Science is essential to meeting many of the challenges we face in the years to come – climate change, biodiversity and genetic resource management, poverty alleviation, to name just a few – and scientists have to be willing to do their part by getting out of the lab and participating in public life, in all its various forms.
Organizations that we work with that are helping provide a voice for science in public life.
World Economic Forum
Dr. Kassen currently sits as a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Scientific Collaboration. Their work focuses on strategic advice regarding scientific research in a post-COVID world.
Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE)
PAGSE is a cooperative association of 26 national science and engineering societies that serves as a non-lobbying voice to the Canadian federal government. PAGSE is best known for its breakfast seminar series on Parliament Hill, Bacon and Eggheads and also works with the Science Media Centre of Canada to publish SciencePages, short briefing notes on topical issues that have science at their core.
Earth Leadership Program
The Earth Leadership Program provides outstanding academic researchers with the skills, approaches, and theoretical frameworks for catalyzing change to address the world's most pressing sustainability challenges. It is a program of Future Earth in collaboration with the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and the University of Colorado Boulder.
Banff Forum
The Banff Forum is a community of leaders from diverse sectors across Canada, committed to public engagement on issues of national importance.
Global Young Academy
The Global Young Academy (GYA) is the voice of young scientists around the world. Membership is capped at 200 individuals, and members are chosen by their peers based on demonstrated excellence in research and commitment to service. Members and alumni collectively represent over 60 countries, including all major world regions, and a breadth of scientific disciplines, including the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.