Veronica Silva

Liberals enact new measures pushing for greater diversity in science

Veronica Silva
November 8, 2017

The Liberal government is pushing for more diversity and inclusion in science and engineering, even to the point of threatening to cancel some funding to universities that don’t support the agenda. At the recent Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC) held in Ottawa, Science minister Kirsty Duncan announced a number of initiatives to encourage equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).

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Organizations: Canada Research Chairs program, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Science Policy Conference, Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Counci, PromoScience, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
People: Alfred LeBlanc, Barney Laciak, Imogen Coe, and Kirsty Duncan
Topics: diversity and inclusion, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan, engineering and math, equity, fundamental science review, science, technology, and Women in Science and Engineering in Canada

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