The Canadian Science Policy Conference was held in Toronto on October 28-30. It was the brainchild of Dr. Mehrdad Hariri, a postdoctoral fellow from the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health in Toronto and 19 other individuals, virtually all of whom were graduate students and postdocs, mostly from the health field. An ambitious endeavour, with 400… Read more »
Grouping: Science Policy
CAP President appears before House of Commons Finance Committee
On Wednesday October 21 Robert Mann, CAP President, appeared before the House of Commons Finance Committee (HCFC) to speak to the brief that the CAP submitted to the committee in August. He was accompanied by Dominic Ryan of McGill University, Friend of CAP and President of the Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering. Please view the… Read more »
CAP submits a brief to the House of Commons Finance Committee and takes lead in preparing CCR Brief
The CAP has filed a Brief to the House of Commons Finance Committee (HCFC) for their upcoming deliberations this fall concerning next year’s federal budget. This represents a continuing effort by the CAP to lobby the government for research funding for physics in Canada. It is the first time the CAP has submitted a brief to… Read more »
CAP’s Brief to the HCFC
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CAP recommends that NSERC’s budget for basic science (its “Discovery Grants Program”) be increased by 10%. Cost: about $40M p.a. CAP recommends that Canada start detailed planning to supersede the NRU reactor in Chalk River with the proposed Canadian Neutron Centre, a world-class multi-purpose facility for advanced research with neutron beams, for nuclear… Read more »
CAP President Robert Mann’s Letter about the Chalk River NRU Reactor to Editors and to Minister Lisa Raitt
Please view the attached letters. Attachment Size Attachment Size Letter to Editors 24.14 KB Letter to Minister Lisa Raitt 23.59 KB