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Marc Saner
Marc Saner in 2020
Born
Marc Albert Saner

1961
Alma materUniversity of Basel, Carleton University
Occupation(s)Professor, Advisor, Speaker, Author
Years active1982-present

Marc Saner (born 1961) is a Full Professor at the University of Ottawa, Canada and Departmental Science Advisor to Natural Resources Canada.[1][2][3][4][5]

Education

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Saner studied biology at the University of Basel, Switzerland (PhD, 1991) and philosophy at Carleton University, Canada (MA 1999).[6][7][8][9]

Career

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Upon completion of his doctorate, he served as a regulatory scientist at the Pest Management Regulatory Agency. He then obtained a graduate degree in philosophy and became the Managing Director of the Ethics and Policy Issues Centre (EPIC) at Carleton University.[10][11][12]

He served as a Director at the Institute on Governance from 2003-2006[13] and as the Executive Vice-President and Director of Assessments at the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) from 2006-2007[14][15] and the Executive Director of the Regulatory Governance Initiative at the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University from 2008-2010.[16][17]

In 2010, Marc Saner became the Inaugural Director of the Institute for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP) at the University of Ottawa. He developed the ISSP from 2010-2015 and established a network of fellows, advisors and faculty, as well as the institute's first graduate program.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

He is currently a professor at the University of Ottawa, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics.[25][26][27] He also serves part-time as Departmental Science Advisor to Natural Resources Canada.[5]

Publications

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Book chapters

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  • Saner M. (2013) The Role of Adaptation in the Governance of Emerging Technologies in Marchant, G. E., Abbott, K. W., and Allenby, B. (eds.), Innovative Governance Models for Emerging Technologies, (Edward Elgar Publishing, Northampton, MA), pp. 92–107.
  • Saner M. & Geelen J. (2012) Identity in a Technological Society: Governance Implications, Chapter 37 in Luppicini, Rocci (ed.), Handbook of Research on Technoself: Identity in a Technological Society, (IGI Global, Hershey, PA, 2012), pp. 720–741.
  • Saner M. (2008) Ethics, Governance and Regulation and the Environmental Aspects of Aquaculture in Culver, Keith and David Castle (eds.), Aquaculture, Innovation and Social Transformation (Springer, International Library of Environmental, Agricultural, and Food Ethics Vol. 17), pp. 115–121.
  • Saner M., D.R. Clements, M.R. Hall, D.J. Doohan & C.W. Crompton (2005). The Biology of Canadian weeds. 105. Linaria vulgaris Mill. in P.B. Cavers (ed.), The Biology of Canadian Weeds (The Agricultural Institute of Ottawa), Vol. 5. pp. 16-29.
  • Saner M. (2002). Real and Metaphorical Moral Limits in the Biotechnology Debate in Ruse, M. and David Castle (eds.), Genetically Modified Foods (Prometheus Books, New York), pp. 77-79.

Monographs

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  • A Primer on Scientific Risk Assessment at Health Canada by Marc Saner (2010), Health Canada Catalogue number: H22-4/3-2010. [1] ISBN 978-1-100-15377-3
  • International Approaches to the Regulatory Governance of Nanotechnology by Jennifer Pelley and Marc Saner (2009), School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University. [2] ISBN 978-0-7709-0530-9
  • A Primer for Scientists: Ethical Issues of Environmental Biotechnology Research by Marc Saner (2001), Environment Canada Catalogue number: En40-645/2001E-IN. [3] ISBN 0-662-31136-1

Personal life

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Marc Saner is married to Canadian artist Lorena Ziraldo.[28] He holds a black belt in Taekwondo.[29]

References

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  1. ^ "Saner, Marc, Chair, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Ottawa". issp.uottawa.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  2. ^ "Who we are | Institute for Science, Society and Policy | University of Ottawa". issp.uottawa.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  3. ^ "Marc Saner | University of Ottawa | Université d'Ottawa - Academia.edu". uottawa.academia.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  4. ^ "Marc Saner - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  5. ^ a b Government of Canada, Innovation. "Departmental Science Advisors Network - Science.gc.ca". www.ic.gc.ca. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  6. ^ Saner, Marc. "(1991) Interactions of Linaria vulgaris Mill. and L. dalmatica (L.) Mill. (Scrophulariaceae) with Insect Herbivores [PhD Biology]". PhD Thesis, University of Basel, Switzerland.
  7. ^ "CAB Direct". www.cabdirect.org. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  8. ^ "Suchergebnisse - Marc Saner". baselbern.swissbib.ch (in German). Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  9. ^ Saner, Marc. "Environmental Ethics and Biotechnology: A Test of Norton's Convergence Hypothesis" (PDF).
  10. ^ "EC / INGSA Conference on Science and Policy Making (2016)" (PDF).
  11. ^ "Marc Saner | Canadian Science Policy Conference". cspc2013.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  12. ^ "Social Responsibility in Science From the Inside Out". AAAS - The World's Largest General Scientific Society. 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  13. ^ "Institute On Governance (IOG)". www.nira.or.jp. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  14. ^ "History of the Creation of the Council of Canadian Academies" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-03.
  15. ^ "Research Money Inc". researchmoneyinc.com. Retrieved 2023-07-18.
  16. ^ "Nanotechnology policy and regulation timeline". 2020 Science. 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  17. ^ "Nanotechnology Policy and Regulation Timeline for Canada, US, Australia, UK, and Europe | FrogHeart". www.frogheart.ca. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  18. ^ "À la croisée de la science et de la politique - Il est devenu possible de faire de la biotechnologie à la maison". Le Devoir (in French). 2011-09-17. ISSN 0319-0722. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  19. ^ "Université d'Ottawa - Le futur est parmi nous". Le Devoir (in French). 2013-11-02. ISSN 0319-0722. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  20. ^ "British scientists' advice welcomed by government, minister says". Ottawa Citizen. 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  21. ^ The Agenda with Steve Paikin (2012-03-16), The Coming of Techno-Politics, retrieved 2017-07-29
  22. ^ BUCK, NAOMI (2014-05-11). "Could WiFi in schools be harming our kids?". Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  23. ^ "Federal science hobbled by cuts and policies, poll says". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  24. ^ Jones, Nicola (2015-11-12). "Canada creates science-minister post". Nature. 527 (7577): 146. Bibcode:2015Natur.527..146J. doi:10.1038/nature.2015.18739. PMID 26560279.
  25. ^ Proximify. "uOttawa UNIWeb". uniweb.uottawa.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  26. ^ "Anyone can make GMOs at home with kits from Canadian company". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  27. ^ Proximify. "uOttawa UNIWeb". uniweb.uottawa.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  28. ^ "Marc Saner auf Twitter: "Vernissage for new art by my lovely wife Lorena Ziraldo. She will be at Orange Gallery Saturday noon onwards"". 2020-10-30. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
  29. ^ "BLACK BELTS". C.E.T.F. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
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