Mark Lowey

Canada lacks coherent data on federal science workforce: Chief Science Advisor’s report

Mark Lowey
January 17, 2024

The federal government employs more than 31,000 scientists but lacks sufficient data to determine what their skillsets are and what they actually do, says a report by Canada’s chief science advisor.

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Organizations: Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Council of Science and Technology Advisors, Department of National Defence, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Government of Canada, Health Canada, Industry Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, National Research Council, Natural Resources Canada, Office of the Auditor General, Office of the Chief Science Advisor, Public Health Agency of Canada, Public Service Commission of Canada, Public Service of Canada, Science, Technology and Innovation Council, Statistics Canada, and Treasury Board Secretariat
People: Dr. Mona Nemer, PhD, Ken Knox, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
Topics: areas needing improvement in federal science workforce, benchmarking the federal government's research capacity, COVID-19 pandemic, definition of federal science workforce and employees, ensuring inclusion and diversity within the public service, evidence-based policy, federal science workforce, federal scientists in STEM positions, historical problems in characterizing the federal science workforce, insufficient data on federal science workforce, insufficient resources for COVID-19 testing, lack of data on federal scientists in social sciences and humanities, matching federal scientists to critically important areas for Canada, need for centralized and accessible data system for federal science workforce, number of scientists in federal departments and agencies, roles of scientists in federal government, science and technology labour market conditions, Statistics Canada's FAIR principles, and The Federal Science Workforce: An Overview report

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