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National Science and Technology Systems

National Science and Technology Systems. CANADA. Graham Bell President, Academy of Science (RSC). R. researchers. R. The first stage is to set priorities. This is a political decision informed by advice given by groups invited by the State, which may or may not include the Academy.

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National Science and Technology Systems

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  1. National Science and Technology Systems CANADA Graham Bell President, Academy of Science (RSC)

  2. R researchers

  3. R The first stage is to set priorities. This is a political decision informed by advice given by groups invited by the State, which may or may not include the Academy. researchers ?

  4. Advice to the Government of Canada is provided by the Science, Technology and Innovation Council

  5. Reports on scientific and technical issues requested by the Government of Canada are prepared by the Council of Canadian Academies The Council of Canadian Academies is an independent, not-for-profit corporation that began operation in 2006. The Council supports independent, science-based, expert assessments (studies) that inform public policy development in Canada. Assessments are conducted by independent, multidisciplinary panels (groups) of experts from across Canada and abroad. The Council’s blue-ribbon panels serve free of charge and many are Fellows of the Council’s member Academies. The Council’s completed assessments are published and made available to the public free of charge in English and French. Director: Elizabeth Dowdeswell

  6. Member Academies of the CCA The Council’s Member Academies are as follows: RSC: The Academies of the Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scholars, artists and scientists. The primary objective of the RSC is to promote learning and research in the arts and sciences. The RSC consists of nearly 2,000 Fellows — men and women who are selected by their peers for outstanding contributions to the natural and social sciences, the arts and the humanities. The RSC exists to recognize academic excellence, to advise governments and organizations, and to promote Canadian culture.The Canadian Academy of Engineering is the national institution through which Canada's most distinguished and experienced engineers provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to Canada. The Academy is an independent, self-governing and non-profit organization established in 1987. Members of the Academy are nominated and elected by their peers to honorary Fellowships, in recognition of their distinguished achievements and career-long service to the engineering profession. Fellows of the Academy are committed to ensuring that Canada’s engineering expertise is applied to the benefit of all Canadians.The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences recognizes individuals of great accomplishment and achievement in the academic health sciences in Canada. The Academy provides timely, informed and unbiased assessments of urgent issues affecting the health of Canadians. CAHS also represents Canada on the InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP), a global consortium of national health science academies whose aim is to alleviate the health burdens of the world's poorest people; build scientific capacity for health; and provide independent scientific advice on promoting health science and health care policy to national governments and global organizations.

  7. Board of Governors The Board of Governors has a unique structure. Each member academy appoints two governors. These six governors then appoint two additional governors from the general public. The remaining four governors are proposed to the Board by the federal Minister of Industry, but are formally appointed by the Board.

  8. SAC Membership Scientific Advisory Committee The role of this 16-member Committee is to advise the Council’s Board with respect to assessment topic selection, terms of reference, and peer review. The Committee will also be among several sources of advice on selection of expert panelists. The members of SAC are eminent representatives of the broad science community, drawing from the academic, business and non-governmental sectors. Membership reflects balance in terms of discipline, geography, gender and official language community. Members

  9. Assessment Publications The Council of Canadian Academies provides independent, science-based, expert assessments that inform public policy development and decision-making. As such, all Council publications are available online free of charge in English and French. Better Research for Better Business (May 2009) Energy from Gas Hydrates: Assessing the Opportunities and Challenges for Canada (July 2008) Small is Different: A Science Perspective on the Regulatory Challenges of the Nanoscale (July 2008) The Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Canada (May 2009) Innovation and Business Strategy: Why Canada Falls Short (April 2009)   Influenza Transmission and the Role of Personal Protective Respiratory Equipment: An Assessment of the Evidence (December 2007) Vision for the Canadian Arctic Research Initiative: Assessing the Opportunities (November 2008) The State of Science and Technology in Canada (September 2006)

  10. Assessments in Progress Approaches to Animal Health Risk Assessment The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, on behalf of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), has asked the Council of Canadian Academies to assess the state and comprehensiveness of risk assessment techniques in animal health sciences. Integrated Testing of Pesticides The Minister of Health asked the Canadian Council of Academies to assess the scientific status of integrated testing strategies in assessing and regulating the risks of pesticides to both humans and environments. Research Integrity in the Canadian Context Industry Canada asked the Council of Canadian Academies to conduct an assessment examining the key research integrity principles, procedural mechanisms, and appropriate practices for their application across research disciplines and institutions in Canada. State and Trends of Biodiversity Science in Canada The Minister of Canadian Heritage, on behalf of the Canadian Museum of Nature, asked the Council of Canadian Academies to assess the state and trends of biodiversity science in Canada. The charge to the panel focuses specifically on the state of taxonomic and biosystematics research in Canada – research that discovers, distinguishes, identifies, and classifies species of organisms.

  11. What is the RSC? RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scholars, artists and scientists.  It is Canada’s national academy.  The primary objective of the RSC is to promote learning and research in the arts and sciences.  The RSC consists of nearly 2000 Fellows, men and women who are selected by their peers for outstanding contributions to the natural and social sciences, in the arts and in the humanities. As Canada’s national academy, the RSC exists to recognize academic excellence, to advise governments and organizations, and to promote Canadian culture. Raison d’être National academies are cultural institutions with three principal responsibilities.  The first responsibility of a national academy is to recognize excellence.  Most national academies do this through the election of Fellows and the presentation of awards.  The second responsibility of a national academy is to provide expert advice on matters of national interest or urgency.  The third responsibility of a national academy is to promote its national culture abroad.  This occurs in a variety of ways, and includes service on multilateral agencies (G8, UNESCO, IAP), as well as exchange lectureships with other national academies and universities.

  12. Anglophone Division Academy I Academy of the Arts and Humanities Francophone Division Arts Division Academy II Academy of Social Sciences Anglophone Division Royal Society of Canada Francophone Division Applied Science and Engineering Division Atmosphere, Ocean and Earth Science Division Academy III Academy of Science Life Science Division Mathematics and Physical Science Division

  13. Main RSC events 2010 APRIL 2010 G8+ Academies Summit (Closed-Door Meeting)April 6-8, 2010Ottawa, Ontario 2010 Eastern Ontario regional meeting of the Royal Society of Canada April 10, 2010 at 10:00 am - Queen's University Donald Gordon Centre, Union St, Kingston, Ontario MARCH 2010 Women in Science, Engineering, and Technology (WISET)March 17-23, 2010Peterborough & Calgary March 18-24, 2010Montreal & Ottawa RSC Symposium: Atlantic Regional ConferenceMarch 26-27, 2010 - Saint Mary's UniversityScotiabank Theatre - Sobey Building, Halifax, Nova Scotia Taboo Topic Forum - Human Wrongs: Making Things RightMarch 31, 2010 - University of ManitobaWinnipeg AUGUST 2010 IANAS General Assembly Meeting August 26-28, 2010 Ottawa, Ontario OCTOBER 2010 Annual Symposium: Immigrating to Canada: Who comes? Who stays? Who decides? October 15, 2010 - Canadian Museum of Civilization Gatineau - Ottawa NOVEMBER 2010 RSC Annual General Meeting: New Fellow Presentations, Induction & Awards Ceremony and Banquet November 26-28, 2010 Ottawa, Ontario

  14. Public documents 2010 G8 Statements G8 Academies Joint Statement on Health of Women and Children G8 Academies Joint Statement on Innovation for Development Expert Panels RSC/CAHS Expert Panel on Early Childhood Development RSC/SRC Expert Panel on Ocean Climate Change and Marine Biodiversity RSC/SRC Expert Panel on End-of-Life Decision Making (Working Terms of Reference - February 2010) RSC/SRC Expert Panel on Environmental and Health Impacts of Canada’s Oil Sands Industry (Working Terms of Reference) RSC Business RSC 2009 Medal and Award Recipients September 2009, New Fellows (Press Release) 2009 New Fellows (Citations)

  15. Academy of Science Published reports from independent Expert Panels Royal Society of Canada Scientific Advisory Committee Council of Canadian Academies Science, Technology and Innovation Council Confidential advice as requested by government; State of the Nation review Published reports commissioned by government departments and agencies Government of Canada Conclusion: the Academy of Science plays little part in the formulation of science policy in Canada.

  16. There has been some external criticism of the current Canadian system. In particular, the role of the Academy is marginal. “Bodies that help to inform the government about science, such as the Council of Canadian Academies, have neither the membership of their US equivalents nor the historical clout of those in Britain. Another reason may be that so much of Canada’s wealth comes from natural resources, including timber and the oil sands, rather than from technical innovation. Perhaps this leads the government to see scientists as just another interest group, rather than as crucial contributors to the economy.”

  17. R The second stage is to put in place the institutional structures necessary to achieve the priorities that have been established. researchers priorities

  18. R Train (external inputs) Support (lost from system) Use

  19. R State Train (external inputs) Support State (lost from system) Use State Simple (in principle) with a sole provider and end-user

  20. R Business State Train (external inputs) Support State Business (lost from system) Use State Business More complex when the end-user is not necessarily the provider

  21. R Training is a private good when it can be directly applied within an enterprise that is difficult to leave. The roles of State and Business can diverge when the output of one group of researchers is the input for another group. Train State Business (external inputs) State Support Business R (lost from system) State Business Use

  22. R The State may choose to extend the range of support provided by Business by providing a subsidy. Train State Business (external inputs) State Support Business R (lost from system) State Business Use

  23. R The State invests money into education, research funding and subsidy to generate social benefits, transfer of technology and advancement of knowledge. Train State Business (external inputs) EDUCATION State RESEARCH FUNDING Support SUBSIDY Business TRANSFER SOCIALBENEFIT R (lost from system) State Business Use

  24. R Business invests in specialized training and targetted research support to generate profit. Train State Business (external inputs) State Support APPRENTICESHIP Business BERD R (lost from system) PROFIT State Business Use

  25. R Knowledge that leaves the system may or may not drive enhanced external inputs. It is difficult to compare the advancement of knowledge with other outputs, and to measure how it contributes to them. Train State Business (external inputs) State REINFORCEMENT Support COLLABORATION Business DISSEMINATION R (lost from system) State Business Use

  26. R Inputs are Education, especially PhD Research funding Subsidy Outputs are Dissemination Social benefit, such as monitoring and regulation Transfer from more basic to more applied research Increased business expenditure on R&D Train State Business (external inputs) State Support Business R (lost from system) The object of STI strategy is to adjust the inputs so as to optimize the outputs subject to the constraint that the sum of the inputs is limited by the overall profit generated. State Business Use

  27. Inputs: education. Canada has excellent basic education, but the proportion of science and engineering degrees is low

  28. Inputs: education. There is a low rate of PhD graduation. Note: immigration of highly trained young people into Canada is strongly encouraged. This has large direct benefits to the country, but reduces local demand and also reduces the value of PhD training to source countries.

  29. Inputs: research funding. Both federal and provincial funding programs exist. Federal funding is administered by the Department of Industry. There is currently a non-Cabinet Minister for Science. NSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering Individual operating grants Support for teams of researchers CIHR Medical Bioscience SSHRC Social Sciences Partnerships between university and industry researchers CFI Canadian Foundation for Innovation : large grants for infrastructure CRC Canada Research Chairs : support for salary and research CERC: upgraded CRC program

  30. Inputs: research funding. Canada has an average rate of research funding.

  31. Inputs: research funding. Governments fund research mostly at universities; directly applied research is funded by business.

  32. Inputs: research funding. A high proportion of GDP is devoted to funding research in universities.

  33. Inputs: research funding. Funding to government labs is low and decreasing.

  34. Inputs: subsidy. State subsidy of business research is high but mostly indirect.

  35. Outputs: dissemination. Canadian research is highly cited.

  36. Outputs: transfer. There is a low level of collaboration in Canadian business.

  37. Outputs: BERD. The level of in-house research is modest. (BERD is Business Expenditure on Research and Development)

  38. Train The Canadian system has strong inputs but weak outputs, except in the advancement of knowledge. This has been found in other systems, including Brazil. State Business STRONG for basic education; WEAK for science degrees and PhD State (external inputs) AVERAGE overall; STRONG for universities, WEAK for state labs Support R STRONG, mostly indirect Business STRONG in most fields WEAK WEAK R (lost from system) WEAK productivity and profitability State Business Use

  39. Train The crucial link may be the transfer of knowledge and skills from more basic to more applied research programs. State Business (external inputs) State Support R Business WEAK R (lost from system) This has led to a shift towards more directly applicable research funding. Communication between research groups at different levels may be at least as important, but has not often been successfully achieved. State Business Use

  40. Train A crucial insight may be that the output from one group of researchers forms the input for another group, and that planning this supply chain may be an important aspect of future strategies. State Business (external inputs) State Support R Business WEAK R (lost from system) There is no good scientific reason that the research groups in this supply chain should be in the same country. There are political reasons that might be overcome with the help of IANAS. State Business Use

  41. Train One possibility might be to create programs designed to support short visits to foreign laboratories to acquire new skills. This would be an element in an international strategy for science and technology for the western hemisphere as a whole. State Business (external inputs) State Support R Business WEAK R (lost from system) A document drafted by IANAS, signed by its member Academies, and presented to each government in the region by its Academy might be an appropriate way of preparing the way for programs of this sort. State Business Use

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