Friday, November 19, 2010

Foreign scholarships touch off Ontario culture war

Nov 11, 2010
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/foreign-scholarships-touch-off-ontario-culture-war/article1795839/
Nov 16, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/foreign-scholarships-and-the-risky-business-of-innovating/article1800085/
Nov 14, 2010
Karen Mazurkewich
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/Universities+join+startup+game/3828782/story.html
ICT: Province spends about 1% of GDP on research and development: NBIT
Nov 18, 2010
JON MACNEILL
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/1313383
Nov 12, 2010
Ciara Byrne
The Canadian Press
http://www.thespec.com/news/ontario/article/275758--ontario-professors-rewarded-more-for-research-than-for-teaching-study

Don't hold back the brain gain

Nov 18, 2010
Allan Rock, Claude Lague, and Andre Lalonde
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/hold+back+brain+gain/3846564/story.html
Nov 17, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/in-praise-of-scholarships-for-foreign-students/
Nov 16, 2010
Feridun Hamdullahpur
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/891250--ontario-wins-by-attracting-the-best-international-students
Nov 18, 2010
GARY MASON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/bringing-smart-people-to-canada-can-only-make-us-better/article1803321/
Nov 15, 2010
ANNE McILROY and KAREN HOWLETT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/ontario-invests-15-million-in-brain-research/article1799326/
Nov 15, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/11/15/look-mom-i-can-do-pcr-benefits-and-drawbacks-of-formal-undergraduate-research-programs/
A prestigious award is the latest chapter in a remarkable life
Nov 16, 2010
Ian MacLeod
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/From+goat+herder+scientific+pioneer/3833802/story.html
Homburg University would focus on real estate
Nov 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/11/15/pei-homburg-university-584.html
The Canadian public is completely at odds with its own government on climate change, a new survey revealed Friday
Nov 19, 2010
Stephen Leahy
Inter Press Service
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=53611
Nov 18, 2010
BRIAN LILLEY
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/11/18/16210206.html
Nov 19, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/health-of-400000-nearly-homeless-canadians-as-poor-as-those-on-streets-study/article1805746/
Proposed law sets irresponsible targets that would have cost thousands of jobs
Nov 19, 2010
TOM HARRIS
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Senate+right+kill+climate+change+bill/3853376/story.html
Nov 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/11/18/multiple-sclerosis-vein-death-costa-rica-mostic.html
Nov 18, 2010
Greg Weston
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/18/greg-weston-climate-change-bill.html
Nov 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/18/climate-change-poll-consumerism.html
EU had wanted to slash current quota in half
Nov 18, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/18/tuna-bluefin-cutback-plan-abandoned.html
Lower Churchill power to flow past Quebec, promises stable prices
Nov 18, 2010
John Gushue
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/18/nl-muskrat-deal-1118.html
Nov 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/11/18/nb-health-profile-943.html
Nov 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/17/hudson-bay-ice-polar-bear.html
Nov 18, 2010
International Development Research Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/18/c5538.html
Nov 18, 2010
Council of Canadian Academies
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/18/c5332.html
Nov 18, 2010
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Strengthens-Food-Safety-System-With-Ministerial-Advisory-Board-1356085.htm
Nov 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/17/biodiversity-data-canada.html
Defeating legislation passed by House unprecedented, opposition parties say
Nov 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/17/senate-climate-bill.html
Nov 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/17/edmonton-environment-canada-no-violations-cnrl.html
Nov 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/11/17/drug-testing-improvements-health-council.html
Nov 17, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/17/antimatter-antihydrogen-atoms-trap.html
Nov 17, 2010
Derek Abma
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canadian+researchers+TRIUMF+capturing+antimatter/3843648/story.html
Hopes for serious action disappeared when the Republicans won a majority in the U.S. House
Nov 17, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/the-climate-change-file-post-prentice-same-old-same-old/article1801668/
Nov 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/17/pei-wind-power-cutback-584.html
Caldicott warned about radioactive waste
Nov 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/17/port-hope-radioactive-soil-helen-caldicott.html
Nov 17, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/17/carbon-dioxide-water-epa.html
Juice company disputes FTC's misleading advertising charges
Nov 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/17/con-pom-phd.html
Charles Pascal
Nov 17, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/891822--harper-tough-on-crime-but-soft-on-facts
Nov 17, 2010
Heather Mallick
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/891829--mallick-trustees-strike-a-blow-against-junk-science
Bill S-10 will neither deter organized crime nor make any serious dent in our drug trade. What it will do is alarm the low-level street dealers
Nov 17, 2010
ERIKA SASSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/mandatory-minimums-for-drug-crimes-are-a-giant-step-backward-for-canada/article1801674/
Nov 17, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/17/c5254.html
Nov 17, 2010
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/CFI-News-Brief-New-Ways-to-Harness-Energy-1355542.htm
Nov 17, 2010
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Launches-New-Anti-drug-Campaign-New-Ads-Latest-Effort-Help-Parents-1355320.htm
Critique of the Levitt and Lai Article
Nov 16, 2010
Lorne Trottier
Skeptic North
http://www.skepticnorth.com/2010/11/levitt-and-lai-peddling-discredited-emf-science/
Worry mounts despite recent ERCB inspections showing containment
Nov 16, 2010
Keith Gerein
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Alberta+opposition+slams+Horizon+tailings+pond/3831774/story.html
Nov 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/16/edmonton-cnrl-pond-environment-canada.html
Nov 16, 2010
Tamsin McMahon
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Water+fluoridation+meets+Waterloo/3839306/story.html

1-way trip to Mars proposed

Nov 16, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/16/mars-trip-oneway.html
Nov 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/16/arctic-security-conference-board.html

Supporting Brain Research

McGuinty Government Supports Better Health Care, Life Science Jobs
Nov 15, 2010
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2010/11/supporting-brain-research.html
If we truly want to transform the electricity sector, then increasing the role of renewable technologies along a ‘smart grid’ is a better approach
Nov 15, 2010
JATIN NATHWANI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/does-ontarios-green-energy-act-pass-the-net-benefit-test/article1797190/
Scientists drill through permafrost to assess challenges in harnessing gas hydrates, a source of clean-burning methane
Nov 15, 2010
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Arctic+fiery+potential+energy+source/3829993/story.html
Nov 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/15/edmonton-cnrl-pond-environment-canada.html
Government House Leader John Baird is also the acting environment minister and critics say the environment will be pushed to the backburner, again
Nov 15, 2010
BEA VONGDOUANGCHANH
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/environmentbaird-11-15-2010
Nov 15, 2010
Dean Beeby
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/ontarios-summer-quake-spilled-toxic-mercury-at-museum/article1798496/
Nov 15, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/15/c4216.html
This guide explains some of the common green claims and labels you will see in Canada
Nov 2010
Office of Consumer Affairs, Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/oca-bc.nsf/vwapj/10-010-IC-Eco_logos_EN_WEB.pdf/$FILE/10-010-IC-Eco_logos_EN_WEB.pdf
Nov 14, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/MacKay-Announces-Cutting-Edge-Clean-Energy-Project-for-Atlantic-Canada-1352963.htm
Nov 13, 2010
David Johnston
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/data+exposure+study+Health+Canada+says/3823410/story.html
Nov 12, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/12/c3877.html
Economic Action Plan invests in jobs and growth through research and development
Nov 12, 2010
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Supports-Innovation-Small-Medium-Sized-Businesses-National-Capital-1352766.htm
Nov 12, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Investing-in-Environmental-Improvements-at-Hinton-Pulp-Mill-1352657.htm
Nov 10, 2010
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/ontario-asked-ottawa-to-delay-aecl-sale/article1794307/
Friday, November 12, 2010

UNESCO Science Report 2010

The Current Status of Science around the World
Nov 10, 2010
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/science-technology/prospective-studies/unesco-science-report/unesco-science-report-2010/
A practical guide for researchers in socio-economic sciences and humanities
Nov 4, 2010
European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/guide-communicating-research_en.pdf
Nov 9, 2010
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/11/09/16048056.html
Canada's inefficiencies might have more to do with the nature of the economy than how the government hands out funding
Nov 3, 2010
Jacob Serebrin
Macleans
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/11/03/everybody-keeps-talking-about-innovation/

A call for increased R&D

Productivity: Governor General says private sector should invest more in research and development
Nov 10, 2010
BRETT BUNDALE
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1301392

Science is suddenly sexy

Nov 10, 2010
Darah Hansen
Vancouver Sun
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/workplace/archive/2010/11/10/science-is-suddenly-sexy.aspx
The old scientific powers are starting to lose their grip
Nov 11, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17460678
While the USA, Europe and Japan may still be leading the global research and development (R&D) effort, they are increasingly being challenged by emerging countries, especially China. This is one of the findings of the 2010 UNESCO Science Report, launched at the Organization’s headquarters on 10 November, World Science Day.
Nov 10, 2010
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/research_and_development_usa_europe_and_japan_increasingly_challenged_by_emerging_countries_says_a_unesco_report/

Brain gain

Top scientists make Canada home, thanks to federal program
Nov 8, 2010
Calgary Herald
http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=64550514-2312-4665-a3cd-4cd46ece227b
Nov 11, 2010
Mark Iype
Postmedia News
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/Universities+give+grudging+recognition+Maclean+rankings/3811305/story.html

Measuring excellence

Maclean's has spent 20 years gathering the best numerical data to compare the quality of Canadian schools. It isn't easy. Here's how we do it.
Nov 11, 2010
Mary Dwyer
Maclean's
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/11/11/measuring-excellence/
Nov 10, 2010
Brian Gordon
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/business-categories/innovation/need-small-business-funding-the-government-could-help/article1791939/
Nov 5, 2010
Adam McDowell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/innovation+Government+subsidies+come+with+price/3785905/story.html
Nov 9, 2010
JENNIFER MYERS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/managing/on-the-job/why-more-women-arent-becoming-engineers/article1792386/
Nov 8, 2010
Amit Chakma
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/why-international-student-scholarships-are-good-for-canada/article1787859/
Nov 8, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/887245--foreign-scholarships-not-a-zero-sum-game
Nov 8, 2010
JAMES BRADSHAW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/cost-of-mcguintys-foreign-scholarships-sparks-political-row/article1790957/
Faculty and administrators hold lively discussion at international conference on higher ed governance
Nov 8, 2010
Peggy Berkowitz
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/university-senate-is-it-still-useful.aspx
Find out why India is on the minds of those who work at Canada’s universities
Nov 8, 2010
Tara Fraser
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/15-presidents-make-their-way-to-India.aspx
Nov 9, 2010
Catherine Lawson
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Ottawa+scientists+lands+Gates+grant+develop+contraceptive+that+blocks/3801787/story.html
Nov 10, 2010
Louise Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/article/888368--asian-students-being-forced-into-university-maclean-s
Nov 12, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/12/c3714.html
Closed-containment salmon farms not the panacea they are said to be
Nov 12, 2010
Mary Ellen Walling
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/food+production+affects+environment/3816388/story.html

Think again on labels

Nov 12, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/889569--think-again-on-labels
But the resulting tsunami could slam a wall of water into our coast
Nov 12, 2010
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Mega+quake+would+likely+spare+study+says/3816471/story.html
Nov 12, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/12/space-telescope-overbudget.html
Nov 11, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Generic+drugs+same+experts/3816000/story.html
Nov 11, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/11/generalelectric-electric-vehicles.html
Nov 11, 2010
Mychaylo Prystupa
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/11/man-f-plastic-pollution.html
Nov 11, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/11/mutant-mosquitos-release-denguefever.html
Nov 11, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/10/dark-matter-snolab-collar.html
Nov 11, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/11/11/too-soon-to-ban-bisphenol-a-who-says/
Nov 10, 2010
D.C. Reid
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Science+starting+prove+Canada+better+fish+farms+land+quickly/3805426/story.html
Nov 10, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/11/10/superbug-ndm-1-canada.html
Nov 10, 2010
Hanneke Brooymans
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Pollution+tracking+website+pinpoint+trouble+spots/3809872/story.html
Nov 10, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/11/10/as-canada-drops-new-cigarette-warnings-us-moves-ahead/

Labrador caribou count plummets

Nov 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/10/george-river-caribou-population-110.html
Nov 10, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/10/science-whale-sunburn-ozone-layer.html
Aimed at curbing Lyme disease
Nov 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/10/ns-deer-bait-tick-study-lyme-disease.html
Nov 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/pei-invasive-tunicate-test-584.html
Nov 10, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Targets-Illegal-Fishing-in-North-Pacific-Ocean-1351284.htm
Nov 9, 2010
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec/quebec-mds-warn-against-controversial-ms-treatment/article1792585/
Nov 9, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/11/09/multiple-sclerosis-quebec-treatment.html

Energy plan needs trillion$

Nov 9, 2010
Paul Luke
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/technology/Energy+plan+needs+trillion/3798366/story.html
Nov 9, 2010
Amy Minsky
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Ottawa+slow+tobacco+warnings/3799420/story.html
Jurisdiction wrangling often leaves prisoners with mental problems feeling trapped and without access to mental health services
Nov 9, 2010
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/9nov10-pan-canadian-strategy-being-developed-to-tackle-mental-health-in-prisons.dtl
Nov 9, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/20101109/radon-gas-health-101109/
Nov 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/science-salmon-sea-lice-fish-farm.html
Former BP chief says the company wasn't ready for oil spill crisis
Nov 9, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/world-tony-hayward-bp-plc.html
Nov 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/science-wind-climate-change-temperatures.html
Nov 9, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/alberta-carbon-capture-bill-taxpayers.html
International Energy Agency says governments are unprepared for rise in demand
Nov 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/iea-world-energy-report.html
Nov 9, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/water-knowledge-gaps.html
Nov 9, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/09/science-bird-beaks-deformed.html

Let them eat broccoli!

Sorry, campaigners, the fight against obesity is doomed
Nov 9, 2010
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/let-them-eat-broccoli/article1790640/
Nov 9, 2010
PAMELA FAYERMAN
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Lung+cancer+smokers+different+from+lung+cancer+nonsmokers+Vancouver+study/3802627/story.html
Nov 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/11/09/nl-illegal-turr-1109.html

New lab dedicated to food safety

Nov 9, 2010
Rob O’Flanagan
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/article/718157
Nov 9, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+hallowed+halls+open+business+India+told/3802259/story.html
Joint Venture With Chinese Company Creating Up To 300 Jobs
Nov 9, 2010
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2010/11/new-solar-panel-assembly-plant-to-be-built-in-hamilton.html
McGuinty Government And First Nations Reach Important Milestone
Nov 9, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
http://news.ontario.ca/mnr/en/2010/11/promoting-sustainable-development-in-far-north.html
Canadian university presidents announce over $4 million investment in India-specific initiatives
Nov 9, 2010
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/09/c2482.html
MP Terence Young also recognizes Tyne Engineering Inc. as a Canadian Innovation Leader
Nov 9, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Supports-Green-Energy-Innovative-Research-Development-Oakville-Ontario-1350251.htm
Nov 9, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Ministers-Move-Forward-in-St-Johns-to-Develop-Canadas-Fisheries-Potential-1350376.htm
Nov 9, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Paradis-Announces-New-Clean-Energy-Project-in-British-Columbia-1350214.htm
Nov 9, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Clean-Energy-Heating-Project-for-Seniors-Community-1349806.htm
Nov 9, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Investing-in-Environmental-Improvements-at-Domtar-Espanola-1349801.htm
Nov 9, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Enhances-Research-Collaboration-Opportunities-with-India-United-Kingdom-1349988.htm
Nov 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/08/biphenol-a-roundworm-sterility.html
Nov 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/11/08/h1n1-second-wave.html
Nov 8, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/did-ottawa-bow-to-tobacco-industry-on-warning-labels/article1790616/
Nov 7, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20101107/carbon-capture-report-101107/
Nov 7, 2010
Stephen Bede Scharper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/887260--climate-change-prosperity-or-disparity
Nov 7, 2010
Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD)
http://www.financialpost.com/markets/news/Western+Canada+Innovation+Agreement+Creates+Jointly+Managed+Fund/3796737/story.html
Nov 5, 2010
JAMES BRADSHAW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadian-university-delegation-on-recruitment-drive-in-india/article1788298/
Nov 5, 2010
Derek Sankey
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Medical+innovations+drive+demand+workers/3771533/story.html
Multiple radio signals enough to cause physical and psychological problems
Nov 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/11/05/con-cell-radiation.html
Nov 3, 2010
DAVID CRARY AND LISA LEFF
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/california-rejects-measure-to-legalize-marijuana/article1783538/
Oct 26, 2010
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Arctic+shipping+will+hasten+melt+study+says/3729602/story.html
Friday, November 5, 2010

Innovation – time to pull

Nov 4, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/innovation-time_to_pull/
Oct 31, 2010
Iain Hunter
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/Iain+Hunter+Waving+magic+innovation+wand/3753991/story.html
2010 Synergy Awards for Innovation highlight partnerships that foster economic growth
Nov 2, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Recognizes-Innovative-Collaboration-Between-Businesses-Universities-1345733.htm

Innovate, compete: Manley

Nov 3, 2010
GALEN EAGLE
The Peterborough Examiner
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2826901
Nov 3, 2010
JAMES BRADSHAW and ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/ontario-to-lure-foreign-students-with-hefty-university-scholarships/article1784161/
Nov 1, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/11/01/training-students-not-simply-lab-monkeys/
McGuinty Government Supporting Entrepreneurs, Bringing Local Ideas To Life
Nov 2, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE110210a.asp
McGuinty Government Supporting Entrepreneurs, Bringing Local Ideas To Life
Nov 2, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE110210b.asp
Nov 3, 2010
JULIE GRECO
THE STANDARD
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2827139
Nov 2, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/02/c8091.html
Nov 3, 2010
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/03/c8552.html
Nov 3, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/03/bulgaria-protest-.html
Nov 4, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/04/calgary-researcher-neurobiology.html
Nov 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/05/pei-upse-groundwater-584.html

N.B. wind power surges in summer

Nov 5, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/05/nb-wind-power-system-operator-552.html
Canadian team advancing research partnerships abroad
Industry Canada
Nov 5, 2010
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-of-State-Goodyear-Leads-University-Delegation-to-India-1347904.htm
Nov 5, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/886133--global-warming-news-is-both-good-and-bad
Nov 4, 2010
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/04/new-clean-energy-strategy.html
New Democrat's bill calling for special stickers expected to go nowhere
Nov 4, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/04/con-cell-radiation.html

Geoengineering: Lift-off

Research into the possibility of engineering a better climate is progressing at an impressive rate — and meeting strong opposition
Nov 4, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17414216
Nov 4, 2010
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Canada+still+lacking+inspectors+meat+plants+CFIA/3779286/story.html
Nov 4, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/food-no-safer-than-before-tainted-meat-scandal-union-says/article1785903/
Nov 4, 2010
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/886200--food-safety-watchdog-still-unclear-on-numbers
Nov 4, 2010
ERIC REGULY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/eric-reguly/agriculture-becomes-the-next-big-thing/article1785210/
Nov 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/11/04/cdn-polar-commisison-board.html
Largest-ever Canadian university mission aims to tap into strong demand for higher education
Nov 4, 2010
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/04/c9073.html
Nov 4, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Celebrates-15th-Anniversary-Canadian-RADARSAT-1-Satellite-1347512.htm
Nov 4, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Announces-Funding-EQuilibrium-Communities-Project-Toronto-1347091.htm

Tories right to block B.C. mine

Nov 4, 2010
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Tories+right+block+mine/3775058/story.html
Plans by Vancouver-based Taseko Mines had already been approved by provincial government
Nov 3, 2010
Laura Baziuk
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/business/Ottawa+quashes+plans+gold+copper+mine/3768224/story.html
Nov 3, 2010
JONATHAN FOWLIE
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+blocks+development+major+gold+copper+mine+project/3766168/story.html
Nov 3, 2010
DAVID EBNER
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/prosperity-ruling-a-blow-to-taseko-bc-mining-sector/article1783978/
Nov 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/11/03/con-wireless-warning.html
Nov 3, 2010
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/brain-lesions-linked-to-sharp-drop-in-sockeye-stocks/article1783546/

Campus torn in dispute over PhD

Nov 3, 2010
Joseph Brean
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Campus+torn+dispute+over/3767102/story.html
Nov 3, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/03/c8420.html
Nov 3, 2010
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Deep+diving+narwhals+Arctic+research/3750705/story.html
New Zealand exhibition explores the dramatic undersea world of whales
Nov 3, 2010
Ontario Science Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/03/c7768.html
Nov 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/02/canada-prentice-cap-trade-elections.html
Nov 2, 2010
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Nothing+stop+petroleum+exploration+Lancaster+Sound+Analysis/3766646/story.html
Nov 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/02/nb-point-lepreau-craig-leonard-523.html
Nov 2, 2010
Nick Rockel
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/25/david-suzuki-informed-canadas-environmental-conscience/article1780558/
Nov 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/11/02/cdn-polar-commission-board.html
Nov 2, 2010
Ian MacLeod
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/biotech+firm+seeks+Canadian+stem+cell+patent/3762231/story.html
Nov 2, 2010
WENDY STUECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/ottawa-rejects-proposed-mine-at-fish-lake-bc/article1783048/

Stand up for science

Nov 1, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Stand+science/3755908/story.html
Nov 1, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/01/oil-spill-gulf-newfoundland-paradis.html
Nov 1, 2010
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/dfo-restructuring-emphasizes-ecosystem-management-panel-told/article1781799/
Nov 1, 2010
Natalie Armstrong
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/dna-barcoding-aims-to-protect-species-food/article1780431/
Nov 1, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/11/01/tech-forests-carbon-dioxide.html
Health Canada
Nov 1, 2010
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/New-Safety-Measures-for-Pesticides-Used-to-Control-Rodents-1344912.htm
Oct 31, 2010
Munir Sheikh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/883374--lack-of-census-data-will-imperil-policy-making
Oct 31, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/883395--flu-vaccine-it-s-time-for-a-shot
Oct 31, 2010
Luisa D’Amato
Waterloo Record
http://news.therecord.com/News/Local/article/803305
Oct 31, 2010
DANIEL LEBLANC
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/key-northern-agency-has-not-had-a-board-or-a-president-since-2008/article1780010/
Oct 29, 2010
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/sudden-fish-boom-doesnt-mean-decline-is-over-inquiry-head-says/article1779070/
Oct 29, 2010
ANNE McILROY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/vegetative-patients-may-be-aware-newly-recruited-researcher-says/article1779227/

Plastics: There and back again

An old idea may help solve the problem of plastic waste
Oct 28, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17358583
Biofuels are back. This time they might even work
Oct 28, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17358802
Oct 28, 2010
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/panelists-argue-about-how-much-biodiversity-is-good/article1777139/
Oct 24, 2010
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/is-bcs-sockeye-boom-a-one-off/article1771042/