Summary and Main Findings, FINAL

Microsoft Word - Summary and Main Findings, FINAL.doc 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. [...] 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 concept is inherently multidimensional and encompasses (a) the quality of science and technology in Canada; (b) the magnitude or intensity of the Canadian effort in various domains of S&T; (c) the trend of the foregoing factors (are we gaining or losing ground?); and (d) the extent to which our S&T capabilities can be applied effectively to achieve social and economic objectives. [...] The reported results are not the views or the interpretation of the committee or of the Council of Canadian Academies.