Trust in science isn’t built in a lab–it’s built through conversation, relationships, and community.
At a time when public trust in science, media, and institutions feels like it’s hanging by a thread, Canadian science communicators face a growing challenge: how do we foster trust when it feels hardest to earn? Join CBC’s Anthony Morgan in conversation with filmmaker Calvin Hudson Hwang, community health advocate Sabina Vohra-Miller, and tech and society researcher Lai-Tze Fan for a lively, real-talk panel on the power–and challenges–of fostering trust in our communities. Geared toward scientists, researchers, and science communicators in the GTHA, this conversation offers a uniquely Canadian lens on rebuilding trust from the ground up–especially when it feels like the ground is shifting beneath us.
Delivered in partnership with the Gairdner Foundation.
Thank you to our venue sponsor, SciXchange at the Toronto Metropolitan University.
About the Speakers
Anthony Morgan
(he/him)
Moderator
Anthony Morgan is obsessed with changing how people see, think and talk about science in their everyday lives. As a PhD researcher, startup founder and game designer who has hosted dozens of science TV programs, he's spent close to 20 years finding ways to do just that. He's worked closely with numerous public-facing science institutions including the Canadian Association of Science Centres, University campuses, prominent Youtubers, municipalities and the federal government to understand how we can have better conversations around the most polarized science of our times. This work has earned him multiple distinctions and awards as well as the role as one of the new co-hosts of The Nature of Things on CBC Television.
Sabina Vohar-Miller
(she/her)
Sabina’s passions include science education, especially countering vaccine misinformation, promoting and advocating for health equity and access to healthcare, climate justice, and addressing wealth inequities.
Calvin Hudson Hwang
(he/him)
writer director producer of moving pictures; health and science storyteller; classically trained violinist and voracious music consumer; founder of SUPRE
Prof. Lai-Tze Fan
(she/her)
Lai-Tze Fan is the Canada Research Chair in Technology and Social Change, and an Associate Professor of Sociology & Legal Studies and English Literature at the University of Waterloo, Canada. She is the Founder and Director of The U&AI Lab at Waterloo, which uses interdisciplinary and creative methods for responsible AI design. Fan is Co-Director of Waterloo’s TRuST scholarly network, with Nobel Laureate Donna Strickland and CRC Ashley Mehlenbacher, targeting misinformation in AI. She is also Associate Professor II in the Center for Digital Narrative at the University of Bergen, Norway.
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Doors open at 6:30 PM. Continue the conversation and networking at a nearby bar after the panel (location TBC).
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