Research is essential to the health, prosperity and security of Canada. Canadian researchers have a long history of achievement. Investment in researchers, postdocs and grad students means new discoveries-treatments, climate solutions, technologies, and a better future for all.

On #WomenInScience Day, we celebrate trailblazers! Women who choose #STEM, share their perspectives and stories, uncover history, fight for equality and their rightful place in #science, and inspire ideas and research to achieve what we cannot yet imagine. Women who dare.

We are a country of discoverers, explorers and innovators. We have a long history of research achievement, including double lung transplants, insulin, pacemakers, and stem cells. Time to invest in researchers, postdocs and grad students to build a better future for Canadians.

While research is fundamental to improving human health, our environment, economy, and future, investment in research continues to be treated as a “nice to have” by successive governments. Research requires sustained investment, especially as other countries ramp up funding.

Thinking of graduate students and postdocs who are working hard this time of year, and indeed all year round. I want you to know that I see you, hear you, and I see your creativity, intelligence, and incredible potential. It’s time to invest in research and future researchers.