Saturday, September 26, 2009

The ‘structural disintegration’ of universities

Sep 24, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/the-structural-disintegration-of-universities
Today's universities take teaching not less seriously, but more
Sep 23, 2009
Clifford Orwin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-profs-life-is-no-haze-of-mint-juleps/article1297640/

Canada MIA in carbon talks

Sep 26, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/700658
Sep 26, 2009
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/energy-resources/Nuclear+power+could+meet+energy+needs+oilsands+study/2036236/story.html

Canada, the laggard

At about 23 tonnes, Canada's per- capita greenhouse-gas emissions are among the worst in the world. We have farther to go than most, and are getting a late start.
Sep 26, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canada+laggard/2037021/story.html
Different launch dates, unverified new research contribute to problems
Sep 26, 2009
Theresa Boyle
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/701433
Next month may see a Nobel Prize for the discovery of the first planet outside our solar system. Canadians won that race, but may have hesitated too long to share in the credit
Sep 26, 2009
Jacob Berkowitz
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/lost-world-how-canada-missed-its-moment-of-glory/article1302189/
The Liberals' lame record doesn't excuse the Conservatives' part in our national shame
Sep 25, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canada-and-climate-change-nothing-gets-done-fingers-get-pointed/article1300481/

Innovation slips away

Sep 25, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/innovation-slips-away/article1300963/

Big step forward on green energy

Sep 25, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/700693

Homegrown green power

Province claims jobs for Ontario workers as wind, solar projects get off the ground
Sep 25, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/700746
Sep 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/25/windsor-windtronics-turbines-092509.html
Sep 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/09/25/nb-pancake-batter-tunicate-556.html
Sep 25, 2009
Vik Kirsch
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/538922

Flu shot plans vary across Canada

Sep 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/25/h1n1-seasonal-flu.html
Sep 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/09/25/north-conference-board.html
Sep 24, 2009
Graeme Wood
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Work+begins+million+Vancouver+medical+research+centre/2029703/story.html
Sep 24, 2009
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/More+funding+needed+capture+technology+Expert/2029867/story.html
A new climate treaty could provide a highly effective way to reduce carbon emissions by paying people to not cut down forests
Sep 24, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14492973
Sep 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/23/salt-diet-food-supply.html
Sep 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/24/hiv-aids-vaccine-thailand-study831.html
Sep 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/24/nwt-bathurst-caribou.html
Sep 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/09/24/ontario-green-energy-act.html
System of 'offsets' must guard against green profiteers
Sep 24, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Tory+climate+change+plan+many+flaws+provinces/2027640/story.html
Sep 24, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g-jBo3N9xWt8pxrXRQvzljFetL0g
Opposition cites PR contracts for flu battle
Sep 24, 2009
Richard J. Brennan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/700196
Sep 24, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/network+curbing+vision+loss/2028693/story.html
Sep 24, 2009
Tom Spears
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Latest+studies+point+water+Moon/2025892/story.html
Sep 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/23/tech-environment-ice-sheet-melting.html
Sep 23, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/23/leamington-kudzu-092309.html
In the interest of ensuring supplies from a politically stable country, Americans prepared to leave strategy to reduce emissions in Canada's hands
Sep 23, 2009
Campbell Clark
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/albertas-dirty-oil-suits-us-security/article1297947/

Carbon capture plan 'sheer folly'

Main pillar of climate-change plan too risky for Canada to pursue, policy paper says
Sep 23, 2009
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/carbon-capture-plan-sheer-folly/article1297748/
Sep 23, 2009
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iQBAisOGKI2I6YO5MRjxJ1PQn6MA
Copenhagen summit set for failure as major polluters fail to break new ground toward a treaty
Sep 23, 2009
Campbell Clark
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/china-diminishes-hope-for-global-climate-deal/article1297854/
Calling UN presentations by Beijing and Washington 'pivotal,' Canada's Environment Minister notes binding targets for emissions reduction have not yet been set
Sep 23, 2009
Bill Curry and Campbell Clark
The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/china-falls-short-on-commitment-prentice/article1297365/

Small steps toward Copenhagen

China's promises at the New York summit on climate change stand out only because the rest of the world has been so timid. That must change
Sep 23, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/small-steps-toward-copenhagen/article1297930/
Yogurt and other food makers tout their products' body-boosting properties on the labels, but experts say not all bacteria are created equal
Sep 23, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/questions-raised-over-probiotic-benefits/article1297546/
Saskatchewan Premier brings U.S. senators north to sell the province's solution
Sep 23, 2009
Jane Taber
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/brad-wall-canadas-carbon-diplomat/article1297944/
Sep 23, 2009
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/23/kevin-libin-how-health-canada-bungled-the-easiest-health-law-like-ever.aspx
Sep 23, 2009
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/23/c7898.html

Canada's wind industry aims high

Sep 22, 2009
Susan Taylor and Nicole Mordant
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE58L42F20090922?sp=true
Sep 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/22/bc-pine-beetle-bell.html
Sep 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/22/ontario-solar-panels232.html
Sep 22, 2009
Jamie Sturgeon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpposted/archive/2009/09/22/nortel-s-demise-no-indictment-of-canada-tech-sector-nbf-analysts.aspx

Growth first, climate later

The G20 is going for growth over CO2
Sep 22, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/22/terence-corcoran-growth-first-climate-later.aspx

Obama’s climate fantasies

Sep 22, 2009
Myron Ebell
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/22/obama-s-climate-fantasies.aspx
Sep 22, 2009
Brian Morton
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/must+more+attract+world+best+brightest+conference+told/2021095/story.html
Sep 22, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iMuFiTbAEUHzp3c6bXoEeSZ0cVIA
Sep 22, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Standards+needed+brain+boosting+infant+formula+Manufacturer/2021210/story.html
Provincial strategies ineffective unless somebody wields a 'big stick'
Sep 21, 2009
Joanne Laucius
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/plans+need+federal+enforcer+experts/2015402/story.html

PM faces climate-change questions

Harper's low-key environmental approach under scrutiny at United Nations soiree before he talks trade and economic recovery with G20 leaders
Sep 21, 2009
Heather Scoffield
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/pm-faces-climate-change-questions/article1296085/
Thursday, September 24, 2009

President Obama touts role of basic research in innovation

Sep 21, 2009
Peter Harsha
Computing Research Policy Blog
http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/archives/000747.html

Where Have You Gone, Bell Labs?

How basic research can repair the broken U.S. business model
Aug 27, 2009
Adrian Slywotzky
Business Week
http://www.businessweek.com/print/magazine/content/09_36/b4145036681619.htm
Sep 22, 2009
Canadian Science Policy Conference
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/22/c7559.html
Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Researchers analyze tenure policy across Canada

Study finds similarities, some surprising differences, at Canada’s universities
Sep 21, 2009
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/researchers-analyze-tenure-policy-across-canada.aspx
Sep 22, 2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ioo6pbaf7dnmzQCCoLGisqNvW6Ow
Sep 22, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/climate-change-co-ordinate-the-efforts/article1295126/
Sep 22, 2009
Rudyard Griffiths
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/22/rudyard-griffiths-fight-protectionism-by-going-green.aspx
Sep 22, 2009
Terry Breese
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/22/terry-breese-working-together-on-climate-change.aspx
Sep 22, 2009
Martin Regg Cohn
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/698872
Sep 22, 2009
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Alberta+Texas+harness+science+small+energy+efforts/2016714/story.html

Climate linked to security

Millions will be displaced by global warming, research scientist warns foresters in Nanaimo
Sep 22, 2009
Robert Barron
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Climate+linked+security/2019299/story.html
Meeting aims to build momentum for December's Copenhagen conference
Sep 22, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/22/climate-change-un-ban-new-york381.html
President Hu Jintao to unveil new plans at summit on climate change today
Sep 22, 2009
John Heilprin
Associated Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/698947

PM's office given green petition

Sep 22, 2009
BILL KAUFMANN
SUN MEDIA
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2009/09/22/11045871-sun.html
Sep 22, 2009
Pete Harrison
Reuters
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/699085

Kudos to college

Marc Garneau applauds school's research into alternative and renewable energy technologies
Sep 22, 2009
MIKE NORRIS
Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1762885
Sep 21, 2009
PHRED DVORAK and BEN DUMMETT
The Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125348241860626023.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
A win for a Canadian startup was a win for innovation and the free market
Sep 21, 2009
Michael Trebilcock and Edward Iacobucci
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/patent-protection-the-new-mother-of-invention/article1296305/
Sep 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/21/tech-environment-ozone-depletion.html
Sep 21, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/21/stem-cell-summit.html
Sep 21, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/21/china-climate-change.html
Sep 21, 2009
Bruce Cheadle
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5ibUw5fihl-5Y-7vUbSGqU4EY1WcA
Sep 21, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Special to LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=16058
Sep 21, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/698476
Conservative MP Tim Uppal says some MPs are concerned that the campaign itself could spread H1N1.
Sep 21, 2009
Cynthia Münster
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/cover_index.php?display=story&full_path=/2009/september/21/h1n1/&c=1

Fewer feet, smaller footprint

A world with fewer people would emit less greenhouse gases
Sep 21, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14488619
Sep 21, 2009
David Akin
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/business/Feds+offer+financial+help+research+centre/2016843/story.html
Why Hamilton Health Sciences has a pandemic protocol
Sep 21, 2009
Andrea Frolic
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/h1n1-triage-hope-for-the-best-plan-for-the-worst/article1293606/
Sep 21, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/food+labelling+proposals+tabled+Health+Canada/2016934/story.html
Sep 21, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/21/alzheimer-dementia-age.html
Sep 21, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/21/swine-flu-h1n1-sue-court.html
Sep 20, 2009
Sunny Freeman
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iaJS6ELf0TP4bCshIAbtv8pbel9Q
Sep 20, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5g3xUqfcj5tds9LjeSUvnZSpdrJQA
But access to care and more outreach also a concern, says community group
Sep 20, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/20/200909-h1n1-homeless-priority.html
Norman Borlaug used biotechnology to boost crop yields, saving millions from starvation
Sep 20, 2009
Diane Katz
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/697995
Sep 20, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=2014108
Sep 20, 2009
Jesse Kline
Western Standard.ca
http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2009/09/the-carbon-tax-and-the-triumph-of-green.html
In the reward system of universities, it's research that matters
Sep 19, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/want-to-know-why-professors-dont-teach/article1293548/

Biotech 'revolution' may loom

Sep 19, 2009
HANK DANISZEWSKI
London Free Press
http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Business/2009/09/19/10990841-sun.html
Group of developing nations contributing one-tenth of pandemic vaccine to countries that lack access to the shots
Sep 19, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-hasnt-joined-us-others-in-donating-h1n1-vaccine/article1293749/
After decades of struggle, residents hope a $260 million project will finally eradicate curse of town's nuclear past
Sep 19, 2009
Carola Vyhnak
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/698050
Sep 19, 2009
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Nova+Scotia+looks+powerful+tidal+energy/2012332/story.html
Sep 19, 2009
Steve Gorman
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Arctic+melts+third+smallest+area+record/2008427/story.html

Desperately seeking dead ducks

Scientist documents his hunt for precious stuffed specimens
Sep 19, 2009
Noor Javed
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/698076
Health minister says communications plan should reduce fear over pandemic
Sep 19, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/19/swine-flu-aglukkaq.html

Oil sands need positive spin

Sep 19, 2009
Diane Francis
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=c205bfa8-21f6-4f11-86c8-36d348968cf7
Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/18/calgary-exams-alberta-multiple-choice.html
The global recession means new sources of money are becoming increasingly elusive
Sep 18, 2009
Nicole Poirier
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/biotech+industry+falling+behind/2007192/story.html
Sep 18, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/condoms-climate-change.html
Sep 18, 2009
Dina O'Meara
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Alberta+feel+brunt+looming+climate+change+legislation/2008996/story.html
Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/bc-tamiflu-swine-flu-advice-vancouver-island.html
Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/h1n1-who-cdc.html
Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/who-flu-vaccine018.html
Record number of calves born this year
Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/18/nb-right-whales.html
Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/18/nunavut-pbear-surveys.html
Demand for products up 300 per cent, one firm reports
Sep 18, 2009
Glen McGregor
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/health/Medical+supply+companies+scramble+fill+H1N1+orders/2006584/story.html
Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/09/15/arctic-geo-map.html
Friday, September 18, 2009

Universities and the ‘knowledge economy’

Sep 17, 2009
David Turpin and Eric Sager
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Comment+Universities+knowledge+economy/2005477/story.html

Reality check for a big idea

What the provinces think of the Big Five’s revolutionary ideas for university reform
Sep 17, 2009
Katie Engelhart
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/17/reality-check-for-a-big-idea/

Small but smart

Why some schools don’t want a Big Five monopoly on research
Sep 3, 2009
Colin Campbell
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/03/small-but-smart/
Sep 18, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/697415
Lack of support from Ottawa ended plans for a foreign-owned, Toronto-based technology giant, sources say
Sep 18, 2009
Andrew Willis
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/how-a-made-in-canada-nortel-solution-died/article1291924/

Nortel sale gets all-clear

Ericsson's $1.13B acquisition will protect Canadian jobs, intellectual property: Clement
Sep 17, 2009
Iain Marlow
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/696887
Virus infects more than 100 at AFN chief's first nation
Sep 18, 2009
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bc-reserve-hit-by-first-outbreak-of-the-fall-flu-season-experts-say/article1292296/
Health official says only six people had H1N1 virus in communities journal said has pandemic outbreak
Sep 18, 2009
Petti Fong
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/697581
Congressional politics and a coherent stand on greenhouse-gas emissions
Sep 18, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/twiddling-our-thumbs-while-waiting-for-a-us-climate-change-bill/article1291916/
Sep 18, 2009
Alexandra Morton
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Judicial+binding+review+needed/2007813/story.html

Playing catch-up with H1N1

Sep 18, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/playing-catch-up-with-h1n1/article1292289/

Waste not, want not

Ethanol from rubbish is the latest biofuel
Sep 18, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14483677
Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/who-flu-vaccine018.html
Sep 18, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/18/health-ministers-cost-swine-flu-vaccine.html
It will take both innovation and patience to change the energy game
Sep 17, 2009
Peter Voser
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/energy-transition-not-for-the-faint-hearted/article1290055/
A sound plan for the electricity system of the future needed now to avoid big mistakes later
Sep 17, 2009
John Wilson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/696846
New drilling and production technology has dramatically transformed North America's natural gas industry by unlocking massive shale gas reservoirs. Now, those technological advances are being adopted more broadly in the oil and gas industry to reduce costs in mature or difficult-to-tap fields
Sep 17, 2009
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/newest-high-tech-business-oil-and-gas/article1290846/
Sep 18, 2009
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/697429
Sep 17, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/superbugs-europe.html
Sep 17, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gSlFg4Cq0N54wkeqg37NttTxij2A
Sep 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/mb-body-bags-butler-jones-manitoba.html
Sep 17, 2009
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE58F69K20090917?sp=true

Hidden curse revealed?

Sep 17, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/696519

Getting into the game

Blame culture. Or genes. Or Dilbert. In engineering, it’s a man’s world—for now.
Sep 17, 2009
Julien Russell Brunet
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/17/getting-into-the-game/
Sep 17, 2009
Glen McGregor
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Feds+paid+bottled+water/2003510/story.html
'Life as we know it is going to end'; World's nations must drastically reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, author says
Sep 17, 2009
MONIQUE BEAUDIN
The Gazette
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Oceans+face+climate+change+crisis/2002373/story.html
Sep 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/lead-levelskids.html
Sep 17, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/17/health-ministers-meeting.html
Sep 16, 2009
James Hansen
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/696244
Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/16/h1n1-vaccine.html
Sep 16, 2009
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.edmontonsun.com/money/2009/09/17/10946391-cp.html

Nova gives $1M to science centre

Sep 16, 2009
JENNA MCMURRAY
Calgary Sun
http://www.calgarysun.com/news/alberta/2009/09/16/10929706-sun.html
Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2009/09/16/nb-climate-city-planning-704.html
Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/16/tech-space-nasa-moon-plan-016.html
Sep 16, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/16/tech-climate-montreal-protocol-hfcs.html
Sep 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/16/climate-change-health.html
Sep 16, 2009
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/garlic+farmer+raises+stink+over+microwave+towers/2001107/story.html
Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/15/150909-hybrid-manitoba.html
Sep 15, 2009
Len Smirnov
The Brock Press
http://media.www.brockpress.com/media/storage/paper384/news/2009/09/15/News/Technology.For.Sustainable.Canada.Already.Exists.But.Faces.Obstacles-3772205.shtml#4
Alberta woman is second case in Canada, and one of only a handful of such cases on record globally; patient has since recovered, Alberta Health Services says
Sep 15, 2009
Caroline Alphonso and Katherine O'Neill
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/h1n1-shows-more-resistance-to-tamiflu/article1288521/
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Research dollars should follow great ideas

Sep 14, 2009
Allan Rock
Special to The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=9863ef82-4327-4e23-a11c-b1d89ae01442
Sep 13, 2009
KAREN BLOTNICKY
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1142213.html

Is research ever value-free?

Considering the ethical implications of the scientific pursuit
Sep 14, 2009
Nikki Bozinoff
The McGill Daily
http://www.mcgilldaily.com/article/19796-is-research-ever-value-free-
Scientific, business communities must work with international counterparts
Sep 9, 2009
David Emerson
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Making+Canada+leader+global+knowledge+economy/1974562/story.html
Sep 15, 2009
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/695623

The real 'Green Revolution'

Sep 15, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1993907
Intersex fish problem linked to hormone treatments
Sep 15, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/15/tech-biology-fish-sex-organs.html
Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/15/edmonton-alberta-drug-resistant-h1n1-swine-flu.html
Pharmaceutical firm paid cash to encourage doctors to prescribe Cardizem drug to patients
Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/15/biovail-doctor-kickbacks.html

H1N1 vaccines get U.S. approval

Sep 15, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/15/swine-flu-vaccine-fda.html
Sep 15, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/15/nuclear-plant.html
Officials stockpile hand sanitizer and draw up signs urging voters to cough into their sleeves after NDP asks about swine-flu preparedness
Sep 15, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/elections-canada-prepares-for-poll-amid-possible-h1n1-outbreak/article1287033/
‘This virus most likely has been circulating under the radar in pigs for the better part of 10 years,' Michael Worobey of the University of Arizona revealed at a meeting
Sep 15, 2009
Maggie Fox
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/expert-says-swine-flu-hid-for-decade/article1288572/
A new study highlights the need for a strategy to combat the high-sodium diets of many Canadians. But any sustained initiative will need government backing to achieve results from industry
Sep 15, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/ottawa-must-act-on-salt-crisis-doctors-say/article1287068/
Our greenhouse-gas emissions are up 26 per cent since 1990
Sep 14, 2009
Monique Beaudin
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+becoming+global+carbon+bully+Greenpeace/1993316/story.html
Sep 14, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www2.canada.com/topics/technology/news/gizmos/story.html?id=1993299
Sep 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2009/09/14/mb-wasylycia-leis-election-h1n1-winnipeg.html
Canada's low-profile ambassador for climate change Michael Martin will be negotiating at Copenhagen's critical climate change meeting, but the Prime Minister's in charge.
Sep 14, 2009
Cynthia Münster
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/september/14/civil_circles/&c=2
Schoolyards will be H1N1 battlegrounds, researchers say
Sep 14, 2009
Shelley Page
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Expert+predicts+parental+angst+over+shots/1990513/story.html
Sep 14, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/695150
Sep 14, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/14/lasker-awards-medical-research.html

Feds won't cough up H1N1 plan

Strategy in event of swine flu outbreak kept from MPs
Sep 14, 2009
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/canada/2009/09/14/10885151-sun.html

Aquarium concept timely

Sep 14, 2009
Anne Jarvis
Windsor Star
http://www.windsorstar.com/business/Aquarium+concept+timely/1991469/story.html

Win-win on power plant

Sep 14, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/695118
Highmark Renewables is turning out enough electricity to power 700 homes along with environmentally safe fertilizer
Sep 14, 2009
Gwyn Morgan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/prairie-agri-preneurs-battle-megafarm-waste/article1286482/
Sep 13, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/13/greenpeace-oilsands.html
Sep 13, 2009
Misty Harris
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1989948
Disappointed with lack of breakthrough ideas, company developing own mirror technology for solar thermal plants
Sep 13, 2009
Poornima Gupta
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/google-working-to-reduce-cost-of-green-technology/article1286140/
Funds to address problems flagged by critical report
Sep 12, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Conservatives+announce+food+safety/1987117/story.html
How to pillage the oceans deliberately, and by accident
Sep 10, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14401157

Space: Flying high

America's government has no money for its human-spaceflight plans. The private sector has plenty
Sep 10, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14401165
Saturday, September 12, 2009

Focus on innovation

Sep 9, 2009
David Mitchell
Special to The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=bef826ae-0ee9-4b8b-874c-db16cfd959f2
Sep 10, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/invest-in-education-to-beat-the-recession
Sep 12, 2009
Brett Bundale
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/789478
Unexplained absence of 510,000 cubic metres of water from resort's distribution system 'an embarrassment for Canada'
Sep 12, 2009
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-mystery-of-lake-louises-missing-water/article1283014/

Endless oil

Russian research has shown that the Earth doesn’t need dinosaurs to produce oil
Sep 12, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/12/lawrence-solomon-endless-oil.aspx
Sep 12, 2009
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/List+threatened+Arctic+animals+growing/1984133/story.html
If that occurs, many Canadians will not be protected since vaccine won't be rolled out for weeks
Sep 12, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/h1n1-could-peak-early-study-suggests/article1282910/

Premiers win climate pledge

Federal greenhouse-gas plan won't favour Alberta, environment minister assures Ontario, Quebec
Sep 11, 2009
Robert Benzie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/694063

Dr. Kumanan Wilson on the vaccine

Canada Research Chair in Public Health Policy at the University of Ottawa and Ottawa Hospital Research Institute takes your questions on the reluctance among Canadians to receive the H1N1 pandemic vaccine
Sep 11, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/dr-kumanan-wilson-on-the-vaccine/article1282172/

Feds to follow listeriosis advice

Sep 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/11/listeroisis-recommendations.html
Sep 11, 2009
Pat Hewitt
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iAQbAh_EClxA_Au8-_LRkr5Hy5Jw
Sep 11, 2009
Scott Anderson
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE58A4I620090911?sp=true
Canada's swine flu cases likely to peak a month before November inoculations, researchers say
Sep 11, 2009
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/694066
Sep 11, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/11/tech-climate-arctic-warming.html

Global warming takes a break

Sep 11, 2009
Lorne Gunter
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/11/lorne-gunter-global-warming-takes-a-break.aspx
Sept 11, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/11/h1n1-school-close-who.html
Studies in children not finished yet
Sep 11, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/11/h1n1-vaccine.html
Aims to shape wider policy
Sep 10, 2009
Andy Ivens
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/Drug+czar+slams+Harper+exits+next+adventure/1978524/story.html
Wind turbines dotting argicultural areas would cost $900B over 20 years
Sep 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/10/energy-china-wind-power.html
Sep 10, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/10/nasa-moon-rocket-ares-test-utah.html
Sep 10, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/10/child-mortality-unicef.html
Sep 10, 2009
Bob Weber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/canada/2009/09/10/10824966.html
Sep 10, 2009
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Feds+backtrack+allowing+fortified+junk+food/1980713/story.html
Sep 10, 2009
Elise Stolte
Edmonton Journal
http://www.canada.com/technology/Arctic+needs+boots+snow+year+round+Alberta+scientist/1980798/story.html
Sep 10, 2009
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/health/Vaccinate+curtail+swine+study+warns/1980347/story.html
They feel invincible, but H1N1 disproportionately affects those born after 1957
Sep 10, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/young-people-take-pass-on-flu-shot-trials/article1282877/
Sep 10, 2009
Katie-Marie Gardner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tofino-a-model-for-water-conservation/article1283106/
Sep 10, 2009
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadians-are-water-gluttons-oecd-says/article1283105/
Sep 10, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Manitoba+government+mandating+biodiesel/1979168/story.html

City buries sewage sins

Public in dark about overflow into rivers
Sep 10, 2009
TOM BRODBECK
Winnipeg Sun
http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/columnists/tom_brodbeck/2009/09/10/10813211-sun.html

The business side to good health

Ivey Centre's goal is to aid Canadian innovation and commercialization of health technologies
Sep 10, 2009
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/692636

UN climate fantasies

Sep 10, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1977543
Sep 9, 2009
François Shalom
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Strategic+Aerospace+Defence+Initiative+funding+announced/1976016/story.html
Sep 9, 2009
Dr. Denis Daneman & Dr. Elizabeth Lee Ford-Jones & Dr. Dina Kulik
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/692609

The H1N1 flu waiting game

Sep 9, 2009
Howard Elliott
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/631108
Sep 9, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/09/gardasil-men-hpv.html
Sep 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/09/mb-healthy-food-schools-manitoba.html
Sep 9, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/09/09/bc-salmon-suzuki-foundation.html
Sep 9, 2009
NASA
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS229760+09-Sep-2009+PRN20090909
Sep 8, 2009
Peter O'Neil
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1971686

Canadian innovation is at stake

We need more entrepreneurs, better deals and committed investors with time and money to foster new businesses
Sep 6, 2009
Kevin Talbot
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadian-innovation-is-at-stake/article1278331/
Sep 10, 2009
The Canadian Boreal Initiative & Ducks Unlimited Canada
http://interboreal.org/resources/pressrelease-qcletter-en.doc
http://interboreal.org/resources/QuebecScienceLetter-EN.pdf
Wednesday, September 9, 2009

We need a forum on science policy

National conference in October is a first step to making this a reality
Sep 8, 2009
Mehrdad Hariri and Jeff Sharom
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/we-need-a-forum-on-science-policy.aspx
In its pre-budget submission to the federal government, association puts emphasis on research spending
Sep 8, 2009
Peggy Berkowitz
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/AUCC-calls-for-research-funding-boost.aspx

Ottawa enhances student aid

Canada Student Loans Program expects to dole out over $500 million in new grants
Sep 8, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/ottawa-enhances-student-aid.aspx
This sensitive subject is back in the spotlight following tabling of new bill
Sep 8, 2009
François-Olivier Dorais
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/changes-ahead-for-university-governance-in-Quebec.aspx

Fair access to university

What will it take to make postsecondary education within the grasp of more Canadians?
Sep 8, 2009
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/fair-access-to-university.aspx
Sep 8, 2009
Peter O'Neil
Canwest News
http://www.canada.com/business/Education+pays+many+ways+OECD+tells+Canada/1973184/story.html
The history of attempts to measure and improve quality is not a happy one
Sep 8, 2009
Ross Finnie and Alex Usher
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/making-university-education-a-quality-product/article1276857/
Sep 9, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/692576

Bright idea or sci-fi?

Experts meet to discuss feasibility of harvesting solar power in space, beaming it back to Earth
Sep 9, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/692716
Panel suggests extending planned life of space station, shuttle fleet
Sep 9, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/09/space-nasa-moon-travel-009.html
Sep 8, 2009
Irene Klotz
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/NASA+strategy+proposal+aims+Mars+over+Moon/1972693/story.html
Findings by U.S. health authorities stoke fears that classrooms will serve as incubators for the pandemic virus
Sep 8, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/swine-flu-shown-to-be-deadliest-among-children/article1275321/
Sep 8, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Swine+models+preparing+Canada+pandemic/1972331/story.html

Smart grid, smart future

Work is already under way on bringing the electrical system, which is largely unchanged since its inception a century ago, into the information age
Sep 8, 2009
Grant Buckler
Special to Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/smart-grid-smart-future/article1279109/
Sep 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/08/swine-flu-china.html
North Sea oil environmental technology, recruitment and engineering firms are setting up shop in Alberta
Sep 8, 2009
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/why-the-british-are-invading-the-oil-patch/article1278005/
As salmon numbers drop, bears are also few and far between along B.C.'s wild central coast – signalling what conservationists say is an unfolding ecological disaster
Sep 8, 2009
Mark Hume
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/as-go-the-sockeye-so-go-the-grizzlies/article1279874/
Sep 8, 2009
D.C. Reid
Special to Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/Fraser+River+sockeye+little+chance+because+fish+farms/1971312/story.html
A new study finds that consumer demand for healthy omega-3 fatty acids has put a squeeze on the fish-food supply, where alternatives must be relied upon to avoid a wipeout of wild forage fish
Sep 8, 2009
Sarah Boesveld
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/fish-farms-put-squeeze-on-marine-resources/article1279812/
Sep 8, 2009
Ken Field
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/08/ken-field-protecting-the-environment-without-hurting-the-economy.aspx
Sep 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/08/milner-balzan-prize.html
Sep 8, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/08/climate-change-tuktoyaktuk-erosion.html

Banff may get new caribou herd

Sep 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/08/calgary-banff-caribou-extinct.html

Fungus threatens P.E.I. frogs

Sep 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/08/pei-chytrid-frog-fungus.html
In lead up to the international climate change negotiations, energy and environment issues lobbied with Cabinet ministers and MPs.
Sep 7, 2009
Bea Vongdouangchanh
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/september/7/rim/&c=2

Influenza has a cure: affluence

This spring, H1N1 flu hit native communities first and deepest. This fall, it's likely to get much, much worse. Today we know the main factor is poverty. Laying out the science that explains why, in a pandemic, that puts us all at risk
Sep 7, 2009
Kevin Patterson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/influenza-has-a-cure-affluence/article1276838/
Another way of getting rid of carbon dioxide
Sep 7, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14396594
Election or no election, federal politicians need to get moving on these critical public policy issues
Sep 7, 2009
Pierre Sadik
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/september/7/green_files/&c=2
Sep 7, 2009
James Keller
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/692037
Sep 7, 2009
James Keller
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/Article/691867

Trouble bubbling in the Arctic

Pockets of methane gas rippling waters like hot tub may be an acceleration factor for global warming
Sep 7, 2009
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/691868
Sep 7, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/691776
Sep 7, 2009
ROBERT MATAS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/no-clear-answer-about-whos-responsible-for-approval/article1277362/
Experts say cuts to research grants will make it difficult to determine why more than nine million sockeye won't return to the Fraser River this year
Sep 6, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/no-answers-in-bcs-salmon-collapse/article1277846/
Sep 5, 2009
Jack Lightstone
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/05/jack-lightsone-university-research-grab-would-be-a-national-disaster.aspx

Forestry's future is R&D

Sep 5, 2009
Don Floyd
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/782592

For awareness, not panic, on flu

Sep 5, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/690722
Sep 4, 2009
Ray Grigg
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Canada+environmental+politics+tragedy+delay/1962780/story.html
Sep 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/04/h1n1-deaths-who.html

Sigg backpedals on BPA

Sep 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/03/siggbpa-admission.html

Misconceptions about the flu

Sep 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/04/f-flu-myths.html
Uadjuvanted swine flu shot to be available to help ease reluctance many pregnant women feel about taking any medication
Sep 4, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/canada-to-offer-pregnant-women-modified-vaccine/article1277115/
Sep 3, 2009
Steve Mertl
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j6jAdmtwEEwHFg9zCE92LH1WVemw

Canada needs a sense of urgency

This country should be committed at the highest political levels to having an effective H1N1 vaccine ready for Canadians at high risk by the early fall
Sep 3, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/canada-needs-a-sense-of-urgency/article1272818/
Profit to triple
Sep 3, 2009
John Morrissy
Canwest News Service
http://www.financialpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1957368
Comments run contrary to the federal government's insistence that Canadians should not expect to be immunized until mid-November
Sep 3, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-will-get-vaccine-by-october-health-chief/article1273858/
Canada's chief public health officer rejects medical association's charge that Ottawa's strategy is resulting in unnecessary delay
Sep 3, 2009
Patrick White and Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/doctors-ottawa-clash-over-vaccine/article1272775/
Sep 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/03/climate-environment-arctic-change.html
Sep 3, 2009
Randolph E. Schmid
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/690581

NUMBY strikes Ohio

Sep 3, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/03/lawrence-solomon-numby-strikes-ohio.aspx
Sep 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/03/ban-ki-moon-climate.html

Electric cars: Charge!

Carmakers are shifting towards electric vehicles. Policymakers must do their part, too
Sep 3, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14363307
After many false starts, battery-powered cars seem here to stay. Are they just an interesting niche product, or will they turn motoring upside down?
Sep 3, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14362092
Sep 3, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/university-infrastructure-now-slightly-less-old/
Sep 2, 2009
Amir Attaran
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/02/amir-attaran-funding-ivf-would-save-taxpayers-money.aspx
Sep 2, 2009
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/02/cannabis-schizophrenia.html
Vancouver therapists get green light to use drug in trial to treat post-traumatic stress
Sep 2, 2009
Frances Bula
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/landmark-bc-study-lets-trauma-sufferers-find-relief-with-ecstasy/article1271380/

Survival of the biggest

Sep 2, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/689552
Leading medical journal argues plan to vaccinate population will move too slowly
Sep 2, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadas-flu-strategy-flawed-cmaj/article1271216/
Sep 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/02/nwt-emissions-station.html
Sep 2, 2009
Bob Weber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/689974
Sep 2, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/689715
Fresh thinking about our 'innovation ecosystem' is needed for adapting to a rapidly evolving global economy
Sep 1, 2009
WARREN JESTIN AND STAN SHAPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadian-innovation-starts-in-the-classroom/article1270259/
Sep 1, 2009
Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Risky+schemes+only+hope+cooling+planet+scientists/1951915/story.html
Sep 1, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Nitrous+oxide+destroyer+ozone+layer+study/1951069/story.html

Are the ICUs ready?

Experts predict ICUs will be the main battlefield in the war against a pandemic virus and they have a warning for hospitals: Prepare. Now.
Sep 1, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/are-the-icus-ready/article1271352/

Manning turns to the dark side

Sep 1, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/01/peter-foster-manning-turns-to-the-dark-side.aspx
Sep 1, 2009
Andrew Heintzman and Preston Manning
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/01/andrew-heintzman-and-preston-manning-our-quality-of-life-depends-on-a-green-economy.aspx
Fertility specialists Dr. Arthur Leader and Dr. Marjorie Dixon and one couple took questions about IVF in Ontario
Sep 1, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/your-in-vitro-fertilization-questions-answered/article1271263/
Aug 31, 2009
Don Martin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/31/alberta-to-u-s-use-the-oilsands-or-lose-them.aspx
Aug 31, 2009
Carrie Tait
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1947720
Aug 31, 2009
Stephen Gordon
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/31/stephen-gordon-a-lesson-for-the-ndp-on-environmental-economics.aspx
Aug 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/08/31/pei-shellfish-ban.html
Aug 31, 2009
Norma Greenaway
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Give+Canada+excess+vaccine+developing+world+Experts/1946953/story.html
Aug 31, 2009
Raphael Alexander
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/31/raphael-alexander-evidence-of-success-in-decriminalizing-drugs.aspx

The man who doubted Al Gore

To dissent on the man-made global warming ‘consensus’ is seen as evidence of mental deficiency
Aug 28, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/28/peter-foster-the-man-who-doubted-al-gore.aspx
Aug 28, 2009
Jeff Nagel
Surrey North Delta Leader
http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/55786357.html
The evidence from Portugal since 2001 is that decriminalisation of drug use and possession has benefits and no harmful side-effects
Aug 27, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14309861
Aug 31, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/big-five-controversy-keeps-on-going/
If big universities spent half as much time on teaching as they do searching for research money, students might be better off
Aug 28, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-teachable-moment-for-canadas-universities/article1268920/
Aug 27, 2009
Don Lajoie
The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=b5789361-70db-436e-8317-654bb55f7f13

Ode to the mid-sized university

Aug 27, 2009
Daniel Woolf
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/ode-to-the-mid-sized-university/article1264554/

Smartening up

Presidents of seven smaller universities take aim at the big five
Aug 10, 2009
Cathy Gulli
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/10/smartening-up/

Our universities can be smarter

Canada’s ‘big five’ presidents have an ambitious plan for fixing our schools, writes Paul Wells
Jul 28, 2009
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/28/our-universities-can-be-smarter/

Can higher ed reach higher?

Canada’s leading universities want to, writes Paul Wells, but big dreams call for big changes
Jul 22, 2009
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/22/can-higher-ed-reach-higher/