Grant McClelland

Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores

The MAGA Pipeline to Breakup Canada MAGA Alberta’s latest attempt to sow division came in the form of a two-pronged assault.

Last week Alberta quislings were in Washington to further the break up of our nation. Meanwhile Danielle Smith is setting up a fight over a pipeline that no-one is trying to build.
It is about stoking the base and driving rage against Canada.
My latest.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/the-maga-p...

In my Dad’s old coveralls getting the studio spiffed up for Open Studios 562 Fisgard Street in Victoria’s Chinatown Feb 23, 11:00-4:00.

‘Woke ideology’: Quebec professors denounce Poilievre’s pledge to end certain university research funding Campaign promise is an “intrusion on university autonomy and academic freedom.”

This sounds familiar. www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/...

Trump administration threatening Canadian researchers OTTAWA, Ontario, March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) is warning that the Trump administration is...

This is bananas.

'Canadian researchers are asked to confirm that their research:

- does not include a climate or “environmental justice” component

- does not contain diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) elements

- does not ascribe to “gender ideology'

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www.globenewswire.com/news-release...

New Harmonised Graduate Scholarship and PDF Application process along with more scholarships recently announced, and this time a certain portion will be open to international applicants.

Any prospective PhD students want to apply and come to my lab?

www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

Fact check: Nine Trump false claims about Canada | CNN Politics President Donald Trump keeps saying he wants Canada to become the 51st US state. To support his pitch, he keeps making false claims about Canada.

amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/03/...

Fuel use in running vampire bats paper named one of Royal Society’s 10 most popular papers of 2024!

https://www.welchbiology.com/2025/03/07/fuel-use-in-running-vampire-bats-paper-named-one-of-royal-societys-10-most-popular-papers-of-2024/

Opinion | Don’t Believe Him (Gift Article) Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

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Beautiful

"Ambassador of Light" oil on canvas 60" x 26"

#flowerpainting #jardindesplantes #artworks

Here's a fact most Americans don't know:
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) is the largest purchaser of wine by dollar value in the world.
The LCBO has shut the flow of all American beer, wine, spirits.
We will drink "Freedom wines" from our allies and beer from our communities.

Risk of Health Misinformation University of Alberta Professor of Law and Authour, Tim Caulfield discusses the risk of health misinformation on CTV Morning Live.

Risk of Health Misinformation www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vi...

Is our information environment rigged against us? Are we normalization harmful bunk?

Really enjoyed this @ctvvancouver.bsky.social chat aboutmisinformation, my @vanwritersfest.bsky.social talk, and my new book (The Certainty Illusion)🙏

Thrilled to share my first main #paper from my #EMBO #postdoc fellowship that is out today in #FunctionalEcology: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2435.14739 🥳

Read on to learn about the #evolution of #torpor among #mammals and #birds!

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