Café Scientifique

Café Scientifique is where you can have a drink and learn about the latest ideas and issues in science and technology in an informal setting. It's not a lecture! It's a place for group discussion and audience involvement is the most important ingredient. Find out about Café Scientifique around the world

For more information on the upcoming Cafe Scientifique events listed below, click on the host city or the title.

Host	Date	Topic
	2013
Toronto	Wed May 8	Healthy Eating + Physical Exercise = Cancer Prevention?
Montreal	Tues May 7	Fertility: growing concern & seeds of hope
Toronto	Mon Apr 29	Under the Sun: Preventing Skin Cancer
Toronto	Sat April 20	Playing Games with our Brains: Are games more important than we think?
Toronto	Tues Feb 26	Rare or Common? The role of genes in disease
Toronto	Sat Feb 16	The Science of Resolutions: Can psychology help us to stay on track?

	2012
Toronto	Mon Nov 19	Does Arctic Science have an impact on Toronto life?
Toronto	Wed June 27	Vaccines as a cancer treatment?
Mississauga	Sun June 17	The Locavore's Dilemma: In praise of the 10 000 mile diet
Montreal	Thurs June 14	Avoiding medication errors: How can we do better?
Sudbury	Tues June 12	Who Owns Your Body?
Toronto	Sat May 26	Vaccines: Is the Controversy overshadowing the Science?
Toronto	Wed May 9	Is your community keeping you healthy or making you sick?
Sudbury	Tues May 8	Tiny Particles, BIG Questions: The science of SNOLAB
Toronto	Tues May 8	Aging Positively: The good, the bad and the ugly for men aging with HIV
Toronto	Mon May 7	Aging Positively:The good the bad and the ugly for women aging positively
Toronto	Wed Apr 25	Can our immune system battle cancer?
Ottawa	Tues Mar 27	What is the Future of Energy in Canada?
Ottawa	Tues Feb 28	Between Life and Death: How does determining time of death affect the ethics of organ donation?
Toronto	Sat Feb 18	LOVE: Just the right mix of genes and a few chemicals in your brain?
Toronto	Thurs Feb 9	Can Viruses Kill Cancer?
Toronto	Sat Jan 21	2012 Science Predictions: What does the future hold?
Toronto	Tues Jan 10	Drinking like a fish: How the zebrafish may help us treat alcoholism

Want to host your own Café Scientifique? Take a look at our 12 Step How To... and Sample Invitation.

Want to get the word out about your own Café Scientifique in Canada? Send an email request to cafescientifique@osc.on.ca and we'll add it to the calendar and the city page.