====== Visions of Science Network for Learning ======

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**Visions of Science Network for Learning** is a Canadian charitable organization based in [[canada:ontario:Toronto]], [[canada:Ontario]].

===== History =====

VOSNL was founded by [[Francis Jeffers]], a member of the [[Black Scientists’ Task Force on Vaccine Equity]] and a quality control specialist in the [[pharmaceutical companies|pharmaceutical industry]].((//Francis Jeffers, The Canadian Multicultural Inventors Museum.// Excellence Conference. Retrieved September 28, 2022, from https://archive.ph/q3R5X)) ((Khenti, A. (2021). //Black Scientists’ Task Force on Vaccine Equity c/o Taibu Community Health Centre// (p. 4). City of Toronto. https://web.archive.org/web/20220928212643/https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/hl/comm/communicationfile-132894.pdf))

==== COVID-19 ====

VOSNL received a $50,000 CAD grant in July 2021 from the [[Government of Canada]] for a project titled "Vaccine Confidence in Canada: Focus on racialized and low-income communities."((//Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada - Competition Results.// (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Retrieved November 3, 2021, from https://archive.ph/Zo5b5)) It was awarded through a grant program called //"Encouraging Vaccine Confidence in Canada"// jointly administered by the [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR), [[Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council]] (NSERC) and the [[Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council]] (SSHRC).((//Encouraging vaccine confidence in Canada.// (2021, July 26). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2021, from https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Promoter-Promotion/VaccineConfidence_eng.asp))

===== Affiliations =====

==== Partners ====

VOSNL's funding parters include:((//Partners and Support.// Visions of Science. Retrieved September 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220928213934/https://www.vosnl.org/partners-and-support))

  * [[pharmaceutical_companies:Amgen]]
  * [[Council of Ontario Directors of Education]]
  * [[Counselling Foundation of Canada]]
  * [[Daniels Corporation]]
  * [[Gerry Egan Children's Charity]]
  * [[Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council]] (NSERC)
  * [[Ontario Trillium Foundation]]
  * [[Propeller Project]]
  * [[RBC (Royal Bank of Canada)]]
  * [[Sheila Kirpalani Foundation]]
  * [[TD Ready Commitment]]
  * [[Toronto Foundation]]
  * [[University of Toronto Governing Council]]
  * [[University of Toronto Mississauga]]
  * [[Weston Family Foundation]]

Program partners include:

  * [[Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics]]
  * [[Ontario Science Centre]]
  * [[SciXChange at Toronto Metropolitan University]]
  * [[Toronto Community Housing]]
  * [[Toronto Metropolitan University]]
  * [[Toronto Public Library]]
  * [[University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering]]
  * [[York University]]