Communicating your research beyond your field

Speaker : Diane DeChief, from McGill University

Date and time : Thursday, August 29th, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Eastern time)

To attend this course or to get access to the recording, please contact the program coordinator (genevieve.boudreau@inrs.ca).

Summary : Have you ever struggled to explain the significance of your work to potential collaborators, funders, or even colleagues from other fields? With the goal of making your work more understandable and compelling, this workshop moves between theory and practice and provides you with opportunities to refine how you speak and write about your own research.

Bio : Diane Dechief (pronounced deCHEF) has been a Faculty Lecturer at McGill University since 2015. Since 2017, she has focussed on teaching and research in science communication. She is the lead instructor for FSCI 500: Science Communication and Outreach and FSCI 198: Climate Crisis and Climate Actions. Diane’s doctorate is in information studies from the University of Toronto and her master’s is in communication studies from Concordia University.