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Final Notch in the STIC: How should we measure knowledge development?
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’s relative and absolute performance. The … Continue reading
Posted in Policy, STIC Report Analysis
Tagged Canada, citations, Council of Canadian Academies, degrees, education, funding, Government, Mars Discovery District, money, Networks of Centres of Excellence, Policy, publications, relative impact index, Science, Science Technology and Innovation Council, STIC, Training, University, University of Quebec
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Two heads are better than one: Making a case for jointly run labs
While I was completing my doctorate, I was in a “big” lab. At its peak, the lab reached about 25 people (~8 each of graduate students and post doctoral fellows plus technicians and research students). Competing for time and attention … Continue reading
Posted in General, Jobs, Policy
Tagged Canada, carl weiman, degrees, doctors, Employment, funding, Government, Human Resources, Hybrid Vigor, Joint Lab, life choices, Mars Discovery District, Mentoring, money, PDF, PhD, Policy, Post Doc, postacademic jobs, sabbatical, Science, Training, University
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