The Royal Society of Canada published a new briefing, Strengthening a One Health Approach to Emerging Zoonoses. Given the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a pressing need for a deeper understanding of the interface where humans and other animals interact in their shared environment, and the intersecting biological, ecological, and socioecological factors contributing to the … Read more
The Royal Society of Canada has published a new policy briefing entitled Investing in Canada’s Nursing Workforce Post-Pandemic: A Call to Action. “Although the pandemic has magnified multiple vulnerabilities within Canada’s health care system, many of these issues are longstanding and have contributed to critical nursing shortages. This is an extraordinarily urgent issue for our healthcare system, … Read more
The Royal Society of Canada has awarded the inaugural Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella Prize to a graduating student in 23 law schools in Canada. The RSC established the Prize in honour of former Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, a changemaker celebrated for her visionary intellectual contributions and commitment to building equality and equity across … Read more
On Feb. 9, representatives of the Royal Society of Canada’s Task Force on COVID-19 testified before the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology on the potential for establishing a National Day of Observance for the COVID-19 Pandemic. Task Force Chair Dr. Tracy Vaillancourt read the opening statement. Task Force members Dr. Julia M. Wright and Dr. … Read more
The Royal Society of Canada released a policy briefing, “Children and Schools During COVID-19 and Beyond: Engagement and Connection Through Opportunity.” “One of the best ways to lessen the threats to the well-being, education, and safety of children and youth is to aim to keep schools open whenever and wherever it is safe to do so,” said chair of … Read more
The Royal Society of Canada released a policy briefing: Caught in the Currents: Evaluating the Evidence for Common Downstream Police Response Interventions in Calls Involving Persons with Mental Illness. “In this volume, we present an assessment of the current evidence base for some of the existing suite of ‘downstream’ policing programs and initiatives in Canada: mental health … Read more
The Royal Society of Canada’s Task Force on COVID-19 published a collection of essays entitled Impacts of COVID-19 in Racialized Communities. The collection, which initially appeared as a series of essays in the Globe and Mail in the fall of 2020, includes a background to racism in Canadian society by Dr. Frances Henry, FRSC. The full release is … Read more
The Royal Society of Canada published a policy briefing entitled Enhancing COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance in Canada, exploring the need for carefully designed interventions tailored to community needs and concerns that build trust in health authorities and those delivering vaccines, as well as promoting acceptance. The full release is available online.
The Royal Society of Canada and Let’s Talk Science have established a multi-year partnership supported by the Government of Canada to engage over 600,000 youth from early years to Grade 12 across Canada in climate science education and action. In this new partnership, the RSC will provide information on climate research and the latest insights from across disciplines and … Read more
The national science academies of the G7 nations launched their science agenda ahead of the G7 leaders’ summit in the United Kingdom in June 2020. The scientists outlined in three statements the pressing global issues that they believe the G7 states should urgently address: Creating a net zero climate resilient world, tackling biodiversity loss, and … Read more
