27th January 2011 Ottawa, Canada
Welcome blog readers to our first billingual guest blog posting! In this posting, Nicolina, our Science Officer in Montreal discusses her trip to Newfoudland, looking into renewable energy. This blog was written by our guest blogger in french, and translated to english for the complete Canadian billingualism experience (french and english being Canada’s two official […]
27th January 2011
Two senior figures in British politics were in Mumbai in January – Vince Cable and Boris Johnson. Boris Johnson and Peter Beckingham Two senior figures in British politics were in Mumbai in January – Vince Cable, Cabinet Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills, and Boris Johnson, The Mayor of London. They don’t […]
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19th January 2011 Ottawa, Canada
It is with great sadness that we, in the Canadian Science & Innovation team, say goodbye to another of our teammates, Claire Hastings, at the British Consulate Toronto. Claire is leaving our team, but not the Consulate, so although we expect to have lots of dealings with her – she will no longer have a direct hand in the S&I plots. Claire […]
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14th January 2011 Ottawa, Canada
Well, I guess it’s almost that time, time for our fabulous intern, who has been with us since October, to move on to her next adventure. She’s been a lot of fun to have around, extremely helpful, and will be greatly missed by all of us (me and Gill in particular). I’ve asked Elinor to […]
5th January 2011 Ottawa, Canada
Now that I’ve given you all a more general overview of some of the Ottawa science events that have been keeping me on my toes, I thought I’d follow-up with a couple of shorter, slightly more detailed blogs on certain events that caught my attention. The CFI AGM was one such event, mostly as a result of […]
20th December 2010 Ottawa, Canada
So it seems that late fall/early winter here in Ottawa contains a plethora of scientific events for a Science Officer to attend, and I have been doing my best to keep up. Here is a brief list of some of the things I’ve been up to, with links where ever I can find them: Bacon […]
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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
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 […]