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Thank you, 2021

Adam Fortais

Hello world! December already?! Yeah, that came up fast. Despite feeling like 2021 maybe just didn’t happen, I’m looking at scientificanada.ca and well, it very much did happen. And I’m here to say, THANK YOU. Thank you to all my guests, collaborators, Patrons, readers, listeners, sharers, and friends of scientificanada! This year I managed to do some pretty special things with scican and I couldn’t have done it without y’all.  In addition to saying thanks, I also wanted to do a little recap/precap of 2021/22. First, scientificanada by the numbers: # New Episodes = 30 # Articles = 17 # … Continue reading Thank you, 2021

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Bringing the bio-revolution to Canada: Towards a pan-Canadian Genomics Strategy (CSPC2021, Pre-conference sessions)

Adam Fortais

The major takeaways here were our need for our own big database of genomic data that can be used by government, research, industry, etc. The panelists referred to the UK BioBank many times as the best (and only?) example of this, and it’s the consensus that Canada could be the second, if we manage to get our ducks in a row. Continue reading Bringing the bio-revolution to Canada: Towards a pan-Canadian Genomics Strategy (CSPC2021, Pre-conference sessions)

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Marshalling Science, Technology and Innovation to Solve Global Problems: International Perspectives (CSPC2021, Pre-conference sessions)

Adam Fortais

My main takeaway from this session was that “we all want collaborations”. There were some interesting questions from the moderator and audience that I’ll highlight, and then get into some odds and ends from the session. Continue reading Marshalling Science, Technology and Innovation to Solve Global Problems: International Perspectives (CSPC2021, Pre-conference sessions)

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Developing holistic food policy in Canada (CSPC2021, Pre-conference sessions)

Adam Fortais

At the heart of the climate section is investing in green technology in order get ahead of the global market, to stimulate middle-class job growth, and eventually reach a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. To do this we’re looking at a $17.6 B investment in 2021 toward “green recovery and green jobs”. Continue reading Developing holistic food policy in Canada (CSPC2021, Pre-conference sessions)