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Matt McTaggart

@mctaggart.bsky.social

Chemistry prof, veteran, science and democracy enthusiast, co-chair for Science Meets Parliament 🇨🇦

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 6mo ago

When I saw the news story about the girls school being bombed, one of my first thoughts was about how unlike American physics, Iranian physics is 50% women at the undergrad level and how some of those girls who had been murdered were going to be physicists one day

John Trant@trantteam.bsky.social · 7mo ago

#Chemsky -- PhDs in Canada in chemistry--brief. Reskeets welcome. 🧵 Seeing that a lot of excellent US students are not receiving admission to PhD programs for...the obvious reasons...I want to make sure mentors, students, and advisors are aware that Canada might still be an option. 1/n

Vanessa Sung, PhD | 宋宜臻，生化博士 🇹🇼🇨🇦@vanessasung.bsky.social · last yr.

This easy letter writing tool by @e4dca.bsky.social lets you contact all your local candidates to ask them to commit to protecting and promoting science in Canada! Take one minute to help put science on the radar this election 👇 #elxn45 #CdnPoli #CdnSci 🧪 🇨🇦

Evidence for Democracy@e4dca.bsky.social · last yr.

Make your voice heard—send a letter today! Sign on: evidencefordemocracy.ca/vote-science...

Matt McTaggart@mctaggart.bsky.social · 2y ago

Besides showing basic respect for human dignity, active inclusion and equal recognition of diverse standpoints work to correct long-standing social failures that sabotage science and scholarship. Attacks on inclusion must be met as attacks on the fundamental mission of higher learning.

Philip Ball@philipcball.bsky.social · 2y ago

I have run out of patience with the apparent silence of most US science institutions (and not just US) in the face of Trump & Musk's rampage. There are of so many facets of that, but in this column for @chemistryworld.com I talk about the assaults on inclusion. www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...

Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2y ago

Science is political. It wouldn't necessarily have to be partisan. But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · 2y ago

I keep thinking about what might have happened if people had listened to Patricia Williams, Charles Lawrence, Mari Matsuda, Gary Peller, Jonathan Kahn, and other actual critical race theorists about the shift away from racial justice towards diversity as a framework medium.com/space-anthro...

Diversity is a Dangerous Set-up

Recreational antiracism won’t change anything: a review of Jonathan Kahn’s critique of implicit bias discourse.

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Matt McTaggart@mctaggart.bsky.social · 2y ago

DEADLINE TODAY for applications to Science Meets Parliament 2025! Research can't speak for itself - we need voices from the natural, social, formal sciences, engineering and the humanities to be heard everywhere that your knowledge contributes to the public benefit, including our legislatures!

Matt McTaggart@mctaggart.bsky.social · 2y ago

Applications for Science Meets Parliament 2025 are open! We are now running events on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the Legislature in Victoria, BC and (NEW this year) Queen's Park Toronto, ON. Please visit our website for all the details: sciencepolicy.ca/programs/sci... 🧪🤝🇨🇦

Matt McTaggart@mctaggart.bsky.social · 2y ago

A surefire way to reduce the total economic advantages of research to a country is to cut off the parts that generate unpredictable or uncountable benefits

Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles@siouxsiew.bsky.social · 2y ago

It’s a dark day for research in Aotearoa New Zealand and the ramifications for the country are huge. Minister Judith Collins has just announced our blue-skies funder will no longer fund humanities & social science research and that 50% of what is funded must have economic benefit.

Helen Pearson@helenpearson.bsky.social · 2y ago

In a Nature survey, 80% of science-policy experts say their country’s science advice system is poor or patchy. I've written about the state of global science advice & what should change. www.nature.com/articles/d41... Thnx to @ingsa.bsky.social @transformevidence.bsky.social @jperkel.bsky.social

Science could solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Why aren’t governments using it?

A Nature global survey finds that most specialists are unhappy with systems to provide science advice to policymakers.

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Matt McTaggart@mctaggart.bsky.social · 2y ago

"But science-advice systems do have one thing in common: many people think they’re not up to the job" A revealing and timely article on the complicated relationship between science and public policy: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

Science could solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Why aren’t governments using it?

A Nature global survey finds that most specialists are unhappy with systems to provide science advice to policymakers.

nature.com

Matt McTaggart@mctaggart.bsky.social · 2y ago

Are you a Canadian researcher interested in Science Meets Parliament? Feel free to reach out with your questions or visit our page of testimonials and success stories: sciencepolicy.ca/programs/sci... Applications close 6 Dec 2024 🇨🇦❤️🧪

Science Meets Parliament 2021 (SMP 2021) - CSPC

Science Meets Parliament 2023 The 3rd Science Meets Parliament Program for 2023 is now complete and was a huge success. Apply Now Appliquer maintenant See what people have to say about Science ...

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