Kirsty Duncan: Scientists must be free to learn, to speak and to challenge
كريستي دونكان: يجب أن يكون العلماء أحرارًا للتعلم، الحديث والتحدي
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.
التي تنمو فوق الصخور.
for that algae is rock snot,
هي مخاط الصخور
Didymosphenia geminata
(ديدوسفينيا جيميناتا)
has been sliming up riverbeds
في مجاري الأنهار
wasn't allowed to speak to the reporter,
بالتحدث للصحفي،
wouldn't let him.
may have been responsible
climate change information, right?
عن تغير المناخ؟
is suppressed for all sorts of reasons.
لعدة أنواع من الأسباب.
when I was a university professor.
أستاذة جامعية.
of international climate agreements
من اتفاقيات المناخ الدولية
and the Paris Accord,
to meet its emissions reduction targets.
الإيفاء بالتزاماتها بخفض انبعاتاتها
information that's being stifled.
عن تغير المناخ تم إخفائها.
are obscured by alternate facts,
محجوبة بحقائق بديلة،
depends on discovery,
to undertake their work,
at uncovering the truth
of our collective knowledge.
التي تتزايد هي الأخرى.
the thinking of the day
في طريقة تفكيرنا،
or inconvenient truths,
push boundaries
what science is all about.
هو ما يدور حوله العلم.
teaches us something.
is through one of my own adventures.
واحدة من مغامراتي الخاصة.
to take you back in time.
are roommates in southern Ontario.
of the Spanish flu pandemic,
وباء الإنفلونزا الإسبانية،
they head for home and for bed.
wanted to know why and how.
لماذا وكيف.
to a frozen land
of the 1918 Spanish flu.
one of history's deadliest diseases.
ضد أحد أكثر الأمراض فتكًا في التاريخ.
in the Arctic Ocean.
في المحيط المتجمد الشمالي.
Norway and the North Pole.
النرويج والقطب الشمالي.
and were buried in the permafrost
ودفنوا في الجليد
would preserve the body and the virus.
الجسم والفيروس.
that spectacular Hollywood ending.
كما في الأفلام،
and the nearby community.
and knowledge of others,
to report their findings.
التي توصلوا إليها.
عام 2015.
started to improve in Canada in 2015.
to my time as a professor.
and industries around the world
والمصنعين في جميع أنحاء العالم
twist scientific fact for partisan gain?
لتحقيق مكاسب حزبية؟
appalled by politics would do:
أي ممن أرعبتهم السياسة:
for the freedom of science.
من أجل حرية العلم.
I came from the world under attack,
جئت من عالم يتعرض للهجوم،
for those who were being silenced.
لأولئك الذين يتم إسكاتهم.
that scientists were nervous,
a friend of mine,
were having on his research
deteriorating in Canada.
a phone call could be traced.
his wife's cell phone
in Canada into sharp focus for me.
ما كان يحدث في كندا.
be that afraid to talk to me?
يخشى أن يتحدث معي؟
in all things environment, science,
أمور البيئة والعلوم،
of Canada, Justin Trudeau.
as his Minister of Science.
science to its rightful place.
in December 2015
to back up those words with actions.
to talk to the media, talk to the public.
لوسائل الإعلام وأمام الجمهور.
as a beacon for science internationally.
with something so fundamental,
suppressed or attacked,
تقمع، أو تهاجم
are being silenced, speak up.
by exercising our right to vote,
حقنا في التصويت،
an op-ed in a newspaper
كتابة افتتاحية في صحيفة
on social media,
that will ensure the freedom of science.
brighter, bolder future for us all.
وجرأةً بالنسبة لنا جميعا.
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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