Saturday, June 26, 2010

Women scientists paid less than male counterparts, survey finds

Jun 24, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Women+scientists+paid+less+than+male+counterparts+survey+finds/3195331/story.html

Research policy odds and sods

Jun 22, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/research-policy-odds-and-sods/

What Does A Graduate Degree Mean?

Jun 22, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/06/22/what-does-a-graduate-degree-mean/

The man behind the MaRS mission

Rafi Hofstein has a vision to monetize the brainpower in the city’s Discovery District
Jun 25, 2010
Joanna Pachner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/the-man-behind-the-mars-mission/article1618520/
Jun 22, 2010
John Varty
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/06/22/john-varty-a-hole-in-the-thesis-of-junk-science/

Science centre a rare gem

New facility's opening planned for fall 2011
Jun 26, 2010
Lea Storry
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Science+centre+rare/3205196/story.html
Females with science PhDs earn up to 40% less than their male counterparts
Jun 24, 2010
Carson Jerema
Macleans
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/06/24/glass-ceiling-persists-among-scientists/
Jun 23, 2010
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/home_family/gender-gap-in-salaries-leads-many-female-scientists-toexit-ivory-tower-97013414.html
Jun 24, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Goodyear-Announces-Investment-Research-Innovation-Communities-Across-Canada-1281290.htm
Canada's Economic Action Plan investment will renew laboratories for future generations
Jun 22, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-of-State-Goodyear-Tours-New-Brunswick-Community-College-1279959.htm

Museum hits the road

Cars have given Canada jobs, transport, earworms and, now, a new exhibit at the Museum of Science and Technology
Jun 23, 2010
Robert Bostelaar
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Museum+hits+road/3189079/story.html
World-renowned physicist’s gala presentation gives boost to Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ont.
Jun 20, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/stephen-hawking-gets-rock-star-welcome-at-canadian-think-tank/article1611058/
Jun 21, 2010
Joseph Brean
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Hawking+trumpets+Waterloo+physics+cred/3179828/story.html
Jun 20, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Industry-Minister-State-Science-Technology-Welcome-Stephen-Hawking-Canada-1278644.htm
Jun 24, 2010
Council of Canadian Academies
http://www.scienceadvice.ca/uploads/eng/assessments%20and%20publications%20and%20news%20releases/2010-06-24_news_release_sac_chair.pdf
Jun 22, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Nora-English-Appointed-Member-Social-Sciences-Humanities-Research-Council-Canada-1280117.htm
Jun 21, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Kevin-PD-Smith-Apppointed-Chair-Board-Directors-Canada-Foundation-Innovation-1279252.htm
Jun 21, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Michel-Kelly-Gagnon-Appointed-Board-Directors-Canada-Foundation-Innovation-1279261.htm
Jun 25, 2010
Derek Abma
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Brand+name+pharmaceuticals+spending+enough+generics/3202840/story.html

Ottawa opens oilpatch to China

Sale of stake in Syncrude approved
Jun 26, 2010
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Ottawa+opens+oilpatch+China/3205225/story.html
Jun 25, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/828890--syncrude-guilty-in-death-of-1-600-ducks-in-toxic-tailings-pond
Jun 25, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/828592--gale-force-winds-could-leave-gulf-oil-gushing-for-2-weeks
Jun 25, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/25/mcdougall-tobacco-idrc.html
Canada can afford greater contribution than others to flagship initiative: PM
Jun 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/25/g8-g20-huntsville-leaders.html
Misoprostol is a medication with magical properties, some of which are undeniably good and others that not everyone can endorse. The problem: How to allow some without the others.
Jun 25, 2010
Carolyn Abraham
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/maternal/when-health-and-moral-values-collide/article1618325/
Muskoka Initiative looks 'like a small down payment,' charity head says
Jun 25, 2010
Campbell Clark
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/news/g8-health-pledges-fall-short-of-whats-needed/article1618007/
The G8 announcement is not all that women and children in developing countries need. It will, however, make a real impact, and gets the issue on the international political agenda.
Jun 25, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/opinion/maternal-health-plan-is-something-of-a-start/article1619014/
Jun 25, 2010
Bill Taylor
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1109755
Jun 25, 2010
Jeremy Warren
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
http://www.canada.com/health/Saskatoon+research+centre+mulls+medical+isotope+production/3203438/story.html
Protests coincide with Fete nationale
Jun 25, 2010
MICHELLE LALONDE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Anti+asbestos+demos+staged+around+globe/3198578/story.html
Attempts to portray the scientific community as fractured and in disagreement have prompted efforts to quantify the credibility of climate scientists
Jun 25, 2010
Gavin Schmidt and Eric Steig
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/25/what-climate-scientists-think

Perils and profit of offshore oil

In the wake of the ongoing Gulf spill disaster, Newfoundland wrestles with finding a safe way to go deep
Jun 25, 2010
Shawn McCarthy and Paul Waldie
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/perils-and-profit-of-offshore-oil/article1618734/
Jun 25, 2010
Shawn McCarthy and Paul Waldie
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/east-coast-offshore-oil-regulation-fraught-with-federal-provincial-bickering/article1618757/
From a wildlife perspective, Canada and the Gulf are linked, which makes the spill of vital concern to conservationists and scientists
Jun 25, 2010
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/does-oily-horror-await-birds-flying-south/article1619047/
Jun 25, 2010
Joan Bryden
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/828753--french-connection-in-aecl-sale-sparks-conflict-concerns

Quebec cuts generic drug costs

Jun 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/25/mtl-quebec-cuts-cost-generic-medication.html
Jun 25, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21007864

Group frowns on Happy Meals

Wants McDonald’s to stop using toys to entice kids to eat salty, fatty foods
Jun 25, 2010
BILL POWER
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1188897.html
Jun 25, 2010
ROGER TAYLOR
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1189021.html
Jun 25, 2010
ADAM BOWIE
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/1109596
Jun 25, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Wind-Energy-in-Ontario-1281805.htm
McGuinty Government Helping Protect The Environment And Develop Clean Energy
Jun 25, 2010
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2010/06/rules-proposed-for-off-shore-wind-turbines.html

The oil sands: redeemed by fire?

As the oil sands are castigated for high costs and a dirty footprint, an upstart extraction technology—combustion—promises a fix on both fronts. The potential is explosive in more ways than one
Jun 24, 2010
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/top-1000/the-oil-sands-redeemed-by-fire/article1603665/
Jun 24, 2010
Kirk Makin and Wendy Stueck
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/supreme-court-to-decide-future-of-bc-injection-site/article1616194/
Jun 24, 2010
Arthur Max
Associated Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/828093--whales-filled-with-toxins-study-finds
Jun 24, 2010
CTV News
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100624/bc_eagle_parts_100624/20100624?hub=BritishColumbiaHome
Prevention overlooked, medical journal says
Jun 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/24/diabetes-type-2-prevention.html
Jun 24, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/24/ct-scan-radiation.html
Jun 24, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Illegal-Alteration-Fish-Habitat-Results-Heavy-Fines-BC-Development-Corporation-1281486.htm
Jun 24, 2010
Wangari Maathai
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/827726--climate-change-poses-economic-threat
Sale was among largest of exploration land in Canadian history and signals energy companies back in investment mode
Jun 24, 2010
David Ebner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/bc-shale-gas-gets-jump-start-with-404-million-land-auction/article1616371/
Jun 24, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/24/bp-oil-spill-containment-cap.html
Jun 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/24/sunscreen-nanoparticles-study.html
Jun 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/24/earthquake-building-code.html
Jun 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/23/nb-irving-cancels-tidal-project.html

Cap and no trade

Jun 24, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/trade/3193860/story.html
Jun 24, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Development+agency+defends+chair+despite+controversy/3197476/story.html
Jun 23, 2010
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontog20summit/article/827419--canada-commits-400m-to-climate-change-fund
Fifty members of U.S. Congress oppose imports from oil sands as Environment Minister hails Canada’s climate-change action
Jun 23, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/us-congress-subverts-prentices-energy-message/article1614569/
Jun 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/06/23/pei-stem-cell-pets.html
Outbreak in Tajikistan underlines need to eradicate crippling disease once and for all
Jun 23, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cmaj-cautions-against-complacency-over-polio/article1615473/
Toronto Greenhouse brings together eco-friendly entrepreneurs and professionals – and the people who want to work with them
Jun 23, 2010
Naomi Carniol
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/business-categories/sustainability/networking-for-green-entrepreneurs/article1613274/
Universal access targets require continued funding from the G8/G20 leaders
Jun 23, 2010
James Orbinski and James Fraser
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/opinion/will-the-world-forfeit-victory-in-the-battle-with-aids/article1615233/
Once again – how many times has it been? – Canada’s position on climate change has proved to be an international embarrassment
Jun 23, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/opinion/all-talk-no-summit-action-on-the-end-to-fossil-fuel-subsidies/article1613875/
Jun 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/06/23/mb-mosquito-control-review-buffer-winnipeg.html

Knowledge will empower Africa

Building continent’s university capacity should be on agenda
Jun 23, 2010
David Strangway
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/827111--knowledge-will-empower-africa
Jun 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/23/san-francisco-cell-phone-law.html
Jun 23, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/827313--ottawa-planning-stricter-coal-emission-standards
Jun 23, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-to-Regulate-Emissions-From-Electricity-Sector-1280547.htm
Minister Goodyear announces investment in Sackville business conducting cancer research
Jun 23, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Promising-Cancer-Treatment-1280616.htm

Arctic seismic tests scaled back

Federal research project 'ill thought out,' Inuit group says
Jun 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/23/lancaster-sound-seismic-changes.html
Jun 23, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/23/h1n1-who-review-panel.html
Jun 23, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/TRIUMF+million+accelerator+isotopes+research/3189338/story.html
Jun 22, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/technology+could+provide+alternative+source+isotopes/3183436/story.html
Supporting the development and operation of TRIUMF's Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory
Jun 22, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Day-Announces-Investment-for-World-Leading-Physics-Laboratory-1280081.htm
Rolling back AIDS, TB and malaria saves lives and strengthens damaged societies
Jun 22, 2010
Dr. Michel Kazatchkine
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/826693--opinion-canada-can-help-to-intensify-war-against-killer-diseases
University of Guelph researchers say organic requires larger doses
Jun 22, 2010
Cigdem Iltan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/organic-pesticides-can-be-worse-than-synthetic-study/article1613773/
Study examined mercury levels in fish near oilsands
Jun 22, 2010
Alexandra Zabjek
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Oilsands+researchers+defamation+suit+against+Alberta+scientist/3182210/story.html
Provincial government scientist retracts critical statements made at University of Alberta forum
Jun 21, 2010
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/alberta-researchers-receive-apology-for-attack-on-oil-sands-study/article1612632/
Jun 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/06/21/edmonton-mceachern-defamatory-apology.html

Taking tailings ponds seriously

Industry, government now see urgency to improve performance
Jun 21, 2010
Darcy Henton
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Taking+tailings+ponds+seriously/3179955/story.html

Inuit TB strategy needed: report

Jun 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/06/21/inuit-tuberculosis-report.html
Farming one of the ocean’s greatest fish
Jun 22, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16417965
A new portrait of Canada’s green entrepreneurs is both encouraging – and worrying
Jun 21, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/824436--hamilton-canada-is-falling-behind-on-true-green-innovation
Jun 22, 2010
Philip Ling
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Animal+health+situation+closes+Alberta+meat+plant/3187227/story.html
Jun 22, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/22/cellphone-tower-cancer-children-pregnancy.html
Jun 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/22/trans-fat-salt-uk.html
White House vows immediate appeal
Jun 22, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/22/bp-deepwater-horizon-oil.html
Rx&D President calls for coordinated efforts to seize opportunities to attract more clinical trials research to Canada
Jun 21, 2010
Rx&D
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2010/21/c6918.html
Ceapro Inc. expands to Atlantic Canada thanks to federal and provincial investment
Jun 21, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-and-Prince-Edward-Island-Support-Innovation-in-Charlottetown-1279090.htm
Scientists sequence the genome of the human body louse which could lead to new types of repellant against the disease-carrying parasite
Jun 21, 2010
Randolph E. Schmid
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/one-step-closer-to-eliminating-lice/article1612188/
Canadian Medical Association Journal is the latest to criticize Barbara McDougall’s links to the industry
Jun 21, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/more-mds-want-idrc-chair-to-resign-over-tobacco-ties/article1612131/
The whiff of a “tobacco link” for International Development Research Centre chair Barbara McDougall (and former Imperial Tobacco director) persists, but Ms. McDougall should not step aside
Jun 18, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/dont-blow-smoke-over-barbara-mcdougall/article1611768/

Curbing the big killers

Jun 21, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/825850--curbing-the-big-killers
Jun 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/21/g20-g8-health-cmaj.html
Tracks, scat and DNA lay to rest any doubt that cougars exist here
Jun 21, 2010
Raveena Aulakh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/826635
Jun 21, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/21/roundup-weeds-resistant.html
Jun 21, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Paradis-Announces-Appointment-Members-Canada-Newfoundland-Labrador-Offshore-1279159.htm
Jun 21, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Paradis-Positions-Canada-as-Key-Player-Future-Energy-Security-APEC-Economies-1279378.htm
Jun 21, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Environment-Canadas-Minister-Nature-Conservancy-Canada-launch-Gifts-Canadians-Week-Calgary-1279098.htm
BP’s disaster in the Gulf of Mexico highlights why large institutional investors want more disclosure on how businesses deal with the environment. Which Canadian companies give it? Find out in our rankings on corporate social responsibility, conducted with Corporate Knights
Jun 20, 2010
Janet McFarland
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/managing/report-on-corporate-responsibil/few-companies-disclose-environmental-practices/article1605335/
Jun 20, 2010
JOE SCHWARCZ
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Science+suffers+when+spin+cycle/3177811/story.html
Jun 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/19/nb-whales-military-exercise.html
A series of harsh winters would severely test belief in global warming
Jun 18, 2010
Neil Reynolds
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/europes-little-ice-age-may-be-on-its-way-back/article1609874/