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Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

2022

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Protecting Expert Advice For The Public: Promoting Safety And Improved Communications, Julia M. Wright, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Amanda Clarke, Matthew Herder, Howard Ramos Jan 2022

Protecting Expert Advice For The Public: Promoting Safety And Improved Communications, Julia M. Wright, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Amanda Clarke, Matthew Herder, Howard Ramos

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The drivers of the harassment and intimidation of researchers are complex, widespread, and global in their reach and were being studied across many disciplines even before COVID-19. This policy briefing reviews some of the scholarship on this wide-ranging problem but focuses on what can be done to help ensure that Canadians fully benefit from the work of Canada’s researchers while also preserving the security and safety of those researchers. It identifies policies and actions that can be implemented in the near term to gather information on the problem, better frame public research communications, and ensure that mechanisms are readily available …