Media Release
For Immediate Release
February 13, 2002
Federation President Comments on Release of Innovation White Papers
(OTTAWA) - Today, the President of the Humanities and Social
Sciences Federation of Canada said she was pleased to see
that the government had released the much talked about Innovation
White Papers and that she looked forward to working in partnership
with the government to ensure that Canada reaches its goal of
going from 14th to 5th in the world when it comes to R & D
by 2010.
"We are very pleased to see that some of the key concerns
of the research community are addressed in these documents. The
government's proposals to raise the budgets of the Granting Councils,
to provide support for the education and training of graduate
students, and to create the Canadian Academies of Science,"
she said, "are all positive steps forward. These are key
initiatives, and the Federation applauds them." But at the
same time, Clements said that "until real dollar figures
are attached to the proposals, the story is only half told."
The Federation was also pleased to see the government's willingness
to build partnerships to achieve its stated goals. "The Federation
looks forward to working in partnership with the government and
participating in the regional consultations that will be organized
to solicit feedback from the research community and other sectors
on the Innovation White Papers prior to the National Summit
in the fall of 2002."
The Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada represents
68 learned societies, 69 universities and colleges and over 24,000
researchers. It also manages the permanent secretariat of the
Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities which is
the largest academic gathering of its kind in North America and
administers the Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme.
For further information, please contact:
Douglas Lauriault
Director -- Public Affairs
Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada
(613) 238-6112 ext. 306
