A spotlight on the many ills that plague scientific pursuit in Canada

(From the CAUT Bulletin, December 2013)

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Basic scientific research in Canada is under serious pressure, concludes a new report from CAUT.

CAUT’s “Federal Funding of Basic Research” report found that funding for basic research programs nation­wide has declined overall in recent years, as the Conservative government put in place new policy directions for science and technology. A re-direction characterized by increasingly targeting new funding to “projects that appear to offer the promise of immediate com­mer­cial value.”

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