Kirsty Duncan: Scientists must be free to learn, to speak and to challenge
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Kirsty Duncan works for all Canadians to nurture science in Canada and encourages people of all ages to have inquisitive minds. Full bio
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that grows on rocks.
que cresce nas rochas.
for that algae is rock snot,
para essa alga é ranho de rocha,
Didymosphenia geminata
de "didymosphenia geminata"
has been sliming up riverbeds
foi preenchendo o leito de rios
em contato com ele
wasn't allowed to speak to the reporter,
permissão para falar com o repórter,
wouldn't let him.
may have been responsible
poderiam ter sido responsáveis
climate change information, right?
sobre mudança climática, certo?
is suppressed for all sorts of reasons.
são suprimidas por vários motivos.
when I was a university professor.
quando era professora universitária.
of international climate agreements
de acordos internacionais sobre o clima
and the Paris Accord,
e o Acordo de Paris,
to meet its emissions reduction targets.
de suas metas de redução de emissões.
information that's being stifled.
sobre a mudança climática
are obscured by alternate facts,
são obscurecidas por fatos alternativos,
formas de supressão.
depends on discovery,
depende de descobertas,
to undertake their work,
para realizar o seu trabalho,
com outros cientistas,
at uncovering the truth
para descobrirmos a verdade
of our collective knowledge.
do nosso conhecimento coletivo.
para explorar tópicos
the thinking of the day
o raciocínio atual
para apresentar verdades
or inconvenient truths,
push boundaries
superam os limites
what science is all about.
que a ciência significa.
teaches us something.
nos ensina alguma coisa.
is through one of my own adventures.
é através de uma das minhas aventuras.
to take you back in time.
levar vocês de volta no tempo.
are roommates in southern Ontario.
no sul de Ontário.
of the Spanish flu pandemic,
da pandemia da gripe espanhola,
they head for home and for bed.
elas vão para casa e vão dormir.
aos meus 20 e poucos anos
esses fatos chocantes,
wanted to know why and how.
queria saber por que e como.
to a frozen land
a uma terra congelada,
of the 1918 Spanish flu.
da gripe espanhola de 1918.
one of history's deadliest diseases.
mais mortais da história.
criar uma vacina contra a gripe
in the Arctic Ocean.
Norway and the North Pole.
a Noruega e o Polo Norte.
and were buried in the permafrost
e enterrados no pergelissolo,
would preserve the body and the virus.
teria preservado os corpos e o vírus.
that spectacular Hollywood ending.
aquele final espetacular de Hollywood.
protocolos de segurança
and the nearby community.
e a comunidade vizinha ao local.
importantes para a ciência
and knowledge of others,
e conhecimento de outros,
daqueles que vieram antes,
to report their findings.
relatar suas descobertas.
started to improve in Canada in 2015.
passou a melhorar no Canadá
to my time as a professor.
a minha época como professora.
and industries around the world
governos e indústrias em todo o mundo
sobre as mudanças climáticas.
twist scientific fact for partisan gain?
fatos científicos para ganho partidário?
appalled by politics would do:
chocada com a política faria:
um cargo político e ganhei.
for the freedom of science.
pela liberdade da ciência.
I came from the world under attack,
e vinha de um mundo sob ataque,
for those who were being silenced.
que estavam sendo silenciados.
that scientists were nervous,
que os cientistas estavam nervosos,
a friend of mine,
were having on his research
estavam tendo sobre a pesquisa dele
deteriorating in Canada.
se deteriorando no Canadá.
a phone call could be traced.
pudesse ser rastreado.
his wife's cell phone
para o celular da esposa dele
in Canada into sharp focus for me.
do que estava acontecendo no Canadá.
be that afraid to talk to me?
poderia ter tanto receio de falar comigo?
o que fiquei sabendo
in all things environment, science,
sobre meio ambiente, ciência,
of Canada, Justin Trudeau.
do Canadá, Justin Trudeau.
as his Minister of Science.
ser ministra da Ciência.
science to its rightful place.
restaurar a ciência ao seu devido lugar.
in December 2015
em dezembro de 2015,
to back up those words with actions.
essas palavras com ações.
essa cultura de mudança.
to talk to the media, talk to the public.
falando com a mídia e com o público.
mas estamos comprometidos.
as a beacon for science internationally.
para a ciência internacionalmente.
with something so fundamental,
com algo tão fundamental
suppressed or attacked,
suprimida ou atacada,
are being silenced, speak up.
sendo silenciados, denunciem.
aos nossos líderes,
by exercising our right to vote,
an op-ed in a newspaper
on social media,
nas redes sociais.
that will ensure the freedom of science.
a liberdade da ciência.
brighter, bolder future for us all.
mais promissor e arrojado para todos nós.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kirsty Duncan - Politician, scientistKirsty Duncan works for all Canadians to nurture science in Canada and encourages people of all ages to have inquisitive minds.
Why you should listen
Kirsty Duncan is the Minister of Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities for the Government of Canada. As a member of Parliament, she has been the voice on Parliament Hill for the citizens of Etobicoke-North since 2008. Duncan has also been a driving force for putting science front and center in the federal government's agenda. She is committed to strengthening science and evidence-based decision making and fostering a culture of curiosity in Canada. And she is taking action to improve equity, diversity and youth participation in Canada’s research community.
Duncan is a medical geographer who led an expedition to remote Svalbard, Norway, to search for the cause of the Spanish Flu, the deadliest of flu pandemics, which has killed upwards of 50 million people worldwide. She is internationally recognized as a leading expert in pandemic influenza and environmental change and its impact on human health. As a fierce defender of the environment, Duncan contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an organization which, jointly with Al Gore, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Prior to entering politics in 2008, Duncan was an associate professor at the University of Toronto and the University of Windsor.
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