Creso writes in the Globe and Mail about Canada’s new Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern. On the surface, the policy appears to be an appropriate response to legitimate concerns. In reality, it is likely to generate negative unintended consequences and to accomplish little in terms of its ostensible goals. Read full text.
Canada’s move to protect research from hostile states is risky and useless
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Creso Sá is Distinguished Professor of Science Policy, Higher Education, and Innovation, and Vice-Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), at the University of Toronto.