Government committed to supporting Canadian students, advanced research: Duncan

'Canada’s strength is its openness,' and the federal government is making crucial investments to attract the 'world’s most talented researchers,' says the Science minister.

Science Minister Kirsty Duncan, right, pictured on Nov. 10, 2016 with The Hill Times' Kristen Shane, will likely find herself busy dealing with recommendations of the recent Naylor report on the government's investments in scientific research.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

June 5, 2017

An acclaimed academic and former professor, Science Minister Kirsty Duncan has been tasked with the monumental task of recasting Canadian scientific policy. In the first full year of Liberal rule, her office oversaw the assembly of an expert panel led by former University of Toronto president Dave...

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