Seizing the moment to grow Canada’s biomedical research enterprise as the U.S. falters
This opportunity to attract top health research talent to Canada will not last long.
Science under pressure: a call to action
American budget cuts, layoffs, and censorship on its science community are likely to have repercussions in Canada, but they also present opportunities to strengthen our research and innovation system.
Electrify everything!
We must combine our newly energized national pride in reforming our economy to be more self-reliant and self-sufficient with massively increasing our climate ambition.
A decade later: did the Liberals deliver on science?
While funding injections are welcome, they don’t guarantee that research will remain free from political influence.
Canada can’t afford to be left behind as the world makes a quantum leap
The quantum age we helped pioneer has reached a pivotal moment as Canada resets its global trade relationships and economic priorities
Driving Canadian innovation in cancer treatment: a win for patients and the economy
Canada can deliver groundbreaking therapies to patients more quickly, reduce health-care costs, and drive economic growth by fostering a robust domestic life sciences sector.
The ‘Knowledge Factory’
Canada’s Science Technology and Innovation ecosystem is a derelict 60-year-old rusting ‘Knowledge Factory’ whose customers find its knowledge products irrelevant, costly, hard to access, and often vague about claimed benefits. New management is needed, writes former assistant deputy minister David Watters.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion are not threats to research quality—they are essential to achieving it
The rise of anti-woke rhetoric in Canada—which appears to mirror movements in the United States—is potentially harmful to this country’s economic prosperity, and public health.
Trudeau’s legacy for sound science policy tied to efforts early in Liberal mandate
During his years in power, Justin Trudeau has demonstrated that a next generation vision matters.
Canada needs a complete pandemic preparedness strategy
As another possible pandemic looms, the discovery research engine that will help protect Canadians’ health sputters, stalls, and may fall off the rails.
