18th March 2011
Ottawa, Canada
I’d like to introduce everyone to the newest member of our team, Dr. John Preece. John, who will introduce himself to you directly below, is our intern in Toronto. He has tons of interesting varied experience and has thrown himself enthusiastically into the SIN portfolio, starting with a blog (of which there are already more […]
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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 […]
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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:
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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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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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30th August 2010
Ottawa, Canada
Have you ever asked yourself: “What is innovation?” Maybe not, but as a Science & “Innovation” officer, I ask myself that all the time! So with this blog posting, I thought I’d give myself the excellent excuse to figure out just what we mean by Innovation, and also, what it means in Canada in particular. […]
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18th August 2010
Ottawa, Canada
So now you know a bit more about what we do here as the UK Science and Innovation team in Canada, but who are we? For my next trick, I’ll start introducing you to my fellow team members. This way you will get an idea of who else will be blogging here with me, but […]
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30th July 2010
Ottawa, Canada
Have you ever wondered what the UK Science & Innovation network is doing abroad? Particularly in Canada? If so, then you’ve come to the right place. Welcome to the UK Science & Innovation in Canada blog. I (Nicole Arbour) will be your guide on this adventure into the blogosphere. As such, you can expect me […]
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