<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Black Hole: Science in Canada, Issues affecting trainees &#187; science and society</title>
	<atom:link href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/tag/science-and-society/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog</link>
	<description>Science in Canada:  Issues affecting trainees</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 14:31:39 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Biomedical Research and Broken Clocks:  All the Parts, but No Instructions</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/03/22/biomedical-research-and-broken-clocks-all-the-parts-but-no-instructions/</link>
		<comments>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/03/22/biomedical-research-and-broken-clocks-all-the-parts-but-no-instructions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biomedical research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[R&D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research and development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science and society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/?p=1549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The day-to-day rigors of academic biomedical research are difficult to appreciate, and it is necessary that scientists share their perspective of the knowledge market with politicians and government representatives who are burdened with making difficult decisions on our behalf. Unlike &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/03/22/biomedical-research-and-broken-clocks-all-the-parts-but-no-instructions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/03/22/biomedical-research-and-broken-clocks-all-the-parts-but-no-instructions/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Who do universities want to hire &#8211; scientists or politicians?</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/02/09/who-do-universities-want-to-hire-scientists-or-politicians/</link>
		<comments>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/02/09/who-do-universities-want-to-hire-scientists-or-politicians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education and Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIHR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[degrees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fellowship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSERC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peer Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PhD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post Doc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[publications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scholarship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science and society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scientist metric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[selling science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SSHRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/?p=1464</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In his article The Vanishing Voter, Harvard professor Thomas Patterson makes a statement about modern political campaigns that made me a little nauseous: Ambition, manipulation, and deception have become as prominent as issues of policy and leadership You might scoff at &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/02/09/who-do-universities-want-to-hire-scientists-or-politicians/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2012/02/09/who-do-universities-want-to-hire-scientists-or-politicians/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
		<comments>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/12/10/a-deeper-look-into-the-80-of-phds-who-do-not-become-professors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education and Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[becoming a tenure track professor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[degrees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-academic jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PhD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post Doc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postacademic jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science and society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/?p=1411</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/12/10/a-deeper-look-into-the-80-of-phds-who-do-not-become-professors/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
		<comments>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/12/02/university-affairs-commentary-on-our-cspc-panel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education and Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 CSPC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIHR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSPC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[degrees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leo Charbonneau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mehrdad Hariri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-academic jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSERC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PhD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post Doc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postacademic jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science and society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[too many PhDs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transferrable skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University Affairs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/?p=1403</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/12/02/university-affairs-commentary-on-our-cspc-panel/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>More on Aboriginal Education in Canada</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/11/23/more-on-aboriginal-education-in-canada/</link>
		<comments>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/11/23/more-on-aboriginal-education-in-canada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education and Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aboriginal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[degrees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-secondary education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science and society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The State of Aboriginal Learning in Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/?p=1398</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/11/23/more-on-aboriginal-education-in-canada/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Good news from the Border &#8211; Keeping international PhDs in Canada</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/11/09/good-news-from-the-border-keeping-international-phds-in-canada/</link>
		<comments>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/11/09/good-news-from-the-border-keeping-international-phds-in-canada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education and Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[degrees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jason Kenney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PhD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post Doc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postacademic jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science and society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/?p=1382</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/11/09/good-news-from-the-border-keeping-international-phds-in-canada/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
		<comments>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/24/a-quick-review-of-the-2009-the-state-of-aboriginal-learning-in-canada-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education and Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aboriginal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Council on Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[degrees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Nations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[post-secondary education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science and society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The State of Aboriginal Learning in Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/?p=1377</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/24/a-quick-review-of-the-2009-the-state-of-aboriginal-learning-in-canada-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
		<comments>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/18/what-to-do-with-all-the-scientists-find-out-at-the-2011-canadian-science-policy-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education and Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 CSPC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alan Bernstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Angela Crawley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Scholars]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Science Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Science Policy Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chad Gaffield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CIHR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSPC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Kent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary Goodyear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life choices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MITACS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-academic jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSERC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olga Stachova]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ottawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Penny Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PhD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post Doc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postacademic jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science and society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Media Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SSHRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suzanne Fortier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transferrable skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/?p=1367</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/18/what-to-do-with-all-the-scientists-find-out-at-the-2011-canadian-science-policy-conference/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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>
		<comments>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/11/a-quick-thanksgiving-post-on-bad-graphs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science and society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science literacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/?p=1363</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/11/a-quick-thanksgiving-post-on-bad-graphs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Quarterly Summary: Guest Bloggers are Great!</title>
		<link>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/04/quarterly-summary/</link>
		<comments>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/04/quarterly-summary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cambridge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council of Canadian Academies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSaP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSPC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fellowship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate Student]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marianne Stanford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nassif Ghoussoub]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[non-academic jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Laboratory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PDF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PhD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Piece of Mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post Doc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[postacademic jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Recruitment of Policy Leaders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science and society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Technology and Innovation Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SSHRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stem Cell Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Summary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/?p=1356</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/04/quarterly-summary/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

