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Earlier today, the National Capital Commission (NCC) announced the selection of Tunney’s Pasture as the recommended site for the new Civic Campus of The Ottawa Hospital. Serge Buy, CEO of the Agricultural Institute of Canada (AIC) issued the following statement: “It was important that the broader community, including scientists, had an opportunity to weigh in on […]
Here are the highlights of this month’s Gender Equality Mainstreaming Digest! Click HERE for the full version. Opportunities and Upcoming Events: Panel: “Sustaining the Future: Women in Organic Agriculture” – The 2016 Organic Connections Convention and Trade Show is planned for November 3rd, 4th and 5th, 2016 and will be held at the Conexus Arts Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan. […]
By Robert Arnason, The Western Producer There is a standard formula for agricultural research in Canada: scientist applies for funding, receives funding, does the research and publishes a paper. That model may be the norm, but it’s not particularly effective for spreading knowledge to producers or the public, said Serge Buy, Agricultural Institute of Canada […]
Here are the highlights of this month’s Gender Equality Mainstreaming Digest! Click HERE for the full version. Opportunities and Upcoming Events: Calling all Women Interested in Industry Board Opportunities – The Government of Canada is now seeking applications for their boards. These include the Canadian Grain Commission and Canadian Dairy Commission. The Minister of Agriculture is also looking for applicants […]
July 28, 2016 – Ottawa, Ontario – The Agricultural Institute of Canada (AIC), Canada’s leading advocate for agricultural research, is pleased to announce that Wilf Keller, PhD, PAg, has been named the new Chair of the Board of Directors. Dr. Keller has been actively involved in agricultural research for over 40 years, particularly focused on […]
July 25, 2016 – Ottawa, Ontario – The Agricultural Institute of Canada (AIC) today released its 2016 Conference Report (the Report) that summarizes the need for the agricultural sector to better disseminate research results to producers, farmers, industry, academia, consumers and among the research community. A number of findings and recommendations are included in the […]
By Robert Arnason, The Western Producer A Nobel Prize winner and a co-founder of Blackberry will be part of an independent panel studying how the federal government supports fundamental science. Advocates for agricultural re-search agree such a review is needed, but they are worried the nine-person panel may overlook farming and food. “While we have […]
Here are the highlights of this month’s Gender Equality Mainstreaming Digest! Click HERE for the full version. Opportunities and Upcoming Events: Free online courses from Wageningen University – The rapidly increasing demand for nutritious food and its future consequences for the environment call for a much greater understanding of the global food system. WageningenX, by mobilizing a large and […]
Input from more stakeholders would mean greater and faster innovation for the agriculture sector. By Alex Binkley, The Manitoba Cooperator It’s time for agriculture research to break out of its pipeline approach and look for new ideas wherever it can find them. That means upending the old model where ‘good’ scientific research basically saw data […]
Here are the highlights of this month’s Gender Equality Mainstreaming Digest! Click HERE for the full version. Opportunities and Upcoming Events: Postgraduate Training Fellowships for Women Scientists – The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) is offering postgraduate training fellowships to women scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDC) to pursue research in a […]