Federal budget and research funding
Federal budget consultation submissions and budget analysis
Pre-budget submission 2019:
Response to Federal Budget 2018
- Media release: Budget strengthens social sciences and humanities after decade of underinvestment
- Briefing note for members
Pre-budget submission 2018:
- Key messages for Budget 2018
- Budget 2018 Consultations: Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
- Seizing the opportunity of the Science Review: Key messages for the HSS community
- Presentation to the Standing Committee on Finance
Response to Federal Budget 2017:
- Media release: Budget 2017 focuses on skills, talent and innovation
- Briefing note for members of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Federation blog post
Pre-budget submission 2017:
- Budget 2017 Consultations: Submissions to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance
- Federation blog post
Response to Federal Budget 2016:
- Media release: Federation applauds largest annual increase in discovery research in 10 years
- Briefing note for members of the Federatin for the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Federation blog post
Canada's Fundamental Science Review
In June 2016, Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan launched an independent review of federal funding for fundamental science. In April 2017 the review’s advisory panel published their recommendations, after a nation-wide consultation process. The Federation helped to inform the panel’s recommendations and is encouraging the Government of Canada to act on its findings.
Federation welcomes the Science Review panel’s report
- Seizing the opportunity of the Science Review: Key messages for the HSS community (Aug 15, 2017)
- Briefing note for members – Investing in Canada: The report of the Advisory Panel on Federal Support for Fundamental Science (Apr 20, 2017)
- Federation media release: Fundamental Science Panel sets bold vision for Canadian research system (Apr 10, 2017)
Federation submission to the 2016 Science Review consultation
- Federation submission: Grasping the complexity of things: Building a federal research system to serve all Canadians (Sep 30, 2016)
Science Review media coverage and commentary
- Column by Michèle Lamont in Policy Options: Canada can fill the research gap
- Collection of articles compiled by Universities Canada
- Collection of articles compiled by the Canadian Science Policy Centre
Partner resources
- Universities Canada advocacy resources and key messages: A call to action
- Canadian Association of University Teachers advocacy: "Get Science Right”
- Evidence for Democracy letter-writing campaign: Rebuilding research for all Canadians
- Science and Policy Exchange campaign: #Students4theReport
- Twitter campaign: #supportthereport
- Official Science Review website: sciencereview.ca