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Public Health president can’t answer what “decolonizing science” means

A senior health official struggled to explain the meaning of “decolonizing science” when pressed by Conservative MP Matt Strauss during a parliamentary committee meeting.

Clayton DeMaine
Oct 04, 2025
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A senior health official struggled to explain the meaning of “decolonizing science” when pressed by Conservative MP Matt Strauss during a parliamentary committee meeting, despite it being a core objective of the Public Health Agency of Canada.

PHAC released its strategy for 2024-25 to 2029-30 in December of last year. In it, the agency stated it was “str…

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