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 […]
Science-Policy Interface
EIUI Participation in 14th International Conference in Grey Literature, Rome
The 14th International Conference on Grey Literature, hosted by the Italian National Research Council, brought over 100 researchers and librarians from eighteen countries to Rome on 29-30 November 2012. “Tracking innovation through grey literature” served as the theme of the conference. The opening keynote addresses by Dr. Carlos Morais-Pires of the European Commission (Belgium) and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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”.
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
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 […]
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.“
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.”
EIUI Releases a Report of an Initial Study of the Awareness and Use of The 2009 State of Nova Scotia’s Coast Report
The EIUI research initiative has concluded a study in collaboration with the Government of Nova Scotia that assessed the initial use and influence of the State of Nova Scotia’s Coast Report, released in December 2009. Using a combination of interviews and questionnaires, web analytics, media scans and citation analysis, the study examined the effectiveness of the […]