The Science Council of Canada (SCC) was a Canadian governmental advisory board existing from 1966 to 1993. It originally had 25 scientists and senior civil servants, later expanded to 40 natural and physical scientists, with the civil servants removed. It published a number of reports on various topics, according to the agendas of the individuals on the SCC. An archive of the reports is maintained by the

Institute for Science, Society and Policy The Institute for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP) is a multi-disciplinary unit at the University of Ottawa, Canada. It has a teaching, research and outreach mandate in the fields of science, technology and society. History The ISSP was fou ...

at the

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. The SCC served, to some extent, similar functions as the former

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(PSAC) and the

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(OTA) in the

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Chairmen

Omond Solandt Omond McKillop Solandt, (September 25, 1909 – May 12, 1993) was a Canadian scientist who was the first Chairman of the Canadian Defence Research Board. Early life Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he graduated in medicine from the University of T ...

Roger Gaudry Roger Gaudry, (December 15, 1913 – October 7, 2001) was a Canadian chemist, businessman, corporate director, and rector of the Université de Montréal. Early life and education Born in Quebec City, Quebec, he received a Bachelor of Scien ...

Josef Kates Josef Kates, born ''Josef Katz'', (May 5, 1921 in Canada, – June 16, 2018) was a Canadian engineer whose achievements include designing the first digital game-playing machine, and the world's first automated traffic signalling system.Engelmann, ...

Claude Fortier Claude Fortier (June 11, 1921 – April 22, 1986) was a Canadian physiologist and expert on the pituitary gland. From 1974 to 1975, he was the president of the Royal Society of Canada. Honours * In 1970, he was made a Companion of the Order o ...

, Stuart Lyon Smith,

Geraldine Kenney-Wallace Geraldine may refer to: People * Geraldine (name), the feminine form of the first name Gerald, with list of people thus named. * The Geraldines, Irish dynasty descended from the Anglo-Norman Gerald FitzWalter de Windsor * Geraldine of Albania, th ...

, Janet Halliwell.

External links

Archive of SCC ReportsAlternative Archive

References

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