Comments for Jo VanEvery

Comment on Making sense of the cuts by Speculative Diction | See no evil: policy-based evidence in Canadian higher ed | University Affairs

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:17:10 +0000

[...] to some kinds of knowledge is also a means of exercising power. As Jo VanEvery pointed out in her blog, the Conservative government isn’t stupid. But for me that’s the frightening part — if [...]

Comment on Implications of Federal Budget for SSHRC by Speculative Diction | A national strategy for Canadian education (…again)? | University Affairs

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:50:59 +0000

[...] this kind of arrangement could bring more clout to the federal government. If we consider what’s happening at the Tri-Councils right now, then the long-desired accountability seems to fit plausibly into a larger context of [...]

Comment on What the delay to SSHRC Insight results might mean by Call your VP-Research before Friday the 13th at the Tri-council! | Piece of Mind

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 01:13:38 +0000

[...] core programs to much less developed SSHRC academic-business partnerships will be painful. This may explain why they are not releasing the results of the “Insight” competition until [...]

Comment on Implications of Federal Budget for SSHRC by Call your VP-Research before Friday the 13th at the Tri-council! | Piece of Mind

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:33:21 +0000

[...] now in these abbreviated versions. I have already written about some of NSERC’s challenges. Jo VanEvery has also described the broader implications on the Tri-council of the 2012 budget, with her expert emphasis on [...]

Comment on What the delay to SSHRC Insight results might mean by Practical implications of this year’s Insight results delay | Jo VanEvery

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:49:06 +0000

[...] missed something in my earlier post about the what the delay in communicating the results of the SSHRC Insight competition might mean [...]