Commentary

2026

Sá, C. (2026). Canada’s sovereignty needs more than guns and steel. Policy Options, June.

2024

Sá, C. (2024). Canada must be more audacious with efforts to attract global talent. Policy Options, April 18.

Sá, C. (2024). Canada’s move to protect research from hostile states is risky and useless. The Globe and Mail, March 12.

Sá, C. (2024). A ‘precrime’ has been prevented – or has it? University Affairs, January 12.

2023

Sá, C. (2023). The Ford government is ignoring its own campus free speech policy. University Affairs, November 28.

Sá, C. (2023). When ‘self-correction’ meets power in the quest to uphold scientific integrity. University Affairs, April 18.

Sá, C. (2023). We need to make policy learning count. University Affairs, January 19.

2022

Sá, C. (2022). The curious story of the Global Innovation Clusters renewal. University Affairs, July 20.

Sá, C. (2022). The importance of science diplomacy during difficult times. University Affairs, March 29.

2021

Sá, C. (2021). Now more than ever, universities need effective management to further their academic mission. University Affairs, October 8.

Sá, C. (2021). What does the recent Powering Discovery report actually say? Not much. University Affairs, June 14.

Sá, C. (2021). The pandemic has stolen the central tenet of university start-ups: in-person, social interactions. University Affairs, April 9.

Sá, C. (2021). We can no longer justify Canada’s ill-conceived superclusters. University Affairs, February 1.

2020

Sá, C. (2020). An update on the plan to protect the commercialization of Ontario universities’ research. University Affairs, September 22.

Sá, C. (2020). Research as a national investment needs to go beyond the promise of short-term innovation. University Affairs, June 5.

Sá, C. (2020). COVID-19 may force a rethink about how we manage higher education and research funding. University Affairs, April 17.

Sá, C. (2020). Where are all the international students universities were promised when Trump was elected? University Affairs, March 2.

2019

Sá, C. (2019). The fault lines of the politics of science policy are firmly in place. University Affairs, December 6.

Sá, C. (2019). The precarious practice of cluster hiring. University Affairs, October 21.

Sá, C. (2019). Canada doesn’t lack in terms of university-industry collaboration. University Affairs, September 12.

Sá, C. (2019). The uncertain shelf life of the Fundamental Science Review. University Affairs, July 8.

Sá, C. (2019). The ludicrous idea of a provincial intellectual property framework. University Affairs, May 14.

Sá, C. (2019). Canadian budget offers little extra for science. Times Higher Education, March 25. Republished by the Canadian Science Policy Centre as Will Budget 2019 Change the National Conversation? For Science, Hardly.

Sá, C. (2019). HEQCO’s skills agenda shows a lack of rigour and scientific integrity. University Affairs, March 14.

Sá, C. (2019). A higher education wish list for the federal parties. University Affairs, January 25.

Veletanlić, E. & Sá, C. (2019). Questioning university-industry collaboration policy. Policy Options, January 17.

2018

Sá, C. (2018). How cancelling the UOF backfired on the Ford government. University Affairs, December 17.

Sá, C. (2018). Untangling the mess of policy collaboration. University Affairs, November 16.

Sá, C. (2018). Do we need chief science advisers in Canada? University Affairs, October 12.

Sá, C. (2018). The theatrics of the Ford government regarding free speech on campus. University Affairs, September 6.

Sá, C. (2018). The wide gap between rhetoric and reality regarding international education. University Affairs, August 3.

Sá, C. (2018). Who knows what Doug Ford’s government has in store for higher-ed in Ontario? University Affairs, July 4.

Sá, C. (2018). Does Canada need a stand-alone “skills” champion? University Affairs, June 1.

Sá, C. (2018). Canada excels in science, but not so much in innovation. University Affairs, May 1.

Sá, C. (2018). The hard task of addressing “hot button” issues at universities. University Affairs, March 29.

Sá, C. (2018). Two cheers from researchers for Canada’s budget. Times Higher Education, February 28.

Sá, C. (2018). The superclusters plan promises more than it can likely deliver. University Affairs, February 20.

2017

Sá, C. (2017). There is a third way between pure and applied research. Times Higher Education, December 13.

Whitehead, L., Sá, C., Sarewitz, D., Seidel, M.-D. & Mossman, M. (2017). Co-operative research revolution could answer call to transform science and society. The Conversation, October 3.

Sá, C. (2017). Is Trump driving Canada’s rising internationalization? University World News, Issue 466, June 30.

Sá, C. (2017). Safe spaces could endanger funding for Canadian universities. Times Higher Education, June 8.

Sá, C. (2017). Superclusters: Rhetoric and Reality. Canadian & International Higher Education Blog, May 25.

Sá, C. (2017). Litmus test for science funding. Times Higher Education, April 20.

Sá, C. (2017). Science, technology and innovation: A new narrative is needed. The Globe and Mail, March 21.

2016

Sá, C. (2016). Can SUNY’s Nanotechnology Agenda Survive a Corruption Scandal? Canadian & International Higher Education Blog, October 18.

Noumi, C. & Sá, C. (2016). Universities and innovation in Africa: The gap between policy and reality. Canadian & International Higher Education Blog, September 16.

Sá, C. (2016). Canada’s R&D tax credit doesn’t pass the test for evidence-based policy. The Globe and Mail, August 9.

Sá, C. (2016). CIHR Needs a Leadership Review. Canadian & International Higher Education Blog, July 15.

Sá, C. & Sabzalieva, E. (2016). How Brexit matters to higher education beyond Europe. University World News, Issue 421, July 8.

Sá, C. (2016). How not to draw higher education policy lessons from abroad: The Conference Board Report ‘High Inequality, Higher Education’. Canadian & International Higher Education Blog, July 4.

Sá, C. (2016). Back scientists to tackle Brazil’s three crises. SciDev.Net, Global Edition, June 22.

Sá, C. (2016). What to Expect from the Federal Science Review? Canadian & International Higher Education Blog, June 21.

Sá, C. (2016). The rise and fall of Brazil’s Science Without Borders. International Higher Education, 85.