RCIScience: 2016 Fleming Medal and Citation
Join RCIScience on Tuesday, November 15th for an evening celebrating excellence in science communication as they honour Ivan Semeniuk, with the 2016 Fleming Medal and Citation from the Royal Canadian Institute for Science. The award recognizes Ivan’s outstanding contributions to the public understanding of science.
The ceremony will be followed with a talk by Ivan entitled A Canary in the Cathedral, where Ivan reveals his favourite stories as a science communicator, broadcaster and journalist and considers the future of the profession in Canada.
Ivan has been an instructor/researcher at the Ontario Science Centre, Producer/columnist at Discovery Channel Canada, senior correspondent with two of the highest-impact science publications in the world (Nature and New Scientist), writer/host of the TV series Cosmic Vistas, for the last three years as science reporter for the Globe and Mail, “Canada’s national newspaper,” through numerous freelance articles, conference presentations, workshops, and public lectures, and through his on-line presence.
The Fleming Medal is named for RCIScience’s founder, Sir Sandford Fleming, noted engineer, surveyor and inventor of Standard Time.
Doors open at 7pm. Ceremony beings at 7:30. Reception to follow the talk.
Who can attend: Everyone
Fee: Free
Tickets: Eventbrite
Organized by: The Royal Canadian Institute for Science
Location: Isabel Bader Theatre, Victoria College, 93 Charles Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 2C7 (Museum Subway, East exit)