Science is essential to meeting many of the challenges we face in the years to come – climate change, biodiversity and genetic resource management, poverty alleviation, to name just a few – and scientists have to be willing to do their part by getting out of the lab and participating in public life, in all its various forms. Follow the links below to learn more about some of the organizations I work with that are helping provide a voice for science in public life.
I currently sit as a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Scientific Collaboration. Our work focuses on strategic advice regarding scientific research in a post-COVID world.
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The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE), is a cooperative association of 26 national science and engineering societies that serves as a non-lobbying voice to the Canadian federal government. PAGSE is best known for its breakfast seminar series on Parliament Hill, Bacon and Eggheads and also works with the Science Media Centre of Canada to publish SciencePages, short briefing notes on topical issues that have science at their core.
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The Earth Leadership Program provides outstanding academic researchers with the skills, approaches, and theoretical frameworks for catalyzing change to address the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges. It is a program of Future Earth in collaboration with the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the University of Colorado Boulder.
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The Banff Forum is a community of leaders from diverse sectors across Canada, committed to public engagement on issues of national importance.
The Global Young Academy (GYA) is the voice of young scientists around the world. Membership is capped at 200 individuals, and members are chosen by their peers based on demonstrated excellence in research and commitment to service. Members and alumni collectively represent over 60 countries, including all major world regions, and a breadth of scientific disciplines, including the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Check out the latest activities by the GYA in their recent report on 2014 here. |
Outreach & op-eds
Canada is still in the race of its life against COVID-19 and its variants - Globe and Mail, 10 March 2021 How policymaker should use the wealth of COVID-19 data - World Economic Forum Agenda blog; 20 April 2020 Novel Coronavirus evolution & spread explainer - Guides.co; 11 March 2020 'Renewing the social contract for science and innovation' - The Hill Times; 11 Nov 2019 'Drug sanctuaries' offer hope for a post-antibiotic world - The Conversation; 22 April 2018 Time is right for Trudeau to step up and invest in science - Opinion in iPolitics; 07 Feb 2018 What will it take to make Ottawa take science seriously? -Opinion in iPolitics.ca; 03 Feb 2016 Around the world in 80 ways : 4 tips for leading global initiatives - 12 Feb 2014 Who speaks for science? Experience from Canada - Physics & Society; Jan 2013 Young scientists reflect on how to effect real change for Rio+40 - South African Journal of Science 2012 If you want to win the game, you must join in - World View in Nature; 07 Dec 2011 |