New Graduate Course on the Role of Information in Public Policy & Decision Making

The Environmental Information: Use and Influence initiative (EIUI) has launched a new graduate course on the “Role of Information in Public Policy and Decision Making” to prepare students for public management careers and to capitalize on the interdisciplinary strengths of the EIUI research team. This innovative, new course offers graduate students the opportunity to examine […]

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EIUI Team Presents Seminar at the FAO, Rome

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently became a partner to the EIUI research initiative in a three-year research project supported by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Seven other governmental, intergovernmental, and non-governmental organizations are also partners in this project, which is studying the communication […]

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Doctoral Student wins a Student Writing Award

Suzuette Soomai received the Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS) 2012 Graduate Student Writing Award for a paper entitled “The Use and Influence of Scientific Information in Environmental Policy Making: Lessons Learned from Nova Scotia”. Based on a multi-disciplinary literature review and research related to the release of The 2009 State of the Nova Scotia […]

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Tension in Canada at the Science-Policy Interface

An important, insightful article published in The Globe and Mail on Friday, 4 January 2013, discussed “the limits being placed on the ability of government-employed scientists to communicate their findings” without government interference or indeed without requiring permission from the bureaucracy. The article underlines the importance of science and scientific advice to be independent of […]

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Participation in the 2012 Coastal Zone Canada Conference in June 2012

Suzuette Soomai and Peter Wells participated in the 2012 Coastal Zone Canada Conference in Rimouski, Quebec, June 9-14, 2012 and presented a paper “Advancing effective integrated coastal and ocean management (ICOM): Recognizing the critical role of marine information use and influence”.

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Participation in the Canada Atlantic Provinces Library Association (APLA) Conference in May 2012

Suzuette Soomai participated in the Canada Atlantic Provinces Library Association (APLA) Conference in May 22 – 25, 2012 in Wolfville, Nova Scotia and presented a poster “Marine information and policy-making processes: Tracing information pathways”.

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Participation in the Global Conference on Oceans, Climate and Security in May 2012

Elizabeth De Santo presented a poster at the Global Conference on Oceans, Climate and Security in Boston, 22-23 May, 2012: “Understanding the influence of marine environmental information on policy-making in a changing climate.” Global Conference on Oceans, Climate and Security in Boston, 22-23 May 2012

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Student Writing Award

  Suzuette Soomai received the Nova Scotian Institute of Science (NSIS) 2012 Graduate Student Writing Prize for a paper entitled “The Use and Influence of Scientific Information in Environmental Policy Making: Lessons Learned from Nova Scotia”. The paper will be published in the upcoming edition of the NSIS Proceedings. Pictured at left is Suzuette receiving […]

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Participation in the Planet Under Pressure Conference in March 2012

The EIUI participated in the Planet Under Pressure Conference, 26-29 March 2012, London, UK. This conference is a precursor meeting to the upcoming 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). Suzuette Soomai presented a poster: Understanding the interaction between marine information production and policy-making processes.“

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Participation in the International Studies Association Annual Conference in April 2012

Elizabeth De Santo will present two papers at the upcoming International Studies Association Annual Conference in San Diego, 1-4 April, 2012: (1) “Towards an understanding of the role of marine environmental information in policy-making addressing crises in ocean health” and (2) “Linking biology, technology and society: the need for and difficulty of an interdisciplinary approach to scenario-building.”

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