Priority setting in the knowledge ecosystem

Australia, the U.K., and U.S. all have their science policy goals. What should Canada’s be?

Science Minister Kirsty Duncan—pictured, right, last November with Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay—recently appointed an advisory panel to review federal support for fundamental science.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY PAUL DUFOUR

July 13, 2016

As the federal government contemplates a considered course on fundamental science and the Council of Canadian Academies reboots another assessment of the state of science, technology, and innovation in Canada, it is worth remembering why we do these exercises. The reasons can be numerous: to improv...

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