Actualités
The Governor General’s Innovation Awards, inaugural CIHR Gold Leaf Prizes, and Killam Prizes and Fellowships, were all handed out in May.
What do a stem-cell researcher, an Indigenous rights scholar and a biotechnology entrepreneur have in common? The answer may vary, but life-changing work seems to be at the heart of the matter.
At the height of the spring awards season, numerous Canadian academics are among the recipients of high...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/innovation-research-awards-honour-work-deserving-canadian-academics/
Actualités
The eight new Canada Excellence Research Chair holders come from a number of different countries to set up shop in Canada.
The federal minister for science and sport, Kirsty Duncan, announced a new round of Canada Excellence Research Chair holders on April 17, and five of the eight new chairs were awarded to women. This is a marked change from previous rounds, when most of the chairs went to men.
“This talented and...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/majority-of-the-new-round-of-cerc-holders-are-women/
Actualités
Some of Canada’s biggest research honours were recently bestowed by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.
In the past few weeks, Canadian research-funding agencies took the time to announce the winners of some of the most prestigious awards in this country – just in time for the end of the academic year.
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/nserc-and-killam-award-winners-announced/
NSERC Prizes
On May 6, Governor General Julie Payette, Science Minister Kirsty Duncan, ...
Actualités
Additional country-wide lab infrastructure and training capacity will allow researchers to be ‘ready to go.’
Canada needs to massively increase investments in vaccine research to avoid a future emerging disease from devastating lives, society, and the economy the way COVID-19 has, according to Dr. Volker Gerdts, director of the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VID...
https://universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/massive-investments-needed-now-to-avoid-next-pandemic/
Articles de fond
Les universités canadiennes ressentent les contrecoups de cet exode des cerveaux.
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https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/articles-de-fond/article/insuffisance-du-financement-la-releve-scientifique-poussee-a-lexil/
Actualités
Le gouvernement fédéral doit déterminer à quelle hauteur subventionner le réseau informatique haute vitesse du Canada.
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https://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/actualites/actualites-article/renouvellement-du-mandat-quinquennal-de-canarie/
The Black Hole-FR
Quick Hit:
I now write for the Stem Cell Network's blog and have published two entries for them. The first is on Continue reading, and
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/doctors-of-philosophy-i-fear-not/
The Black Hole-FR
The Canadian Cancer Society is the largest charitable funder of cancer research in Canada and they have undertaken a rather substantial redesign of their funding programs. Late last week, I received a draft version of the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute's (CCSRI) new IMPACT and INNOVA...
https://universityaffairs.ca/opinion/the-black-hole/new-canadian-cancer-society-grant-policies-draft-released/
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