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Help scientists ousted by America’s attack on knowledge
An open letter to leaders of higher education in Canada.
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The Ford government is ignoring its own campus free speech policy
By calling on student groups to withdraw certain controversial statements, the minister of colleges and universities is demonstrating that the policy was and is a hollow gesture.
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When ‘self-correction’ meets power in the quest to uphold scientific integrity
Questions around Stanford U president Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s research represent a case in point.
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We need to make policy learning count
The Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System continues a ritualistic cycle of reviews and reports into Canada’s scientific support infrastructure.
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An update on the plan to protect the commercialization of Ontario universities’ research
A closer look at the four recommendations from Ontario’s expert panel on intellectual property, created to assess the commercialization activities of higher-education institutions.
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Research as a national investment needs to go beyond the promise of short-term innovation
COVID-19 has caused the academic community to be very reactionary, but research is fundamentally a long-term process.
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COVID-19 may force a rethink about how we manage higher education and research funding
Major crises provide windows of opportunity for change.
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Where are all the international students universities were promised when Trump was elected?
Despite a widespread media narrative claiming students would be flocking to Canada, universities did not see a “Trump bump.”
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Fundamental research continues to be undermined in Canada
More funds for science in recent decades has meant more political pressure on research councils to showcase impact and demonstrate relevance.
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The fault lines of the politics of science policy are firmly in place
The Liberals claim that “science is at the centre of everything the government does” – yet all we have seen and heard are symbolic gestures and feel-good rhetoric.
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The precarious practice of cluster hiring
Clusters are often described as prioritizing interdisciplinary collaboration, but that comes with its own unique set of challenges.
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Canada doesn’t lack in terms of university-industry collaboration
The poor rate of innovation among Canadian firms relates to factors well beyond the scope of research partnerships.
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The uncertain shelf life of the Fundamental Science Review
In the long run, the status of the report as a relevant source for policy debate and advocacy hinges on which party wins the October federal election.
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The ludicrous idea of a provincial intellectual property framework
A new panel created in the 2019 Ontario budget will have the mundane task of clarifying the relationship between science and innovation.
