Making sense of medical research reporting in the media
Dr. Michael Allen will cover the common types of health research methods that deal with therapies, and how that research is used to develop national guideline recommendations.
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Evolution & Science Pub Quiz – 160th anniversary of Darwin’s Origin of Species
On 24 November, 1859, Charles Darwin started the evolution revolution when he published his book “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species We celebrated this groundbreaking accomplishment with a pub quiz Sunday November 24, 2019. Teams of 2-3 competed for bragging rights.
Ottawa Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil 2019 (TDoR)
Facebook Event Page: Facebook TDOR Details (please see Facebook event page for up to date information): “We gather on unceeded land to remember those who were murdered due to transphobic violence in the last year. 5:30 Gathering 5:45 Speakers 6:10 Reading the names of those we lost and a moment of silence 6:30 Move to…
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Support Abortion Rights Defense League
Several of us from CFIC Ottawa helped protest the religious anti-abortion group. Kevin Brown held the “Honk 4 Choice” sign which was effective in drawing support. Celebrate the end of 40 Days for Life 2019 with a counter protest. See Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/CFI-ottawa/events/266078699/
Counter Protest the “Life Chain”
Small teams of 2-3 people counter-protested the anti-choicers using signs, flags, banners, costumes, bubbles, pot-banging, vuvuzelas, drums and other visual, auditory, and psychological distractors for 1.5 hours on a Sunday afternoon. CFIC Ottawa supported our local Abortion rights Defense Group against religious picketers.