Nous sommes heureux de vous faire part du lancement du concours de Projets de recherche en 茅quipe en milieu coll茅gial. Les r猫gles du concours se trouvent ici聽:聽Projets de recherche en 茅quipe en milieu coll茅gial (PEC) – Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec – FRQ (gouv.qc.ca) Les chercheurs et chercheuses de coll猫ge auront l鈥檕pportunit茅 de d茅poser un…
In June, universities across Ontario unveiled their new 鈥渄isconnecting from work鈥� policies in accordance with provincial legislation aimed at fostering healthier work environments. But faculty and administration alike are saying that on their own, these policies do nothing to upend the more deeply rooted issues that drive high workloads and burnout. 鈥淲hen you hire a…
Earlier this month, I was pleased to see a聽paper published in聽PLoS Biology聽written by a large group of international researchers in the early stages of their careers about how we can improve research culture and practice. While I was one of the participants/authors, the real credit for driving the project goes to Brianne Kent, Constance Holman…
Many academics get annoyed by their colleagues who engage with the public. This could be writing op-eds, doing TED talks, advising think tanks, doing media interviews, and writing books that are accessible to the public. Before diving into analysis, let鈥檚 define some terms. We can call academics who聽don鈥檛聽engage with the public, 鈥渢raditional academics鈥� and academics…
聽Le scientifique en chef du Qu茅bec, R茅mi Quirion, les directrices scientifiques des Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec (FRQ), Janice Bailey du FRQNT, Carole Jabet du FRQS et Louise Poissant du FRQSC, et toutes les 茅quipes impliqu茅es sont fiers de lancer aujourd鈥檋ui la programmation 2023-2024 des FRQ.Prenez connaissance de la nouvelle programmation聽:Calendrier des concours 2023-2024Tous les…
NSERC CCI (College and Community Innovation) pleased to introduce the new College and Community Innovation (CCI) program web hub聽鈥� a one stop shop for colleges, CEGEPs and polytechniques to find all information related to the CCI program. The CCI hub was designed with colleges鈥� interests in mind 鈥� providing information on the types of grants…
SSHRC and Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) are launching the聽 Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative. A webinar on how to apply will be organized in the coming weeks, so please visit聽SSHRC鈥檚 Upcoming Webinars聽page for updates. Please note that this initiative is complementary to but distinct from the聽Knowledge Synthesis Grants: Gender-Based Violence聽competition recently launched. Both competitions…
The pivotal moments of a researcher鈥檚 journey often go unseen by the public, occurring in remote locations or in tucked-away laboratories. But the breadth and diversity of research endeavors at Canadian universities should be celebrated and shared widely. At Queen鈥檚 University, for the sixth consecutive year, faculty, students, staff, and alumni have drawn on their…
Le scientifique en chef du Qu茅bec, R茅mi Quirion, les directrices scientifiques des Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec (FRQ), Janice Bailey du FRQNT, Carole Jabet du FRQS et Louise Poissant du FRQSC, et toutes les 茅quipes impliqu茅es sont fiers de lancer aujourd鈥檋ui la programmation 2023-2024 des FRQ. Prenez connaissance de la nouvelle programmation聽: Calendrier des concours…
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Science inequity rooted in 鈥榤oralised鈥� worship of 鈥榟ard work鈥�
August 15th, 2022Decade-long study of scientists鈥� output and attitudes produces book on why structural tactics聽to tackle gender and race inequalities fail Science聽keeps struggling with inequity because of poorly understood cultural attitudes that persistently defy attempts at structural fixes, a decade-long analysis at a major US university has found. The assessment 鈥� covering more than 500聽researchers in the…