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/