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