Editorials

  • Innovation: a desire to make things better
    October 7, 2016
    How can Canada set itself on the right path for fostering a strong research and innovation system? It’s a pressing question — one that occupies countless boardroom discussions and newspaper...
  • Research is a contact sport
    November 19, 2015
    In a world where the biggest challenges facing humanity are global in scale, there is a need, more than ever, for research to be conducted as a “contact sport.” When researchers team up to...
  • No small matter
    November 15, 2015
    Dr. Arthur McDonald’s 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded for his fundamental discovery that changes how we understand matter and the universe, is a great accomplishment in Canadian science. Dr....
  • It’s worth paying attention to research infrastructure
    June 5, 2015
    The recent federal budget’s third largest investment — $1.33 billion — targeted research infrastructure. There has been relatively little discourse around this announcement in the popular...
  • Going global: Canadians reaping the rewards of international research collaborations
    January 27, 2015
    Federal and provincial investments over the past decade or so have created such a strong research foundation that Canada is now garnering the attention of both research and industry partners from...

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