Pascal Lapointe and Josh Silberg, Policy & Politics co-editors In a Toronto Star opinion piece published on August 12, Katie Gibbs and Alana Westwood of Evidence for Democracy called for a national science debate between federal political leaders. Librarian John Dupuis echoed Evidence for Democracy’s sentiment in a recent blog post, and began brainstorming potential […]
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If Picasso were a multimedia science blogger…
Raymond Nakamura and Lisa Willemse, Multimedia co-editors It’s no secret that scientist-types tend to be very creative people, or that artist-types often have an affinity for the sciences. Which is why we think that if Picasso were alive today, he might have been a science multimedia blogger, taking a Rubik’s cubistic approach to explain mathematics […]
From Labs to Lives: Supporting Canada’s Science and Innovation Landscape
Guest post by Robyn Dugas Mitacs Communications Coordinator Innovation affects us in personal, immediate ways, from medical breakthroughs that provide treatment, to smartphone apps that help us manage our schedules. At Mitacs we believe that supporting Canadian science, technology, and innovation not only sets the stage for long-term economic benefits, it also brings transformative solutions […]
Rising from the ashes: Canada’s Experimental Lakes Area
by Michael Rennie Research Scientist at IISD-ELA & Adjunct Professor, University of Manitoba In April of this year I happily quit my job, only to take a new one just three weeks later that had me working at exactly the same place. Confused? Allow me to explain. After 44 years, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) […]
What the Franklin expedition says about Canadian research priorities
Pascal Lapointe and Karine Morin, Science Policy co-editors The discovery of one of the long-lost Franklin ships is surely big news, archaeologically speaking. But it is also highly political. Not simply because Franklin is used as a symbol of Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic, but also in the context of what has happened in recent […]