The award includes a $50,000 stipend. Ms. Baylis is the first researcher from this university to receive this award.

I was really upset. I hadn’t expected that at all. I knew the university had applied for me, but I really had no ideasays Ms. Baylis during an interview granted to the show on Tuesday The Revival / Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labradorfrom the ICI Academy.

Françoise Baylis stands out as an influential speaker in the field of bioethics. She advocates the ethical application of scientific discoveries and technological advances.

Because I want us to consider the long-term consequences when developing new technologies and not just what we see as usefulexplains Francoise Baylis.

Researchers and the public are sometimes so excited about the positive aspects of discoveries and advances that they overlook the possible negative consequences for other people.

To improve politics

The Canada Council for the Arts says Ms. Baylis had a youthful aspiration to change the world. Nowadays, it’s much more about raising awareness among public decision-makers on certain issues, and it’s a collaborative effort.

So if I want to have an impact on politics here in Canada, I can’t do it alone because I have an idea and I think what I propose should be accepted. I have to convince others. You have to convince other people. I have to find a way to present the ideas in a way that other people can understand, accept and even push, so they can push those ideas.explains Francoise Baylis.

The researcher also takes into account the public interest in such initiatives.

I really believe that in a democracy it is important to look to the grassroots, that is to say to the population, to those who suffer the consequences of any policy, and to rely on others who have different abilities and are making progress can the goal that interests me.

With program information The revival / NS and NL