The Science Council of Canada (SCC) was a Canadian governmental

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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 at the

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. The SCC served, to some extent, similar functions as the former President's Scientific Advisory Committee (PSAC) and the

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(OTA) in the

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Chairs

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 ...

, Roger Gaudry,

Josef Kates Josef Kates, born ''Josef Katz'', (May 5, 1921 – 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, Frederick ...

, Claude Fortier,

Stuart Lyon Smith Stuart Lyon Smith (May 7, 1938 – June 10, 2020) was a politician, psychiatrist, academic and public servant in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1982, and led the Ontario Liberal Party for most of ...

, Geraldine Kenney-Wallace, Janet Halliwell.

External links

Archive of SCC ReportsAlternative Archive

References

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