Mona Nemer

Canada's chief science adviser gave the government a road map on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, to wade through some of the murky and mysterious elements of long-COVID in an effort to offer people better treatment, starting with an admission that the disease even exists.

Chief science adviser Mona Nemer talks to Canada's National Observer about how her work changed dramatically with the pandemic and why it is important to continue paying for fundamental science to prepare for the next crisis.

Mona Nemer’s three-year term is coming to a close on Sept. 24, 2020, and the government is staying quiet as to what will happen to her office after her term expires.

While the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine in the near future would be ideal, other solutions to the pandemic it has caused might appear first, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in announcing more than $1 billion for medical research and testing to battle the virus.

Canada's chief science adviser admits her first year on the job was not exactly what she'd expected.

The policy comes at a time when facts and evidence are under increasing attack from governments such as the Trump administration.

The Ontario NDP candidate for Ottawa South said she's found that health care, education and community safety are the main issues — by a long shot — that people raise when she goes door-knocking in the riding.

Canada's school of public service says it has had “preliminary discussions in the field of evidence-informed decision making” with Canada’s chief science advisor, following a report on muzzling of government scientists.

Mona Nemer, the federal government's chief science advisor, has announced a plan to investigate what's going on in fish farms.

Chief Science Adviser Mona Nemer is just three weeks into her job and her office is mostly still empty, but she has big plans.

Canada's science minister says the Trudeau government has "time" to consider the future of government support to a critical Arctic research lab.