Département de science politique
Faculté des sciences sociales

Université Laval

We will appoint a Chief Science Officer who will ensure that government science is fully available to the public, that scientists are able to speak freely about their work, and that scientific analyses are considered when the government makes decisions.

Real Change: A New Plan For a Strong Middle Class (page 36)

"In an email to CBC, Alain Vezina, regional director of science for the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, confirmed this morning that scientists at the institute are now allowed to speak openly to media." 

(CBC, November 6, 2015)

« More than a year after taking office, the Trudeau government is inching closer to making good on its campaign promise to create a chief science officer for Canada. (…)“I’m hoping within a few weeks we’ll launch a search,” Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan said after speaking to a conference of science policy experts in Ottawa last Thursday. “We will put out the call to all Canadians.” »

(The Globe and Mail, November 16, 2016)

"In keeping with these commitments, the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced Dr. Mona Nemer as Canada’s new Chief Science Advisor, following an open, transparent, and merit-based selection process."

Prime Minister introduces Canada’s new top scientist, September 26, 2017

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