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Making the Case for Increased Federal Support of Biomedical Research

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Jonathan

 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 … Continue reading →

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Happiness Outside of the Academy? One year later… see how this former postdoc is doing

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Marianne

This is a follow up on my previous blog post where I described my choice to enter an industrial position: “Academia vs. Industry: A former Postdoc’s perspective”.  I have been in my current position (a management position in a small start-up … Continue reading →

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Science in the federal government

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Beth

Two recent news stories: 1. Ottawa silences scientist over West Coast salmon study “Top bureaucrats in Ottawa have muzzled a leading fisheries scientist whose discovery could help explain why salmon stocks have been crashing off Canada’s West Coast, according to … Continue reading →

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Notch 1 in the STIC: The Production of PhDs – What Do We Do With Them?

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Beth

In this first installment of our summer series on the Science, Technology and Innovation Council’s 2010 State of the Nation report, I’m going to take a look at some of the data on who’s getting an education in science and … Continue reading →

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Academic Couples

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Beth

I was out for dinner the other day with a friend and colleague of mine who I hadn’t seen in awhile, catching up on the goings in each other’s lives. Two big things had happened in her life recently – … Continue reading →

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So you want to be “What my parents wanted” when you grow up…

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Dave

This is the penultimate entry in our So you want to be a “____” when you grow up series and we have received some really good feedback on it – one final one to come from Beth later this week.  … Continue reading →

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So you want to be a public servant when you grow up…

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Dave

I have written before about how scientific information gets (poorly) communicated to the Government in entries about the routes of information acquisition and about getting scientists to understand how policy works.  In my mind, one of the best ways of … Continue reading →

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