Tag Archives: basic research

Death of Evidence Rally, July 10, 2012, Parliament Hill

Posted on July 24, 2012 by ted

The democratic process requires the ready availability of true and complete information. In this way people can objectively evaluate the government’s policies. To act otherwise is to give way to despotic secrecy.  - Pierre Elliot Trudeau On July 10, 2012 … Continue reading →

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Reaction to Gary Goodyear’s response to Death of Evidence Rally

Posted on July 13, 2012 by ted

Minutes after the Death of Evidence Rally on Parliament Hill, Minister of State for Science and Technology, Gary Goodyear, put out a press release about government funding for research and development. I’ve responded with a letter to the editor in … Continue reading →

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Successful first Facebook town hall discussion on funding for discovery research

Posted on May 23, 2012 by ted

This evening I talked online for two hours with over 50 researchers and we generated about 200 comments from across Canada. I hope it was useful to all participants and that they came away with some ideas on how we … Continue reading →

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Hsu Holds Facebook Townhall with Canadian Researchers

Posted on May 17, 2012 by ted

MP Ted Hsu invites Canadian researchers to join him in a Facebook Townhall Meeting dedicated to discussing funding for basic research in Canada.

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