I am a Professor of Mathematics, and an elected member of the Board of Governors at the University of British Columbia. Much of my public service over the years revolved around trying to position Canada as a major player within the world’s scientific community. Issues I care about include academic life, public policy towards R&D, Science in the developing world, and global politics.
N. Ghoussoub, Vancouver
This is a well-written and interesting blog. Why don’t you have a Twitter feed? It would make it a lot easier to follow your activity and connect you to like-minded researchers talking about these issues in Canada and internationally. I found you through a colleague who had tweeted your post on NSERC and Fortier.
great blog. but how about a facebook link? i don’t do twitter but i wouldn’t mind posting some of your articles on my facebook profile. a translator for zotero would also be really nice. if you haven’t heard of zotero, it’s a great open source, cross platform reference manager. as a bonus, it can also automatically archive PDF files (great for journal articles) and webpages–i’ve save a couple of your articles already.
great blog!!! I found your column about community college funding from nserc. Seneca College has a building on the York campus, and I have had very good interactions with my Seneca colleagues over the years. I support the idea of strengthening university-college collaborations, but it can be hard to find a meaningful way to interact. I was interested to read your blog.
I will be drawing your blog to the attention of several of my colleagues at York University,TO.