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-On April 29, 2021, the Government of Canada announced (https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2021/04/government-of-canada-funds-two-new-projects-to-encourage-vaccine-uptake-in-canada.html) that it was investing $2.25 million of public funding into two new projects to encourage vaccine uptake in Canada.
+====== ScienceUpFirst ======
-One of these projects is 'Science Up First', a public-facing science communication group with a presence primarily on its website and through social media, created by the Canadian Association of Science Centres in partnership with COVID-19 Resources Canada, a volunteer-run group and the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta.
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+**ScienceUpFirst** is a Canadian [[COVID-19 vaccines|COVID-19 vaccine]] propaganda campaign.
+ScienceUpFirst is organized around the [[Canadian Association of Sciences Centres]], [[COVID-19 Resources Canada]] and the [[University of Alberta]]'s [[Health Law Institute]]. Institutional partners of the initiative include the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] (AAAS), [[BC Centre for Disease Control]], the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]], and the [[Royal Canadian Institute]], along with a variety of community partners including [[19 to Zero]].
+===== History =====
+On April 29, 2021, the [[Government of Canada]] announced that it was investing $2.25 million of public funding into two new projects to encourage vaccine uptake in Canada.((Government of Canada. (April 29, 2021). //Government of Canada funds two new projects to encourage vaccine uptake in Canada// https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/news/2021/04/government-of-canada-funds-two-new-projects-to-encourage-vaccine-uptake-in-canada.html))
+One of these projects was ScienceUpFirst, a public-facing science communication group with a presence primarily on its website and through social media. The Government of Canada website notes that ScienceUpFirst was created by the [[Canadian Association of Science Centres]] in partnership with [[COVID-19 Resources Canada]], a volunteer-run nation-wide group and the [[Health Law Institute]] at the [[University of Alberta]].
 ==== What is Science Up First? ====
 The government website describes it as follows:
    "Science Up First is a project to address misinformation in Canada by giving Canadians the tools to spread
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    as well as reach vulnerable populations with culturally relevant and scientifically accurate COVID-19
    information."
+ As described on its website, its mandate is to counter misinformation, in what it calls the 'Infodemic'.
+   So when a global health emergency like COVID-19 hit in 2020, there was a flood of information, much of it false.
+   The World Health Organization termed it an “infodemic.” Conspiracy theorists and fake “experts” seized the
+   opportunity for their own personal gains. This came at the expense of our public health.
+   Often, people share misinformation by accident. There is so much confusing information out there that it’s hard
+   to know what is true. So we work with experts to make science-backed posts you can trust.
 ==== How does it achieve its mandate? ====
-Science Up First (http://archive.today/mImU9) claims to provide carefully-vetted information drawn from the best available evidence to help Canadians stay informed about COVID.
+Science Up First claims to provide carefully-vetted information drawn from the best available evidence to help Canadians stay informed about COVID.
+It provides Twitter and social-media content that has been created by its volunteers and can be easily shared by the public on their social media.
 It does this as highlighted on its website, through "science." How does Science up First define science? According to Science up First, science is a body of knowledge, and a process. To the public, it outlines what this means:
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+===== External links =====
+  * [[https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/scienceupfirst/|White Rose Wiki]]