Science and Research committee  I'm glad that Monsieur Fortin provided those data. I know that, as Professor Gingras said, the tri-councils follow these data very closely. To the best of my knowledge, I've not seen that there's a big discrepancy. The success rates do not seem to be heavily biased by the languag

Science and Research committee  That's a wonderful question. When we talk about DORA, we tend to talk quite a lot about the impact factor. Professor Gingras mentioned the historical importance of impact factor, particularly to my field in natural sciences, where people will look at different journals and they

Science and Research committee  I think there could be a positive change because, for instance, I still have a couple of students who are hanging around, and I would really like to see and encourage them to publish in French. Sometimes francophone students in francophone universities might be slow to publish in

Science and Research committee  Thank you for that question. As a researcher, when I applied to federal funding agencies, I wrote my grants in English. When I applied to French funding agencies, such as the one I'm now at the head of, I always wrote my applications in French.

Science and Research committee  Honestly, I believe some of the comments that might occur could be anecdotal. Certainly, writing scientifically in a language that is not your mother tongue.... Even now, after 30 years, it's harder for me to write in French than in English, but I do it all the time. It is hard

Science and Research committee  Do they have data that shows that?

Science and Research committee  In my own experience, I don't see that. It's harder. It takes longer. There's more work to do. I think people working in French in the Canadian context.... We always have to have our CV in French and English. We have to write our research summaries in French and English, so tha

Science and Research committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I've chosen to speak in English. I thought I was going to be speaking in French, but when I did my homework, I realized that most of the members of the committee have a preference for English. I'm certainly functional in both languages, however.