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==== Science Up First ==== | ====== ScienceUpFirst ====== |
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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)) | {{ ::suf_eng.png?200|}} |
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One of these projects is [[http://archive.today/mImU9|Science Up First]], a public-facing science communication group with a presence primarily on its website and through social media. The Government of Canada website notes that Science Up First was 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. | **ScienceUpFirst** is a Canadian [[COVID-19 vaccines|COVID-19 vaccine]] propaganda campaign. |
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| 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]]. |
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| ===== History ===== |
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| 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)) |
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| 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]]. |
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==== What is Science Up First? ==== | ==== What is Science Up First? ==== |
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The government website describes it as follows: | 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 | "Science Up First is a project to address misinformation in Canada by giving Canadians the tools to spread |
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| ===== External links ===== |
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| * [[https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/scienceupfirst/|White Rose Wiki]] |
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