Author: Mark Henderson

PEARL climate change facility receives a $1.6-million, one-year lifeline

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After extensive lobbying from the scientific community, an Arctic climate change research facility has received $1.6 million in federal funding, just enough to maintain operations for one year after its funds expire in 2018. Science minister Kirsty Duncan and Environment minister Catherine McKenna on November 8 announced the stop-gap funding for the Polar Environment Atmospheric…

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Liette Vasseur

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A Brock Univ professor has been named president of Canada’s sectoral commission that works with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Biologist Liette Vasseur will work with a team of 11 scientists and academics in the Canadian Commission for UNESCO’s (CCUNESCO) Sectoral Commission on Natural, Social, and Human Sciences to promote and…

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Thales creates Montreal-based cortAlx to provide safe and ethical AI solutions

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A new centre for artificial intelligence is in the works in Montreal further solidifying its position as one of Canada’s main hubs for AI. Thales SA, a France-based, multinational defence and aerospace contractor, recently announced the creation of the Centre of Research and Technology in Artificial Intelligence eXpertise (cortAIx), which will be supported by the…

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NRC announces sweeping changes as part of Stewart-led renewal strategy

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The National Research Council (NRC) will appoint a Chief Science Advisor and establish a President’s Research Excellence Advisory Committee as part of sweeping, comprehensive changes planned over the next four years. In August, the 101-year-old research institution launched several short-term actions as part of a renewal strategy undertaken by NRC president Iain Stewart, stemming from his mandate to assess and reinvigorate the organization and establish its future direction. Those actions will be followed by more initiatives in the medium term (two years) and longer term (four years).

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New cohort of Mitacs fellows to start 12-month immersion in government agencies

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Twenty-one academic researchers from Canada and the US are the recipients of the 2017-2018 Canadian Science Policy Fellowship awards. Mitacs has announced the second cohort of fellows who will train for 12 months to learn how government policies at the federal and provincial levels are crafted. Mitacs is working with partners in the Government of…

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Malcolm Fraser

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Malcolm Fraser has been appointed CEO and president of Innovacorp, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Nova Scotia, effective this October. Fraser, a technology entrepreneur, takes over from Stephen Duff, who served as Innovacorp CEO and president from 2013. Fraser founded ISL Internet Solutions Ltd., a digital agency which was later renamed MODE, in…

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New science committee set up to coordinate funding agencies

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Ottawa has announced a new committee that will coordinate and support the efforts of research funding agencies to make sure that researchers get the most from the government. The new Canada Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) will coordinate among three federal granting agencies—the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research…

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