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	<title>The Black Hole: Science in Canada, Issues affecting trainees &#187; science and society</title>
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		<title>A deeper look into the &#8220;80% of PhDs who do not become professors&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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>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>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Science in the federal government</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two recent news stories: 1. Ottawa silences scientist over West Coast salmon study &#8220;Top bureaucrats in Ottawa have muzzled a leading fisheries scientist whose discovery could help explain why salmon stocks have been crashing off Canada&#8217;s West Coast, according to &#8230; <a href="http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/08/15/science-in-the-federal-government/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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