I believe that science communication and outreach is an extremely important component to the scientific process. In addition to conducting novel research projects, I try to seek out various types of science communication opportunities with the hopes of inspiring new ideas and passions in the minds of aspiring young scientists, or simply teaching a non-scientist something they never would have understood or sought out themselves. PUBLIC OUTREACH Host, Paleologic - Animalogic YouTube show December 2021 - present Royal Canadian Institute for Science – Instagram Takeover, April 2021 Invited Speaker - The Avian Sternum and the Origin of Flight Toronto Ornithological Club, November 2020 Online Festival Speaker Pint of Science Canada, May 2020 Soapbox Science representative SciCommTO Conference, February 2020 Soapbox Science Speaker – Dinosaurs are Alive, and there’s one flying above you! SciXchange, Toronto Ontario, September 2019 Guest Speaker – Evolution of Dinosaurs Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic Elementary School, Toronto, Ontario, June 2019 Public Events Educator & Speaker – Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology, Drumheller, Alberta – May- August 2017
Biodiversity Gallery Education Facilitator Hands-on Galleries, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario – September 2014 – August 2016
MEDIA OUTREACH Scientific American’s 60-Second Science Podcast: Answering an Age-Old Mystery: How Do Birds Actually Fly? Science Sucks Podcast: How did birds evolve from dinosaurs? - September 2019 - cfmu.ca/episodes/16883-recast-how-did-birds-evolve-from-dinosaurs-w-talia-lowi-merri Curiosity in Focus Podcast: Dinosaurs and the Evolution of Flight – March 2019 - podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dinosaurs-and-the-evolution-of-flight-ft-talia-lowi-merri/id1175102869?i=1000431034190 |