Category: Advocacy
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CAN submits a brief to the House of Commons permanent committee on Science and Research on “International Moonshot Programs”
The Canadian Association for Neuroscience joined its voice to a large coalition of Canadian stakeholders calling for the Canadian government to invest in a Canadian Brain Research Initiative, to make Brain and Mental Health Research a National Priority in Canada. Read our brief, along with those of many other stakeholders, on the House of Commons…
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Read CAN’s submission to the Minister of Finance pre-budget consultations
CAN made the following recommendations to the recent consultations on budget 2023 by the Minister of Finances: The Canadian Association for Neuroscience recommends the following: Recommendation 1: That the government of Canada increase investments in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and…
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CAN holds its first in-person Hill Day in Ottawa November 3, 2022
The Canadian Association for Neuroscience held its first in-person Parliament Hill Day on November 3, 2022 in Ottawa. It was an opportunity for our team of neuroadvocates to meet face to face or virtually with members of Parliament, Senators, Parliamentary staff members and important senior civil servants to advocate for a increased support for CIHR,…
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Read CAN’s submission to the FINA pre-budget consultations
The CAN advocacy team is happy to share our submission to pre-budget consultations in advance of the 2023 budget of the House of Commons permanent committee on Finances (FINA) View our submission: Increased investment in scientific research for the health and prosperity of Canadians today and tomorrow The deadline to submit a brief is Saturday,…
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CAN Advocacy survey – 2022
View the results of our advocacy survey here https://can-acn.org/can-2022-advocacy-survey/
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First report of the new House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research tabled on June 6
On June 6, the new House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research tabled its first ever report, as part of its study on “Successes, Challenges and Opportunities for Science in Canada”. The Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) was one of sixteen organizations that submitted a written submission as part of the consultations. The…
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Advocacy training at CAN2022
We are happy to make the slides for the CAN Advocacy training presented May 13 over lunch in Toronto available CAN Advocacy training presentation (PDF) CAN Advocacy – Selected resources & contact list (May 2022)
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Recording available: Science Policy Session with Senator Stan Kutcher – April 25, 2022
Co-hosted by the Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences and the Canadian Association for Neuroscience On Monday, April 25, the Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences and the Canadian Association for Neuroscience welcomed the Honourable Senator Stan Kutcher for a session on science policy and advice. Key takeaways: Scientists must engage in advocacy, it is an important…
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CAN-ACN response to budget 2022 – “A Plan to Grow our Economy and Make Life More Affordable”
The Canadian Association for Neuroscience recognizes key investments that were made to support targeted research areas in budget 2022 but calls on the government to provide broader support to the Canadian scientific community through increased funding for fundamental research. We are specifically disappointed with the lack of increased support for non-targeted, hypothesis-driven & investigator-led research…
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March 21 – 25, 2022 is CAN Parliament Hill Week
Canadian neuroadvocates are meeting with members of Parliament, Senators and Parliamentary staff this week for CAN Parliament Hill Week! We are advocating for increased funding for basic research in Canada, provided through CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC. Our specific asks are: Recommendation 1: That the government of Canada provide a one-time 25% increase in investment in…