- Location
- Gerstein Science Information Centre, Alice Moulton Room
- Series/Type
- Faculty/Staff Event, Student Event, U of T Community Event
- Format
- In-Person
- Dates
- October 22, 2024 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm
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Graphic medicine is the use of comics to tell personal stories of illness and health. These visual stories are a way of understanding illness and health care, and can be essential to effective treatment, healing, and understanding.
The Gerstein Library invites researchers to attend “Narratives in Focus: Crafting Stories and Visuals from Scientific Research”, a hands-on science communication workshop!
Participants will:
– practice extracting compelling narratives from scientific research articles, communicating complex ideas via engaging story elements
– engage in identifying and personifying key components in scientific articles
– work together in teams to create a product by blending narrative and visual storytelling elements, enhancing their skills in research communication in engaging and impactful ways
When: Tues Oct 22, 2024, 3-5pm
Where: Alice Moulton Room (2nd flr), Gerstein Science Information Centre (9 King’s College Circle)
Light refreshments will be served.
Presenter:
Dr. Shelley Wall (PhD in English, MSc in Biomedical Communications) is a seasoned storyteller and researcher with over 20 years of experience in scientific communication. As a certified medical illustrator and associate professor in the Biomedical Communications graduate program (BMC) at the University of Toronto, Wall is passionate about communicating health through a multitude of modes, having taught classes with a focus on patient education, visual narrative, and gender & health.
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This workshop is presented in collaboration with with the University of Toronto’s Science Communication Club, and in support of the travelling exhibition Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived & Well-Drawn from the U.S. National Library of Medicine! (runs till Nov 24).