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Feb 27

Food for Thought: Citizen and Community Science: The What, the Who and the How

On Tuesday, February 27th, the Institute for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP) hosted a hybrid edition of Food for Thought featuring Dr. Aleta Quinn,…

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Jan 25

Food for Thought: Public Participation in Public Health Decision-Making

On Thursday, January 25th, 2024, the Institute for Science, Society and Public Policy (ISSP) hosted a Food for Thought discussion featuring ISSP direc…

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Nov 29

Food for Thought: Motivated Reasoning - Valuing Values or Devaluing Science

On Wednesday, November 29th, the Institute for Science, Society and Public Policy (ISSP) hosted a Food for Thought discussion featuring ISSP director …

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Nov 1

Food for Thought: AI, the labour market and inclusiveness

On Wednesday, November 1st, at 12:00PM, the Institute for Science, Society and Public Policy (ISSP) hosts another edition of its Food for Thought seri…

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Sep 28

Food for Thought: Launching Confluences

On Thursday, September 28, 2023, the Institute for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP) hosted the first Food for Thought panel discussion of the 2023-2…

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May 25

Public participation and trust in risk decision-making: How is Canada doing?

On Thursday, May 25 2023, at 12:00 PM, the Institute for Science, Society and Public Policy hosted a special edition Food for Thought to celebrate the…

ISSP March FFT
Mar 30

Pesticides and sensorium: From testimonials to expertise

On Thursday, March 30 2023, at 12:00PM, the Institute for Science, Society and Public Policy hosted Dominique Robert, Associate Professor of Criminolo…

ISSP's Food for Thought: Research and Training Advances in Solar Power Plants and Photonic Power Conversion
Feb 23

Food for Thought: Research and Training Advances in Solar Power Plants and Photonic Power Conversion

On Thursday, February 23rd 2023, at 12:00PM, the Institute for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP) will host Professor Karin Hinzer, Vice-Dean of Resea…

ISSP January FFT
Jan 26

Food for Thought: Science Advice when Evidence is Politicised

On Thursday, January 26th 2023, at 12:00PM, the Institute for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP) will host Professor Jeremy Kerr, Chair of the Departm…

ISSP Dec. FFT
Dec 8

Food for Thought: Trust & Expertise in Business-Government Relations

On Thursday, December 8th, at 12:00 PM, the Institute for Science, Society and Policy will host Patrick Leblond, Associate Professor, School of Public…

Implementing EDI in Canadian science policy
Nov 3

Implementing equity, diversity, and inclusiveness (EDI) in Canadian science policy: What have we learnt so far? What is the path forward?

On November 3rd, 2022, the ISSP will host a virtual panel as part of the 2022 Canadian Science Policy Conference  (CSPC) titled Implementing equity, d…

Food for Thought: Good Practices for EDI in Research, Teaching & KMb
Sep 29

Food for Thought: Good practices for EDI in research, teaching, and knowledge mobilization at the interface of science, society and policy

On September 29th 2022, the ISSP is hosting Food for Thought, a virtual panel discussion, on its new project report, titled From concept to action: Go…

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