Planning needs to begin now for the next disease outbreak, beginning with stronger linkages between human and animal research facilities.
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The Short Report – June 3, 2020: SSHRC and NSERC announce new grant winners; ScaleAI supporting 10 university chairs; DND launches COVID-19 challenges; and more…
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The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council awarded $75 million to more than 1,600 researchers from over 60 universities across Canada. More than $60 million will go for partnership projects and $14 million will support 160 postdoctoral researchers. Out of the total number of recipients, 760 (56%) self-identify as women, 48 (4%) as Indigenous, 158…
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The private sector has little appetite for manufacturing small-volume, niche vaccines for pandemic viruses. That’s why any primary manufacturing facility for vaccines like COVID-19 need to be federally owned and operated.
Read MoreThe Short Report – May 27, 2020: DMZ and Ryerson Futures merge; Canadian psychedelic research gets boost; CFI launches $25-million competition; progress on a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine; and more
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The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council has awarded $76 million for 128 new applied research projects at colleges, cégeps and polytechnics. Funded through the tri-agency College and Community Innovation Program and the College-Industry Innovation Fund from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the investments will connect colleges with local companies, particularly small- and medium-sized enterprises, to collaborate on projects that further…
Read MoreA long-term research and pandemic strategy is long overdue
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Expert groups called for a national and holistic approach to pandemic planning in 1993 and again in 2003. With $1-million in seed funding, the current federal government is finally moving to make a long-term research and pandemic strategy a reality.
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By Bert van den Berg The New North Star II report should be lauded for suggesting the creation of a national, challenge-driven industrial strategy. As others have noted, such a strategy would represent an important change for Canada. Past decades have seen a laissez-faire approach focused on ensuring favourable business conditions … an approach that…
Read MoreThousands of research staff layoffs averted with $450 million wage subsidy
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Research staff who work at hospital research institutes were excluded from the federal government’s $73-billion wage subsidy package. A major lobbying effort by groups like HealthCareCAN persuaded the federal government to fix the problem.
Read MorePharma companies urge Ottawa to postpone changes to lower drug prices to next year
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Innovative Medicines Canada warns critical research will be impacted if the government forces its members to implement required regulatory changes by July 1.
Read MoreHow are postsecondary students in Canada impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic?
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Statistics Canada has published an infographic from a recent survey of 100,000 post-secondary students asking how the pandemic has impacted their academic work, job prospects and state of mind.
Read MoreNumber of women rising among full-time university faculty
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Over the last 50 years, the share of women among full-time university faculty at Canadian universities has increased considerably, according to recent data released by Statistics Canada. Related Articles: Colleges to help shape Canada’s research EDI program through two-year Dimensions pilot EDI policies in research have yielded “minimal” returns, experts say Draft charter aims to reduce barriers…
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