Cat Lau

Exploring #scicomm x #sciart x #community | KT/Comms Lead @access_om #youthmentalhealth |♥️🏞️🚴‍♀️🐈

[Wisdom2Action @Wisdom2Action]

Inspiring to see hundreds of feminist, labour, social justice and 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations across Canada speaking up for trans women on #InternationalWomensDay2023.

There is no gender equality without trans women.

Statement: https://t.co/RjhAVTnxCq

[ACCESS Open Minds @ACCESS_OM]

#MondayMotivation: Srividya Iyer attended today's event at @YorktownFamily where @Carolyn_Bennett #GoC announced an $18M investment in integrated #youth services, including an #Indigenous IYS network from #ACCESSOpenMinds' Indigenous Council. Learn more ➡️https://t.co/HWajlWWOjc

[Julia Krolik 🔬📊🎨 @yuliakrolik]

🎉 Excited to share that our paper exploring #SciArt creator journeys and objectives is officially published in @JsciCOM!

💪 HUGE shout out to my amazing co-authors
@FleerackersA & @FromTheLabBench and @artthescience contributors!

🔗https://t.co/Bxn8nM4wSw #scicomm #kmb

[Ian Hickie @ian_hickie]

@DrJaiShah presenting key $$ benefits in youth health systems with a shift to new models of care; upfront costs relatively small, long-term health savings are large! Anyone listening? @Mark_Butler_MP @Emma4Dobell @PatMcGorry @BrainMind_Usyd @IEPAnetwork #iaymh2022 @orygen_aus

[Cat Lau @scicommcat]

So thrilled and grateful to be here at #iaymh2022 #copenhagen with the @ACCESS_OM team. You're all rocking it! 🙌🏼 #youthmentalhealth #youthengagement

[ACCESS Open Minds @ACCESS_OM]

#FridayVibes: Kicking off #iaymh2022 in full swing with thought provoking panel discussions and posters sessions around #youthmentalhealth #youthengagement #community. 👏🏼❤️

[ACCESS Open Minds @ACCESS_OM]

While we are here at #iaymh2022, we are reflecting on #TruthAndReconciliationDay.

Honour the lost children & residential school survivors.

Recognize impacts of intergenerational trauma.

Support #mentalhealth #wellbeing needs of #Indigenous communities.

#OrangeShirtDay2022

[UBC BMVC @UBC_BMVC]

Through the BMVC certificate program, Cat discovered how she could combine her childhood love for doodling with her passion for science communication by creating comics to talk about health topics.

Learn more about Cat’s medical communication journey: https://t.co/Va4ETDs4ID

[Cat Lau @scicommcat]

Woohoo! Amazing that you could share this in person @InfoConvergence! These pieces look beautiful! ❤️😍🎨🧠

[The Montrealer @themontrealer]

Knowledge translation: Why art can be a meaningful tool to communicate deep #science
#Artwork that explores the intersection of the arts, #neuroscience and society
@BrainCanada @InfoConvergence #artandscience #health #brainhealth
https://t.co/46SXG2rxXU

[HIVE UBC @HiveUBCMedicine]

In collaboration with @UBC_BMVC, Gut It Out is a modular anatomy card game developed by students - Alexia Lalande, Winnie Lin, @scicommcat, and @studio_alala.

Featured by @MikaelaStiver, this card game was distributed at the annual 2022 conference for the @AnatomyOrg in April!

[Mikaela Stiver, PhD @MikaelaStiver]

If you missed the @AnatomyOrg "Gut It Out" giveaway at #Anatomy22, you're in luck... it is available for purchase on @thegamecrafter ⭐️AT COST⭐️!!!

✅ multiple game play options
✅ beautiful illustrations
✅ educational & entertaining

Check it out here: https://t.co/1nUlZiaWqD

[Cat Lau @scicommcat]

@MikaelaStiver This looks like Café Bloc. Really love this spot for climbing. I forget that you're in Montreal!

[Cat Lau @scicommcat]

@BettinaForget These are beautiful!! 😍

[ACCESS Open Minds @ACCESS_OM]

#TuesdayVibes: Our NPI, Srividya Iyer highlights the importance of #peersupport & how #Indigenous communities like #Ulukhaktok have always been supporting wellbeing through elders & knowledge keepers in this @globeandmail article ⬇️
https://t.co/GcrKXa32Jm

#youthmentalhealth

[Cat Lau @scicommcat]

So grateful to be a part of @biblioterre, a land-based cooperative in La Pêche, QC.

🎉Excited to announce that we are launching a campaign to protect 700 acres of beautiful forest, meadow & lake shoreline that we steward. 🌳🌊

Learn more & support us ➡️https://t.co/Zl487GnkHe

[Claudia Krebs @krebs_claudia]

Gut it out! @MikaelaStiver presenting the @HiveUBCMedicine @UBCExtended #anatomy card game. What’s your favourite card? I like the anatomist card 😂

[Cat Lau @scicommcat]

#MondayMotivation: 😍 😱Whoaaaaa!! Amazing to see these printed!! Don't miss out on @MikaelaStiver's poster at @AnatomyOrg #EB2022 to learn about an #anatomy game that my group had designed for our final project of our @UBC #Biomedical Visualization & Communication certificate ⬇️

[Mikaela Stiver, PhD @MikaelaStiver]

Are you a proud owner of one of the “Gut It Out” games being given out at the @AnatomyOrg booth (#818)??

Come to my poster (C35) today to learn how the game was developed & created by a brilliant group of @UBC students for their capstone project! #Anatomy22 #EB2022 #SeriousGames

[Cat Lau @scicommcat]

Really great piece of #scicomm with Trevor @plateau_astro about the moon rise! Check it out ⬇️ and keep your eye 👁️ out for the moon 🌙

[Wisdom2Action @Wisdom2Action]

Around the globe, trans women, especially Black and Indigenous trans women, are creating a better world and a better future for all of us.

On #IWD, we celebrate women, cis and trans, for their immense contributions to our communities, our workplaces, and our society.

[ScienceUpFirst | LaScienced'Abord @ScienceUpFirst]

COVID isn’t over. We know that’s not what anyone wants to hear right now, but it’s true. 🤷🏽‍♂️

So what is endemicity, and what will it take for us to get there?

Read on to learn more 👇

#ScienceUpFirst

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[Dr. Kwame McKenzie @kwame_mckenzie]

We need a social contract for mental health in Canada #MH2030 especially because of covid-19. The Lancet Commission #UniteAgainstDepression underscores the need fact that we need a whole of society approach if we are going to decrease the impact of depression on our communities