Emina Veletanlic explains how more funds for science in recent decades has meant more political pressure on research councils to showcase impact and demonstrate relevance. See full text.
Fundamental research continues to be undermined
The politics of science policy
This year comes to a close with a Liberal minority government in Ottawa, and the fault lines of the politics of science policy are firmly in place, Creso writes. See full text.
Congratulations to Dr. Holt!
On Nov 25, Christopher Holt successfully defended his doctoral thesis, “Exploring the Entrepreneurial Identity Development of University Students”. Through interviews with students at three universities, the thesis shows how students create entrepreneurial identities in response to many forces that “pull” and “push” them towards entrepreneurship.
Dr. Holt is Associate Director of the Masters in Business, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Waterloo Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business.
The precarious practice of cluster hiring
Creso discusses cluster hiring strategies, which are often described as prioritizing interdisciplinary collaboration but have their own unique set of challenges. Read full text.
Creso gives Keynote at the E-WIL Symposium: Beyond Incubation
On September 25, Creso gave a keynote at the Impact Centre’s Beyond Incubation symposium — the first EWIL symposium in Canada. Read details here.
Creso delivers keynote address at the Leaders for Education Summit in Bogotá
Creso was a keynote speaker at the Leaders for Education Summit on September 18-19. Canada was a participating country this year in Colombia’s largest annual event on education policy. Creso discussed key achievements and policy issues in Canada’s higher education and academic science.
Canada doesn’t lack in terms of university-industry collaboration
Creso writes about the assumption that we need more university-industry research partnerships in Canada in his University Affairs monthly column. Read full text.
The uncertain shelf life of the Fundamental Science Review
The report of the Fundamental Science Review panel, chaired by former University of Toronto president David Naylor, has been a touchstone in the science policy debate over the past two years. Science advocates, researchers and academic leaders have buttressed calls for greater federal investments in research on the detailed analysis of funding gaps and needs put forward in the report. Read full text.
The ludicrous idea of a provincial intellectual property framework
This month Creso wrote about a new panel created in the 2019 Ontario budget to assess the commercialization activities of higher-education institutions. Read full text.
Canadian budget offers little extra for science
Creso discusses the implications of 2019’s federal budget for Canadian science. Read full text.
HEQCO’s skills agenda show a lack of rigour and scientific integrity
The way HEQCO chose to communicate the results of its recent Skills Assessment Pilot Studies is a perfect example of cargo cult policy research. See full text.
A higher education wish list for the federal parties
The arrival of a new year traditionally inspires new hopes, aspirations and resolutions. With a federal election on the horizon, what can the higher education community wish for in 2019? Read full column.
Questioning university-industry collaboration policy
Underinvestment in R&D has long been a policy concern. Does the problem lie in the design of federal university-industry partnership programs? Emina Veletanlic and Creso discuss results of a recent study in Policy Options. Read full text.
How cancelling the UOF backfired on the Ford government
In this month’s column in University Affairs, Creso looks at the events following the Ontario government’s cancellation of funding for the Université de l’Ontario français, and how it galvanized the francophone community. Read the full text.
Monica participates in panel on PhD careers
Monica Munaretto was a panelist at the PhD Career Outcomes: Research Results & Future Directions event organized by the University of Toronto School of Graduate Studies and the Career Exploration & Education unit on Thursday, November 29, 2018. The event considered questions including: What is the value of a PhD? Where are PhDs employed? What does this tell us about career development programming for PhDs? What can you as a PhD student, potential PhD student, postdoctoral fellow, or professor do to support flexible career development?
