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Sustainable science: the future of high-quality research
The scientific community needs to talk about the sustainability implications of our research practices and start implementing approaches to minimize our professional carbon footprint.
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What I wish I knew sooner: highlighting gaps in early career researcher training
There is a clear need for additional training at all levels, but uncertainty remains as to how to deliver it all in a fair and systematic way.
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The importance of having a multidisciplinary team
Part of being self-aware is recognizing where your strengths and weaknesses lie, and being able to fill those gaps on your team with those who will be both a good technical and cultural fit.
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Peer support is central to improving PhD student mental health
Guest writer Sarah Masefield explains why she created the "How to Thrive and Survive in your PhD" project to help postgraduate researchers connect and help one another.
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Interactive simulations transforming business education
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AI and the future of learning: Why you can’t miss this year’s Canadian EdTech AI summit
Empowering human-centered sustainable learning in an AI-inspired world.
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A call to male scientists in 2019 – #moreXXscience
Some practical and achievable ways that every male scientist can help balance the gender scales in 2019.
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Slowly but surely, postdoc advocacy is working
Postdocs play an important role in the scientific enterprise and yet they often seem to slip through the cracks.
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Focusing on the positives: some good ideas for improving science
These relatively recent initiatives deserve recognition for helping the scientific community.
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Ownership structure of intellectual property at universities
If universities are interested in incentivizing translational research, the economics for scientists needs to change.
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Could fake grants help clean up the peer review process?
By committing to this exercise, we might better understand why and how some grants get funded despite fatal flaws.
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Bridging the gap between public and private research
Startup culture is blurring the lines between universities as knowledge creators and companies as knowledge translators.
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Advice on Athena SWAN in Canada: universities need to focus on practical changes
Contrary to current thinking in Canadian circles, David Kent says it is absolutely essential to tie the program to funding.
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The current status of translational research funding in North America
While anything can be funded, scientific research teams often need to demonstrate a realistic path to a financial return on investment to get funded.
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Scientists can’t take risks until they are in their 40s
The current academic career structure rewards short-term deliverables rather than high-risk, high-reward research.
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A brief history of translational research funding in North America
How the Bayh-Dole Act succeeded in kickstarting an explosion of technological innovation.
