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How to craft a strategic research statement
Identifying themes in your work history can help you move from a laundry-list to a compelling story.
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Yes to more evaluation, but a bigger yes to more action
A recent report on research culture shows that evaluation is key, but stops short of practical solutions to core problems.
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Universities welcome clarity on national security rules
New policy includes lists of sensitive research areas and foreign institutions considered national security risks.
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Touchdown for a designed-in-Montreal helmet
How two École de technologie supérieure researchers played a key role in developing a new helmet prototype.
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Climate atlas combines science with storytelling to address climate change
Interactive website features videos, maps and plain-language explanations to bring home the reality of climate change to Canadian communities.
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Sharing research on Twitter may lead to higher citations
Science communication is becoming more and more important to emerging researchers.
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Researchers gear up for cannabis legalization
The community is eager to track the wide-ranging social, economic and health impacts of this historic shift in public policy.
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New UNESCO chair to focus on prevention of radicalization, extremism
The initiative will feature three co-chairs with different specialties from three separate universities.
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What makes a great scientific advisory committee?
These committees review and provide input into scientific endeavors, but perhaps the merit of a project should also be assessed by how difficult it is to assemble this panel of experts.
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How science is battling the scourge of sleeplessness
An increasing number of people aren’t getting enough sleep, and researchers are trying to figure out how to help.
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At Queen’s Prison Law Clinic, students go behind bars to help inmates
Students in a prison law clinical course offered by Queen’s University help federal inmates with legal grievances.
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Making sense of the paranormal
Researchers from various disciplines are seeking not to debunk strange events, but rather to understand how people engage with them, and what this reveals about the human experience.
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Ontario university strategic mandate agreements: a train wreck waiting to happen
Where the plan goes off track is the system-wide metrics it uses to assess research excellence and impact.
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Chalk River reactor closure threatens to scatter research community
With the shut-down scheduled for March, a group of researchers is lobbying the government to fund foreign facilities, or risk losing local expertise.
