Saturday, March 26, 2011

Analysis will set us free

Canada’s challenges are more complex than ever, but instead of evidence and expertise we have turned to simplification and partisanship
Mar 22, 2011
MEL CAPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/analysis-will-set-us-free/article1950531/
Less time for pure science has researchers fearing for their jobs
Mar 20, 2011
Tom Spears
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/boss+orders+scientists+focus+market+drivers/4472949/story.html
Mar 23, 2011
Amy Minsky
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/Analysts+funding+nuggets+innovations+much/4489076/story.html
Mar 22, 2011
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/2011-federal-budget-highlights/

Post-budget analysis

March 23, 2011
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/post-budget-analysis/
Mar 25, 2011
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/fairy-dust-funding-and-the-election/
Mar 22, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2011/03/21/nb-budget-yves-bourgeois-0322.html
Minister Goodyear announces $60 million for 16 research projects which will benefit Canadians
Mar 25, 2011
Genome Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Genome-Canada-Investment-Applied-Genomic-Research-Strengthens-Forestry-Environment-Health-1417732.htm
Mar 23, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/andre-picard/the-tories-buried-budget-line-funding-for-brain-research/article1954245/
Mar 24, 2011
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/24/tech-david-suzuki-nature-of-things.html

Arctic research hotter than ever

Mar 24, 2011
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/arctic-research-hotter-than-ever/article1955915/
Mar 25, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/scientist-named-to-boost-canadas-sustainable-food-production/article1956075/
Mar 25, 2011
Bob McDonald
CBC news
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/quirks-quarks-blog/2011/03/nrc-is-going-for-the-money-but-forgetting-the-basics-may-not-pay-off.html
Mar 23, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Launches-Next-Phase-Canadas-Economic-Action-Plan-Strengthening-Canadas-1416477.htm
Mar 18, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Celebrates-Economic-Action-Plan-Investments-Canadas-Knowledge-Economy-1413961.htm
Mar 23, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/renowned-vancouver-geneticist-wins-gairdner-award/article1952291/

B.C. doctor wins Gairdner prize

Mar 23, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/22/gairdner-awards-medical-research.html
Mar 25, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-State-Goodyear-Applauds-BC-Geneticist-Recipient-Canadas-Premier-Medical-Award-1417703.htm
Mar 20, 2011
Brent Davis
Waterloo Record
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/504436--perimeter-institute-to-get-50-million-in-federal-budget

The oil sands grow up

Mar 26, 2011
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/sands+grow/4507462/story.html
Mar 25, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-policy/ottawa-signs-425-million-deal-for-vaccine-if-pandemic-flu-strikes/article1956762/
GlaxoSmithKline gets 10-year contract, backup supplier deal worth $33M
Mar 25, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/03/25/flu-vaccine-pandemic-seasonal-health-canada.html
Mar 25, 2011
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Suzuki+battle+keeping+planet+alive/4506378/story.html

The war against obesity

Mar 25, 2011
Aaron Derfel
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/against+obesity/4506244/story.html

Seals hurting cod recovery: DFO

Mar 25, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2011/03/25/nb-seal-cod-study-0325.html
Mar 25, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/25/tech-rhino-africa-poaching.html
Mar 25, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-to-Explore-New-Options-for-Tobacco-Control-1417758.htm
Mar 25, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Better-Treatment-for-Hepatitis-C-1417755.htm
Montreal company R&D will lead to important advancements in military radio technologies
Mar 25, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Montreal-Aerospace-and-Defence-Firm-1417714.htm
Mar 25, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Shea-Announces-14-Million-Atlantic-Lobster-Harvesting-Groups-Implement-Sustainability-1417711.htm
Mar 25, 2011
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/The-CFIA-Takes-Further-Action-to-Slow-Emerald-Ash-Borer-1417724.htm
Comments Invited on the Proposed Environmental Assessment Process
Mar 25, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/25/c6539.html
Mar 24, 2011
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/tony-clement-urges-senators-to-block-generic-drug-legislation/article1955588/

Nuclear second thoughts

Even before the Japanese crisis, the province had reason to rethink its commitment to nuclear energy
Mar 24, 2011
Mark Winfield
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/960373--nuclear-second-thoughts
Mar 24, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/24/tech-mangrove-coastal-ecosystem-carbon-sequestration.html
No differences were seen in the rates of heart disease and stroke
Mar 24, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/24/mercury-fish-heart.html
Mar 24, 2011
FRANK LANDRY
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/alberta/2011/03/24/17746401.html
Mar 24, 2011
Brett Clarkson
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/03/24/17745776.html
Mar 24, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/fish-farm-sues-activist-for-defamation/article1955940/
Mar 24, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/health-of-salmon-run-affects-ecosystem-of-forest/article1954772/
Tantalising evidence is emerging of a serious gap in biologists’ understanding of the diversity of life on Earth
Mar 24, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18437900
Mar 24, 2011
National Research Council (NRC)
http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/dimensions/issue6/ask_scientist.html
Intelligent systems for managing energy could take the sting out of seasonal power peaks
Mar 24, 2011
National Research Council (NRC)
http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/dimensions/issue6/smart_technology.html
How can we ensure tomorrow’s buildings have a minimal impact on the environment?
Mar 24, 2011
National Research Council (NRC)
http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/dimensions/issue6/experts_weigh_in.html
Mar 24, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/The-Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Canadas-Forest-Sector-1417455.htm
Smart Well-Plate Ushers in New Paradigm for High-Throughput Screening Technology
Mar 24, 2011
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/24/c6028.html
Mar 24, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Canadian-Livestock-Genetics-1417028.htm
Mar 24, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/24/c6157.html
We’ve grafted onto Japan’s bleak tale our anxieties about risks, driven largely by sketchy information
Mar 23, 2011
JATIN NATHWANI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/our-nuclear-narrative-remains-incomplete/article1952150/
Crews continue mission to stabilize nuclear plant as Canada, U.S. announce food restrictions
Mar 23, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/23/japan-food-water-safety.html
Mar 23, 2011
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Rats+fishing+hooks+threaten+isolated+branch+albatross+Canadian/4491472/story.html
Mar 23, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/23/ns-seal-cull-experiment.html
Blowout preventer and trapped pipe blamed
Mar 23, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/23/bp-blowout-oil-spill.html
Although most Canadians have enough for drinking and sanitation, we must help those who are less fortunate
Mar 23, 2011
JEAN CHRÉTIEN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/keeping-our-heads-above-water-at-home-and-abroad/article1952156/
Mar 23, 2011
MARCUS GEE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/marcus-gee/why-arguments-against-a-pop-ban-fall-flat/article1954309/
Mar 23, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/23/tech-germany-nuclear.html
Mar 23, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/23/tech-endangered-animals-australia.html
Mar 23, 2011
Benjamin Dachis
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Burning+cash+warm+Canada+homes/4487585/story.html
Mar 23, 2011
Ontario Science Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/23/c5692.html
Mar 22, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/22/health-canada-open-government.html

Oil sands tax incentives targeted

Mar 22, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE AND CARRIE TAIT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/budget/business/oil-sands-tax-incentives-targeted/article1952194/
Mar 22, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/22/whitehorse-wwf-report-reax.html
Mar 22, 2011
ALLISON JONES
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/greenpeace-protest-delays-ontario-nuclear-hearings/article1951352/
Mar 22, 2011
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/after-japan-canadas-nuclear-industry-girds-for-change/article1952403/
Environmentalists had chained themselves inside meeting room
Mar 22, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/22/darlington-nuclear-hearings.html
Mar 22, 2011
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/From+Greenpeace+founder+nuclear+defender/4486526/story.html
Mar 22, 2011
Wency Leung
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/trends/trends-features/would-a-shark-fin-ban-work-in-canada/article1951962/
Mar 22, 2011
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/22/c5643.html
Mar 22, 2011
Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/22/c5538.html
Ontario is now accepting applications for a new award recognizing local green achievement, leadership and innovation.
Mar 22, 2011
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2011/03/new-award-recognizes-green-achievement.html
Mar 21, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-nuclear-plants-ordered-to-review-safety-after-disaster-in-japan/article1950455/
Mar 21, 2011
Sui-Lee Wee
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/radioactive-contamination-of-japanese-food-serious-who/article1949643/
Mar 21, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/21/bc-radiation-monitoring.html

Canadians: think before you flush

Mar 21, 2011
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/canadians-think-before-you-flush/article1950645/
Canadians should regard water as a national security issue
Mar 21, 2011
Thomas Axworthy
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/956622--if-you-control-water-you-control-everything
Mar 21, 2011
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/ontario-to-cover-cancer-patients-herceptin-treatment/article1949413/
Ontario is moving forward with a program for specific cancer drugs, where emerging evidence shows strong promise to benefit patients.
Mar 21, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/03/new-evidence-building-program-for-cancer-drugs.html
Where you live in Canada can make a difference in how long you wait for care
Mar 21, 2011
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/21/c4996.html
Mar 20, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/elusive-researcher-suggests-salmon-leukemia-is-to-blame-for-decline-of-fraser-sockeye/article1949268/
Mar 20, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/20/ontario-nuclearing-darlington-hearings.html
Mar 20, 2011
ERIC TALMADGE and MARI YAMAGUCH
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/japan-crisis-exposed-weaknesses-in-worlds-disaster-response-un-nuclear-chief/article1948737/
Mar 20, 2011
TOM HAWTHORN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/tom-hawthorn/disasters-abroad-offer-chilling-look-of-what-quake-could-do-to-west-coast/article1949250/
Mar 20, 2011
VANESSA FARQUHARSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/burger-king-closes-down-at-sick-kids/article1949017/
What other energy source can sustain the demands of our economy?
Mar 19, 2011
Angelo Persichilli
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/956617--persichilli-can-we-scale-back-our-appetite-for-energy

Our Fukushima moment

Nuclear power is now officially on life support, and the energy problem will be a defining challenge in our evolution as a species
Mar 18, 2011
THOMAS HOMER-DIXON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/our-fukushima-moment/article1946562/
Mar 18, 2011
Doug Saunders
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/nukes-improve-them-but-dont-even-think-of-abandoning-them/article1948217/
Mar 18, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/18/tech-nuclear-review-945.html
Mar 18, 2011
RITA TRICHUR
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/canada-us-play-down-fears-of-radiation-in-imports/article1948156/
Mar 18, 2011
RENATA D’ALIESIO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/energy-minister-urges-ottawa-to-ensure-ontario-nuclear-plants-are-safe/article1948342/
Mar 18, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/bc-to-open-nine-extra-radiation-monitoring-stations/article1948163/
If I were Jill Anzarut, I'd probably want Herceptin too. And yet we can't pay for everything
Mar 18, 2011
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/a-small-cancer-tumour-a-giant-time-bomb/article1947838/

An act for fish farms

Mar 18, 2011
Ruth Salmon
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/farms/4461587/story.html
Mar 18, 2011
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/health-minister-reaches-out-to-cancer-patient-refused-herceptin/article1947274/
Mar 18, 2011
K’NAAN, STEPHEN LEWIS, JAMES ORBINSKI and RICHARD ELLIOTT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/dear-senators-pass-bill-c-393-now-and-save-lives/article1946567/
Mar 18, 2011
The Honourable Gary Goodyear, PC, MP, Minister of State (Science and Technology)
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/06465.html
Innovative Canadian research strengthens economic recovery
Mar 18, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Announces-Results-Fight-Save-Lives-Women-Children-With-Malaria-1414030.htm
Mar 18, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Renewable-Energy-Projects-in-Quebec-1413972.htm
Mar 18, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Federal-Fisheries-Minister-Shea-Supports-North-American-Fish-Wildlife-Conservation-1414218.htm
Mar 18, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canadas-Fish-and-Seafood-Exports-Grow-by-More-Than-7-in-2010-1414205.htm
Mar 18, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Helping-Dairy-Farmers-Increase-Profits-and-Reduce-Footprint-1414200.htm
Mar 18, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/The-Government-of-Canada-Helps-Farmers-Improve-Water-Management-Practices-1414013.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/The-Government-of-Canada-Helps-Farmers-Improve-Water-Management-Practices-1414037.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/The-Government-of-Canada-Helps-Farmers-Improve-Water-Management-Practices-1414045.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/The-Government-of-Canada-Helps-Farmers-Improve-Water-Management-Practices-1414055.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/The-Government-of-Canada-Helps-Farmers-Improve-Water-Management-Practices-1414057.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/The-Government-of-Canada-Helps-Farmers-Improve-Water-Management-Practices-1414086.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/The-Government-of-Canada-Helps-Farmers-Improve-Water-Management-Practices-1414088.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/The-Government-of-Canada-Helps-Farmers-Improve-Water-Management-Practices-1414126.htm
Availability of $175,000 in Participant Funding
Mar 18, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/18/c3898.html
Data from crop trials underline the threat climate change poses to farmers
Mar 17, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18386161
Mar 17, 2011
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/impossible+energy+zone/4453527/story.html

The true price of fission

Mar 17, 2011
Anne Applebaum
Slate.com
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/03/17/anne-applebaum-the-true-price-of-fission/

If not nuclear, then what?

Advocates like to say nuclear power is about as safe as it gets, but words like ‘meltdown’ don’t inspire confidence
Mar 17, 2011
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/if-not-nuclear-then-what/article1944827/
Mar 17, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/at-dfo-scientists-turned-to-speechwriters-in-salmon-crisis/article1946769/
Mar 17, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/17/tech-space-business.html
Mar 17, 2011
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/ontario-cancer-patients-denied-coverage-would-get-a-chance-under-new-program/article1946814/
Innovative BioCeramix Inc. developing next generation bio-ceramic technologies
Mar 17, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-Innovation-in-Dental-Health-1413392.htm
Dynamic fight against the Golden Nematode
Mar 17, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Invests-Research-Improve-Pest-Management-Potato-Growers-1413339.htm
Mar 17, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/17/c3790.html
Mar 16, 2011
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/us-think-tank-urges-preservation-of-canadas-boreal-forest/article1945075/
Mar 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/16/bc-chevron-refinery-burnaby-earthquake-report.html
Mar 16, 2011
JOHN ALLEMANG
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/asia-pacific/why-japan-embraced-nuclear-power-after-suffering-the-atomic-bomb/article1945020/
Mar 16, 2011
ERIC REGULY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/eric-reguly/nuclears-loss-not-a-worry-the-new-world-power-is-gas/article1944482/
Mar 16, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/pickering-nuclear-plants-water-leak-will-have-no-impact-officials-say/article1944271/
Mar 16, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/health/conditions/cancer/breast-cancer/denying-a-breast-cancer-patient-funding-for-herceptin-was-a-necessary-evil/article1944787/
Mar 15, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/salmon-farms-investigation-hampered-by-incomplete-government-data/article1943653/
Mar 15, 2011
ANDY BLATCHFORD
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec/bouchard-says-quebec-shale-gas-industry-moved-too-fast-was-shock-to-citizens/article1942190/
Mar 15, 2011
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadian-provinces-continue-to-back-nuclear-power/article1943333/
Mar 14, 2011
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/japans-nuclear-crisis-dampens-ontarians-enthusiasm-for-new-reactors/article1941934/
Mar 14, 2011
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/japans-disaster-could-put-brakes-on-canadas-energy-aspirations/article1940622/
Mar 14, 2011
CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/christie-blatchford/small-tumour-raises-big-stink-over-drug-funding/article1942023/
Mar 10, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/study-rules-out-usual-suspects-in-decline-of-fraser-sockeye/article1937903/
Mar 9, 2011
BERTRAND MAROTTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/shale-gas-play-a-no-mans-land-in-quebec/article1935124/
Mar 8, 2011
RHÉAL SÉGUIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/quebec-halts-shale-gas-exploration/article1934217/
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2012 Annual Meeting: 16-20 Feb 2012 in Vancouver, Canada
- Call for Symposium Proposals: Submission deadline 26 April 2011
http://www.aaas.org/meetings/2012/program/symposia/submit/
Mar 7, 2011
Chad Gaffield
Canadian Government Executive
http://cge.itincanada.ca/index.php?cid=312&id=13982
Mar 11, 2011
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/flawed-rd-scheme-costs-taxpayers-billions/article1939418/
Mar 11, 2011
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/how-canadas-rd-incentive-gets-abused/article1939344/

Subsidizing R&D not the solution

Mar 14, 2011
Stephen Gordon
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/stephen-gordon/subsidizing-rd-not-the-solution/article1940770/

The internal war on innovation

Mar 4, 2011
Glen Milne
Canadian Government Executive
http://cge.itincanada.ca/index.php?cid=312&id=13975

Accelerating innovation

Mar 1, 2011
Tony Dean
Canadian Government Executive
http://cge.itincanada.ca/index.php?cid=312&id=13962
Jan 7, 2011
Claire Dansereau
Canadian Government Executive
http://cge.itincanada.ca/index.php?cid=312&id=13782
Mar 15, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Celebrates-Economic-Action-Plan-Investments-Canadas-Knowledge-Economy-1411443.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Celebrates-Economic-Action-Plan-Investments-Canadas-Knowledge-Economy-1411644.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Celebrates-Economic-Action-Plan-Investments-Canadas-Knowledge-Economy-1411641.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Celebrates-Economic-Action-Plan-Investments-Canadas-Knowledge-Economy-1411741.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Celebrates-Economic-Action-Plan-Investments-Canadas-Knowledge-Economy-1411780.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Celebrates-Economic-Action-Plan-Investments-Canadas-Knowledge-Economy-1411840.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Celebrates-Economic-Action-Plan-Investments-Canadas-Knowledge-Economy-1411839.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Celebrates-Economic-Action-Plan-Investments-Canadas-Knowledge-Economy-1411837.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Celebrates-Economic-Action-Plan-Investments-Canadas-Knowledge-Economy-1411880.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Celebrates-Economic-Action-Plan-Investments-Canadas-Knowledge-Economy-1411896.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Celebrates-Economic-Action-Plan-Investments-Canadas-Knowledge-Economy-1411938.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Celebrates-Economic-Action-Plan-Investments-Canadas-Knowledge-Economy-1412044.htm
Chairs program brings best and brightest researchers to Canada's universities
Mar 14, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Celebrates-Canada-Research-Chairs-at-the-University-of-Windsor-1410727.htm
Mar 16, 2011
Keith W. Hipel and C.W. (Clem) Bowman
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/955245--is-our-energy-superpower-vision-slipping-away
Mar 16, 2011
Jennifer Graham
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/greenpage/environment/saskatchewan-alberta-near-agreement-on-sharing-oilsands-emissions-info-118133324.html
Mar 16, 2011
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canada+urged+protect+water+boreal+forests/4449692/story.html
Mar 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/03/16/man-flouride-drinking-water-winnipeg.html
Risk to public is 'negligible,' says Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
Mar 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/16/pickering-nuclear-leak.html
Mar 16, 2011
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://smr.newswire.ca/en/canadian-institutes-of-health-research-cihr/important-funding-for-nanomedicine-research
Mar 16, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Supports-Social-Sciences-Humanities-Research-on-Cyber-Scholarship-1412959.htm
Mar 16, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Works-with-Nunavut-Help-Prevent-Young-People-from-Taking-Illicit-Drugs-1412828.htm
Mar 16, 2011
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Invests-Research-Enhance-our-Understanding-Societal-Change-1412773.htm
Mar 16, 2011
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Research-on-Official-Languages-1412754.htm
Mar 16, 2011
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Canadas-Judicial-System-1412753.htm
Mar 16, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/16/c3362.html
Mar 16, 2011
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Delivers-More-Transparency-on-Food-Safety-Enforcement-1412684.htm
Mar 16, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Renews-Funding-for-Geospatial-Initiative-1412586.htm
Mar 16, 2011
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Foundation-for-Innovation-Finding-Early-Diagnosis-of-Alzheimers-Disease-1412488.htm
Canada's Economic Action Plan supports job creation by investing in small businesses and students
Mar 16, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Highlights-Renewed-Investment-Small-Business-Internship-Program-During-1412811.htm
Mar 15, 2011
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Government+sodium+recommendations+despite+costly+panel/4438486/story.html
Mar 15, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/celebrities-recruited-to-raise-awareness-of-world-agriculture-crisis/article1943558/
Mar 15, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2011/03/15/sk-hansen-research-11315.html
Mar 15, 2011
Carmen Chai
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canada+launched+nuclear+safety+review+before+meltdown+panic+Japan/4440890/story.html
What is actually going on in the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear power plant
Mar 15, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/03/post-earthquake_nuclear_crisis
The appointment of a well-known Conservative to head the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is drawing criticism from the Opposition Liberals.
Mar 15, 2011
Quentin Casey
Telegraph-Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1388645
Mar 15, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/15/pei-seals-ice-hammill-584.html
Mar 15, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/15/tech-hubble-universe-expansion.html
AbitibiBowater will soon be providing more clean power for Northwestern Ontario and adding 56 permanent jobs
Mar 15, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/03/ontario-helps-thunder-bay-clean-energy-plant-expand.html
Mar 15, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Helps-Producers-Boost-Energy-Efficiency-and-Sustainability-1412094.htm
Mar 15, 2011
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Economic-Action-Plan-Invests-in-Jobs-and-Growth-in-Stratford-1411651.htm
Mar 15, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Geoduck-Clam-Industry-1411633.htm
Data that inform Health Canada’s regulatory decision-making processes in such areas as drug reviews are also kept under tight control, often in the name of protecting industry interests, experts say.
Mar 14, 2011
Lauren Vogel
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/14mar11_open-data-is-a-foreign-concept-in-canada.dtl
New Statistics Canada Chief Wayne Smith says it's unrealistic to expect it will gather equal data without the long-form mandatory census.
Mar 14 2011
JESSICA BRUNO
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/census-03-14-2011
The situation at the Fukushima reactors is serious, even dire, but it ought not to sound the death knell of nuclear power, or delay the construction of new nuclear facilities
Mar 14 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-nuclear-risk-merits-actions-but-not-global-shutdowns/article1941822/
Mar 14 2011
Ford Vox
The Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/03/nuclear-20-japan-shouldnt-stop-us-from-embracing-it/72422/
Mar 14, 2011
Peter Goodspeed
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/03/14/peter-goodspeed-nuclear-hubris-played-a-role-in-japanese-disaster/
Mar 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/14/yellowknife-con-geothermal-referendum.html
Mar 14, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/14/syphilis-guatemala-obama-lawsuit.html
Atlantic Hydrogen developing greener hydrogen-rich energy
Mar 14, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-Innovative-Green-Energy-Research-Development-New-Brunswick-1410839.htm
Mar 14, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Supports-Health-Sciences-Career-Training-St-Clair-College-Windsor-1410856.htm
Mar 14, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Invests-in-Canadas-Forest-Sector-1410802.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Invests-in-Canadas-Forest-Sector-1410840.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Invests-in-Canadas-Forest-Sector-1410901.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Invests-in-Canadas-Forest-Sector-1410938.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Invests-in-Canadas-Forest-Sector-1410935.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Invests-in-Canadas-Forest-Sector-1410933.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Invests-in-Canadas-Forest-Sector-1410932.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Invests-in-Canadas-Forest-Sector-1410968.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Invests-in-Canadas-Forest-Sector-1410995.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Invests-in-Canadas-Forest-Sector-1410994.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Invests-in-Canadas-Forest-Sector-1411000.htm
Mar 14, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Statement-Honourable-Christian-Paradis-PC-MP-Minister-Natural-Resources-on-International-1410481.htm
Federal Funding Allocated to Participate in the Environmental Assessment
Mar 14, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/14/c2468.html
Mar 14, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/14/c2543.html
Mar 14, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Plants-Seeds-to-Help-Floriculture-Industry-Bloom-1410764.htm
Federal, Ont. experts practice emergency response to possible carp invasion in Great Lakes
Mar 11, 2011
Sharon Oosthoek
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/11/tech-asian-carp-emergency-invasive-species.html
Mar 11, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/11/nb-northrup-hydrofracking-741.html
Mar 11, 2011
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/11/c2244.html
Halton Region’s HalTech is now part of the Ontario Network of Excellence (ONE)
Mar 11, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE031111.asp
Dr. Leonard Ritter has been named the chair of the Independent Fact-Finding Panel on Herbicide 2,4,5-T to look into its past use in Ontario in the 1950s, 60s and 70s and possibly the 80s.
Mar 11, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
http://news.ontario.ca/mnr/en/2011/03/chair-named-to-lead-independent-panel-on-herbicide.html
Canada's Economic Action Plan supports job creation by investing in small businesses and students
Mar 11, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Highlights-Renewed-Investment-Small-Business-Internship-Program-During-1409916.htm
Government of Canada investment revolutionizes medical training, reduces risks from brain surgery
Mar 11, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Made-In-Canada-Technology-Virtual-Brain-Surgery-Centre-Launched-in-Toronto-1409910.htm
Funding Awarded for Participation in the Environmental Assessment
Mar 11, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/11/c2102.html
Mar 11, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Helps-Grow-Canadas-Horticulture-Markets-1409901.htm
Mar 11, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-Canadian-Renderers-Association-1409922.htm
Mar 11, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Announces-Further-Investment-Into-Livestock-Traceability-System-1410066.htm
Mar 11, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Industry-Partnership-Delivers-Results-Canadian-Pulse-Producers-Get-Increased-1409955.htm
Mar 10, 2011
KAREN HOWLETT, LISA PRIEST AND TAMARA BALUJA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/ontario-rejects-womans-last-ditch-plea-for-breast-cancer-drug/article1937369/
Mar 9, 2011
LISA PRIEST AND KAREN HOWLETT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-asks-agency-to-review-breast-cancer-treatment-guidelines/article1935967/
Mar 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/09/nl-dead-seals.html
Mar 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/09/nb-wildlife-deer-1035.html
Mar 9, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/09/gene-tests-sports-kids.html
KOI 326.01 too hot to support human life, Kepler team says
Mar 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/09/earth-sized-planet-uninhabitable-kepler.html
Mar 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/09/edmonton-oilsands-water-panel.html
Mar 13, 2011
Public Policy Forum
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/13/c2383.html
Mar 13, 2011
Public Policy Forum
http://www.ppforum.ca/sites/default/files/innovation_web_final.pdf
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Show the love for the Canada Research Chairs

It's appreciation time
Mar 7, 2011
David Mitchell
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/show-the-love-for-the-canada-research-chairs.aspx
Privatization of NRC Research Press means public, scientists now pay $10 per article
Mar 8, 2011
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/01/science-canadian-science-publishing.html
Mar 9, 2011
Expert Review Panel on Research and Development
http://rd-review.ca/eic/site/033.nsf/eng/h_00006.html
Mar 2011
Heather Munroe-Blum
March 2011 issue of Policy Options, Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/mar11/munroe-blum.pdf
Mar 9, 2011
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/submissions-to-rd-review-panel-available/
Mar 4, 2011
Jennifer Wells
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/948825--bob-mcdonald-puts-anti-aging-industry-to-the-test?bn=1
The challenge is to create opportunities that didn’t exist before
Mar 7, 2011
TODD HIRSCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/our-knowledge-based-economy-cant-afford-to-be-smug/article1930604/

A call to the CIHR community

Mar 8, 2011
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/call-to-the-cihr-community/
Mar 8, 2011
The Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Lack+women+science+needs+addressed/4400391/story.html
It’s a lot more complicated than blaming men, stereotypes, culture or tradition
Mar 10, 2011
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/the-real-barriers-to-women-in-science/article1935701/
Feb 22, 2011
Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
http://www.pnas.org/content/108/8/3157.full.pdf+html?sid=cb62b357-e3b3-4c07-96a4-ac09bee640d5
Copyright Board ends confusion over rates with an interim tariff, but digital environment and a new copyright bill could change the rules again
Mar 7, 2011
John Lorinc
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/universities-to-pay-access-copyright-the-same-rates-for-now.aspx

Labour markets and universities

Made to measure
Mar 7, 2011
Doug Owram
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/labour-markets-and-universities.aspx
Mar 7, 2011
Greg Mercer
Waterloo Record
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/497594--hawking-to-open-new-wing-that-bears-his-name

NSERC InPartnership E-Bulletin

Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2011
http://www.nsercpartnerships.ca/_docs/bulletin_7_eng.pdf
Feb 2011
Luciano Kay
IBM Center for The Business of Government
http://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/managing-innovation-prizes-government
Mar 7, 2011
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://browse.oecdbookshop.org/oecd/pdfs/browseit/9710141E.PDF
Mar 2011
Dan Gagnier
March 2011 issue of Policy Options, Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/mar11/gagnier.pdf
Mar 2011
Peter Kent
March 2011 issue of Policy Options, Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/mar11/kent.pdf
Mar 2011
Dr. Kathryn Bryk Friedman & Dr. Kathryn Foster
IBM Center for The Business of Government
http://www.businessofgovernment.org/sites/default/files/Environmental%20Collaboration.pdf
Mar 2011
Nathan J. Francis & Richard C. Feiock
IBM Center for The Business of Government
http://www.businessofgovernment.org/sites/default/files/A%20Guide%20for%20Local%20Government%20Executives%20on%20Energy%20Efficiency%20and%20Sustainability.pdf
Mar 10, 2011
Lesley Ciarula Taylor
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/951113--four-canadian-schools-on-list-of-world-s-best?bn=1
Mar 10, 2011
Sheena Goodyear
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/03/10/17562806.html
Mar 10, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/10/h1n1-who.html

Water review backs scientists

Fresh start needed in monitoring for oilsands toxins: Chipewyan chief
Mar 10, 2011
Hanneke Brooymans
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Water+review+backs+scientists/4414670/story.html
U of A prof finally receiving backing on his oilsands concerns
Mar 10, 2011
Graham Thomson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/This+dirty+water+wash+easily/4414718/story.html
Mar 10, 2011
Julia Prinselaar
Westerly News
http://www.canada.com/Symposium+reflects+changes+forestry+challenges+future/4416403/story.html

1st MS pill approved in Canada

Mar 10, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/03/10/ms-drug-oral-gilenya-fingolimod.html
Mar 10, 2011
JESSICA MURPHY
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/03/10/17573336.html

Subsidizing a carcinogen

Mar 10, 2011
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Subsidizing+carcinogen/4413756/story.html
How to build greener planes that airlines will actually want to fly
Mar 10, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18329444
Mar 10, 2011
Megan O'Toole
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/03/10/federal-government-commits-250m-to-cancer-research-group/
Mar 10, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/10/c9909.html
Mar 10, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Gordon-F-Stovel-Appointed-Board-Directors-Canada-Foundation-Innovation-1409386.htm
Mar 10, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Marketing-Canadian-Spuds-1409347.htm
Mar 9, 2011
BOB WEBER
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/oil-sands-leaking-contaminants-into-alberta-watersheds/article1936008/
Mar 9, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/alberta-calls-for-more-study-of-oil-sands-effects-on-environment/article1935307/
We know the dangers of coal and nuclear so what’s behind the anger about wind power?
Mar 9, 2011
Derek Satnik
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/951453--more-wind-than-science-in-turbine-debate
Mar 9, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/house-approves-generic-drug-bill-meant-to-help-poor-countries/article1935976/
Mar 9, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/ottawa-needs-to-pass-generic-drug-bill/article1935348/
Mar 9, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/knaan-to-mps-voting-down-generic-drug-bill-would-be-slight-to-worlds-poor/article1935277/

Green except when it costs

Mar 9, 2011
William Watson
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Green+except+when+costs/4406872/story.html
Mar 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/09/tech-ijc-great-lakes.html

Go green and boost business

Mar 9, 2011
Andrew Seale
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/green+boost+business/4407842/story.html
Mar 9, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Honourable-James-S-Edwards-Reappointed-Member-Natural-Sciences-Engineering-Research-1408765.htm
Mar 9, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Robert-Warren-Appointed-Member-of-National-Research-Council-Canada-1408584.htm
Mar 9, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Helps-Forage-Industry-Compete-Around-the-World-1408629.htm
Mar 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/08/genetically-modified-food.html
Environmental groups launch court challenge of nuclear safety agency decision
Mar 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/08/bruce-nuclear-hearing030811.html
Bill C-393 would make it easier for our generic firms to sell affordable life-saving drugs to poor countries.
Mar 8, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/950735--battling-aids-a-life-and-death-vote
Mar 8, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/knaan-presses-mps-to-help-worlds-poor-as-generic-drug-vote-looms/article1933809/
Study says 'Fracking' exploration can still proceed, but only for environmental study purposes
Mar 8, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/08/bape-shale-gas-report.html
Mar 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/08/pei-tuna-catch-release-study-584.html
Mar 8, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Sylvain-Laporte-Appointed-to-the-Canadian-Intellectual-Property-Office-1408019.htm
Mar 8, 2011
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/08/c8942.html
Ontario's Largest Ever Survey on Sun Safety Released Today for Health Professionals and Policy-Makers
Mar 8, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/08/c8952.html
Expands eligibility criteria, increases funding, duration and flexibility for investments
Mar 8, 2011
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/08/c8859.html
Mar 8, 2011
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/CFI-News-Brief-Supporting-At-Risk-Families-Researcher-Helps-Women-be-Better-Mothers-1407587.htm
Mar 8, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Aglukkaq-Appoints-Chairperson-Vice-Chair-Patented-Medicine-Prices-Review-Board-1408139.htm
Mar 8, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Home-Depot-Team-Up-Educate-Canadians-About-Potential-Environmental-1408193.htm
Mar 8, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Canadian-Pet-Food-Industry-1408077.htm

New kid on the block

Harvey Weingarten and the agency over which he presides, the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario, are trying to stir things up in Canada’s postsecondary education sector.
Mar 7, 2011
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/new-kid-on-the-block.aspx
NASA releases a statement distancing itself from the study
Mar 7, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/07/tech-nasa-fossil-alien-life-extra-terrestrial-meteorite.html
Mar 7, 2011
Veena Ravichandran
International Development Research Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/07/c8741.html
Mar 7, 2011
TAMARA BALUJA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/place-to-live-first-recovery-will-follow-mental-health-study-suggests/article1932013/
Mar 7, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Dr-Robert-Gibbs-Appointed-Member-Social-Sciences-Humanities-Research-Council-Canada-1407122.htm
Mar 7, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Ginny-Dybenko-Appointed-Member-Social-Sciences-Humanities-Research-Council-Canada-1407165.htm
Public Consultation on Joint Review Agreements
Mar 7, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/07/c8504.html
Initiative Crucial in the Fight against Diabetes
Mar 7, 2011
Canadian Diabetes Association
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/07/c8727.html
Canada's Economic Action Plan supports job creation by investing in small businesses and students
Mar 7, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Announces-Renewed-Investment-Small-Business-Internship-Program-During-1407263.htm
Mar 7, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Strengthens-Commitment-to-Mineral-Exploration-1406985.htm
Mar 7, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Helps-Albacore-Tuna-Harvesters-Develop-Global-Markets-1407244.htm
Ontarians with severe hearing loss will now have quicker access to special medical devices that will improve their hearing and quality of life.
Mar 7, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/03/improving-access-to-devices-for-people-with-severe-hearing-loss.html

Climate change: Claws!

Crabs are invading the shallow waters of the Southern Ocean
Mar 3, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18276244
Mar 2, 2011
GRANT BUCKLER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/business-categories/innovation/solving-our-plastic-problem/article1925598/
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development

Mar 9, 2011
Grand Challenges Canada
http://www.grandchallenges.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Saving-Lives-At-Birth-News-Release.pdf
It is a bit of the Own the Podium spirit – Canada setting out to solve the world’s big problems (including neglected tropical diseases and the lack of diagnostic tools where they’re needed) with $250-million over five years from the federal government.
Mar 9, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/canada-embrace-this-grand-challenge/article1934332/
Monday, March 7, 2011

Let’s ‘Own the Podium’ in health research

Unless there is a major infusion of new funding, Canada could lose it’s competitive position.
Mar 2, 2011
Reinhart Reithmeier
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/947633--let-s-own-the-podium-in-health-research
Research and development investments strengthen economy, improve quality of life
Feb 28, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Highlights-Canadian-Commercialization-Success-1402868.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Highlights-Canadian-Commercialization-Success-1402887.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Highlights-Canadian-Commercialization-Success-1402900.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Highlights-Canadian-Commercialization-Success-1402897.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Highlights-Canadian-Commercialization-Success-1402988.htm
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Highlights-Canadian-Commercialization-Success-1403052.htm
Mar 2, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/02/sk-nuclear-money-1102.html
In his book, The Way Ahead: Meeting Canada’s Productivity Challenge, Tom Brzustowski, RBC professor for the commercialization of innovation at the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management, talks about the “social contract between science and society in the U.S.” that arose in the late 1940s and gave rise to that unique ecosystem we know today as Silicon Valley.
Mar 2, 2011
Francis Moran and Leo Valiquette
Ottawa Business Journal
http://www.obj.ca/Technology/2011-03-02/article-2294254/Silicon-Valley%3A-A-big-bright-heat-lamp-for-startup-incubation/1
National collaboration among libraries keeps Canada's universities at the forefront of innovation despite tough economic times
Mar 4, 2011
Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2011/04/c8036.html
Mar 4, 2011
JAMES BRADSHAW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/mapping-canadas-math-skills-reveals-huge-disparities/article1931149/
Mar 4, 2011
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/globe-to/vaccine-giants-expansion-may-be-a-prescription-for-a-better-economy/article1930980/
Mar 2, 2011
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Weve-Come-a-Long-Way-Baby-New-Video-Highlights-Canadian-Women-Excelling-in-Science-1405010.htm

Best, brightest must be wooed

Role models will draw women to professions in engineering, geoscience
Mar 3, 2011
Kim Farwell
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/life/Best+brightest+must+wooed/4376576/story.html
Lack of women in the program a 'big concern' says professor
Mar 1, 2011
STEPHEN LLEWELLYN
CanadaEast News Service
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/1384427
Mar 3, 2011
Dean Beeby
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/article/948208--bachman-donates-t-bird-to-science-museum
Dec 2010
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/docs/Enhancing_Peer_Review_Report.pdf

Time to clarify health priorities

Mar 6, 2011
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/health/Time+clarify+health+priorities/4391767/story.html
Mar 6, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/climate-change-to-have-greatest-impact-on-those-least-responsible-study/article1931615/
Mar 6, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/how-the-coho-returned-to-the-tsolum-river/article1931877/
Mar 6, 2011
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Health+ministers+unveil+plan+tackle+childhood+obesity/4392517/story.html
Mar 6, 2011
DeBorah ZaBarenko
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/nasa-scientist-draws-scrutiny-over-claim-to-have-found-life-signs-on-meteorite/article1931778/
Goal could make Minority Report a reality
Mar 6, 2011
Ian MacLeod
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Canadian+defence+scientists+probe+biometrics+intent/4393047/story.html
Mar 5, 2011
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Researchers+find+more+plastic+guts+Arctic+seabirds/4391273/story.html
Mar 5, 2011
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/greening+North+climate+change+shrinking+tundra+says+study/4387983/story.html

Mad cow case confirmed in Alberta

CBC News
Mar 4, 2011
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/04/calgary-alberta-mad-cow-disease-bse-case.html
Mar 4, 2011
Adrian Humphreys
National Post
http://www.financialpost.com/todays-paper/Harper+offers+poor+youth+into+university/4383207/story.html
Mar 4, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/fund-pathways-to-education-not-to-prison/article1930827/
Mar 4, 2011
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/technology/Nuclear+research+centre+puts+Sask+ideal+position/4381966/story.html
CBC News
Mar 4, 2011
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/04/wndsr-asian-carp.html
Mar 4, 2011
Erin Anderssen
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/health/policy/can-paying-for-a-new-kidney-save-organ-donation/article1930796/
Mar 4, 2011
Carolyn Abraham
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/a-new-prime-suspect-behind-the-global-upsurge-in-obesity-and-diabetes-the-womb/article1930666/
Mar 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/04/aecl-paradis.html
Mar 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/03/04/pei-wind-pwer-eggs-584.html
Mar 4, 2011
ADRIAN MORROW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/scandal-over-dubious-surgery-research-rocks-europe/article1929739/
Mar 4, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Shea-Provides-Fishers-With-Long-term-Economic-Benefits-1406553.htm