23rd February 2011 Ottawa, Canada
So as some of you may have noticed, I’ve been unfortunately delinquent in my blog postings this month, due in part to the fact that I have been kept quite busy here on the ground. Not to worry, I have a few tidbits that will be finding their way to this site in the near […]
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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24th September 2010 Ottawa, Canada
No team introductions would be complete (and really there is still one more to go after this ;P) without the introduction to the very important, but perhaps somewhat unsung role of the S&I Assistant! Our assistant Gill is fabulous! Working on a part-time basis (2 days a week – Mondays and Wednesdays), she keeps on top of all […]
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9th September 2010 Ottawa, Canada
Our introductions move on to the West coast, where I will be introducing you to Dr. Paolo Marcazzan, our Science, Innovation and Energy Officer. Photo by Frank Wimart Paolo is the only “Y” chromosome in our group (I don’t know quite how this happened – poor fellow ;P). I think of him our the quiet, speculative team member […]
20th August 2010 Ottawa, Canada
On to more team Science & Innovation Canada intros! Continuing with my Toronto theme, let me introduce you to our Science & Innovation Associate, Claire Hastings. Photo by Frank Wimart Claire is a lovely person with a sparkling personality. She’s bubbly, intelligent, fun to be around, and VERY knowledgeable about all things FCO and UKinCanada […]
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18th August 2010 Ottawa, Canada
What do you get when you invite a bunch of science friendly people, add some quirky yet challenging quiz questions, and some social lubricant? Well a Science and Innovation Quiz Night of course! So on Friday the 13th (yes, you read correctly – which also happened to be last Friday, August 13, 2010), I hosted […]