A lesson for policy-makers from the life of Tony Pawson
’View basic science as a long-term investment that will yield completely unexpected dividends’
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Stephen Harper and the knowledge economy: perfect strangers
Paul Wells on the bad news in the Science, Technology and Innovation Council’s latest report
When science goes silent
With the muzzling of scientists, Harper’s obsession with controlling the message verges on the Orwellian
Should some profs focus mainly on teaching?
Prof. Pettigrew rejects calls to be "more like California"
Science policy: First, ask the right questions
Question 1: Why should we fund science?
The office petri dish
Why so many researchers and academics are turning their attention to the modern workplace
Children predict classmates’ future personalities
Study looked at aggression, likeability, social withdrawal
UBC researchers help score ocean health
Scores range from 36 in Sierra Leone to 86 in South Pacific
Q&A: James Till on the discovery of stem cells
The ground-breaking Canadian scientist reflects on 50 years of research since his landmark study in Nature
Lazaridis donates $21 million to Waterloo
RIM founder’s gifts now total $123 million