Person: Paul Dufour

Requiem for a science council
By Paul Dufour

Spare a thought for public and transparent science advisory councils in Canada. They have all gone the way of the dodo. This summer, readers of RE$EARCH MONEY were alerted to the elimination of one of our original science advisory councils — Quebec’s Conseil de la science et de la technologie (CST) (R$, July 22/11).

A place for science in the Speech from the Throne
By Paul Dufour

Twenty-five years ago, a Minister of State for Science and Technology under the federal Progressive Conservative government gave an address to the House in response to the October1, 1986 Speech from the Throne.

On improving dialogues between the scientific illiterate and politically clueless
By Paul Dufour

The interactions between politicians and scientists are undergoing more scrutiny these days. And well they should as science underpins much of what constitutes public policy.

The provinces, the feds & national S&T building
By Paul Dufour

With the announcement in March that the Quebec government was shutting down its long-time science advisory body, the Conseil de la science et de la technologie (CST), a productive and decidedly public chapter in Canadian science policy efforts has come to an end (R$, April 9/10).

Perspectives in science policy
How to Recognize a Minister for the Future
By Paul Dufour

I have yet to meet someone with a business card that says Minister for the Future — at least not yet. Some would say it is almost an oxymoron.

Alberta’s Foresight and the Need for Over-the-Horizon Thinking
By Paul Dufour

Precisely 25 years ago, I co-wrote a report with Don LeRoy for Canada’s leading research think tank — the Science Council of Canada — on the evolving role of the provincial research organizations and their mandates in support of technology and innovation for Canadian business and society.