Paul Dufour
Paul Dufour is a fellow and adjunct professor, institute for science, society and policy, University of Ottawa.
The SOI Foundation is a truly global venture having students and educators from every corner of the globe experience to better understand first-hand and to learn more about our planet of people, land, climate, water, and ice and their complex interactions.
At a time when public debate often rewards disruption and division, D. Allan Bromley’s career reminds us of the value of another approach: the patient work of building trust, sustaining institutions, and finding common ground among people and countries with shared interests.
During his years in power, Justin Trudeau has demonstrated that a next generation vision matters.
Today, Canada and South Africa are certainly well-poised to grow the existing international collaboration in enhanced research and innovation partnerships.
Good science advice is not about trying to make everyone think like a scientist. Rather, it’s about maintaining a trusted, ongoing, and open dialogue with the wider public and the polity.
Canada’s future will depend on how well our political leaders and senior public service officials realize the importance of science, and develop a real understanding of what science is all about.
Not only has the committee been studying the challenges in this fast-moving, disruptive global world, but it has also been seeking to better grapple with how the government and the Canadian polity in general should better respond to next-generation public policy matters that will involve all of us.
