By Molly Meng-Hua Sung, guest contributor This past year, the long-awaited Fundamental Science Review (commonly referred to as the Naylor Report) was submitted to Canada’s Minister of Science, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan. It confirmed something scientists have been saying for years: funding is tight. Furthermore, the strain of poor funding is borne largely by young […]
Sarah Boon, Science Borealis co-founder and Board of Directors member Two reviews of Canadian science were released recently: the Naylor Report and the Global Young Academy report. While both champion Canadian science, neither report mentions that increasing funding for Canadian science requires public support and a strong Canadian science culture, which requires effective science communication. […]
Pascal Lapointe, Policy & Politics co-editor I have borrowed this blog post title from an editorial published in Nature – not last week or last month, but in 2009. Science and journalism are not alien cultures, for all that they can sometimes seem that way. They are built on the same foundation – the […]
Alex Chattwood, Communication, Education & Outreach co-editor A debate is stirring within the pro-science community over the April 22 March for Science (M4S), a 52-day-old collective that claims, “to support and safeguard the scientific community.” As a one-time scientist turned science educator, I want to support science and scientific ways of thinking however I can. […]
How science lost its credibility with the US public and what to do about it Pascal Lapointe, Policy & Politics co-editor Three factors influence the perception of science in our era: the notion that “all opinions are equal”, the political influence of the religious right, and effective scientific misinformation campaigns by select industries. Because of […]
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