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Grant McClelland

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Professor at McMaster University.

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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

30.10.2025 20:33 πŸ‘ 144 πŸ” 170 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 50
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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...

06.10.2025 12:33 πŸ‘ 498 πŸ” 231 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 26
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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.

20.02.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Woke ideology’: Quebec professors denounce Poilievre’s pledge to end certain university research funding Campaign promise is an β€œintrusion on university autonomy and academic freedom.”

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

02.04.2025 15:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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 β€œenvironmental justice” component

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

- does not ascribe to β€œgender ideology'

πŸ§ͺ 🌎

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

18.03.2025 20:43 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 9
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.

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...

16.03.2025 20:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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/...

15.03.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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/

07.03.2025 18:49 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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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...

02.02.2025 16:27 πŸ‘ 1633 πŸ” 741 πŸ’¬ 131 πŸ“Œ 251
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11.02.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

Beautiful

02.02.2025 22:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Ambassador of Light" oil on canvas 60" x 26"

#flowerpainting #jardindesplantes #artworks

13.12.2024 17:08 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

02.02.2025 16:41 πŸ‘ 19603 πŸ” 4674 πŸ’¬ 901 πŸ“Œ 454
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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)πŸ™

30.01.2025 20:21 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

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 πŸ₯³

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

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06.01.2025 12:00 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0