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		<title>Promoting UK development science in Canada</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nicolearbour/2013/11/29/promoting-uk-development-science-in-canada/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2013 16:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last week we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Andrée Carter, Director of the UK Collaboration for Development Science (UKCDS) to Canada. She came at our invitation, to participate in a panel entitled: The world in 2020: Three questions for internationalised science, at the Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC), held in Toronto.  She preceded her visit with a  short [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Women in science: Dr. Brenda Milner</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As promised, in celebration of International Women&#8217;s Day, SIN Canada would like to celebrate one of our GREAT Science participants, a pioneering women in science, Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS), and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC). If you haven&#8217;t already guessed (from our previous clues, found in this post), our post today [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Women in Science &#8211; roundtable recap video!</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nicolearbour/2013/03/05/women-in-science-roundtable-recap-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As you may remember, on January 24th, 2013, the Montreal Consulate General (@UKinCanada and @BritsAuCanada), in collaboration with McGill (@McGillU), the Royal Society (@royalsociety) and the Royal Society of Canada (@RSCTheAcademies), hosted a round table on women in Science. Well, the Footage is in and edited and now we can offer you a quick video recap of our Women in Science event: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>2012: SIN Canada, a Year in Review</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Arbour]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s 2013 already! My how time flies when you&#8217;re having fun! It&#8217;s about this time of year when I like to take a step back and look at what we&#8217;ve accomplished over the last 365 days, and to start looking forward to the adventures the coming year will bring. Well, what did last year [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Getting outside is GREAT</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nicolearbour/2012/07/12/getting-outside-is-great/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Arbour]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In celebration of summer and getting outside, another guest blog posting by our British High Commission Ottawa, Climate and Prosperity Advisor, Adrienne Yuen:  Last week, I came across this eye-popping infographic on nature and us.  Apparently, nature is good for you.  It can make you healthier, smarter, fitter, and nicer.  Just two minutes outside can [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Startup Canada &#8211; Another Startup Nation (#StartUpNations) Launches!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Arbour]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You may have recently heard about a grass roots startup movement, by entrepreneurs and for entrepreneurs, called Startup Canada (@Startup_Canada). Sister organisation to Startup Britain (@StartupBritain), Startup Canada is an effort that&#8217;s been gaining momentum for a little over a year (the first mention of them on this blog would have been in relation to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Signing of the Canada/UK Joint Innovation Statement!</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nicolearbour/2012/05/14/signing-of-the-canadauk-joint-innovation-statement/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Arbour]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday of last week (May 8, 2012) the Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, and Lord Green, Minister of State for Trade and Investment met in Montreal and signed the Canada/UK Joint Innovation Statement. The ceremony was attended by a small audience, and in case you were following our twitterfeed: [blackbirdpie url=&#8221;https://twitter.com/#!/UKinCanada/status/199954199398727681&#8243;] The signing happened in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>World IP Day &#8211; A Canada/UK Perspective</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nicolearbour/2012/04/26/world-ip-day/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Arbour]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A guest blog in honour of World Intellectual Property Day by the British High Commission&#8217;s Trade and Economic Advisor Mark Agnew: April 26 marks World Intellectual Property Day, and a chance to recognize the importance of IP in fostering innovation and growth. Although not particularly a dinner table subject of discussion, intellectual property and the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Spaceship Earth</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nicolearbour/2012/04/25/spaceship-earth/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Arbour]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A guest blog posting in honour of Earth Day (April 22nd), from our British High Commission Ottawa, Climate and Prosperity Advisor, Adrienne Yuen: “There are no passengers on spaceship Earth. We are all crew.” – Herbert “Marshall” McLuhan This past Sunday marked the world’s 42nd Earth Day. It’s a great way to refocus our attention [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Science diplomacy &#8211; the FCO`s CSA, Prof. David Clary visits Ottawa</title>
		<link>https://blogs.fcdo.gov.uk/nicolearbour/2012/04/17/science-diplomacy-the-fcos-csa-prof-david-clary-visits-ottawa/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Arbour]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Prof. David Clary (his blog), Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA) to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) recently visited Ottawa, on the invitation of the Office of the Auditor General(@OAG_BVG) to participate in a Science Forum, looking at how science can be used to better inform policy, in times of austerity. Part of this involved discussions of how science advice to government [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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