👏 Huge shoutout to Nathan Sanders, @laurengh.bsky.social and @mackenziewhite.bsky.social from #ComSciCon!

We’re so proud to see our community empowering researchers to share their voices! 💬
#SciComm #ScienceCommunication #PublicEngagement #OpEdWriting

Nous sommes ravis d’accueillir Grace McGrenere en tant que nouvelle coprésidente.🎉

Grace est étudiante maîtrise en Durabilité de l’environnement @uottawa.ca. Elle a de l’expérience dans les domaines de la politique, des carburants propres, et de l’activisme climatique 🌱 🌏

🚨Big news from OSPN!🚨

We’re thrilled to welcome Grace McGrenere as our new Co-President 🎉

Grace is an MSc student in Environmental Sustainability @uottawa.ca. with experience in clean fuel policy, forest health research, and climate activism 🌱 🌏

Nous sommes ravis d’accueillir Grace McGrenere en tant que nouvelle coprésidente.🎉

Grace est étudiante maîtrise en Durabilité de l’environnement @uottawa.ca. Elle a de l’expérience dans les domaines de la politique, des carburants propres, et de l’activisme climatique 🌱 🌏

New from my fellow LTR-CSEE member Mel Boudreau:

Understanding the breadth and depth of long-term ecological data collection in Canada and the United States doi.org/10.1139/face... @facetsjournal.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social #LongTermResearch

🌱 What does climate policy look like through a science lens?

Join us for our final SCIPOL102 session featuring Dr. Mary Trudeau.

🗓️ June 4 | ⏰ 2:30–3:30 PM ET
📍 In-person: FSS 4006, uOttawa
💻 or join us via Zoom!

🔗 forms.gle/96ShoySBBUah...
#SciPol #ClimateAction #OSPN #SciencePolicy #uOttawa

📣 OSPN Executive team elections are coming up soon!📣

Interested in getting more involved and learning more about science policy along the way?

Please fill out our nomination form by Friday, May 30th 2025! Nomination Form: forms.gle/fdLCRMmZ3WPj...

🧬 Science meets policy this May 28!

Join the Ottawa Science Policy Network for Session 2 of our seminar series: Science Policy & Genomics, with Sapna Mahajan from Genome Canada.

🗓️ May 28, 2–3 PM ET
💻 Online | Open to all
🔗 Register: forms.gle/96ShoySBBUah...

#SciPol #Genomics #OSPN

Thrilled to see Grace McGrenere, member of OSPN, speak at the 2025 Bromley Memorial Lecture at #gwuniversity.

Representing @uottawa.ca, Grace highlights the role of students in science policy in Canada.

More about the lecture: blogs.gwu.edu/elliott-iist...
#SciencePolicy #StudentVoices #OSPN

📢 New research from #SupportOurScience members published in @plosone.org!

🧠📉 It’s official: Canada’s federal support for grad students & postdocs is decades behind.

🔗 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
#cdnpoli #FundResearch #GradFundingCrisis #SSH #STEM

There's still time to sign up for this exciting, and informative event! Join us online or in-person and learn more about science policy🧪

forms.gle/96ShoySBBUah...

SciPol 102 is back for its second year!

📆Date: Wednesday, May 14th
Time: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
📍Location: Hybrid
In-person: University of Ottawa, Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS), Room 5028
Online: Microsoft Teams

🔗Registration: forms.gle/96ShoySBBUah...

Science helps us understand our planet 🌍
Policy helps us protect it 🌱
On #EarthDay, OSPN celebrates the power of science-informed decision-making to build a sustainable future. #SciencePolicy #EarthDay2025

Students, make sure your voice is heard this election.

Elections Canada has resources for students including information on student voting: how to vote early, what to do if you are living away from home, voting on campus, and more.

www.elections.ca/content2.asp...

La science façonne notre vie quotidienne – faisons-en une priorité lors de ces élections

evidencefordemocracy.ca/votez-pour-l...

Science Shapes Our Daily Lives—Let’s Make It a Priority This Election

evidencefordemocracy.ca/vote-science/

What are the party leaders saying about supporting science and research?

E4D has done the work. Check out the Party Platform Analysis: docs.google.com/document/d/1... @e4dca.bsky.social #VoteScience

At Support Our Science, we know that engagement can make a difference.

Why?

Because together we turned the tide on two decades of stagnant scholarship values! We had a big win with the investments in Budget 2024 because we made our voice heard.

#VoteScience evidencefordemocracy.ca/vote-science/

The Federal Election is just around the corner and what do you know? Thanks to the “Vote on Campus” program you can vote right at school. Whether you’re at uOttawa or Carleton, between April 13 and 16 you can vote for a candidate in your home riding without even leaving campus: