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	<title>The Black Hole: Science in Canada, Issues affecting trainees &#187; General</title>
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		<title>Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/01/28/making-the-case-for-increased-federal-support-of-biomedical-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Black Hole is extremely pleased to welcome Dr. Jonathan Thon to its team of regular bloggers.  Jonathan approached us last month to publish a series of articles on building a better support structure for young biomedical scientists in Canada &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/01/28/making-the-case-for-increased-federal-support-of-biomedical-research/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Google Scholar &#8220;My Citations&#8221; &#8211; Useful tool or the height of narcissism?</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/01/08/google-scholar-my-citations-useful-tool-or-the-height-of-narcissism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since I first read about it on the Piece of Mind blog by UBC Professor Nassif Ghoussoub, I have been trying to figure out whether or not Google&#8217;s new &#8220;My citations&#8221; is a useful tool for researchers.  Essentially, this tool &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/01/08/google-scholar-my-citations-useful-tool-or-the-height-of-narcissism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quarterly Summary: A Busy Autumn + Goodbye and Good Luck to Beth!</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/01/02/quarterly-summary-a-busy-autumn-goodbye-and-good-luck-to-beth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy 2012 everyone. The end of 2011 was very busy, but it was worth it to gather some momentum behind the ideas and conversations from the site in the form of our session at the Canadian Science Policy Conference as &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/01/02/quarterly-summary-a-busy-autumn-goodbye-and-good-luck-to-beth/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What to do with all the Scientists&#8230; find out at the 2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/18/what-to-do-with-all-the-scientists-find-out-at-the-2011-canadian-science-policy-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a break from normal lab routine, I&#8217;ll be dabbling in the black arts of science policy this November and running a session at the 3rd annual Canadian Science Policy Conference.  The conference runs from Nov 16th-18th and features an &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/18/what-to-do-with-all-the-scientists-find-out-at-the-2011-canadian-science-policy-conference/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Quick Thanksgiving Post on Bad Graphs</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/11/a-quick-thanksgiving-post-on-bad-graphs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m full of Thanksgiving dinner, so today&#8217;s posting is going to be a quick one! A friend of mine recently passed along this paper to me, as she thought it might be a useful tool in teaching research methods/statistics: Graphs &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/11/a-quick-thanksgiving-post-on-bad-graphs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quarterly Summary: Guest Bloggers are Great!</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/04/quarterly-summary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This summer featured our second summer series.  Last year&#8217;s &#8220;So you want to be a&#8230;&#8221; was followed up this year by &#8220;Notches in the STIC&#8221; which navigated through the key points of the Science and Technology Innovation Council&#8217;s recent report &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/04/quarterly-summary/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adding Shades of Grey into Science Policy</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/02/adding-shades-of-grey-into-science-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was forwarded two articles last month (thanks Mike O!) from the world of Australian science policy.  In these articles, the debate centred on whether or not academics should be involved in making public policy.   The article that started the &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/02/adding-shades-of-grey-into-science-policy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Quarterly Summary:  Back on Track</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/07/03/quarterly-summary-back-on-track/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a harrowing Stanley Cup playoff run that disappointed both of us Canucks fans in its final moments, Beth and I have reclaimed our free hours and will be moving full steam ahead with new content for the Black Hole.  &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/07/03/quarterly-summary-back-on-track/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The storm is brewing:  Postdocs are speaking out&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lucie Low, newly elected Vice Chair, Finance of CAPS and a current non-Canadian postdoctoral researcher at McGill has just published in Nature a scathing critique of Canada&#8217;s system which promised her more than it delivered, and further suggesting that &#8230;Canada &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/06/30/the-storm-is-brewing-postdocs-are-speaking-out/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>CMAJ calls for &#8220;new mechanisms to ensure academic integrity&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/05/11/academic-integrity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 05:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back I posted a link to Retraction Watch, a website that reports on research papers being retracted (e.g., due to the science contained within them being fraudulent). Well, yesterday an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/05/11/academic-integrity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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