Monday, December 1, 2008

Canadian universities may curtail hiring, scholarships

Losses in endowment and pension funds from economic slide put pressure on universities
Dec 1, 2008
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/2008/12/01/schools-may-curtail-hiring-scholarships.aspx
The awards brand Canada as a destination for top-flight students, but can they meet their potential to attract international students in short term?
Dec 1, 2008
Peggy Berkowitz
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/2008/12/01/vanier-scholarships-challenged-by-tight-deadlines.aspx
Dec 1, 2008
Stephen Strauss
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/25/f-strauss-pigmentproject.html
Dec 1, 2008
Simon Sturdee and Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/science/story.html?id=1017092
Dec 1, 2008
Louis Charbonneau
Reuters
http://www.canada.com/topics/bodyandhealth/story.html?id=1018054
Dec 1, 2008
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1017907
Dec 1, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/01/fda-report.html
Dec 1, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/01/candu-greenpeace-report.html
Dec 1, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/01/peel-river.html
Dec 1, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/12/01/caribou-decline.html
Dec 1, 2008
Claudia Cattaneo
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=1018105
Dec 1, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081201.whealth1201/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Dec 1, 2008
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/546219
Dec 1, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/01/stroke-care.html
Dec 1, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/12/01/ovarian-cancer.html
Dec 1, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081201/food_crunch_081201/20081201?hub=SciTech
Dec 1, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081201/aids_crisis_081201/20081201?hub=Health
Dec 1, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081201/flu_shots_081201/20081201?hub=Health
Nov 30, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081130/swiss_heroin_081130/20081130?hub=Health
Nov 30, 2008
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1014479
Nov 29, 2008
The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081129/fda_melamine_081129/20081129?hub=Health
Nov 29, 2008
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/11/29/man-agriculture.html
Nov 29, 2008
CTV.ca News
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081129/Antarctic_Collapse_081129/20081129?hub=SciTech
Nov 29, 2008
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1012947
Nobel laureate sees leadership role for Alberta
Nov 29, 2008
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/calgarybusiness/story.html?id=446322de-f1e3-480a-b1e4-f8ed09acdad0

Success: effort plus situation

Nov 29, 2008
Is genius born or made? Tim Adams asks the author of The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell, about his new book and what it takes to be successful.
Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/books/success-effort-plus-situation/2008/11/28/1227491826879.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2
Nov 29, 2008
Rod Charlton
The Recorder & Times
http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1322798
Nov 28, 2008
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/28/cold-medicine-children.html
Nov 28, 2008
BILL CURRY and MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081128.wPOLprentice1129/BNStory/politics/home

Dubious tradition

Nov 28, 2008
editorial
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081128.webears29/BNStory/specialComment/home

Absence of evidence

Do drug firms suppress unfavourable information about new products?
Nov 27, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12675892

The ideal and the good

Deploying the drugs used to treat AIDS may be the way to limit its spread
Nov 27, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12675884

Tuna in trouble

Anger that the catch will still be too big
Nov 27, 2008
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12675910

STDs on rise among youth: study

Chlamydia cases double between 1997 and 2004
Nov 26, 2008
AARON DERFEL
The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=c116c73c-2a33-40a7-bf9a-056c01fb2b88