Don’t Throw the Baby Out With the Bath Water

The Globe reports on the need to develop secure funding to support scientific research in Canada’s North. “How else would we expect to learn about the Arctic, if we don’t […]
Published on February 24, 2011

The Globe reports on the need to develop secure funding to support scientific research in Canada’s North.

“How else would we expect to learn about the Arctic, if we don’t do it ourselves?” asks James Drummond, professor of physics at Dalhousie University and principal investigator at PEARL. It’s a challenge that puts the question of Canadian sovereignty in high relief, and deserves a response from our elected officials..

 

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