CSPC is proud to present the thoughts of the greatest minds, both established and emerging in the Canadian science and innovation policy landscape through the Canadian Science Policy Magazine.

Headshot of a man in a suit with the text "Letter from the President and CEO of CSPC, Mehrdad Hariri, President and CEO of the Canadian Science Policy Center" followed by a maple leaf.
Dec 03, 2020
Letter from the President and CEO of CSPC
Mehrdad Hariri
Image of three people (woman, man, woman) on a red background with the text: Message from the Editorial Committee, Alessandra Zimmermann and Peter Serles, CSPC Editorial Co-Chairs and Canadian Science Policy Magazine Chief Editors Sarah Laframboise Production Director, Volunteer, CSPC Editorial Committee
Dec 03, 2020
Letter from the Editorial Committee
Alessandra Zimmermann Peter Serles Sarah Laframboise
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A picture of a Sikh man over a mountain landscape with the text: Mobilizing science in the fight against covid-19 The Honourable Navdeep Bains Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
Dec 03, 2020
Mobilizing science in the fight against COVID-19
Navdeep Bains
A picture of a man over a snowy mountainscape with the text: Sustaining and Enhancing Canada’s Future through Global Collaborations and Partnerships-A Framework for our Missions Abroad and for our Universities Steven N Liss Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario Vice-President Research and Innovation & Professor Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario Professor Emeritus
Dec 03, 2020
Sustaining and Enhancing Canada’s Future through Global Collaborations and Partnerships-A Framework for our Missions Abroad and for our Universities
Steven Liss
Picture of an asian man in front of a mountain with the text: Science and Society – Personal Lessons Learned David Suzuki
Nov 25, 2020
Science and Society – Personal Lessons Learned
David Suzuki

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A photo of a man with glasses on a picture of a distand mountain with the text: Five Ways to Tackle the World’s Grand Challenges Amid the Pandemic Richard Florizone President and CEO of the International Institute for Sustainable Development
Dec 04, 2020
Five Ways to Tackle the World’s Grand Challenges Amid the Pandemic
Richard Florizone
A photo of a woman on a blue background with the text: Can we afford not to participate in the quantum race? Geneviève Tanguay Vice-President Emerging Technologies, National Research Council
Dec 04, 2020
Can we afford not to participate in the quantum race?
Geneviève Tanguay
A photo of a man on a background of binary, with the text: A Quantum Canada For All Steven Rayan Director, Centre for Quantum Topology and Its Applications (quanTA) Associate Professor, Mathematics & Statistics, University of Saskatchewan
Dec 04, 2020
A Quantum Canada For All
Steven Rayan
Photo of an Asian man on a night sky with the text: How Canada Can Meet the Climate Challenge of Net-Zero Phil De Luna Director, National Research Council
Dec 04, 2020
How Canada Can Meet the Climate Challenge of Net-Zero
Phil De Luna
A picture of a man against the globe at night, with the text: Future Directions for Innovation Policy in Canada David A. Wolfe Co-Director Innovation Policy Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
Dec 04, 2020
Future Directions for Innovation Policy in Canada
David A. Wolfe
A photo of a black man in a suit on a starry sky with the text: Science must help save humanity from itself By Gervan Fearon President and Vice-Chancellor of Brock University in St. Catharines, Niagara, Ontario
Dec 04, 2020
Science must help save humanity from itself
Gervan Fearon
A picture of a woman next to a cartoon of two people looking at their phones wiht the text: Combatting Misinformation During a Pandemic Kimberly Girling Interim Executive Director, Evidence for Democracy
Dec 04, 2020
Battling misinformation during a pandemic
Kimberly Girling
Image of a white man over clouds with the text: Increasing Science Literacyand Trust and Value Fluency Eric Kennedy Assistant Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management School of Administrative Studies, York University
Dec 04, 2020
Increasing Science Literacy – and Trust and Value Fluency
Eric Kennedy
Picture of a man on a black background wiht the text: Science Diplomacy After COVID-19 E. William Colglazier Editor-in-Chief, Science & Diplomacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Dec 04, 2020
Science Diplomacy After COVID-19
E. William Colglazier
Photo of a woman wiht the words: BRIDGING INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION By Sara Wilshaw, Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs Canada
Dec 04, 2020
Bridging International Networks in Science Technology and Innovation
Sara Wilshaw
Picture of two women on a red background with the text: Cultural safety: the criticality of Indigenous Knowledges and data governance By Sara Wolfe (Anishnawbe), Indigenous Innovation Initiative Director, and Marissa Hill (Metis), Knowledge Management and Translation Associate, Indigenous Innovation Initiative
Dec 04, 2020
Cultural safety: the criticality of Indigenous Knowledges and data governance
Marissa Hill Sara Wolfe
Strength in Numbers How Canada’s federal granting agencies joined forces in the response to COVID-19 Alejandro Adem President of the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Ted Hewitt President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Dr. Roseann O’Reilly Runte President and CEO of the Canada Foundation of Innovation (CFI), Michael Strong President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Dec 04, 2020
Strength in Numbers: How Canada’s federal granting agencies joined forces in the response to COVID-19
Alejandro Adem Michael Strong Roseann O’Reilly Runte Ted Hewitt
Picture of two white men with the text: COVID, Confederation, and Innovation David Castle: Professor, School of Public Administration and Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria Peter Phillips Ph.D.: Distinguished Professor and founding director, Centre for the Study of Science and Innovation Policy (CSIP), Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan
Dec 04, 2020
COVID, Confederation, and Innovation
David Castle Peter Phillips
Image of a white man on a red background with the text: Nine months of COVID – what lessons for science advising? Sir Peter Gluckman Chair International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) President Elect international Science Council (ISC)
Dec 04, 2020
Nine months of COVID – what lessons for science advising?
Sir Peter Gluckman
Image of a man over colored triangles, with the text: "Connecting and Galvanizing the Next Generation through the CSPC: A Volunteer’s Anecdote Andrew Ruttinger PhD Candidate, Robert F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University"
Dec 04, 2020
Connecting and Galvanizing the Next Generation through the CSPC: A Volunteer’s Anecdote
Andrew Ruttinger
Image of a woman on a blue background with the text: "The importance of finding your “why” as a young researcher Emily de Sousa, Graduate Researcher, Travel Writer"
Dec 04, 2020
The importance of finding your “why” as a young researcher
Emily De Sousa
Picture of a black woman on a background with colored triangles. The text reads: "Three’s a crowd: A challenging blend of workspaces, social media, and personal identity during COVID-19. Fatou Sarr, PhD Canddiate, Experimental Psychology, University of Ottawa"
Dec 04, 2020
Three’s a crowd: A challenging blend of workspaces, social media, and personal identity during COVID-19.
Fatou Sarr