SPE Talks

In this episode of archived interviews, we talk to Dylan Roskams-Edris (@DylanWRE), Open Science Alliance Officer for the Tanenbaum Open Science Institute in Montreal, about what open science is and the importance of having it in the research ecosystem. We then chat with Emma Anderson, one of two public forum coordinators for Science and Poicy Exchange about the Nutrition in the Age of Misinformation forum held last June. Finally, we speak with Edward Irving, Director of Energy, Environment and Natural Resources at the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (@CNRSG_NSERC) about the Alliance Missions grants for anthropogenic greenhouse gas research that encourages advancing research in climate change and emissions reductions.

And here's your update on upcoming events.

The SPE team is currently organizing a café on food security for late March. The date will be announced soon on our social media channels (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram). If you're interested in becoming more involved and potentially helping to write the policy brief, make sure to contact SPE to become a volunteer.

The Canadian Science Policy Center is also calling for volunteers. You can submit an application here.

The Journal of Science Policy and Governance and the Canadian Science Policy Center are hosting a panel entitled "Tools for Science Policy Education: How can the next generation advance the field of science policy?” on Friday, February 3rd at 10:00 EST.

The National Research Council of Canada and ACFAS have organized the 2023 symposium celebrating the success of women in STEM. This is a virtual event will take place on February 9 - 10.

The Ottawa Science Policy Network (@OttawaSciPolNet) will be launching an event for the National Graduate Finance Survey which aims to gather information and advance the discussion on graduate sustainability and financial security. The event will take place on Monday, February 6th from 17:00 - 19:00 EST.

In this episode we interview science journalist Brian Owens (@BL_Owens) about the 2022 Canadian federal budget and what it means for Canadian research, development and innovation, including the creation of a new innvation agency. You can read more about it in the following article which our guest has recently written for Nature. To read more of Brian's work, check out his website here.

Following last month's special which focused on Ukraine, we'll ask Dr. Richard Sandbrook from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Science Policy about the Science for Peace organization based at the University of Toronto and about the role that scientific collaboration has to play in promoting peace internationally, particularly in the context of the current Russian-led war on Ukraine. You can also connect with Science for Peace on Instagram (@science_4_peace) and Facebook.

Finally, Anne Barker from the National Research Council of Canada will tell us about the Arctic and Northern Challenge Program which aims to address the pressing issues identified by northern peoples as impacting their quality of life.

No upcoming events were reported in this episode -- we wish all our listeners a great summer holiday!

The inaugaral podcast from Science & Policy Exchange features and interview with Roseann Runte, president and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation, also known as CFI. We'll be asking her about her thoughts on the Canadian Youth Science Survey, conducted by CFI, Ipsos, and ACFAS, l'association francophone pour le savoir, which examined the attitudes and opinions of 18 - 24 year olds on science in Canada. We'll also provide a brief update on the recent increase of $550 million in funding to Canadian researchers from the Government of Canada.

You can connect with CFI on Twitter @InnovationCA, Facebook or LinkedIn #PromisingFutureNow

The events reported at the end of the show featured the Canadian Science Policy Center's call for volunteers, National Science Policy Network's fourth annual science policy writing competition, and the third annual open conference held by InsSciDE.