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Beyond science, can one size of OA fit all?
This post originally appeared on ScienceOpen.com on September 15, 2014. The ScienceOpen team are pleased to announce some changes to facilitate the spread of Open Access publishing beyond the sciences, its traditional strong-hold. To encourage those...
ASPP Spotlight: Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge, by Nancy J. Turner
The two-volume book, Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America, published by McGill-Queens University Press, represents, for me, a culmination of many years of...
The “SSH” is part of “S&T”
Our mission at the Federation is to promote the value of research and learning in the social sciences and humanities (SSH). Often we’re asked, don’t you feel excluded when people talk about “science and technology (S&T)” or “science” as a catch...
Genomics and Feeding the Future
Karine Morin, Director, National GE3LS Program, Genome Canada Genome Canada has launched a Request for Applications for the 2014 Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition: Genomics and Feeding the Future. The Competition will support research...
Feeding the future: A Canadian standoff
Terry Soleas Genome Canada presented a draft brief that they have been refining as a part of their GE 3LS (Genomics and its Ethical, Environmental, Economic, Legal and Social aspects) Series at Congress 2014 entitled “F eeding the Future: Can...
This scientist has been government approved for your safety
Jessica Dixon Franke James, James Turk, and Dr. Janet Friskney came together within Brock University's David S. Howes Theatre yesterday to speak out against issues that they think should have the Harper Government shaking in their government-endorsed...
Social sciences and humanities themes run deep in Council of Canadian Academies research
Jeff Junke, Coordinator, Social Media and Communications, Council of Canadian Academies The social sciences and humanities are an important cornerstone of Canada’s research strength. The Council knows this all too well thanks to its report, The State...