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	<title>The Black Hole: Science in Canada, Issues affecting trainees &#187; degrees</title>
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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>A deeper look into the &#8220;80% of PhDs who do not become professors&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/12/10/a-deeper-look-into-the-80-of-phds-who-do-not-become-professors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent comment left on the site by SubC, a request was made to &#8220;look deeper&#8221; into the 20% number of PhDs becoming professors.  Specifically, the question was raised as to &#8220;how many that wanted an academic career in &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/12/10/a-deeper-look-into-the-80-of-phds-who-do-not-become-professors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>University Affairs commentary on our CSPC panel</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/12/02/university-affairs-commentary-on-our-cspc-panel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 30, University Affairs posted two articles  that summarise and discuss the major issues that came up in our session at the 3rd Annual Canadian Science Policy Conference: Is Canada producing too many PhDs? Yes, no and maybe The &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/12/02/university-affairs-commentary-on-our-cspc-panel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More on Aboriginal Education in Canada</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/11/23/more-on-aboriginal-education-in-canada/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last blog posting, I discussed “The State of Aboriginal Learning in Canada” report and promised to talk more about potential solutions to the barriers to education faced by Aboriginal people in Canada. To that end, I have just &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/11/23/more-on-aboriginal-education-in-canada/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Good news from the Border &#8211; Keeping international PhDs in Canada</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[QUICK REMINDER: For those that missed it, I&#8217;ll be chairing a session on the Education and Training of Scientists at this year&#8217;s Canadian Science Policy Conference in Ottawa next week.  I posted on the topic a few weeks back and would &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/11/09/good-news-from-the-border-keeping-international-phds-in-canada/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Quick Review of the 2009 &#8220;The State of Aboriginal Learning in Canada&#8221; report</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/24/a-quick-review-of-the-2009-the-state-of-aboriginal-learning-in-canada-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been doing some work with the Aboriginal Health Program at my day job and it has reminded me of something that I&#8217;ve been meaning to blog about here: the rates of Aboriginal people in post-secondary education. Back when Dave &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/24/a-quick-review-of-the-2009-the-state-of-aboriginal-learning-in-canada-report/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The 24/7 lab: Motivated scientists or slave-driving supervisors?</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/09/12/the-247-lab-motivated-scientists-or-slave-driving-supervisors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of August, an article popped out from Nature News that sent many PhDs and postdocs into a tailspin.  After asking 11 labs with a reputation for &#8220;working hard&#8221; and being allowed to visit just one of them, Heidi &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/09/12/the-247-lab-motivated-scientists-or-slave-driving-supervisors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Final Notch in the STIC:  How should we measure knowledge development?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the goal of assessing the state of science and technology in Canada, it seems quite reasonable that the STIC report has identified the development of new knowledge as a key metric for assessing Canada&#8217;s relative and absolute performance.  The &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/08/11/final-notch-in-the-stic-how-should-we-measure-knowledge-development/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Notch 1 in the STIC: The Production of PhDs &#8211; What Do We Do With Them?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this first installment of our summer series on the Science, Technology and Innovation Council&#8217;s 2010 State of the Nation report, I&#8217;m going to take a look at some of the data on who&#8217;s getting an education in science and &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/07/12/stic-series-the-production-of-phds-and-what-do-we-do-with-them/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Summer Blog Series:  Notches in the STIC</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/07/07/2011-summer-blog-series-notches-in-the-stic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 21:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few weeks, Beth and I have been trying to identify a good topic for a summer series that our readers might enjoy.  Just in time, offering the glue to hold our scattered ideas together, the Science, Technology &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/07/07/2011-summer-blog-series-notches-in-the-stic/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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