Welcome to a new episode! This week we got to chat with Ottawa Public Health's social media guru, Kevin Parent.

With Kevin's masterminding, OPH has risen to one of the top public health sources over the course of this pandemic, gaining a following of over 115k followers on Twitter at the time of this recording. You may know them from their informational threads, humour based combats against misinformation, or even their recent announcement that their intern 'Bruce' is really Ryan Reynolds ;) . Kevin chats with us about key strategies that he uses in Public Health / Science communication to provide evidence-based news, updates, and information while increasing engagement and gaining community trust. This is a fantastic episode filled with great information and lots of humour; a perfect glimps into the type of content you can expect from OPH.

 

Lastly, if you're not following them already, head over to Twitter and/or Instagram and follow @OttawaHealth / @OttawaSante !