The ISSP is delighted to announce that Brendan Frank will be Interim Research Director while Dr. Marisa Beck is on maternity leave. Brendan joins the ISSP as Senior Research Association for two years, the first of which will be as Interim Research Director.
Mr. Frank comes to the ISSP after three years as Research Associate at Canada’s Ecofiscal Commission. His training is in science (Bachelor’s in Environmental Science, Queen’s University) and public policy (Master’s in Public Policy, University of Calgary), and he possesses strong research and knowledge mobilisation experience in the public, private and civic sectors. Brendan has worked previously with Natural Resources Canada and ATCO and works on a volunteer basis as Policy Director for the Youth Climate Lab in Ottawa.
Blog post by Professor Mark Salter, Core Member and research lead of the ISSP Risk, Technology and Security cluster and Full Professor at the School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences.
Congratulations to Professor Lundy Lewis, 2019 Canada/US Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Science and Society at the ISSP, University of Ottawa, for receiving funding from Innovation Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) Accessible Technology Program.
The University of Ottawa’s Smart Voice Technology project will develop a series of ‘custom skills’ to use with the commercial voice-controlled Amazon Echo Dot. This solution will help users with cognitive and mental-health related disabilities to get online, add/delete/share items, perform other digital tasks and carry out knowledge-based jobs.
The ISSP is launching six new Research and Engagement Clusters.
The Science Advice cluster will be headed by Marc Saner, Inaugural Director and Core Member of the ISSP, as well as Full Professor at the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa.
