Overview

How can a café be scientifique?

Café scientifiques started in the late-20th century as an informal discussion about scientific subjects. They were never intended to be lectures. The same holds true for CIHR Café scientifiques. They provide insight into health-related issues of popular interest to the general public, and in turn provoke questions and provide answers.

For that reason, the CIHR Café scientifiques are all about accessibility. They involve interaction between the public and experts in a given field at a café, a pub or a restaurant. If you want to take part in a CIHR Café scientifique, there is no need for you to have a science degree. You just need to have a deep-rooted desire to talk about a particular health subject. That way you could learn how health research may provide answers to any questions that are on your mind.

You can't be there in person? Join the CIHR Café Scientifique group on Facebook.

Upcoming Cafés

February 2012

February 29 - "A Burning Question: Inflammation in chronic disease" - Ottawa

February 28 - "Glaucoma : The Silent Thief of Vision" - Kingston

February 27 - "Who will be the steward of my bio-identity?" - Ottawa

February 22 - "Café Scientifique on Healthy Aging: Raising Healthy Children" - London

February 15 - "Is Canada ignoring obesity in men?" - Edmonton

February 15 - "Café Scientifique on Healthy Aging: Becoming Healthier Adults" - London

February 9 - "Can viruses kill cancer" - Toronto

February 2 - "When You’re Taking Care of Someone Else, Who is Taking Care of You?" - Thunder Bay

January 2012

January 27 - "How to Stay Young? Novel Approaches to Aging" - Thunder Bay

January 26 - "Forget me not: A cavalcade of commitment to Alzheimer's disease and related dementias" - Toronto

January 24 - "Home is where the heart is: The Benefits of Home Care and Community Services" - Toronto

Postponed - "For the Record: Is electronic information the future of health care?" - Sault Ste Marie