Activities & Resources

Activities and Resources

Overview

Advancing pandemic readiness through training and knowledge mobilization activities.

Insight builds impact when shared, tested, and applied beyond academic settings.

Our work connects people and ideas, strengthens trusted pathways between science and society, and helps ensure that innovation is informed by social, context, equity, and lived experience.

Featured Resources and Activities

BRC webinar series
The BRC is partnering with the Canadian Public Health Association through Immunize Canada on a series of webinars focused on supporting public trust and equitable access to vaccine and immune-based innovation in Canada.
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How universities can better address online harassment
Online harassment of researchers and faculty members is increasingly common and can seriously impact the psychological health and productivity of those who experience it. To address these personal and professional impacts, Canadian universities should provide robust and effective support to targeted individuals.
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Ethics Bowl: Building capacity for dialogue in polarized times
As strong divisions increasingly shape public conversations about vaccines and public health, the ability to engage respectfully across disagreement has become essential for pandemic readiness. To support this, the Bridge Research Consortium partnered with Ethics Bowl Canada to integrate vaccine- and therapeutics-related case studies into Ethics Bowl competitions.
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Bridging the arts and biomedical sciences to elevate public engagement
The BRC, in partnership with Science North, hosted a two-day knowledge exchange to explore innovative ways of engaging the public on immunology and immune-based innovations.
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Social and behavioural insights on mRNA technology in Canada
Although research investigating the therapeutic potential of RNA has been ongoing since the 1970s, its novel use as a vaccine platform to target the SARS‑CoV‑2 virus during the COVID-19 pandemic brought this technology centre-stage.
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A toolkit for building confidence in RNA-based medical technologies
The BRC has developed a RNA toolkit to support health-care practitioners and public health professionals in discussing and answering questions about RNA-based medical technologies, including mRNA vaccines
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RNA and Health-care Futures: Film screening and panel discussion
The event featured a screening of The Messenger, a documentary chronicling the 30-year evolution of mRNA science, followed by a panel discussion with experts in a number of fields.
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The Conversation Canada: Immunity and Society
To strengthen public understanding of immunology and vaccine innovation, the BRC partners with The Conversation Canada on Immunity and Society — a series of accessible, evidence-based articles exploring emerging immune-based discoveries and their social implications.
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All Resources & Activities

Knowledge Mobilization

BRC webinar series
Media and Communications

How universities can better address online harassment
Knowledge Mobilization

Ethics Bowl: Building capacity for dialogue in polarized times
Knowledge Mobilization

Bridging the arts and biomedical sciences to elevate public engagement
mRNA

Social and behavioural insights on mRNA technology in Canada
mRNA

A toolkit for building confidence in RNA-based medical technologies
mRNA

RNA and Health-care Futures: Film screening and panel discussion
Knowledge Mobilization

The Conversation Canada: Immunity and Society

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