Internationally, Canada’s a beacon for science and scientists

The world’s research community is taking notice and many scientists are now seeing a brighter future for themselves in our country.

On Nov. 2, Science Minister Kirsty Duncan, pictured Nov. 2, 2017, at the Canadian Science Policy Conference to discuss the federal government’s plan to boost fundamental research in Canada. Photograph courtesy of the Government of Canada

Opinion

BY SCIENCE MINISTER KIRSTY DUNCAN

May 7, 2018

Take a look at the world right now and you will see that there are countries where support for science is on the decline. In some instances, scientists have been muzzled or funding for research has been scaled back. That is not the case in Canada today. In fact, internationally, we are viewed as a ...

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