CBR SciLitWeek

For Science Literacy Week 2022, some members of our CBR Knowledge Translation Committee have joined forces to co-create a social campaign, sharing blood facts and celebrating science. Check out #CBRSciLitWeek!

A globe with an arrow circling it. The tail of the arrow becomes a branching blood vessel which carries red blood cells.

#CBRSciLitWeek: How do blood vessels help blood travel?

September 20, 2022

For Science Literacy Week 2022, learn about the function and importance of blood vessels – veins, capillaries, and arteries.

Platelets and coagulation factors work together to stop bleeding

#CBRSciLitWeek: How does blood coagulation work?

September 20, 2022

For Science Literacy Week 2022, learn about the process of blood coagulation, and the cells and proteins involved.

Insect hemolymph is made up of cells called hemocytes which are a crucial part of their immune systems.

#CBRSciLitWeek: Do insects have blood?

September 18, 2022

For Science Literacy Week 2022, learn about the differences between insect blood and human blood, and what “hemolymph” is.

Immune cells circulate through the blood, peripheral tissues, lymphatics and lymph nodes to patrol for and respond to signs of infection.

#CBRSciLitWeek: How do immune cells travel through your body?

September 18, 2022

For Science Literacy Week 2022, learn how immune cells travel through your to the right place in your body during injury and infection.

Expansion and contraction of your blood vessels is referred to as vasodilation and vasoconstriction, which help regulate your body temperature.

#CBRSciLitWeek: Why do our blood vessels expand and contract?

September 17, 2022

For Science Literacy Week 2022, learn how vasodilation and vasoconstriction of blood vessels helps our body adapt to different conditions.

#CBRSciLitWeek: How does air travel from your lungs to the rest of your body?

#CBRSciLitWeek: How does air travel from your lungs to the rest of your body?

September 16, 2022

For Science Literacy Week 2022, learn how red blood cells carrying oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your organs and tissues.