Organization: Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

The Short Report, July 24, 2019: 5G, Indigenous health, John Knubley

Rogers Communications has partnered with Waterloo accelerator Communitech to open a 5G innovation lab, opening in September and focusing on smart city, IoT and enterprise applications. – Yahoo Finance Saskatoon-based software company Vendasta Technologies Inc. has raised $40-million in venture capital, the largest ever for a Saskatchewan tech company. – The Globe and Mail Ottawa calls it the largest…

New policy on scientific integrity lifts gag on scientists, researchers

Ottawa recently released a model policy that allows government scientists and researchers to speak their minds freely to enable them to help shape public policy based on evidence. The Model Policy on Scientific Integrity was crafted by federal chief science advisor Dr Mona Nemer, in cooperation with the Professional Institute of the Public Service of…

Policies would prevent future science muzzling

The new Liberal government has taken steps to unmuzzle scientists, but two groups want it to go further by including scientific integrity provisions in collective bargaining agreements and formal policies at science-based departments. In a March 9 open letter to government, the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada and Evidence for Democracy say…