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Where is Canada at with the Fundamental Science review? Read our analysis to find out!

Take Two: here’s where we’re at with (the) Fundamental Science (Review)

Submitted by Farah Qaiser on Tue, 11/16/2021 - 17:57

By Umais A Baqi, Mairin Deith, Eashan Halbe, Kim Pho, and Farah Qaiser

On April 10, 2017, the Fundamental Science Review was published — a review of Canada’s fundamental science and research ecosystem, including 35 recommendations. As the review approaches it’s five year anniversary, Evidence for Democracy carried out a second review of the recommendations

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Our “new” government — and what it means for science

Our “new” government — and what it means for science

Submitted by Rachael Maxwell on Tue, 09/28/2021 - 14:07

Canada’s 44th federal election has now come and gone.

Blink, and you may have missed the campaign — it was, after all, a mere 36 days. Blink, and you may also miss Canada’s 44th session of Parliament — there is already talk of the 45th election. Blink again, and well, you would be forgiven for mistaking our 44th Parliament for the 43rd — the result was largely the same as the 2019 election. 

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Elxn44: Science and Innovation commitments look like a scattershot approach

Submitted by Farah Qaiser on Fri, 09/17/2021 - 13:24

By Rhonda Moore, Farah Qaiser, Jeff Kinder, and Rachael Maxwell

The Institute on Governance (IOG) and Evidence for Democracy (E4D) have partnered together to offer a non-partisan analysis* of science and innovation commitments in the Bloc Quebecois, Conservative, Green, Liberal and NDP party political platforms, through a lens of policy for science and science for policy.

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Evidence for Democracy’s pre-budget submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance

Submitted by Rachael Maxwell on Mon, 08/09/2021 - 15:07


COVID-19 has put science in the global spotlight like never before. From immunology, virology and epidemiology, to genome sequencing and mRNA vaccines, the solutions delivered by science have unfolded at a pace unmatched by nearly any other tool at our disposal over the past 18 months. This problem-solving capacity should not be tucked away for the next crisis, but deliberately deployed as an approach to tackling our biggest challenges. 

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Let’s be clear(er): the language of science needs to be plain and simple

Submitted by Farah Qaiser on Tue, 07/27/2021 - 11:52

As the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated, science should be shared in plain language — so that readers can easily find, understand and use information. Recognizing this, Evidence for Democracy (E4D) has prepared a toolkit that technical experts can use to write plain language summaries

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