Senate Committee releases its full report on a science policy for Canada and provides recommendations for renewed government organization
Today, the Senate's Harvard-trained economist as Chair of the Special Senate Committee offered up several key recommendations to the Trudeau Government on how to better strengthen science policy in [...]
Collaboration: The Key to Canada’s Net Zero Transition
Climate change is an urgent problem that requires bold and immediate action on a global scale. I believe Canada has an opportunity to play a leadership role in the world-wide [...]
How would Canada Respond to the Emerging Threat of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Aquatic Environment, and Subsequently in Drinking Water?
There is a growing threat to the aquatic environment by contaminants of emerging concern (CEC). A CEC is understood as compounds and chemicals whose presence in the environment was [...]
Feeding innovation with digital R&D
Our electronic world is fuelling a digital revolution that is rapidly transforming research, business and lifestyles. A data explosion is shifting the way organizations research, develop, make and service products. [...]
Why the governance –and funding– of Canada’s research ecosystem needs a 21st century blueprint
Let's be clear. The world is going to have to do something about climate change. So why not look at Canada as taking the lead, as having a competitive [...]
Who is Responsible for Governing AI for Science and Engineering?
Scientific inquiry and innovation are rapidly being transformed by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. AI promises to solve some of the most difficult challenges facing humans, from finding new non-microbial-resistant [...]
Science funding policies could help resolve issues in open access publishing
Open access science publishing faces many issues, which are challenging for individual researchers to address. In contrast, funding organizations are well placed to drive systematic changes in science publishing, [...]
How we can increase food security in northern climates: listen first, then design
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, food security exists when all people have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious [...]
Climate Education in Canada: A Teen’s Perspective
Interested in engaging youth in positive climate action? First, understand our perspective. Climate change is one of society’s most pressing issues. Concerns rise as we see its effects worldwide [...]
Causal Analysis is Key to Linking Science with Policy for Managing Canada’s Natural Resources
Canada remains one of the world’s dominant resource economies, but conservation continues to move up the country’s hierarchy of needs, pushed steadily by the tailwinds of climate change, biodiversity [...]
Social Justice: Data to the Rescue
In an era of increased awareness of Social Justice, COVID-19 demonstrated the dramatic disparity between different regions of the world; COVID vaccine booster doses were made available in certain [...]
Canada needs to democratize access to state-of-the-art technologies and expertise
Since 2000, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), provincial counterparts, and industry partners have invested over $20B in research infrastructure. These investments have been important for the recruitment and [...]
Community-Centered Innovation and Practice: What will it take to make science and technology truly equitable?
In our current crises of health inequity, the digital divide, misinformation, and climate change denial, we have seen the dire consequences when STEM is approached separately from society, equity, [...]
Theatre and science policy
Theatre and science policy might seem like strange companions. Which is exactly why there’s power in their interaction. Their combining pushes us to see deeper, more essential elements in [...]
