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Monday, May 14, 2012
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities: President of Israel and Governor General of Canada Preside over the Signing of a Formal Accord between the Royal Society of Canada and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Press Release – 14/5/2012

President of Israel and Governor General of Canada Preside over the Signing
of a Formal Accord between the Royal Society of Canada and the Israel
Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

The President of Israel, Shimon Peres, and His Excellency the Governor
General, David Lloyd Johnston, presided over a signing ceremony at Rideau
Hall to establish a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Royal
Society of Canada (RSC) and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
(IASH).

At the signing ceremony, President Prof. Yolande Grisé of the Royal Society
of Canada and President Ruth Arnon of the Israel Academy of Sciences and
Humanities celebrated the immediate action being taken in the spirit of the
understanding.

"This agreement with the Israel Academy, as well as the upcoming meeting of
scientists in the field of brain research, signal that our two institutions
believe in the principles of cooperation, but also in the necessity to see
programmes arise from those principles immediately" said President Yolande
Grisé of the RSC. "In its 130th year, the RSC is honored to undertake this
innovative project with our esteemed colleagues in Israel, whose
distinguished academicians are active partners in living the ideals of
knowledge, promotion of research, and cooperative projects espoused by
national academies around the world."

President Prof. Ruth Arnon of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
noted: "The achievements of Israeli researchers and their contributions to
innovation are well-recognized in Nobel Prizes and Gairdner Awards.
However, as an Academy in a small country, we see the great value of
relationships with scientists in other scientifically advanced countries
such as Canada. This agreement with the RSC will allow scientists of both
countries to collaborate and enhance scientific development on the global
stage, to the mutual benefit of both Israel and Canada."

The full text of the memorandum of understanding can be found on the website
of the Royal Society of Canada - www.rsc-src.ca - and on the website of the
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities - www.academy.ac.il .
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Founded in 1882, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) comprises the Academies
of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada. Its mission is to recognize
scholarly, research and artistic excellence, to advise governments and
organizations, and to promote a culture of knowledge and innovation in
Canada and with other national academies around the world.
Founded in November 1959, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities acts
as a national focal point for Israeli scholarship in both the natural
sciences and the humanities. Its mission is to cultivate and promote
scholarly and scientific excellence, to advise government, to maintain
contact with similar bodies abroad, and to publish writings calculated to
promote scholarship and science.

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