Wrenching news: Dan Dennett has died.

He's been a great friend and incredible inspiration for me throughout my career. I will miss him enormously.

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Following up on work of colleague Adelle Blackett: «Following the recommendations of the Task Force, #Budget2024 announces the government's intention to propose legislative amendments to modernize the Employment Equity Act, including by expanding designated equity groups. »

Increased support for grad students and post-docs much needed. It will help build the next generation of researchers and innovators.

Big, big, big numbers to scientific research, but spread over five years, and not all of it to existing councils. Also, grad student funging: doubled.

US tax payers gave Moderna $2.5 B, including federal grants for university research

In turn, Moderna

- prioritized rich nations for supply
- did not share vaccine technology during the pandemic
- pulled out of their commitment to manufacture in Africa

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Here's @BillMaher portraying Canada spending 13% of GDP on health care as a huge exorbitant expenditure...apparently unaware that the U.S. spends nearly 18% of its GDP on health care.

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Athabasca University Faculty Association ULFA GMUFA MRU Faculty Association

Dernière chance pour McGill University d'éviter de gêner les étudiants, les cabinets d'avocats et les parents : si l'université ne s'assoit pas à la table des négociations et ne négocie pas une convention collective provisoire d'ici le 23 avril, nos membres seront en grève illimitée.

Last chance for McGill University to avoid inconveniencing students, lawfirms, and parents: if the university does not come to the table & negotiate a tentative collective agreement by April 23, our members will be on an unlimited strike.

10 leading antibody manufacturers, YCharOS and Structural Genomics Consortium (SGC) team up to agree on a (reagent) antibody characterization platform/protocol. If more folks adopt this, we’d be well on our way to more reproducible biomedical research!

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CBC News reported last night on the new faculty #union in McGillARTS

Go #AMPFA !

(8:20 to 10:30 segment)
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Economists increasingly believe that the post-pandemic surge in immigration is a key reason the economy has been able to grow steadily without pushing inflation higher. nbcnews.com/business/econo…

The US native-born, working age population has been shrinking since 2015 and will continue. Folks that complain about 'all net job growth going to immigrants' will be able to continue their faux outrage but miss the point: it's all driven by demographics and we need immigrants

'The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement.'

The University of Zurich University of Zurich is withdrawing from Times Higher Education ranking, citing perverse incentives. They do not say if they are withdrawing from all the rankings systems, but it's a big step
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#research #publication #ethics

Avril est le #MoisDeLaMaladieDeParkinson .

#SVAM : Un premier concours de science ouverte organisé par Conscience a mené à une découverte prometteuse qui pourrait se traduire par de meilleurs traitements contre la #MaladieDeParkinson .

En savoir plus: conscience.ca/fr/news/consci…

Americans in 1900 worked a thousand more hours a year for effectively a tenth of the pay. It may not be trendy to say, but you’re lucky to be living here right now.

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