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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

💡 Ready to get started? Join a channel today & help us advance support for Canada’s research community!

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Whether interested in our subcommittees or just want to be learn more about Support Our Science's vision. Join our slack channel, stay informed! ✍️ Writing Subcommittee – Help draft parliamentary s...

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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

Each subcommittee has its own Slack channel → follow along & contribute when you can. ✅ Flexible involvement. ✅ Real impact.

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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

✍️ Writing Subcommittee → draft parliamentary submissions, op-eds & more.
🤝 Community Outreach → connect with students & postdocs across Canada.
🏛️ Government Relations → engage directly with MPs & officials.

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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Sep 7

🚨 Looking to get more involved with @SupportOurSci?

We’ve launched 3 new subcommittees so you can help strengthen our advocacy for the research community. 🧵

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Stephen Holland @stephenholland.bsky.social · Sep 3

We’ve submitted our pre-budget consultation last week. SOS will continue to be that force for graduate students, post-docs and researchers in 🇨🇦.

Tell us what you think of our plan 👇🏻

Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 Support Our Science has submitted recommendations to the federal pre-budget consultations.
Canada must invest in the next generation of researchers to secure our future in innovation, health, and economic resilience. #SupportOurScience
📄 Full recs: drive.google.com/file/d/1rV7I...

SOS - August 2025 - Federal Government - Pre-Budget Submission.pdf

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Dr. Andrea Wishart @wishartae.bsky.social · Sep 5

@supportourscience.bsky.social is going strong standing up for early career researchers in 🇨🇦. Reach out if you'd like to get involved!

Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 Support Our Science has submitted recommendations to the federal pre-budget consultations.
Canada must invest in the next generation of researchers to secure our future in innovation, health, and economic resilience. #SupportOurScience
📄 Full recs: drive.google.com/file/d/1rV7I...

SOS - August 2025 - Federal Government - Pre-Budget Submission.pdf

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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Sep 2

National Stipend
✅ Create a national minimum net stipend and increase research grants to sustain it.

Graduate students & postdocs deserve fair, stable support.
Investing in researchers = investing in Canada’s future

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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Sep 2

Embedding support in research grants:
✅ Embed trainee support as an evaluation criterion in Tri-Council research grants.
Because research excellence depends on supporting the people who do the work.

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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Sep 2

Tri-Council & Inflation
✅ Advance Budget 2024 Tri-Council grant increases by 1 year to attract top talent.
✅ Index grad scholarships & postdoc fellowships to inflation.
Canada risks losing researchers if support doesn’t keep pace

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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Sep 2

Funding Protection:
✅ Protect research grants, scholarships, and fellowships from government-wide spending reviews.
Cuts to research are cuts to Canada’s future.

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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our primary ask: The Government of Canada must exempt Tri-Agency base research grants, CRTAS
scholarships and fellowships, and trainee funding from the current spending-review reductions, and recommit
to fully implementing Budget 2024 research investments.

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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Sep 2

📢 Support Our Science has submitted recommendations to the federal pre-budget consultations.
Canada must invest in the next generation of researchers to secure our future in innovation, health, and economic resilience. #SupportOurScience
📄 Full recs: drive.google.com/file/d/1rV7I...

SOS - August 2025 - Federal Government - Pre-Budget Submission.pdf

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Evidence for Democracy @e4dca.bsky.social · Aug 5

@supportourscience.bsky.social has called on the federal government to protect funding for researchers across Canada.

We support their message. Canada’s research community deserves meaningful investment and strong leadership.

Read more: www.supportourscience.ca/letterofconc...

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Brian Owens @scibri.com · Aug 7

Carney is planing 15% budget cuts across most of government. @supportourscience.bsky.social and @u15ca.bsky.social worry what that would do to a research system that is already lagging behind other countries. My story for @science.org 🧪

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Canada plans a 15% budget cut. Scientists are alarmed

Cuts could erase promised boost, researchers fear

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Dr. Andrea Wishart @wishartae.bsky.social · Aug 7

@supportourscience.bsky.social's letter of concern covered in @science.org's News today #cdnpoli #cdnsci

Brian Owens @scibri.com · Aug 7

Carney is planing 15% budget cuts across most of government. @supportourscience.bsky.social and @u15ca.bsky.social worry what that would do to a research system that is already lagging behind other countries. My story for @science.org 🧪

www.science.org/content/arti...

Canada plans a 15% budget cut. Scientists are alarmed

Cuts could erase promised boost, researchers fear

www.science.org

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Dr. Andrea Wishart @wishartae.bsky.social · Aug 7

Read @supportourscience.bsky.social's letter, sent to Prime Minister Carney and Ministers Joly and Champagne

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Letter of Concern | Support Our Science

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Marc Johnson (he/him) @evoecolab.bsky.social · Aug 13

Shocking development: PM Carney plans to cut Science funding by 15%, which would eliminate most of the planned investments the govt just made last year and set Canada further back: www.science.org/content/arti... #SupportOurScience @supportourscience.bsky.social

Canada plans a 15% budget cut. Scientists are alarmed

Cuts could erase promised boost, researchers fear

www.science.org

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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Aug 5

Support Our Science a transmis une lettre de préoccupation aux dirigeants du pays.

Nous demandons au gouvernement de protéger la recherche, les bourses, et l’avenir scientifique du Canada.

Lettre complète : www.supportourscience.ca

#SupportOurScience #Cdnpoli

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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Aug 5

Support Our Science has sent a formal letter of concern to Canada’s leaders.
We’re calling on the PM and ministers to protect research, scholarships, and the future of discovery.

Full letter: www.supportourscience.ca

#SupportOurScience #cdnpoli #STEMCanada

Home | Support Our Science

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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Aug 4

🎉 Join us in congratulating Thomas Bailey (Executive Director) & Stephen Holland (Deputy Director) of Support Our Science! Both are PhD students & long-time advocates for grad students/post-docs, science funding & policy reform. Here’s to strong leadership ahead! 💪 #cdnpoli #SupportOurScience

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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Jul 22

TONIGHT

Join us at 6pm Eastern today, July 22, for our 2025 Town Hall. We want to hear from you!

Click the Join Event button at this link to RSVP and let us know what you'd like to see SOS prioritize www.supportourscience.ca/action-2025

Take Action | 2025

SOS continues to advocate for graduate student researchers and post doctoral scholars with new asks in 2025.

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Andy Fraass @fraass.bsky.social · May 22

🚨 New Paper 🚨
Coauthors and I just published our work in PLOS One on Canadian graduate funding. We found that Canadian graduate funding falls _well_ below cost of living.
On average, $10kCAD below cost of living.

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Evidence for Democracy @e4dca.bsky.social · Apr 29

The results are in: 🇨🇦 As the Liberal Party forms the next government, we at Evidence for Democracy are calling for urgent action to strengthen science, research, and evidence-informed policymaking.

We welcome their commitments—but now it's time to deliver.

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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Apr 28

Who's committed to evidence-informed leadership?

Follow this link from @e4dca.bsky.social to see which candidates have signed the Science Pledge.

#VoteScience #cdnpoli #Elxn45
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Tracking Science Champions: Who’s Committed to Evidence-Informed Leadership? - Evidence For Democracy

Science plays a critical role in shaping policies that impact our daily lives—from healthcare and environmental protection to economic growth […]

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Support Our Science @supportourscience.bsky.social · Apr 10

At Support Our Science, we know that engagement can make a difference.

Why?

Because together we turned the tide on two decades of stagnant scholarship values! We had a big win with the investments in Budget 2024 because we made our voice heard.

#VoteScience evidencefordemocracy.ca/vote-science/

Vote Science - Evidence For Democracy

Vote Science Let’s make science a priority this federal election! The 45th federal election is here, and now is the […]

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