Marc Saner Explained

Marc Saner
Birth Name:	Marc Albert Saner
Birth Date:	1961
Alma Mater:	University of Basel, Carleton University
Occupation:	Professor, Advisor, Speaker, Author
Years Active:	1982-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]}

Education

Saner studied biology at the University of Basel, Switzerland (PhD, 1991) and philosophy at Carleton University, Canada (MA 1999).^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Career

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.^{[9] [10] [11]}

He served as a Director at the Institute on Governance from 2003-2006^[12] and as the Executive Vice-President and Director of Assessments at the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) from 2006-2007^{[13] [14]} and the Executive Director of the Regulatory Governance Initiative at the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University from 2008-2010.^{[15] [16]}

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.^{[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]}

He is currently a professor at the University of Ottawa, where he chairs the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics.^{[23] [24] [25]} He also serves part-time as Departmental Science Advisor to Natural Resources Canada.^[26]

Publications

Book chapters

• 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

• A Primer on Scientific Risk Assessment at Health Canada by Marc Saner (2010), Health Canada Catalogue number: H22-4/3-2010. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/migration/hc-sc/sr-sr/alt_formats/pdf/pubs/about-apropos/2010-scientif-ris-eng.pdf
• International Approaches to the Regulatory Governance of Nanotechnology by Jennifer Pelley and Marc Saner (2009), School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University. https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology/reports/reportpdf/report127.pdf
• A Primer for Scientists: Ethical Issues of Environmental Biotechnology Research by Marc Saner (2001), Environment Canada Catalogue number: En40-645/2001E-IN. http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/eccc/En40-645-2001-eng.pdf

Personal life

Marc Saner is married to Canadian artist Lorena Ziraldo.^[27] He holds a black belt in Taekwondo.^[28]

External links

• University of Ottawa
• Publications at Academia.edu

Notes and References

1. Web site: Saner, Marc, Chair, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Ottawa. issp.uottawa.ca. en. 2017-07-29.
2. Web site: Who we are Institute for Science, Society and Policy University of Ottawa. issp.uottawa.ca. en. 2017-07-29.
3. Web site: Marc Saner University of Ottawa Université d'Ottawa - Academia.edu. uottawa.academia.edu. en. 2017-07-29.
4. Web site: Marc Saner - Google Scholar Citations. scholar.google.ca. 2017-07-29.
5. 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 . en.
6. Web site: CAB Direct. www.cabdirect.org. en. 2017-07-29.
7. Web site: Suchergebnisse - Marc Saner. baselbern.swissbib.ch. de. 2017-07-29.
8. Web site: Environmental Ethics and Biotechnology: A Test of Norton's Convergence Hypothesis. Saner. Marc.
9. Web site: EC / INGSA Conference on Science and Policy Making (2016).
10. Web site: Marc Saner Canadian Science Policy Conference. cspc2013.ca. 2017-07-29.
11. News: Social Responsibility in Science From the Inside Out. 2017-03-08. AAAS - The World's Largest General Scientific Society. 2017-07-29. en.
12. Web site: Institute On Governance (IOG). www.nira.or.jp. 2017-07-29. 2011-07-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722184823/http://www.nira.or.jp/past/ice/nwdtt/2005/DAT/1055.html. dead.
13. Web site: History of the Creation of the Council of Canadian Academies. https://web.archive.org/web/20120403140554/https://www.scienceadvice.ca/uploads/eng/workshop%20report%20and%20history/(2009)%20history%20of%20the%20council%20of%20canadian%20academies.pdf. dead. 2012-04-03.
14. Web site: Research Money Inc. . 2023-07-18 . researchmoneyinc.com.
15. Web site: Nanotechnology policy and regulation timeline. 2010-04-30. 2020 Science. 2017-07-29.
16. Web site: Nanotechnology Policy and Regulation Timeline for Canada, US, Australia, UK, and Europe FrogHeart. www.frogheart.ca. 3 May 2010 . en-US. 2017-07-29.
17. News: À la croisée de la science et de la politique - Il est devenu possible de faire de la biotechnologie à la maison. 2011-09-17. Le Devoir. 2017-07-29. fr. 0319-0722.
18. News: Université d'Ottawa - Le futur est parmi nous. 2013-11-02. Le Devoir. 2017-07-29. fr. 0319-0722.
19. News: British scientists' advice welcomed by government, minister says. 2014-02-11. Ottawa Citizen. 2017-07-29. en-US.
20. News: Could WiFi in schools be harming our kids?. BUCK. NAOMI. 2014-05-11. 2017-07-29. en-ca.
21. News: Federal science hobbled by cuts and policies, poll says. CBC News. 2017-07-29. en.
22. Jones. Nicola. 2015-11-12. Canada creates science-minister post. Nature. en. 527. 7577. 146. 10.1038/nature.2015.18739. 26560279 . 2015Natur.527..146J . free.
23. Web site: uOttawa UNIWeb. Proximify. uniweb.uottawa.ca. en. 2017-07-29.
24. News: Anyone can make GMOs at home with kits from Canadian company. CBC News. 2017-07-29. en.
25. Web site: uOttawa UNIWeb. Proximify. uniweb.uottawa.ca. en. 2017-07-29.
26. Web site: Government of Canada . Innovation . Departmental Science Advisors Network - Science.gc.ca . 2022-06-10 . www.ic.gc.ca.
27. Web site: 2020-10-30 . Marc Saner auf Twitter: "Vernissage for new art by my lovely wife Lorena Ziraldo. She will be at Orange Gallery Saturday noon onwards" . 2024-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201030013913/https://twitter.com/MarcSaner/status/1321989927026962434 . 2020-10-30 .
28. Web site: BLACK BELTS . 2024-02-19 . C.E.T.F. . en.