Speaking of SSHRC, is there anyone who has written about 
or done research on funding trends for social/public 
policy research in Canada?

In 2006 when the Conservatives announced 1 billion in cuts 
including cuts affecting social/public policy research, we 
did a piece identifying some of those areas: 
 http://www.socialplanningtoronto.org/CSPC-T%20Reports/Faces%20of%20the%20Cuts.pdf 
 With respect to research, they changed the terms and 
conditions for the Women's Program under Status of Women 
Canada, disallowing funding for research, advocacy and 
lobbying.  They also cut funds to the Social Development 
Partnerships Program, Canadian Social Research Networks, 
and Law Commission of Canada, all affecting research.

I would be grateful to hear from anyone aware of other 
research on funding trends for social/policy research or 
who is following these trends closely.

Thanks,
Beth Wilson
Senior Researcher
Community Social Planning Council of Toronto
2 Carlton Street, Suite 1001
Toronto, Ontario
M5B 1J3
Tel: (416) 351-0095 x257
Fax: (416) 351-0107

On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:36:00 -0500
  Dennis Raphael <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Friends - I note with some alarm the last sentence of the 
>major paragraph 
> from
> the Proposed Budget text below. 
> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
> 
> In the conservative budget, scholarships granted by the 
>Social Sciences 
> and
> Humanities Research Council in 2009-2010 and 2009-2011 
>will be focused on
> business-related degrees!!! (CHECK THE LINK)
> 
> Please distribute widely, especially to Graduate 
>Students in Arts, 
> Department
> Chairs and Deans of Arts. Ask them to contact Chad 
>Gaffield the President 
> of
> SSHRC and their MPs before the budget is passed.
> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
> 
> http://www.budget.gc.ca/2009/plan/bpc3b-eng.asp#18 
> 
>Further Developing a Highly Skilled Workforce
> 
> Canada's ability to prosper in today's global, 
>innovation-driven economy
> ultimately depends on the skills, knowledge and 
>creativity of Canadians.
>Further developing a highly skilled workforce and 
>ensuring that this 
> talent is
> well applied is a priority.
> 
> Budget 2009 builds on investments made in the previous 
>two budgets by 
> providing
> an additional $87.5 million over three years, starting 
>in 2009?10, to the
> federal granting councils. This funding will temporarily 
>expand the Canada
> Graduate Scholarships program, which supports Canada's 
>top graduate 
> students.
> This includes $35 million for each of the Natural 
>Sciences and Engineering
> Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Institutes 
>of Health Research, 
> and
> $17.5 million for the Social Sciences and Humanities 
>Research Council. 
> These
> funds will provide for an additional 500 doctoral 
>scholarships, valued at
> $35,000 each per year for three years beginning in 
>2009?10, and an 
> additional
> 1,000 master's scholarships, valued at $17,500 each for 
>one year, in both
> 2009?10 and 2010?11. Scholarships granted by the Social 
>Sciences and 
> Humanities
> Research Council will be focussed on business-related 
>degrees.
> 
> Budget 2009 also provides an additional $3.5 million 
>over two years to 
> offer an
> additional 600 graduate internships in science and 
>business, through the
> Industrial Research and Development Internship program 
>launched in Budget 
> 2007.
> 
> 
> 
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