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