Posted: October 29, 2008

Articles Published in Nature Journal
www.nature.com

Canada abolishes its national science adviser (PDF)

The other North American election (PDF)

Science lobbying in Canada needs stepping up (PDF)

Science Canada Web Blog
http://sciencecanada.blogspot.com/

The goal of the Science Canada blog is to highlight science-related issues in Canada's political arena and media, thereby tracking science's impact (or lack of impact) in the Canadian public sphere.

Science Canada captures all science related news, announcements, editorials articles, from all media across the country as well as from the platforms of all political parties during the federal election.

This is to measure the status of science in public sphere of Canadian society and we would like to take science profile one step forward in having some public voice. There are also links and updates on science issues during the presidential race in the US.

Soon we will have discussion forum in which all individuals, scientists can contribute their opinions.

Some of the featured stories from the CFBS website:

• Canadian Consortium for Research Briefing to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
  
• Letter sent to MPs by Canadian Federation of Biological Societies

Launch Archived Webcast

Speakers

• Dr. David Proud, Chair of the Respiratory Research Group at the Univeristy of Calgary, specializing in inflammatory airway diseases, particularly asthma
  
• Dr. Marvin Fritzler, Researcher and medical doctor, specializing in autoimmune diseases
  
• Dr. Gary Lopaschuk, Scientific Director, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, specializing in heart disease

To view this webcast, you must be using Internet Explorer or Netscape (version 4.7 or higher) as your internet browser, as well as Windows Media Player 6.4 or higher.