@CDavidNaylor
@cdavidnaylor
Veterinary psychiatrist. Defunct academic bureaucrat. Sometime researcher and policy adviser. Pronouns: he/his
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10-04-2017 21:01:37
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#Budget2024 💰 makes the largest investment in 20+ years for grad students & postdocs! It will support financial needs, boost mental well-being, allow focus on research, & promote diversity by easing barriers for underrepresented groups. 🎉💪🏽 #SOSBudget2024
Always modest, Sarah helped to lead this charge for a long time. Thank you soon-to-be-Dr-Laframboise, you #SupportOurScience
Thx to Rishi Bansal for flagging this slide deck on the economic impacts of NIH funding. tinyurl.com/2s4xdmh5 . US $ growth reflects bipartisan support for sustaining health research. CIHR has fallen far behind while ISED steers massive tranches of health research $. 🆘
From Jaime Watt, a clarion call for action on productivity. Are there points I'd argue or add to the agenda? Sure. But we urgently need *reasoned* action-focused debate on boosting productivity. Instead, we have rhetoric/policies that distract & delay or pander & polarize.
Important commentary in The Globe and Mail business section - just out - thank you Marc Johnson for ongoing advocacy on behalf of next-gen scientists & scholars.
theglobeandmail.com/business/comme…
Opinion: Canada needs doctors — so why is the country forcing Canadian physicians into exile? by Celine Pichette theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… via Globe Opinion
Riveting profile of Geoffrey Hinton in the New Yorker. No TLDR summary possible -- just read it, please. newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
Many thanks Dennis Kendel for the info below. Dennis, hoping for fast service & a great outcome for your wife. Brutal delays for patients/families & HC personnel alike. Another area where, despite amazing people & potential, short-sighted policymaking is holding Canada back.