Moderators
Fellow and Adjunct Professor, Institute for Science, Society and Policy in the University of Ottawa
Paul Dufour is a Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Science, Society and Policy in the University of Ottawa and science policy Principal with PaulicyWorks in Gatineau, Québec. He is on the Board of Directors of the graduate student led Science Policy Exchange based...
Read More →
Speakers
PhD Student, University of Waterloo
Blake Freier is a PhD student in the philosophy department at the University of Waterloo. His interest is in socially relevant philosophy of science, particularly as it relates to evidence-based decision making in democracies. Specifically, Blake’s research looks at the nature of...
Read More →
Postdoctoral Fellow, Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University
Tina completed her PhD in oncology at the Institut Curie in Paris. In 2013, she joined the Goodman Cancer Research Center at McGill University in Montreal as a postdoctoral fellow where she studies how the breast tumor microenvironment influences patient response to therapy. Tina...
Read More →
Chief Scientist, Natural Resources Canada
As Chief Scientist for Natural Resources Canada, Donna plays a leadership role on developing, advancing and promoting the department’s overarching S&T priorities as aligned with the Government’s Science and Innovation agenda. To this end, Donna Kirkwood works closely with NRCan’s...
Read More →
PhD Student, Université Laval
Madison Rilling is a PhD student in Physics at Université Laval. Working mid-way between the lab and the clinic, she applies optical design to medical physics to improve cancer treatments in external beam radiotherapy. Since 2016, Madison has been Vice-President of the Fonds de recherche...
Read More →