measure medicine
• Childhood obesity: Its causes and complications
• Understanding addictions.

Sign up here if you would like to receive invitations to this free event.