Royal Canadian Institute for Science

Royal Canadian Institute for Science ✨ 175 years of sparking curiosity in Canada 🤯 ✨ Sparking curiosity with science in Canada 🤯

09/04/2026

Join us for Subway Takes meets Would You Rather in Dazed & Confused – your new favourite night out in Toronto! Pick a side, give your take and change your mind as the evidence mounts up.

We're navigating tricky digital landscapes on October 8, exploring how the algorithm and bad actors are hijacking our brains for outrage and division.

Disagree, laugh, repeat with CBC's Anthony Morgan, comedian Lexa Graham Dirty Science and researcher Dr. Aviva Philipp-Muller.

Grab your tickets before the room fills up!

💡 Dazed and Confused: Pick a side. Get played.
📅 Thurdsay, October 8
📍The Parkdale Hall | Toronto Venue
🕰️ Doors open + social hour at 6:30 PM; show starts at 7:30 PM

Ready for a different night out in Toronto? Think Subway Takes IRL!Join us on October 8 at The Parkdale Hall | Toronto V...
09/03/2026

Ready for a different night out in Toronto? Think Subway Takes IRL!

Join us on October 8 at The Parkdale Hall | Toronto Venue for comedy, conversation and community. Featuring CBC’s Anthony Morgan and comic Lexa Graham Dirty Science, you never know what’s going to happen at an RCIScience event.

Whether you want a unique date night, a fun friend hang, or a novel way to meet new people, you don’t want to miss Dazed and Confused where we’re exploring how the media has hacked our brains!

Expect to laugh. Expect to connect. Expect to leave thinking differently about the information we’re fed, the divides that feel unbridgeable, and our own role in all of it.

Comment DAZED for the link to tickets.

09/02/2026

Is this the most contentious moment we ever filmed for The Curious Mindset?

Good scientists must always be open to being wrong, so Carrie Boyce had to double check her hypothesis. (Celia Du 余詩敏 couldn’t for Health and Safety reasons 🥜).

The verdict? 🥁🥁🥁You have to try it and report your findings to us for the ✨science✨

In the meantime, let us know what your go-to snack is, watch the latest episode on YouTube, and vote 👇

Does apple, peanut butter and cheese TOGETHER sound good to you?

Tall tales we were promised, and tall tales we received. 🌳Looking at trees through the eyes of jem on a recent Field Tri...
09/01/2026

Tall tales we were promised, and tall tales we received. 🌳

Looking at trees through the eyes of jem on a recent Field Trip means we will never look at trees the same way ever again.

Thank you to Deana De Ciccio for capturing our stops so beautifully 😍🎨

Don’t miss more Field Trips coming your way this Fall

08/27/2026

Should we be taking probiotics and prebiotic supplements? 🤔

Well, Arielle isn’t sold on products just because they’re labelled “good for the gut’. And she knows what she’s talking about. Dr. Arielle Elkrief studies the gut microbiome and her work reveals surprising (to us, at least) new ways it could shape the future of cancer care. 🤯 Think p**p pills, more on that later, don’t worry about it.

Find out more in the latest episode of The Curious Mindset on YouTube, as she talks to Carrie about science, running, Taylor Swift, and an…odd snack combination that sparked some serious debate.

We talk about:

✅ Learning from patients
✅ The future of science microbiome research
✅ Advice for young scientists
✅ The struggle with math
✅ Growing from failure
✅ Understanding immunotherapy

08/25/2026

Knowing our value is important 🤓🫶

08/19/2026

It's a big year for at Falling Walls! 🇨🇦

We're teaming up with Falling Walls Engage finalist (2020) and CBC host for an event this fall that pulls back the curtain on two things that have more in common than you might think: political polarization and snake oil. Why we're susceptible, how bad actors exploit the shortcuts our brains take, and how what we think our own side believes might actually be making things worse.

Then we're collaborating with .publicengagement to bring Queens of Science – an incredible science-themed drag theatre show – to !

There's a lot to look forward to from Falling Walls Engage Hub Canada, proudly hosted by , this year!

Be sure to follow to stay tuned ✨

08/19/2026

Did you know Canada's oldest scientific society is also the host of Engage Hub Canada? 🔬🍁

leads the Hub, connecting science communicators, regional networks, research institutions, grassroots groups, and the public to spark inclusive dialogue and amplify science-based collaboration across Canada.

Our award-winning programming engages thousands of adults every year through 👇
🎬 Documentary screenings
🔥 Fireside chats
🧠 Trivia nights
🌿 Guided nature walks..and everything in between!

We also help scientists and researchers become better communicators so they can share their work in ways that are creative, innovative, and thought-provoking.

For Hub Manager Carrie Boyce, Executive Director at RCIScience, it's about bringing people together across sectors to grow science engagement nationally and elevate science culture across Canada 🇨🇦✨

08/18/2026

It’s official, flies are magical. ✨ It’s no contest for Spyros—flies are his favourite.

So why do researchers care about flies? They may not be human but they can tell us a lot about ourselves, making them a great model organism. Worms pass the vibe check too, I guess. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Hear more from the straight-shooting and brilliant Dr. Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas, 2025 recipient of the Canada Gairdner International Award, as he sits down with (or puts the pressure on 🤔 ) Carrie Boyce to talk about his life, career and trailblazing work on the fundamental pathway cells use to communicate and how it influences the fates of cells.

👀 New episode of The Curious Mindset is live! Comment FLIES for link.

We talk about:

✅ The importance of choosing the right people (hint: look for that spark in their eyes)
✅ Creating a happy lab environment with the freedom for people to fail and follow their curiosity
✅ The future of science and its ability to help solve humanity’s biggest problems?
✅ Fostering creativity and the role of mentors
✅ What a day in in his life looks like today (spoiler alert: lots of fishing and painting)
✅The song that shaped a generation

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