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Matt McTaggart

@mctaggart.bsky.social
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Chemistry prof, veteran, science and democracy enthusiast, co-chair for Science Meets Parliament 🇨🇦

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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
De-skilling has come up a lot lately in the overlapping circles of craft, research, and innovation that I frequent. The negative consequences of devaluing the abilities needed to apply knowledge aren't new, but I think they're starting to be felt in science and technology and that is kind of new
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 05/03/2026
It’s tiring that we are increasingly stuck organizing our intellectual lives around arguing for the value of having an intellectual life
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 28/02/2026
When I saw the news story about the girls school being bombed, one of my first thoughts was about how unlike American physics, Iranian physics is 50% women at the undergrad level and how some of those girls who had been murdered were going to be physicists one day
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John Trant @trantteam.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
#Chemsky -- PhDs in Canada in chemistry--brief. Reskeets welcome. 🧵 Seeing that a lot of excellent US students are not receiving admission to PhD programs for...the obvious reasons...I want to make sure mentors, students, and advisors are aware that Canada might still be an option. 1/n
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Louise Dawe @louisedawe.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Wilfrid Laurier University is hiring a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Biochemistry beginning July 1, 2026. Applications will be accepted until March 9, 2026 | 11:59pm. For more info: careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo... @chemjobber.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor - Biochemistry
Assistant Professor - Biochemistry
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Canadian Science Policy Centre @sciencepolicy.ca · 08/12/2025
Applications for Science Meets Parliament Ontario and BC are being accepted until December 20, 2025! SMP Ontario: sciencepolicy.ca/programs/science-m… SMP BC: sciencepolicy.ca/programs/science-m…
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Canadian Science Policy Centre @sciencepolicy.ca · 30/04/2025
#SciParlON2025 wouldn’t be possible without the support of our incredible sponsors! 👏 #SciParlON2025 ne serait pas possible sans le soutien de nos incroyables partenaires ! Thank you, Royal Military College of Canada! Merci, Collège militaire royal du Canada ! sciencepolicy.ca/programs/sci...
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Thinking a lot about moral integrity this weekend (coincidentally, voting opened in Canada). From @theradr.bsky.social: "We must not just seek just goals ... we have to get there by striving to be the people we're supposed to be, every single step of the way." www.lifeisasacredtext.com/pursue/
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Pursue justice, justly
how to chase it beyond the slogan
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Vanessa Sung, PhD | 宋宜臻,生化博士 🇹🇼🇨🇦 @vanessasung.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
This easy letter writing tool by @e4dca.bsky.social lets you contact all your local candidates to ask them to commit to protecting and promoting science in Canada! Take one minute to help put science on the radar this election 👇 #elxn45 #CdnPoli #CdnSci 🧪 🇨🇦
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Vanessa Sung, PhD | 宋宜臻,生化博士 🇹🇼🇨🇦 @vanessasung.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Let’s give this starter pack business a go! Here are (mostly) 🇨🇦 accounts I follow for science policy. Will continuously update! #scipol 🧪 go.bsky.app/UMLZfh5
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Ken Maly @kenmaly.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Wilfrid Laurier University invites applications for a Tenure Track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in Physical Chemistry. Applications will be accepted until March 28th, 2025. #chemjobs careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo...
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Assistant Professor - Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Assistant Professor - Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry
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#RealTimeChem @realtimechem.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Completely condemn the highly disappointing decision by @acs.org to take down and then amend their pages on Diversity, equity, and inclusion - www.acs.org/about/divers... - this is not what #RealTimeChem stands for.
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Matt Hartings @matthartings.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Who runs the ACS? Is it a member-run organization that serves that membership. Or is it a money making publishing house. This move does real damage to the profession. This move does real damage to my colleagues and peers and trainees and our future chemists. Grow a spine @acs.org
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#RealTimeChem @realtimechem.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
#ChemTogether. Forever. #RealTimeChem #ChemSky #Chemistry
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Besides showing basic respect for human dignity, active inclusion and equal recognition of diverse standpoints work to correct long-standing social failures that sabotage science and scholarship. Attacks on inclusion must be met as attacks on the fundamental mission of higher learning.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 02/02/2025
Science is political. It wouldn't necessarily have to be partisan. But when one party is opposed to science-based policy, scientists have a choice between saying "you're right, thoughts and prayers are probably as effective as reducing carbon emissions" or saying "fuck that."
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 29/01/2025
I keep thinking about what might have happened if people had listened to Patricia Williams, Charles Lawrence, Mari Matsuda, Gary Peller, Jonathan Kahn, and other actual critical race theorists about the shift away from racial justice towards diversity as a framework medium.com/space-anthro...
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Diversity is a Dangerous Set-up
Recreational antiracism won’t change anything: a review of Jonathan Kahn’s critique of implicit bias discourse.
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Louise Dawe @louisedawe.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Registration for the 16th Canadian Chemical Crystallography Workshop is open! Taking place immediately after #CSC2025 in Ottawa. For more information, including general topics and suggestions for accommodations, check out our website: xtallography.ca/index.php/xt...
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CCCW 2025 – Canadian National Committee for Crystallography
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Oh my but this looks beautiful
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
DEADLINE TODAY for applications to Science Meets Parliament 2025! Research can't speak for itself - we need voices from the natural, social, formal sciences, engineering and the humanities to be heard everywhere that your knowledge contributes to the public benefit, including our legislatures!
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Emmanuelle Picard @epicard.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Il y a 35 ans, 14 jeunes femmes étaient tués à Polytechnique Montréal parce qu'elles étaient des femmes ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/sp...
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25 ans après Polytechnique : 14 visages d'une tragédie
25 après la tragédie de Polytechnique, voici les portraits des 14 femmes qui ont perdu la vie le 6 décembre 1989.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 06/12/2024
Just remember there’s a reason that English is now the Lingua Franca of science, not German
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Also, a very strange way for the lawyers, financiers, and business leaders in the legislature to say that their specialties create no real economic impact
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
A surefire way to reduce the total economic advantages of research to a country is to cut off the parts that generate unpredictable or uncountable benefits
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Helen Pearson @helenpearson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
In a Nature survey, 80% of science-policy experts say their country’s science advice system is poor or patchy. I've written about the state of global science advice & what should change. www.nature.com/articles/d41... Thnx to @ingsa.bsky.social @transformevidence.bsky.social @jperkel.bsky.social
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Science could solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Why aren’t governments using it?
A Nature global survey finds that most specialists are unhappy with systems to provide science advice to policymakers.
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
"But science-advice systems do have one thing in common: many people think they’re not up to the job" A revealing and timely article on the complicated relationship between science and public policy: www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪
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Science could solve some of the world’s biggest problems. Why aren’t governments using it?
A Nature global survey finds that most specialists are unhappy with systems to provide science advice to policymakers.
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Are you a Canadian researcher interested in Science Meets Parliament? Feel free to reach out with your questions or visit our page of testimonials and success stories: sciencepolicy.ca/programs/sci... Applications close 6 Dec 2024 🇨🇦❤️🧪
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Science Meets Parliament 2021 (SMP 2021) - CSPC
Science Meets Parliament 2023 The 3rd Science Meets Parliament Program for 2023 is now complete and was a huge success. Apply Now Appliquer maintenant See what people have to say about Science ...
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Bienvenue à @sandralapointe.bsky.social et @thelacollaborative.bsky.social ! I encourage everyone with an interest in social innovation, knowledge mobilization, and talent development to follow their impactful work! 🧪
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Welcome to BlueSky @sciencepolicy.bsky.social! Canada largest science policy forum, connecting and building capacity at the intersection of research and public policy #CSPC2024 🧪
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
"Countries that win in the economy of the 21st century invest in talent. Confident countries invest in themselves." Minister Champagne reminding us that Canada deserves to be both #CSPC2024
Mehrdad Hariri and Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry of Canada François-Philippe Champagne seated and speaking on stage
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Investing in defence research (broadly defined) is a great way to achieve our 2% GDP NATO commitment and our innovation targets. Important ideas being aired at #CSPC2024
Mehrdad Hariri addressing a crowd of diners at a podium in front of a large blue CSPC banner
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Perimeter Institute kicking off the Canadian Science Policy Conference in high style! Interesting and inspiring comments from Perimeter's new Executive Director Dr. Marcela Carena! #CSPC2024
Dr. Marcela Carena speaking in front of a rapt crowd
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
A nice thread and reminder that an apparent knowledge gap is far more often a values gap - knowing how to better reach a goal won't change the behavior of someone whose values don't align with that goal. Scientists base our judgements on our values, too, which *should include being open to new data
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline
Sunrise illuminates clouds atop a shadowy low stone fort; in the foreground, cold pale mist rises from a lake
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Science is political. Not only is it a human activity that uses public resources, but it also helps shape our possible futures - a power that some people refuse to share. We can't afford to forget that.
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
The science community is the only part of Twitter I miss - genuinely excited to recapture that with #chemsky
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Matt McTaggart @mctaggart.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Applications for Science Meets Parliament 2025 are open! We are now running events on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, the Legislature in Victoria, BC and (NEW this year) Queen's Park Toronto, ON. Please visit our website for all the details: sciencepolicy.ca/programs/sci... 🧪🤝🇨🇦
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Science Meets Parliament - CSPC
The Canadian Science Policy Centre (CSPC) and the Office of the Chief Science Advisor (OCSA) are pleased to offer our Science Meets Parliament programs. During these events, over 100 emerging leaders ...
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