Proposed 2019 Federal Budget provides new funding for science and students The following is a quick analysis of science-related highlights from the proposed 2019 Federal Budget, entitled “Investing in the Middle Class”, prepared by the CAP’s Science Policy Committee. Throughout the year, CAP will continue to monitor government policy that could affect physics in… Read more »
Grouping: Science Policy
NSERC seeking input of research community on two consultations
The CAP-NSERC Liaison Committee would like to draw your attention to the following two consultations launched by NSERC. Participation from the Canadian research community is valuable, so the Committee encourages you to take a few minutes to provide your views. Canada Research Coordinating Committee consultation Deadline: August 27, 2018 The Canada Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC)… Read more »
Proposed 2018 Federal Budget responds to Fundamental Science Review
The following is a quick analysis of science-related highlights from the proposed 2018 Federal Budget, entitled “Equality and Growth: A Strong Middle Class”, prepared by the CAP’s Science Policy Committee. Throughout the year, CAP will continue to monitor government policy that could affect physics in Canada. This brief is intended to capture those highlights most… Read more »
Dr. Mona Nemer named as Canada’s Chief Science Advisor.
Dr. Mona Nemer named as Canada’s Chief Science Advisor.
Science Policy Report
Kris Poduska, Director of Science Policy Canadian science is on the precipice of big changes, and you can help make it happen. The state of fundamental science in Canada was recently evaluated in a remarkably detailed document (the Naylor report), at the request of the federal government. The full report is available online (http://www.sciencereview.ca/eic/site/059.nsf/eng/home). Among… Read more »
CAP makes submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance for 2018 federal budget
Each year, on behalf of the Canadian physics community, the CAP Board presents our recommendations for science funding priorities for the upcoming fiscal year to the federal government. This is accomplished by responding to the government’s call for pre-budget planning submissions in the summer. The CAP’s recommendations are drafted by the CAP’s Director of Science… Read more »
CAP represented at official release of the Canada Fundamental Science Review Panel Report
The following is a report that the CAP received from Dr. Shohini Ghose, Wilfrid Laurier University, Chair of CAP’s Committee to Encourage Women in Physics who attended the release of the Report of the Fundamental Science Review Panel on behalf of the CAP on Monday, April 10, 2017. This summary of the report was prepared… Read more »
La science canadienne : renforcer les éléments fondamentaux
Le Devoir has just published this Op-Ed titled “La science canadienne : renforcer les éléments fondamentaux”, drafted and signed by past CAP Presidents. Please consult the full article, in French, here: http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/science-et-technologie/501360/la-science-canadienne-renforcer-les-elements-fondamentaux This article was signed by: Melanie Campbell, PPhys, Professor, University of Waterloo; Allan Carswell, Professor Emeritus, York University; President, Carswell Family Foundation Walter F. Davidson,… Read more »
March for Science – Earth Day 2017
Phoenix – March for Science April 22, 2017 I was invited by the American Physical Society (APS) to join them for their April Council Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona on 22 April 2017. As the meeting coincided with the March for Science, the APS Council headed en masse into downtown Phoenix in 309 K weather to… Read more »
CAP Governance
Science Policy Update The Federal Budget 2017, released about two months ago, themed and dreamed on a single word: innovation. The CAP Science Policy committee summarized relevant physics-related impact in en French here or in English here. In short, this year’s budget boiled down to the government saying: we want to be a country that has… Read more »