May 28, 2010
Janet Steffenhagen
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Exclusion+women+from+prestigious+university+appointments+reignites+battle+sexes/3081498/story.html
For a drop in the bucket, Ottawa furthers the cause of higher education
Mar 26, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/top-grades-for-canadas-new-research-program/article1580623/
May 22, 2010
Tom Oleson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/hiring-based-solely-on-merit-so-naturally-theres-uproar-94646589.html
May 26, 2010
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/814183--goar-no-female-scientists-did-anyone-really-look

Water research funding dries up

May 26, 2010
Robert Sandford
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/health/Water+research+funding+dries/3071598/story.html
Ottawa-area students were big winners in the Canada-Wide Science Fair, and they have some big ideas
May 28, 2010
Zev Singer
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Whiz+kids+path+change+world/3080916/story.html

Better water science needed

May 28, 2010
John Pomeroy
Special to The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/technology/Better+water+science+needed/3081292/story.html
May 27, 2010
Conal Pierse
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/friendly+bacteria+tires+earn+student+innovation+prize/3076422/story.html
May 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/28/bc-chevron-refinery-leak-squamish-nation.html

The Key to Carbon Pricing

With a proper carbon-pricing policy, Canada can fight climate change, put its fiscal house in order, and solve its productivity gap
May 28, 2010
Alex Wood
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1496-the-key-to-carbon-pricing
Toronto study's finding ‘signals serious problems' across the board in Canada's program for dealing with pandemics
May 28, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/low-h1n1-vaccination-rate-alarms-health-experts/article1583841/
May 28, 2010
Allison Cross
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Researchers+alarmed+bacteria+Canadian+bottled+water/3072771/story.html
May 28, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/28/hiv-africa-msf.html
May 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/05/28/alberta-grizzly-bears-save-conservation-report.html

Polar bears not at risk: Nunavut

May 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/05/28/nunavut-polar-bear-status.html
Larger trial planned to see if use reduces patient infection rates
May 28, 2010
Paul Taylor
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/copper-surfaces-can-kill-hospital-microbes-study-finds/article1584109/

Study looks at Sable seal cull

More than 300,000 on the island; DFO says they eat too much fish
May 28, 2010
PATRICIA BROOKS ARENBURG and DAVID JACKSON
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1184524.html
May 27, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/27/trans-fat.html
May 27, 2010
Dr. David Saul
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/814997--health-dollars-down-the-drain-or-up-in-smoke
May 27, 2010
Lesley Ciarula Taylor
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/815309--polar-bear-population-could-fall-by-30-per-cent-in-a-year-study

Health workers and flu

May 27, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/815012--health-workers-and-flu
Industry says Environment Canada report underestimates benefits to environment, rural development
May 26, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/biofuel-makers-dispute-government-study/article1582102/
May 26, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/26/marine-stewardship-council-swordfish.html
Better access to contraception, higher quality sex education and shifting social norms contribute to decline, say researchers
May 26, 2010
ZOSIA BIELSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/canadas-teen-birth-and-abortion-rate-drops-by-369-per-cent/article1581673/
May 26, 2010
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Arctic+leak+would+disaster+scientist/3072269/story.html
May 26, 2010
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/science-matters-canadas-aboriginal-people-are-the-key-to-boreal-agreements-success--94925329.html
May 26, 2010
Tonda MacCharles
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/814998--scientists-urge-g8-to-help-reduce-unsafe-abortions

A Canadian compromise

How Harry Potter and Victoria’s Secret helped to save a lot of trees
May 25, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=16209008
Leading HIV-AIDS researchers call for Canada to reform ‘unfair’ policy in medical journal
May 25, 2010
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-drop-ban-on-gay-blood-donors-experts-say/article1580575/
May 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/25/lancaster-seismic-nirb-nunavut.html
May 25, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/25/cida-abortion-maternal-health.html

St. Lawrence water levels drop

May 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/24/que-st-lawrence-water-level-low.html
May 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/24/ns-coastal-action-report-1007.html
May 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/24/pei-environmental-funding-1147.html

Synthetic cell worries farm group

May 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/22/sk-farmers-synthetic-venter-10522.html
Environment minister slams methodology of rankings
May 20, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/20/climate-report-prentice.html
New and valuable lessons are being learnt from the massive operation to stop the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
May 20, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16160853
A new form of life has been created in a laboratory, and the era of synthetic biology is dawning
May 20, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=16163006
Living cell is powered by man-made DNA
May 20, 2010
Lauran Neergaard
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/scientists-create-first-artificial-cell/article1576053/
May 20, 2010
Sharon Oosthoek
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/20/venter-synthetic-genome-cell-bacteria.html
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Awarding of research chairs ‘brain coup’ or brain cramp?

Government shows disturbing lack of vision by its narrow focus on just four areas
May 25, 2010
Penni Stewart
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/813036--awarding-of-research-chairs-brain-coup-or-brain-cramp
Veteran Economic Development Executive to Lead Regional Investment Attraction Agency
May 25, 2010
Toronto Region Research Alliance
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2010/25/c5986.html
May 25, 2010
Kathryn May
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Project+make+Canada+epicentre+coding+needs+cash/3068351/story.html
May 24, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/05/24/why-does-anyone-think-science-is-a-good-job/
May 21, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/cerc-announcements/
The problem with Canada’s new research chairs isn’t lack of women, it’s lack of open-ended vision
May 21, 2010
Sumitra Rajagopalan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/when-science-gets-political-long-term-knowledge-is-lost/article1576356/

Where are the women scientists?

May 21, 2010
Bob McDonald
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/quirks-blog/2010/05/where-are-the-women-scientists.html
Government-appointed panel of female academics identify factors that led to all-male recruitment
May 20, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/why-women-were-shut-out-of-canadas-science-star-search/article1575135/
$10-million in new federal research money goes to 19 men, no women
May 19, 2010
Susan Delacourt
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/811171--feds-grant-big-dollars-to-all-male-research-group
May 19, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/IDF051910.asp
May 17, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/world-class-researchers-coming-to-canada/

Manning as champion of science

May 17, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/manning-as-champion-of-science/
Recent developments give reason to believe real policy innovation is just down the road
May 25, 2010
Alex Wood
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1531-no-need-to-wait-for-a-low-carbon-economy
May 23, 2010
David Olive
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/812658--olive-offshore-drilling-is-safe-if-done-right
May 21, 2010
John T. Connelly
Business Review Canada
http://www.businessreviewcanada.ca/news/reduction/canada-heavy-duty-vehicle-carbon-emissions-regulations
Arms-length federal agency puts Canada sixth among G8 countries in carbon-use index
May 20, 2010
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/critical-climate-report-spurs-jim-prentice-to-call-watchdog-group-on-carpet/article1576103/
Inaugural Canada Excellence Research Chairs Introduced at University of Toronto Ceremony
May 17, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/05563.html
May 17, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/05566.html
Other countries mourning their loss of scientific talent in brain drain
May 17, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-200-million-lure-pulls-in-19-big-name-researchers/article1572362/
Man at centre of $200-million talent drive says process was 'like a hockey negotiation'
May 18, 2010
Steven Chase and Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-canada-poached-academic-stars-from-around-the-globe/article1573620/
Canada is attempting to Own the Podium in science, but the ultimate goal should be to nurture our own, homegrown research stars
May 18, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/with-new-brain-gain-brash-canada-is-back/article1573436/
Adrian Owen is leaving Cambridge for Western
May 17, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/famed-neuroscientist-explains-his-move-to-canada/article1572369/
Uncertainty over science funding has led top researchers to accept C$20m awards from the Canadian government in what may be first sign of a brain drain
May 17, 2010
Ian Sample
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/may/17/brain-drain-british-neuroscientist-canada
May 17, 2010
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/17/todays-a-big-day-in-canadian-science/
May 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/17/canada-research-chairs.html

Canada imports brains

May 19, 2010
Adam McDowell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=3045801

But what about the classroom?

Canada poaches scientists from around the world, critics worry about lack of funds for teaching
May 19, 2010
Carson Jerema
Macleans
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/05/19/but-what-about-the-classroom/
May 19, 2010
Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Female+academics+discouraged+after+women+shut+funding/3045365/story.html
Every year, billions of dollars are spent in this country on university-based R&D. But how do we get more societal value from this investment?
May 18, 2010
Jim Roche
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.obj.ca/Opinion/2010-05-18/article-1120111/Turning-university-research-into-riches/1
Apr 30, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/documents/Life%20Science%20Strategy.pdf
May 18, 2010
SARAH DEETH
Peterborough Examiner
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2585045
May 19, 2010
BILL KAUFMANN
QMI AGENCY
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Environment/2010/05/19/14012696.html
May 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/05/19/arctic-oil-spill-research.html
Pricing water service at closer to its true cost would help pay for infrastructure and reduce waste
May 19, 2010
Oliver M. Brandes, Kirk Stinchcombe And Steven Renzettiis
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/need+value+conserve+water/3040766/story.html

Environmental “Law & Order”

May 18, 2010
Katia Opalka
Special to The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Environmental+Order/3043729/story.html
May 19, 2010
David Caplan
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/811221--a-decade-after-walkerton-what-still-needs-to-be-done

Water levels running low

Climatologist cites Light snowfall; Our winter and spring weather is coming back to haunt us
May 19, 2010
ANNE SUTHERLAND
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Montreal+area+water+levels+running/3044711/story.html
May 19, 2010
Lena Sin
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/health/lowest+death+rates+cancer+Canada/3048627/story.html
Massachusettsbased Cambridge Energy Research Associates finds 2010 will mark the first time oilsands production will account for the lion's share of U.S. imports of petroleum and refined products
May 19, 2010
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Alberta+oilsands+become+largest+supplier+crude+2010+Report/3046820/story.html
Clinical trial in Toronto to explore effect of 50-year-old insulin-lowering medication on breast cancer recurrence
May 19, 2010
Lisa Priest
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cheap-diabetes-drug-tested-as-cancer-treatment/article1573595/
Guidelines skewed statistics, professor says
May 17, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=3036200

Ban Ki-moon's Climate Challenge

The UN secretary-general has stated that climate change should be on the agenda at the G20 summit in Toronto
May 18, 2010
Tyson Dyck
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/1526-ban-ki-moon-s-climate-challenge
May 18, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=10790
May 18, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=10793
May 17, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/809649--hamilton-geothermal-could-meet-canada-s-power-needs

The tobacco epidemic in women

CIHR experts discuss smoking in light of World No Tobacco Day
May 18, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2010/18/c4505.html
May 18, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Polar+trekkers+study+North+Pole+determine+region+ecological+health/3043202/story.html

Manitoba hub for Arctic ice study

U of M to host joint effort with Greenland
May 18, 2010
Bruce Owen
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/manitoba-hub-for-arctic-ice-study-94059239.html
Even a minor spill would be catastrophic, leaving dozens of Canadian towns along iceberg alley coated
May 18, 2010
Patrick White
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/politicians-activists-raise-alarm-over-greenlands-ambitious-drilling-program/article1573590/
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Let the Discussions Begin!

May 12, 2010
Marianne Stanford
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/05/12/let-the-discussions-begin/
May 11, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/post-docs-are-not-students-also-not-really-employees/
May 13, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/bringing-science-to-bear-on-policy/
From right-wing, populist politician to coach for the science cause, former leader of the Reform Party reinvents himself
May 14, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/preston-manning-proselytizer-of-science/article1569939/
May 12, 2010
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Symposium-Opens-Dialogue-to-Strengthen-Science-to-Protect-Canadians-1259052.htm
Scientists are finally entering the debate, and defending their work
May 13, 2010
Graham Thomson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Challenging+climate+change+deniers/3021533/story.html
May 15, 2010
NICOLE VEERMAN
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/1053918

What to do with $88 million?

AIDS prevention through such means as safe injection sites, would be a productive use of monies that were scheduled to be used for the construction of a pilot lot manufacturing facilities, some researchers say
May 14, 2010
Dan Lett
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/14may10-what-to-do-with-88-million.dtl
The federal government's decision to terminate an $88-million vaccine manufacturing facility continues to generate impassioned debate about whether the world is suffering from a shortage of facilities to produce trial lots of promising vaccine prototypes
May 13, 2010
Dan Lett
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/13may10-squabble-continues-over-cancellation-of-hiv-vaccine-facility.dtl

AECL on Arrow’s flightpath

Canada’s reputation for innovation and thousands of jobs are in jeopardy
May 11, 2010
Michael Ivanco
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/807398--aecl-on-arrow-s-flightpath
Blue whale skeleton is centrepiece of facility which includes a museum
May 14, 2010
Gerry Bellett
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/biodiversity+centre+opens+world+researchers/3026563/story.html
Scholars Receive $180,000 Each to Tackle Today's Critical Social Issues
May 13, 2010
Trudeau Foundation
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2010/13/c3001.html
May 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/10/digital-economy-tony-clement-consultation.html
Year after year, we hear angry denial about the need for more serious conservation action
May 15, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/cod-in-newfoundland-already-seen-that-drama/article1567957/
May 15, 2010
MICHELLE LALONDE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Chrysotile+Institute+champions+asbestos+other+name/3031134/story.html
May 15, 2010
MOLLY CORMIER
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/1053913
May 15, 2010
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/809561--gorrie-ontario-s-biogas-program-is-a-lot-of-hot-air
May 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/14/con-child-development.html
New approach focuses on choosing, not avoiding country foods
May 14, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/04/28/toxic-arctic-food-contamination-pcb.html
May 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/13/food-supplement-health-claims-fda.html
May 14, 2010
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/business/lice+pesticide+resistance+inevitable/3025471/story.html

Save the forests, save the world

'Hairy' trees, like oak, clean the air, while eastern white cedars produce `aerosols with an antiviral component,’ says botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger
May 14, 2010
Nancy J. White
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/809134--save-the-forests-save-the-world
May 14, 2010
Jennifer Green
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Landslides+Canada+deadly+natural+disaster+scientist+says/3025603/story.html
May 14, 2010
Rory MacLean with files by James Wood
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Watershed+authority+questions+order+Environment+Canada/3026422/story.html

Ban criticizes Canada on climate

UN chief urges Harper to comply with Kyoto Protocol targets
May 13, 2010
JULIET O'NEILL
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/letters/criticizes+Canada+climate/3020585/story.html
N.S., Ottawa lengthen offshore exploration moratorium by 3 years
May 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/13/ns-georges-bank.html
May 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/13/abitibibowater-environment-toxic-513.html
May 13, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/13/genetic-test-walgreen.html
May 12, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/12/ban-ottawa012.html
Facility could employ 500 within 3 years
May 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/12/windsor-solar-plant.html
May 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/11/fragrance-perfume-chemicals.html
May 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/12/exercise-physical-activity-guide.html
May 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/12/bc-infant-blood-samples-privacy-violations.html
May 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/12/food-allergy.html
Rated higher than blueberries for antioxidants
May 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/05/12/ns-fiddleheads-farm-nutrients.html
A woman’s death during pregnancy or childbirth is as much a societal and economic disaster as it is a moral outrage
May 12, 2010
Maureen McTeer
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/message-to-the-g8-put-up-the-money-and-save-the-mothers/article1566502/
May 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/12/pei-north-insect-study-584.html
May 11, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/11/india-greenhouse-gas-climate-change.html
UN report raises alarm on threat to wildlife and ecosystems
May 11, 2010
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/808059--canada-goose-thrives-while-earth-s-species-dwindle
May 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/11/heart-disease-mortality-ontario.html
May 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/10/dental-health-oral-statistics-canada.html

Recycling electronics

May 11, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/807479--recycling-electronics
May 11, 2010
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Canada+offshore+rules+shift+responsibility+industry+green+expert/3012165/story.html

Oblique strategies

A new look at the landscape of climate politics calls for subtler and more thoughtful approaches
May 11, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=16099521
May 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/10/nl-chevron-deepwell-510.html
May 10, 2010
David Coon
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/806200--opinion-rampant-growth-threatens-common-species
May 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/10/lancaster-sound-seismic.html
May 10, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/10/biodiversity-species-un.html
May 10, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/10/cancer-costs.html
May 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/10/hookah-smoking.html
In a continent with little access to safe, legal abortion, charlatans prey on those desperate for the procedure, resulting in the deaths of 25,000 women and many more injuries each year
May 10, 2010
Geoffrey York
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/africa/africas-deadly-backroom-abortions/article1564162/
I met Lightness in Tanzania, and I see her face in the statistics
May 10, 2010
Christy Turlington Burns
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/africa/pull-down-the-barriers-to-maternal-health-care-access/article1562327/
Canadians should abandon posturing over funding abortion overseas, and instead lobby G8 countries to fund a new facility, focused on maternal and child health, at the Global Fund
May 10, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/africa/when-it-comes-to-maternal-health-let-africans-decide/article1562423/
May 11, 2010
Carl Wonders The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/05/11/the-cra-response-to-caps-implications-and-where-should-we-go-from-here/
Sunday, May 9, 2010

Recent Roundup

May 7, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/05/07/recent-roundup/
May 5, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Highlights-Canada-as-Premier-Destination-Life-Science-Investment-Research-1159516.htm
May 6, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/what-are-you-earning-salaries-at-canadian-universities-2007-2008/
May 5, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2010/05/c8687.html
The Conference Board of Canada suggests Canadian companies are missing out on clean technology opportunities
May 5, 2010
Noelle Stapinsky
Canadian Manufacturing.com
http://www.canadianmanufacturing.com/cmo/features/featuredarticle/article.jsp?content=20100505_104133_3272
May 5, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/805201--green-investments-good-for-climate-but-get-less-bang-for-buck-economically
Modern open-concept structure will be 21-storeys tall
May 4, 2010
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/new-sick-kids-tower-designed-to-make-research-more-visible/article1556308/
May 3, 2010
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/parentcentral/familyhealth/sickkids/article/804027--sick-kids-breaks-ground-on-world-class-research-facility
May 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/06/ottawa-sustainable-technology-fund.html
It used to be that few diabetics lived past the age of 10 – then two Canadian researchers discovered insulin
May 6, 2010
Harry Rosen
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/how-research-will-vanquish-diabetes-in-the-years-to-come/article1559374/

Open access becoming a reality

May 3, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/open-access-becoming-a-reality/
May 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/03/grand-challenges-malaria.html
May 3, 2010
KEVIN CONNOR
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/05/03/13808231.html

Science fair demystifies science

Mars rover, laser graffiti and the science behind
May 7, 2010
Noor Javed
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/805724--science-fair-demystifies-science
May 3, 2010
David Crane
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/columns/article/803108--crane-without-innovation-canada-s-economy-will-fall-behind

Innovate - or stagnate

Competition on the rise: Complacency endangers country, Bank of Canada governor says
May 6, 2010
DAVID CRANE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/todays-paper/Innovate+stagnate/2992903/story.html
May 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/06/tech-climate-chance-science-defence.html

Climate for cooperation

May 9, 2010
Tyson Dyck
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/806555--climate-for-cooperation
Pumping sulphur into the atmosphere would halt global warming, but not without cost
May 7, 2010
Michael Valpy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/the-promise-and-the-peril-of-an-engineered-climate/article1554318/
May 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/07/ns-sydney-tar-ponds-park.html

Why won’t polio go away?

‘Every time we think we have this battle won, the virus shows another face'
May 7, 2010
Andre Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/why-wont-polio-go-away/article1561053/
May 7, 2010
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/806540--gorrie-despite-the-gulf-oil-spill-business-as-usual
Energy exploration plans in Lancaster Sound clash with bid to protect the wildlife-rich region
May 7, 2010
Paul Watson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/806593--gulf-oil-disaster-fuels-fears-in-arctic
May 7, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/07/tobacco-mcdougall.html
May 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/07/older-moms.html
The normally dull company AGM has become an unlikely battleground as green-minded pension fund members take on the energy giants exploiting the controversial tar sands of western Canada
May 6, 2010
Sally Williams
Telegraph.co.uk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/pensions/7682864/Power-struggle-over-Canadas-dirty-oil-sands.html
May 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/07/abortion-maternal-health-lancet-g8.html
May 6, 2010
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/805869--journal-slams-tories-g8-abortion-stand-calls-it-hypocritical-and-unjust
May 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/06/cancer-environment.html
Depth of drilling would create added challenges in case of rupture
May 5, 2010
Gloria Galloway and Grant Robertson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/planned-oil-well-off-newfoundland-lacks-safeguards-to-avert-disaster/article1558396/

Just how evil is oil?

This disaster has simply reinforced the widespread conviction that no good can come from chasing after offshore oil
May 6, 2010
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/just-how-evil-is-oil/article1558233/
The Deepwater Horizon disaster will affect everyone from pelicans to politicians
May 6, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=16059982
May 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/06/pei-renewable-energy-costs-584.html
May 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/06/drug-errors-bar-codes.html
Combination products in question
May 6, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/05/con-sleep-meds.html
May 5, 2010
Behzad Elahi and Lauren O'Driscoll
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/05/05/naturopathic-medicine-be-aware-of-what-you-eat.aspx
May 5, 2010
Anca Gurzu
Embassy
http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/g8-05-05-2010

Where’s the power plan?

May 5, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/804531--where-s-the-power-plan
Global bank tax also on Barroso's mind heading into meeting with Harper
May 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/05/05/harper-barroso-europe-climate-change-bank-tax.html

Extinction risks increasing?

Assessment finds cod still on the decline; province, union disagree
May 5, 2010
TERRY ROBERTS
The Telegram
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=338824&sc=79
May 5, 2010
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/science-matters-canadas-cities-at-a-crossroads-to-sprawl-or-protect-92868864.html
May 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/05/05/ms-rallies.html
BP, Jaffer cases highlight suspicions about green marketing
May 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/05/greenwashing-clean-tech.html
May 5, 2010
Matt Horne
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Carbon+taxes+Solutions+needed+smoke+mirrors/2988303/story.html
May 5, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/article/805190--oil-spill-damage-to-gulf-of-mexico-is-deep-complex
May 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/05/ms-ccsvi-bc-ont.html
May 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/05/gatineau-water-fluoridation-council.html
May 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/04/childhood-vaccines-refusals.html
May 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/04/abortion-maternal-health-cida.html
May 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/04/sarnia-petrolia-oil-solar-100504.html
'A contribution to making success possible'
May 4, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/04/tech-climate-meeting.html
May 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/03/committee-report-endangered-species.html
May 4, 2010
Martin Regg Cohn
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/804045--cohn-time-to-revisit-the-dreaded-carbon-tax
May 4, 2010
Hanneke Brooymans
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Ecologist+finds+toxic+metals+increasing+Athabasca+River/2986135/story.html
As the oil industry asks for rules to be relaxed, Environment Minister Jim Prentice insists that won’t happen
May 4, 2010
Grant Robertson and Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-will-take-tough-stand-on-offshore-drilling/article1557095/
May 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/03/pei-oil-spill-tuna-oysters-584.html
Layton calls for Harper to put Gulf oil disaster on G8 agenda
May 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/05/03/bp-oil-spill-question-period-g8.html
Gulf disaster 'raises a lot of additional questions,' minister says
May 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/03/bc-west-coast-oil-tanker-spill.html
May 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/03/arctic-oil-spill-response.html
May 3, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/03/tech-climate-deal-un.html
May 3, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/03/con-german-ecar.html
May 3, 2010
Roszan Holmen
Victoria News
http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/victorianews/news/92673969.html
May 3, 2010
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/803128--goar-good-ideas-little-sustenance-in-liberal-food-policy
May 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/05/03/nl-lead-study-503.html
Pulp and Paper company pleads guilty to releasing substance harmful to fish into waterway
May 3, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/atlantic/irving-fined-for-polluting-nb-river/article1555030/
May 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/03/ns-pesticide-ban.html
May 2, 2010
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/05/02/13800761-qmi.html

A debate about food

May 2, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/803169--a-debate-about-food
May 2, 2010
Belinda Stronach
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/803083--don-t-let-abortion-issue-hijack-maternal-health-agenda

Choose evidence over emotion

Apr 30, 2010
Valerie Percival
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Choose+evidence+over+emotion/2968958/story.html
Apr 27, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick and Richard Foot
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Harper+defends+maternal+health+project+funding+minus+abortions+third+world+countries/2956451/story.html
Monday, May 3, 2010

In praise of the squishy subjects

May 2, 2010
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/02/in-praise-of-the-squishy-subjects-advocating-for-the-social-sciences-and-humanities/
PubMed Central Canada puts latest Canadian health research at fingertips of researchers
Apr 28, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2010/28/c6588.html
Number of firms dropped by 10 per cent last year. Quebec's biotech sector particularly hard hit
Apr 29, 2010
Jason Magder
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+biotech+industry+feeling+financial+crisis+pain+report/2965830/story.html
Apr 26, 2010
Derek Sankey
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/economy+will+about+green+jobs/2952000/story.html
Lisgar's Emma Graham won a $1,000 prize for creating a greener insecticide to battle potato beetles, Tony Lofaro writes.
Apr 29, 2010
Tony Lofaro
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Budding+young+scientist+honoured+discovery/2963757/story.html
Apr 26, 2010
Taylor Bendig
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Teen+lung+research+work+vies+national+award/2948865/story.html
Apr 30, 2010
Paul Luke
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/Plastics+industry+calls+Victoria+innovation/2969894/story.html
Apr 26, 2010
Owen Roberts
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/EditorialOpinion/article/623685

Of fruit flies and windmills

Students take part in Manitoba Schools Science Symposium
Apr 26, 2010
Geoff Kirbyson and Carol Sanders
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/of-fruit-flies-and-windmills-92074139.html
Apr 30, 2010
Ray Grigg
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/business/Bluefin+Tuna+Indicator+Species/2968872/story.html
Apr 30, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/04/30/tech-arctic-sea-ice-warming.html
Apr 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/04/30/nl-tobin-oil-spill-430.html

Fresh water: Canada’s lifeblood

Apr 30, 2010
John Turner
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/802655--fresh-water-canada-s-lifeblood
Apr 30, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/04/30/pei-hpv-vaccine-boys-584.html
Apr 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/04/29/north-pole-rainfall.html
Apr 29, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/04/29/us-air-pollution-study.html
Apr 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/04/29/edmonton-alberta-syncrude-dismissal-rejected-dead-ducks-trial.html
Apr 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/04/26/tech-chimpanzee-death-reaction.html
Apr 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/04/29/alzheimer-prevention.html
Apr 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/04/28/arctic-wwf-regulations.html
Apr 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/04/28/acupuncture-labour-pain.html
Apr 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/04/27/physical-activity-children.html
Apr 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/04/28/ottawa-well-water-contamination.html
Universal health care seen as important factor in higher quality of life
Apr 28, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/04/28/health-life-expectancy-canada-us.html
Apr 28, 2010
Tanya Talaga
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/801604--wind-turbines-making-us-sick-protesters
Apr 28, 2010
Kate Kelland
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/801616--recession-may-spark-tuberculosis-surge-scientists
Apr 28, 2010
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/science-matters-salmon-farming-may-be-a-good-idea-after-all-92317304.html
Oda’s reassurances that policy of refusing to fund procedures applies only to G8 initiative fails to reassure
Apr 27, 2010
Campbell Clark
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-abortion-stance-worries-world-aid-groups/article1549062/
Apr 27, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/04/27/tech-australia-emissions.html

Drug spending in Canada hits $30B

Apr 27, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/04/22/pharmaceutical-drug-spending-canada.html
Ignatieff’s initiative makes sense, but should not get transformed into a trade barrier
Apr 27, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/food-policy-may-give-what-we-eat-a-shorter-commute/article1547614/
Apr 27, 2010
Kevin Hursh
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/Setting+food+safety+standards+simply+good+policy/2955209/story.html
Apr 26, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Liberals+national+food+policy+table/2952466/story.html
Apr 26, 2010
David Akin and Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Abortion+Harper+health+initiative/2953580/story.html
Apr 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/04/26/clinical-trials-bureaucracy.html
'The carp are knocking at the door,' say environmentalists
Apr 26, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/04/26/wdr-great-lakes-asian-carp-100426.html
Apr 24, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/H1N1+year+later+Canada+examines+response+pandemic/2947992/story.html

Hydrogen tries again

Has the lightest and most abundant stuff in the universe found a new role in energy?
Apr 23, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15981031
A wellspring of concern – yes, including from the West – is driving new discussions about a national strategy
Apr 23, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canada-suffers-for-its-energy-incoherence/article1543555/
Apr 23, 2010
Carrie Tait
Financial Post
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/Syncrude+given+extra+time+clean+tailings/2944595/story.html
School-based programs work – and even show long-lasting benefits
Apr 23, 2010
Susan Pinker
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/sex-education-is-too-important-to-be-left-to-parents/article1545135/
Fisheries experts to work on federal inquiry into Fraser sockeye salmon stocks
Apr 22, 2010
Mark Hume
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/six-leading-scientists-to-advise-cohen-commission/article1543388/
Apr 22, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Voluntary+efforts+trans+fats+have+failed+Health+minister/2938278/story.html

Electric cars: Hub of the matter

Putting electric motors into the wheels of cars is the way forward
Apr 22, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15949099
Even as Earth Day celebrates 40 years of education and advocacy, there are still serious threats to our planet
Apr 22, 2010
VIVIAN SONG
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/797041--earth-day-celebrates-40-years-of-education-and-advocacy
Apr 22, 2010
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/david-suzukis-science-matters-watching-the-petitcodiac-river-flow---once-again-91839269.html
Canadians spent 5 per cent more on medications in 2009 than a year earlier, but trend is downward as drug patents expire
Apr 22, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/growth-in-drug-spending-is-slowing-cihi-reports/article1543669/
Apr 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/04/21/bc-swine-flu-vaccine-spoiling.html
Skeptics and believers in climate change could battle in civil court
Apr 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/04/21/bc-andrew-weaver-national-post-lawsuit.html
Harper’s plan to adopt futile U.S. strategy will create more criminals and do little to end violence
Apr 15, 2010
Evan Wood
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/columns/article/795458--mandatory-minimums-won-t-curtail-illicit-drugs