Environment Canada's science plan : Plan pour les sciences d'Environnement Canada : une stratégie pour les sciences à Environnement Canada

In November 2004, the Deputy Minister’s external Science and Technology Management Review Panel made two major recommendations to improve the planning and management of science at Environment Canada: the establishment of a Science and Technology Branch to strengthen the Department’s overall management of environmental science; and a commitment to long-term science planning in the Department to ens [...] The Mission The Science Plan sets out the following mission for Environment Canada’s science: To deliver the high-quality knowledge, information and data that enable the Minister, the Government, the Department and other decision makers to enhance the health and safety of Canadians, protect the quality of the natural environment, and advance Canada’s long-term competitiveness. [...] Using the Science Plan as Using the Science Plan as a a tool for engagement, the Department will mobilize the tool for engagement, the national and international science needed to provide Department will mobilize the solutions to important Canadian environmental issues. [...] Organization of the Science Plan The Science Plan consists of the following four elements: Mission for Environment Canada’s Science – a clear statement of what we want to achieve through the science activity of the Department, and how this mission reflects and supports the core roles and principles of federal science; Challenges and Opportunities – a review of where we are now and what the cur [...] The Mission for Environment Canada’s Science The Mission The Science Plan sets out the following mission for Environment Canada’s science: To deliver the high-quality knowledge, information and data that enable the Minister, the Government, the Department and other decision makers to enhance the health and safety of Canadians, protect the quality of the natural environment, and advance Canada’s lo