CBC Radio The Sunday Edition
How much have Canada’s global image and reputation, soft power and influence suffered as a result of Conservative government policies 2006 – 15? You decide.
In The News
Science Diplomacy for the Age of globalization
Options
Is the combination of science and diplomacy a promising remedy for the new threat set? You bet.
The New Threat Set: Science Diplomacy in the Age of Globalization
American Foreign Service Association
What sorts of threats and challenges most imperil the human prospect, and how might they best be addressed?
Seven steps to a higher functioning foreign ministry
Embassy
Is Global Affairs Canada equipped to deliver on the Trudeau government’s activist international policy agenda? Not.
Is Canada “Back”?
iPolitics
It will take more than smiles and sincere assurances to reconnect with the tradition of Canadian internationalism.
Diaspora Scientific Communities at Home and Abroad: An Untapped Resource for Diplomacy?
Canadian Science Policy Centre
Can the burgeoning numbers of foreign-born scientists now working in Canada, or Canadian scientists working abroad be tapped for the purposes of science diplomacy? Maybe.
Can Trudeau coax a shell-shocked public service out of its bunker?
iPolitics
After a decade of kiss-up, kick-down, and keep quiet, is Canada’s machinery of government in need of a tune-up?
Rebuild science after ‘lost decade’
Radio Canada International
Interview and short take on a science diplomacy agenda for Canada’s new government
Science and diplomacy after Canada’s lost decade: Counting the costs, looking beyond
CGAI Policy Paper
Rebuilding Canadian capacity in the field of international S&T will be difficult and time-consuming – there is a great deal to be done, and reinvestment is only the beginning.
Canada falls flat on the world stage
The Toronto Star
Over the past decade a host of misguided international policies have degraded and downsized Canada’s place in the world.