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Science funding in Canada should include science communication

December 2, 2019September 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

International Women's Day 2016: Link Roundup

December 2, 2019March 8, 2016

[Updated March 9th to add the @IAmSciComm list of women science communicators] Today was International Women’s Day, a day we celebrate the achievements of women … Read more

Tags academia, Canadian highered, cdnpoli, gender equity, international women's day, IWD2016, science, science policy, scipolicy, women in science

Science in the post-Harper era

December 2, 2019October 24, 2015

Canada’s 42nd election is a week behind us, and much has changed in Canada’s political landscape. The country heaved a collective sigh of relief following … Read more

Tags Canada, Canadian election, cdnpoli, cdnsci, CFBS, CFES, elexn42, Harper, policy, politics, science, science policy, scientific societies, scipolicy, Trudeau

Fighting the War on Science Funding

December 2, 2019May 19, 2015

In case you hadn’t heard, American geoscientists are in a fight for their (funding) lives, as the Republican-dominated Congress moves to make drastic cuts to … Read more

Tags cdnpoli, cdnsci, funding, research, science policy, scipolicy

Questions about a Parliamentary Science Officer

December 2, 2019November 26, 2014

A couple of weeks ago, the European Union’s Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA) was axed. It didn’t make headlines in Canada until about a week ago, … Read more

Tags Canadian science, cdnsci, Chief Science Advisor, European Union, Parliamentary science officer, politics, science, science policy, scipolicy

What's an environmental scientist to do?

December 2, 2019April 25, 2014

Regular blog followers may have noticed that I haven’t written much about environmental issues lately. It’s not that I’ve stopped paying attention to them, but … Read more

Tags cdnpoli, democracy, environment, Environmental science, nature, politics, public outreach, science policy, scipolicy

Science policy advocate interview

December 2, 2019February 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 2, 2019December 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

Say hello to Canada's new Fisheries Act

December 2, 2019November 27, 2013

Monday, 25 November, marked the day on which the new (improved? no – let’s say, gutted) Fisheries Act took effect in Canada. First introduced in … Read more

Tags cdnpoli, fisheries, Fisheries Act, oil and gas, salmon, science policy

A big week

December 2, 2019October 15, 2013

*Updated late 15 October with link to second iPolitics piece in series, and addition of new paper out in CJFAS The Canadian government kicks off … Read more

Tags Canadian science, Conservatives, cswa, Harper, iPolitics, science borealis, science in fiction, science policy
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