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Canadian politics

Science funding in Canada should include science communication

September 13, 2017

I have an op-ed up on the Science Borealis blog this week, about the federal government’s Naylor Report on fundamental science, and how we need … Read more

Tags Canadian politics, Canadian science, cdnpoli, cdnsci, Global Young Academy, Naylor Report, sciart, scicomm, science art, science communication, science policy, scipolicy

Science policy advocate interview

February 13, 2014

John Dupuis, over at Confessions of a Science Librarian, has been running email interviews with our iPolitics science policy series group. The most interesting questions, … Read more

Tags Canada, Canadian politics, Canadian science, cdnpoli, cdnsci, interview, politics, science, science policy, scipolicy

Canada and Water: Destroying our Cultural Foundations

December 10, 2013

The disconnect between government policies and public opinion is hardly newsworthy, but it seems the divide has reached Grand Canyon proportions around Canadian environmental issues, … Read more

Tags Alberta, Canadian environment, Canadian politics, hydrology, landscapes, science policy, water, water supply

Stirring the Hornet's Nest

October 31, 2013

On Monday I published an op-ed over at iPolitics, looking at Leona Aglukkaq’s record as both Health Minister and head of the Arctic Council to … Read more

Tags Arctic, Canadian environment, Canadian politics, Environment Canada, Inuit, iPolitics, Leona Aglukkaq, traditional ecological knowledge, war on science

Canadian science communication takes off

July 25, 2013

The topics I follow most closely on Twitter are #cdnpoli, #cdnsci, and #scicomm. A lot of news from the first two has been pretty negative … Read more

Tags Canada, Canadian politics, Canadian science, cancomm, scicomm, science borealis, science communication, science policy, scienceonline

A Vast & Sparsely Populated Country

November 17, 2012

(Edited 18 Nov 2012) Earlier this week, Margaret Munro from the Postmedia Network reported that one of Canada’s recent superstar hires – a Canada Excellence … Read more

Tags academia, Canadian politics, science communication, science policy, women in science

Oh Canada

June 4, 2012

I’ve started, stopped, and tried again to write this post many times in the last few weeks. I hardly know where to begin, particularly with … Read more

Tags Canadian politics, science policy

U is for Unbelievable

April 26, 2012

This week, the Canadian government reached new lows in the international science community by sending ‘media liaison staffers’ to the International Polar Year conference in Montreal … Read more

Tags Canadian politics, science policy

The grass is always greener: Cdn vs. US research environments

February 20, 2012

Other blogs (here and here) have discussed the loss of science capacity in Canada as total funding declines, funding success rates take a nosedive, and researchers leave for greener pastures. … Read more

Tags academia, Canadian politics

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