Food for Thought: Science, Society and Policy in the Age of COVID19
What Changes will Stick? Which will Prove Fleeting?
Sep 24, 2020 — All day
On Thursday, September 24, at 12:00 PM, the uOttawa Institute for Science, Society and Policy hosted a diverse group of ISSP members from Canada and the United States to tackle COVID-19 issues.
Food for Thought: Science, Society and Policy in the Age of COVID19: What Changes will Stick? Which will Prove Fleeting?
COVID-19 has made 2020 a year of rapid, tumultuous change. Whether it’s shifting political and social norms, economic collapse, the hunt for a vaccine, or the unintended impacts of lockdowns, COVID-19 will continue to transform the great scientific, societal, and policy priorities of our time. But how will these challenges evolve into 2021 and beyond? Which changes will prove fleeting, which could become permanent, and what changes have yet to materialize?
Welcome remarks and moderator
Monica Gatinger
Director, ISSP and Full Professor at the School of Political Studies, uOttawa
Opening remarks
Brendan Frank
Acting Research Director, ISSP, uOttawa
Speaker
Stephen Blank
Senior Fellow, ISSP, uOttawa
Speaker
Kimberly Girling
Acting Executive Director, Evidence for Democracy
Speaker
Errol Mendes
Professor Faculty of Law, uOttawa