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-==== Science Up First ====+====== ScienceUpFirst ======
  
-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|}}
  
-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 [[https://www.canadiansciencecentres.ca/|Canadian Association of Science Centres]] in partnership with COVID-19 Resources Canada, a volunteer-run nation-wide group and the [[https://www.canadiansciencecentres.ca/|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]]
  
 ==== 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 =====
  
- +  * [[https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/scienceupfirst/|White Rose Wiki]]
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