Greenspon’s brain chain
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In a world where work and research are increasingly unfettered by national borders, Canadian policy needs to shift to accommodate this new reality, says Public Policy Forum president Edward Greenspon....
Read More >>Future road map
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The wild swings that affect research funding in Canada are well known to Gilles Patry. In 1993, when he became the new dean of engineering at the University of Ottawa,...
Read More >>On a mission
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World-renowned neuropsychologist Maryse Lassonde, the Royal Society of Canada’s new president, is determined to promote the culture of science.
Read More >>Engineering change
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University of Calgary president and vice-chancellor Elizabeth Cannon, who also chairs Universities Canada, is helping nurture closer ties between the scientific community and Ottawa’s elected MPs. When Elizabeth Cannon joined...
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Ron Freedman contemplates reform of the Scientific Research and Experimental Development program, which hands out $4 billion in tax credits annually to companies undertaking R&D. In the research and development...
Read More >>Bridging the generation gap
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NSERC president Mario Pinto presents a new vision for innovation and R&D in Canada. The president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council (NSERC), Mario Pinto, notes proudly that he...
Read More >>Get Smart
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David Strangway has been a prominent and influential voice in science policy Canada for more than four decades. A former president of three universities: Toronto, UBC and Quest in Squamish,...
Read More >>Canadian universities need re-schooling
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Wendy Cukier, vice-president research and innovation at Ryerson University, says that universities need to focus on the employability of their graduates. Ryerson University in Toronto is different from many Canadian...
Read More >>An economist’s take on Canadian science
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In Alberta, ATB Financial is a household name and so is Todd Hirsch, its chief economist. What makes ATB Financial well known in the province is the wide range of...
Read More >>The science network
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Alan Bernstein, head of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, calls for greater involvement from the private sector to ensure our nation stays abreast of rapid advances in the technology...
Read More >>A fight for integrity
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Members of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC) are demanding changes to how the government deals with “public science,” including reinstating government scientists’ right to speak...
Read More >>Shoot for the stars
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World-renowned mathematician and physicist Neil Turok, director of the Perimeter Institute for TheoreticalPhysics in Waterloo, Ont., discusses Canada’ s place in the emerging quantum age and the need for scientists...
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