The Significance of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Charpentier & Doudna’s science refutes eNGO propaganda The year is coming to an end, and 2020 has popped a balloon filled with myths, untruths and …
Innovation
Latin America was present at ICABR 2020
Latin America was present at ICABR 2020 The 24th edition of the ICABR conference was very different from the previous 23, to say the least. …
The EU’s Gene Editing Regulatory Dilemma
Scientists, grad students and fiscal research investments are all fleeing Europe As consumers, we all want to be reassured that the products we purchase are …
Evidence and its Importance for Policy Making
The ability of bias to affect assessment outcomes In the process of gathering information, data or evidence to facilitate policy development processes, the parameters placed …
How information design shapes our decision-making?
Making decisions in the irrational world In a perfect world, people make rational decisions based on having complete information to evaluate alternatives and choose the …
Communicating Empirically-based Science is Important for Society, Not Misinformation
The costs of misinformation adversely affects everyone Science is not like ice cream. With ice cream, we all have our favourite flavours or brands of …
Sunnier Summertime Days Ahead
The summer of 2020 is going to be unlike any other. Our favourite events have been postponed, if not outright cancelled, and international holiday destinations …
Outlook into the future regulatory landscape for genome editing
Genome editing: A real promise for future agriculture Led by genome editing, new breeding techniques (NBTs) are an evolving spectrum of technologies targeting changes in …
Are Canada’s Intellectual Property Laws Facilitating Innovation?
Is the 35-year-old Patent Act getting the job done? The 150th anniversary of Canada’s intellectual property (IP) protection passed unnoticed in 2019. Over its history, …
Gene Editing and Plant Breeding in Canada
Are Canadian plant breeders utilizing the innovations of gene editing? It would be inaccurate to say that plant breeders in Canada are ‘a dime a …