2022 Conference – Short Talks

2022 Conference – Short TalksLaura Bethany2023-02-16T12:53:15-05:00

The following panels were included in the Short Talks:

Session One:

Short Talk Panels: 322, 135, 587, 323, 267

Session Two:

Short Talk Panels: 696, 589, 111, 119, 286

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Short Talks: Session One

Short Talk 322: Canada: Medical Isotope Superpower for the Next Generation of Nuclear Medicine
Short Talk 135: Canadian Network of Scientific Platforms
Short Talk 587: International STEM Internships: Science Diplomacy and Global Safety & Security
Short Talk 323: Responsible Innovation in Neurotechnology: the OECD stays ahead of the curve
Short Talk 267: Agents of Disinformation: How External Forces Have Corroded Public Trust Towards Science and Affected Science-Based Policy, and a Possible Solution for the Future.

Short Talk 322: Canada: Medical Isotope Superpower for the Next Generation of Nuclear Medicine
Theme: Science, Innovation and Economic Development
Organized by: TRIUMF Innovations
Speaker: Ms. Kathryn Hayashi
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There is a new renaissance in nuclear medicine – innovative radiopharmaceuticals are being developed that may provide hope to cancer patients and have failed conventional therapies, and provide new economic development opportunities for Canada that leverage our past investments in cyclotron and reactor infrastructure and expertise. Academia, industry, and government are coming together to strengthen our medical isotope ecosystem and position Canada as a global leader in next generation radiotherapies and radiodiagnostics.

Short Talk 135: Canadian Network of Scientific Platforms
Theme: Science and Policy
Organized by: McGill University/Canadian Network of Scientific Platforms (CNSP)
Speaker: Dr. Claire M. Brown
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The Canadian Network of Scientific Platforms (CNSP) represents 194 scientific platforms from 31 institutions housing ~$1B worth of infrastructure investments by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, provincial funding agencies, and corporate partners. Scientific platforms are centralized open access hubs of research centered around specialized expertise and advanced research infrastructure and services. The platforms train thousands of highly qualified personnel in the latest technologies and provide advanced research support to accelerate science. This presentation will describe the CNSP community, outline the current funding landscape and discuss fundamental policy changes needed to build a stronger foundation for Scientific Platform sustainability to support Canadian research.

Short Talk 587: International STEM Internships: Science Diplomacy and Global Safety & Security
Theme: Science and the Next Generation
Organized by: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology
Speakers: Giovanni Fusina, Kristin Wyckoff
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The Department of Homeland Security Directorate of Science and Technology (DHS S&T) and Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC) piloted an international internship program in 2022. The program offered internships to students majoring in sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines with direct safety and security mission application. For Summer 2022, two students were selected as the first international interns, and conducted research in public safety and security areas of mutual U.S.-CA interest in Ottawa, Canada. The goal of the internship is to promote a diverse, educated, and skilled pool of STEM professionals and a workforce experienced and passionate for international cooperation in public safety and security.

Short Talk 323: Responsible Innovation in Neurotechnology: the OECD stays ahead of the curve
Theme: Science, Innovation and Economic Development
Organized by: Health Canada
Speaker: Andrew Atkinson
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Neurotechnologies play an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health and neurological disorders. While recent advances in neurotechnologies are redefining what is possible in terms of improving mental health and wellbeing, they also raise a range of ethical, legal, and societal questions. To assist governments and innovators in addressing some of these challenges, the OECD adopted the Recommendation on Responsible Innovation in Neurotechnology. The OECD is now looking to its member states to socialize and implement this recommendation. This presentation will provide an overview of the recommendation and its relevance to the innovation landscape.

Short Talk 267: Agents of Disinformation: How External Forces Have Corroded Public Trust Towards Science and Affected Science-Based Policy, and a Possible Solution for the Future.
Theme: Science and Society
Organized by: Genome Prairie
Speaker: Tony Bassett
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Why is there so much mistrust today in science and in science experts? Why has knowledge primarily taken a backseat to hyperbole and disinformation within public debate and policy development? This presentation will examine how a template of disinformation was meticulously constructed more than 75 years ago and how that template has been repeatedly used to sew doubt about critical issues facing humanity, including climate change and resistance to research-generated solutions in the public interest, like vaccination. The presentation will examine the challenge of disinformation and a possible solution developed by a group of Arkansas scientists in the United States.

Short Talks: Session Two

Short Talk 696: North-by-North: A Leader in Advancing Self-determination in Research
Short Talk 589: Graduate & Postdoctoral Development: Towards a National Strategy
Short Talk 111: Causal Analysis is Key to Linking Science with Policy for Managing Canada’s Natural Resources
Short Talk 119: The Open Climate Campaign: Opening Access to Climate and Biodiversity Knowledge
Short Talk 286: Redefining Science Identity: Building a New National Framework to Diversity Engagement and Trust in Science

Short Talk 696: North-by-North: A Leader in Advancing Self-determination in Research
Theme: Grand Challenges
Organized by:ArcticNet Network Centres of Excellence of Canada
Speakers: Dr. Bronwyn Hancock, Alexa Reedman
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Co-created by partners across Canada’s North, the North-by-North Program is a leader in advancing self-determination in research, supporting Northerners in the design and implementation of research in the North, and building capacity for research and training activities that respond to northern and community needs. This talk describes the two sub-programs, the Inuit Qaujisarnirmut Pilirijjutit and the Northern Research Leaders Program, discusses the innovation these programs bring to the Northern research ecosystem, challenges faced during their development, and gives voice to the need for an integrated and collaborative approach to sustaining investment in Northern research and training.

Short Talk 589: Graduate & Postdoctoral Development: Towards a National Strategy
Theme: Science and the Next Generation
Organized by:Canadian Association for Graduate Studies
Speaker: Dr. Lauren Tracey
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CAGS and GPDN released a report and first-of-its-kind database of workshops, experiential learning, work-integrated learning, individual development plans, and active career management offerings across the country for trainees. We will summarize how research institutions support sustainable and diverse career paths for graduate and postdoctoral scholars and illuminate best practices in partnering with and supporting equity-deserving trainees. Our research revealed a growing desire for partnerships between employers and the academic sector to provide professional development opportunities. The discussion at CSPC will launch the next phase of this national project aimed at incorporating multi-sectoral employer and policy perspectives on trainee career development.

Short Talk 111: Causal Analysis is Key to Linking Science with Policy for Managing Canada’s Natural Resources
Theme: Science and Policy
Speaker: Steve Wilson
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With escalating land use pressures and climate impacts, conservation planning and actions are becoming more urgent in Canada. Policy options assume a causal relationship between management actions and desired outcomes; however, much of the science informing resource management is observational and correlative because experiments are often infeasible or unethical. In other domains where experimental evidence is difficult to collect, “causal analysis” has been adopted to identify causal relationships from observational data, based on a set of strong assumptions and identification rules. This talk introduces causal analysis and argues for its broad implementation in natural resource research and policymaking.

Short Talk 119: The Open Climate Campaign: Opening Access to Climate and Biodiversity Knowledge
Theme: Science and Policy
Organized by: Creative Commons
Speaker: Monica Granados
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Climate change, and the resulting harm to our global biodiversity, is one of the world’s most pressing challenges. The Open Climate Campaign recognizes that to solve the world’s biggest problems, the knowledge about them must be open. As such, the Campaign seeks to work with governments, funders, environmental organizations and others to increase open access to knowledge around climate and biodiversity. In this presentation, I will outline the campaign, strategies the campaign is using to open climate research and lessons learned on topics such as identifying barriers, developing and implementing open access policies, tools for open knowledge and community building.

Short Talk 286: Redefining Science Identity: Building a New National Framework to Diversity Engagement and Trust in Science
Theme: Science and Society
Organized by: Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation
Speaker: Sandra Corbeil
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Science is fundamental to global challenges. Engaging creative and diverse minds; their ideas, innovations, skills, and support are key to tackling these challenges. Lack of interest in science is not the issue– it’s our relationships with science. What would happen if we move away from a deficit model –focused on what science literacy, understanding or connection is lacking – to one that builds on existing science capital? In this approach, we may design programs and develop policies that are more accessible because they respect diverse voices, knowledge systems, and communities and foreground issues of equity and social justice. Learn how we are exploring this concept.