Marc Garneau a été l'un des six premiers astronautes canadiens. Il est entré dans l'histoire en devenant le premier Canadien à aller dans l'espace en 1984 et il a pris part à trois missions spatiales au total.

a beautiful piece by Lawrence H. Summers on Stan Fischer. piie.com/blogs/realtime…

« On reconnaît l’être humain à ce qu’il choisit de faire », nous disait André Malraux. Marc Garneau a fait de sa vie un engagement au service du Canada. Scientist, astronaut, minister — he lived a full and remarkable life, one that inspired many and left a lasting legacy.

81 years ago today. Canada lands on Juno Beach. #DDay

Opinion: Does Canada have the national will to own our future in the cosmos? theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Carney also announces a sort of Canadian version of DARPA. The acronym is, uh...well, opinions may differ on this one. "We will also establish BOREALIS, the Bureau of Research, Engineering and Advanced Leadership in Innovation and Science."

"BOREALIS will advance cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and other frontier technologies essential to safeguarding Canadian sovereignty," Carney says.

U15 Canada welcomes role for research universities in securing Canadian sovereignty through new defence spending. u15.ca/publications/s…

Our statement on today’s announcement:

“Generally, our leading research universities are so well-positioned for this because they already do very neat work in all these promising sectors." Robert Asselin, U15 Canada CEO. financialpost.com/news/defence-s…

Mes sincères remerciements Jacques Frémont pour votre aimable invitation à prendre part, hier matin, à la cérémonie de la collation des grades de l’Université d’Ottawa — une institution à laquelle j’ai eu le privilège de consacrer une partie de ma carrière.

C’était un plaisir de rencontrer Robert Asselin, le nouveau chef de la direction de U15 Canada. J’ai hâte de travailler avec lui à l’avancement des priorités du secteur de l’EPSCdn — notamment la recherche, les talents et la croissance économique — et de veiller à ce que les

Britain’s moonshot factory has a moment of opportunity - John Thornhill on.ft.com/4nai8pH

Thank you U of Saskatchewan for a great and insightful visit!

We had the pleasure of welcoming Robert Asselin, the new CEO of U15 Canada, for a tour of our synchrotron. We are proud to host scientists from across U15 universities and help advance their research in health, agriculture, the environment and advanced materials. U of Saskatchewan Robert Asselin

Closed the week on a high note at University of British Columbia. Grateful for the inspiring conversations and a firsthand look at world-class research in bioengineering, quantum tech, and the bioeconomy. Merci au recteur Bacon.

Meet Canada’s next generation of researchers theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

"In every corner of the country, in labs, hospitals and universities, a new generation of Canadians is making small but mighty advances in health, science and medicine." theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Rahm Emanuel's Washington Post Opinions piece on industrial policy is the best statement of principles around government involvement in the structure of the economy that I have seen from a prominent political figure. Rahm Emanuel is on to an issue that will be more important going forward

“Industrial policies today can only be effective to the degree that America enhances, maintains and protects the deep well of advanced research that has buttressed the nation’s prosperity for decades. Warp Speed was born from years of basic biomedical research funded by the govt”