A blog showcasing the work of the Global UK Science and Innovation Network, approximately 90 officers in over 30 countries and territories around the world
29th November 2010 Ottawa, Canada
Elinor, our intern here at the British High Commission in Ottawa, has kindly agreed to share her experience at the recent Arctic Biodiversity Symposium that was held in Ottawa, at the Canadian Museum of Nature this past week (November 18-19, 2010). See below for her take on what its happening in the world of Canadian Arctic […]
24th November 2010 Ottawa, Canada
During the recent Canadian Science Policy Conference (October), we took the time to talk to Mehrdad Hariri, Chair of the Canada Science Policy Conference, about the state of science policy in Canada and his organisation’s future plans. Here’s what he had to say:
12th November 2010 Ottawa, Canada
Well I’m back to work on the blog, I apologise for the lull over the last week or so. It’s amazing how many things can pile up when you’re away! First I’d like to extend my thanks to the AMAZING Claire Hastings for taking up the UKinCanada science blogging flag and keeping the blog posts going while […]
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12th November 2010 Ottawa, Canada
As some of you may already know (through being there and chatting, or by following our twitter feeds) several Science and Innovation Officers from the UKinCanada Science and Innovation Network were attending the Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC) last week in Montreal. It was an excellent event, for which the organization committee should be commended, […]
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12th November 2010 Ottawa, Canada
It is with great pleasure that I publish our first written external guest blog (actually a co-guest blog, to be specific)! Louise Shaxson of Delta Partnership and Michelle Burns of Department for International Development discuss their experience at this years Canadian Science Policy Conference: Louise Louise Shaxson running her session at the KTKB2010 workshop October […]
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12th November 2010 Ottawa, Canada
So, it’s been a bit of a long time coming…the hazards of planning work trips just before holidays that were in turn followed by hectically planned work weeks afterwards (I’m sure I’m not the only one who does this, and that provides me with some consolation!). So here I am about to regale you with […]
9th November 2010 Ottawa, Canada
I’d like to introduce our next guest blogger, Alex Bielak, who in trying to leave a comment ended up writing us an entire blog posting! Alex has been a fixture in the science communication world in Canada, both as an excellent communicator and writer himself, but also through his knowledge translation & knowledge brokering activities at the Environment […]
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5th November 2010 Ottawa, Canada
If you’re in a Canadian or international health science field, then you’ve likely heard of the Gairdner Foundation and the awards they distribute, and if not, then let me quote from their “About us” page: “The Gairdner Foundation was created in 1957 by James Arthur Gairdner to recognize and reward the achievements of medical researchers whose work contributes […]
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13th October 2010 Ottawa, Canada
At the end of September our Vancouver-based Science Officer, (the delightful) Paolo Marcazzan, headed to London for a week of training and meetings. These kinds of trips are essential to the work of the Science & Innovation team; keeping up to the minute with UK science policy developments is much easier when you sit down […]
1st October 2010 Ottawa, Canada
Uh, testing… testing.. is this thing on? Hello blogland. It’s Claire in Toronto. Nicole is off on some well deserved holidays, so I’ll be manning (womaning?) the SIN Canada blog for the next couple of weeks. Today, we’re finishing up our team introductions with Nicolina Farella, Science Officer Extaordinaire, based in Montreal. As you will […]
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