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Cyberattacks are increasing in frequency, severity and sophistication. Is Canada well-positioned in this arena and ready to take on the growing cybersecurity challenges? After two trips to Israel on official [...]
This thought keeps coming back to me lately: everything is about to get really weird. For the past two years, I’ve had a front-row seat to the primordial soup [...]
For decades now research funding in Canada has failed to keep pace with the constant pressure to increase productivity and output in order to maintain a position of relevance for [...]
Canadian life sciences can lead the world – but we’re not there yet. The good news is we now have many of the tools to get there. “Equality + Growth”, [...]
Navigating the journey from ideation to commercialization of a new technology is a theme we hear daily in conversations with companies, policymakers, researchers, and government agencies. While it sounds [...]
What a year it’s been since the last Canadian Science Policy Conference. Since then, we’ve continued to navigate a global pandemic, received the first federal budget in two years, [...]
Time has demonstrated the impacts of environmental and climate change on various populations but has also highlighted the disproportionate and inequitable effects on Indigenous communities, particularly those already marginalized. [...]
I volunteered with the Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC) as one of the activities I undertook after retiring from the government where I served in numerous capacities including Senior [...]
2021 – Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Peter Nicholson Dr. Peter Nicholson was educated in physics (BSc, MSc, Dalhousie University) and mathematics (PhD, Stanford). He has served in numerous posts [...]
The following are the CSPC 2021 panels that cover COVID-19 and Crisis Preparation & Recovery November 24th, 2021 Organized by: Frontiers Policy Labs [...]
Supporting new ideas and helping researchers, businesses and academia work together creates the conditions for breakthrough technologies that benefit all Canadians. The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) Challenge [...]
When discussing attracting and retaining scientific talent in Canada, the phrase ‘brain drain’ - the loss of skilled individuals from Canada to other countries - inevitably makes an appearance. [...]
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Innovation Policy encompasses all policies governing the Canadian innovation ecosystem, which includes all areas of innovation and economic development, private sector R&D, commercialization and technology policies and more. This also includes social innovation.
Science for Policy is the application and use of scientific research and knowledge to inform evidence-based decisions for public policy and regulations in all policy areas, not limited to but including public-interest policy priorities such as health, environment, national security, education, criminal justice and others.
The Policy for Science Award recognizes an individual who has pioneered policies and practices to improve the development of new technologies, capacity building and research infrastructure. Policy for Science focuses on management of science enterprises, the production of new knowledge, the development of new technology, capacity building, training highly quality personnel and research infrastructure. In general, the key targets of Policy for Science are post-secondary institutions, research funding organizations and government science-based departments and agencies.
Science Policy is inclusive of both policy for science and science for policy. Policy for Science focuses on management of science enterprises, i.e., the generation of new knowledge, the development of new technology, capacity building, training highly qualified personnel and research infrastructure. In general, the key targets of policy for science are post-secondary institutions, research funding organizations and government science-based departments and agencies. Science for policy is the application and use of scientific research and knowledge to inform evidence-based decisions for public policy and regulations in all policy areas, not limited to but including public-interest policy priorities such as health, environment, national security, education, and criminal justice and others.
Science & Society focuses on strengthening public understanding and engagement with science, including the relationship between science and society. This includes but is not limited to science communication, science journalism, public engagement, citizen scientist and more.
