Science and Research committee  It's such a great question. Thank you. Dalhousie is a great example of a university that is really embedded in its region, while at the same time contributing globally. Dalhousie's focus on oceans, for example, and the ocean's role in climate change—particularly in the transform

Science and Research committee  Thank you very much for that question. There's no doubt that one of the main concerns we have is, as you suggest, the fact that funding for graduate students has not kept pace with inflation. We've heard repeatedly that even our financial programs—

Science and Research committee  Our mandate focuses on research-related issues with the federal government. We make recommendations in that regard.

Science and Research committee  I would like to say that our universities are exemplars of moving to green, for example, in reducing energy costs and so on—

Science and Research committee  —as well as finding ways to deal with housing and provide housing for students. I think it's a very encouraging situation.

Science and Research committee  Exactly. I appreciate this question, for a variety of reasons. One is that, first of all, I think it's really misleading to juxtapose little universities, middle universities, big universities and so on, because when we look at much of the research activity that happens, in fact

Science and Research committee  Sure. Thank you very much for the question. The discussion this morning is highlighting the difficulty I've experienced inside selection committees. One is faced with really compelling proposals, whether they're related to farming, agriculture, food or energy—they're right acros

Science and Research committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, everyone. Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before you today. I want to, first of all, thank you again for all your work to enhance science and research in Canada. My remarks today focus on the awarding of research funding

Science and Research committee  No.

Science and Research committee  As soon as the lists come out, I am convinced that all our universities will, as quickly as possible, take any action that is necessary in terms of respecting those lists.

Science and Research committee  Absolutely. As I said earlier, this is going to put at risk potentially some of our students, who are obviously a key aspect of our projects. It seems to me that it's in all our interests to maintain and treat as a top priority the fact that research be as open as possible but

Science and Research committee  The history of Canada demonstrates that federal leadership is absolutely essential in terms of signals that we're going to build a better country with respect to research and innovation. We all have to look to the federal government's leadership on this. That's how we went from b

Science and Research committee  I think the last few years have been unsettling for us in terms of the kind of cultivation of the garden we need, particularly in this context, where we're not trying to maintain.... We shouldn't be just trying to maintain. We need to have real ambition. That's what will be calle

Science and Research committee  It's very complicated. All technology can be used for good or bad. We know that. Our challenge is to administer this in a way that's not going to undermine research in the areas Canada really needs. That's why research security work is complex and needs to be very sophisticated

Science and Research committee  That's such a great question. In fact, earlier in this discussion I appreciated the emphasis on enforcement. From my point of view, if you have policies but there's no enforcement, it's not going to work. We have to really take seriously the monitoring, the verification and so