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Yves Gingras, member of the ISSP Advisory Committee, has been named an an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow, in recognition of their contributions to science and technology, scientific leadership and extraordinary achievements across disciplines.

Fulbright Canada Research Chairs, Dr. Korina Jocson, and Dr. Dee M. Williams were given an opportunity to share their experiences as Fulbright Canada Research Chairs at the University of Ottawa at a wonderful event hosted by the University of Ottawa on April 4, 2017.

Jacques Frémont, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ottawa, and Fulbright Canada CEO, Dr. Michael Hawes, attended and spoke about the ability of the partnership between Fulbright Canada and the University of Ottawa to enrich the researchers, the university community, and more broadly, help to foster cross-cultural idea exchange and collaboration. Dr. Monica Gattinger, Director of the Institute for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP), and Viviana Fernandez, Assistant Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Center (HRREC) also spoke, representing the two Research Centers where the chairs were hosted.

Former ISSP Director and Professor Marc Saner spoke on “How to Build a Culture of Safety” at the first-ever Canadian Do-It-Yourself Biology Summit on 16 March 2016, hosted by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Dr. Rees Kassen gave a presentation at The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) Conference on Science Advice and General Assembly 2016 in Hermanus, South Africa.

Wendell Wallach, who will be joining us in October 2015, is consultant, ethicist and scholar at Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics. He is also a scholar with the Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics (Arizona State University), a Fellow at the Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technology, and is a visiting scholar at The Hastings Center. He is also the author of several books and articles relating to technology and applied ethics, including most recently A Dangerous Master: How to Prevent Technology From Slipping Beyond Our Control.

Nigel Cameron, who will be joining us in March 2016 is President and CEO of the Center for Policy on Emerging Technologies (C-PET), a non-partisan Washington, DC think tank established in 2007 to encourage long-term thinking on the policy and broader social impacts of emerging technologies. Previously he was a Research Professor and Associate Dean at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, where he led projects focused on the social, business and policy impacts of developments in biotechnology and nanotechnology.

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