Medical Geographer Kirsty Duncan has recently been appointed by Canada’s new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the country’s Minister of Science. The new post has been specially created to bring focus ...

Canada has marked the fortieth anniversary of operations at the world's largest cyclotron accelerator, the 520 MeV Main Cyclotron at the Triumf national laboratory for particle physics. Celebrations ...

Appointment will help funding agency advance research and innovation in Canada OTTAWA, June 25, 2019 /CNW/ - The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) helps make Canada a ...

Kirsty Duncan, a medical geographer at the University of Toronto in Canada, will be the first to hold the job. Duncan, who contributed to the 2001 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...

Kirsty Duncan, the medical geographer who last month became Canada’s first Minister of Science, has a big mandate: to ensure that scientific considerations again figure into public-policy decisions.

Veteran Liberal MP and Deputy House Leader Kirsty Duncan has cruised to victory in Etobicoke North. Duncan, who has represented the riding since 2008, beat out Conservative candidate Priti Lamba.

A new standing committee will ensure that Canadian federal policy is based on science. The committee should consider critical ethical thinking, scholarship and action, as well as legal frameworks and ...

A new standing committee will ensure that Canadian federal policy is based on science. The committee should consider critical ethical thinking, scholarship and action, as well as legal frameworks and ...