The state of science & technology in Canada : État de la science et de la technologie au Canada

THE COUNCIL OF CANADIAN ACADEMIES 180 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON Canada K2P 2K3 NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was undertaken with the approval of the Board of Governors of the Council of Canadian Academies. [...] Board members are drawn from the RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) and the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS), as well as from the general public. [...] The Council is governed by a 12-member Board, a majority of whom are appointed directly or indirectly by the Council’s three member Academies — the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada. [...] The founding members of the Council of Canadian Academies are: RSC: The Academy of the Arts, Sciences and Humanities of Canada, is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scientists, scholars and artists. [...] The approximately 275 Fellows of the Academy are professional engineers from all disciplines and are elected on the basis of their distinguished service and contribution to society, to the country and to the profession.