Saturday, May 28, 2011

Budgeting for the long run

As the United States Congress confronts budgeting challenges, whether federal funding of scientific research is perceived as an investment or a discretionary expense will have long-term consequences.
May 23, 2011
Nature Materials
http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v10/n6/full/nmat3044.html
May 27, 2011
CTV.ca News
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/start/business-planning/canada-among-top-three-countries-for-entrepreneurs/article2037540/
May 26, 2011
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/science-pour-tous-earns-nserc-award-for-science-promotion-1519532.htm
In just six months, Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation has helped to propel about a half-dozen research projects into the field
May 26, 2011
RENATA D’ALIESIO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/extreme-trekkers-citizen-scientists/article2036774/
May 22, 2011
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/05/22/identifying-good-scientists-and-keeping-them-honest/
May 26, 2011
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/market-signals-income-advantage-push-university-enrolment-higher/
New report by AUCC predicts 125,000 more students, a 14-percent rise, by 2020.
May 26, 2011
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/enrolment-will-continue-to-climb-despite-demographic-decline.aspx
May 2011
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/_pdf/english/publications/trends-2011-vol1-enrolment-e.pdf
May 2011
CBC Office of the Ombidsman
http://www.cbc.ca/ombudsman/pdf/2011-05-11-Robbins.pdf
May 2011
Thomson Reuters
http://thomsonreuters.com/content/science/pdf/ls/movers_shakers.pdf
May 2011
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
Ecosystem Service Valuation: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_378-Ecosystem-Service-Valuation.pdf
Climatologist and author to be among presenters at Congress of the Humanities and Social Science
May 27, 2011
Jennifer pritchett
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1410049
May 27, 2011
BARRIE MCKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/deal-confirms-governments-right-to-ban-cosmetic-pesticides-minister-says/article2038340/
May 27, 2011
Larry Pynn
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/food/Fatabase/4854294/story.html
Authors of study claiming bacteria used usually toxic arsenic to build DNA stand by results
May 27, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/27/science-arsenic-bacteria-wolfe-simon.html
May 27, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/27/mb-lawn-care-killex-eco-green.html
May 27, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/27/physical-activity-work.html
May 27, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/05/27/ns-medical-marijuana-lawsuit.html
May 27, 2011
CHBC News, Kelowna
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Kelowna+school+first+kind+Canada/4853598/story.html
May 27, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tories-set-to-steer-new-course-on-health-care-funding/article2038257/
No province has completely met the benchmarks for the Famous Five procedures, and some are very far away
May 27, 2011
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/wait-times-so-much-money-such-modest-progress/article2036335/
Canada's scholars descend on Fredericton for the annual "intellectual Olympics"
May 27, 2011
Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/27/c8266.html
Ontario is helping NORCAN Hydraulic Turbine Inc. - a clean energy equipment manufacturer in Carleton Place - acquire new machinery and expand its plant, creating 12 new jobs and supporting close to 30 additional construction jobs.
May 27, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2011/05/clean-energy-investment-creates-42-new-jobs-in-ottawa-valley.html
Commercial interests hope to prevent ban seen in eastern provinces
May 26, 2011
Mychaylo Prystupa
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/05/26/mb-lawn-chemical-ban.html
May 26, 2011
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/05/26/pol-enviro-wildfires-cities.html
May 26, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2011/05/26/nunavut-dental-care-costs.html
Many people think of malaria as a single disease. It isn’t
May 26, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18741412

Moon has more water than believed

May 26, 2011
OLIVER MOORE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/moon-has-more-water-than-believed/article2036718/
Ontario's clean energy economy continues to grow, creating 2,000 new jobs by adding more than 700 new clean energy projects across the province.
May 26, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/05/new-clean-energy-projects-creating-2000-jobs.html
May 25, 2011
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/andre-picard/is-tobacco-control-no-longer-a-federal-priority/article2034642/

Hudak is endangering green jobs

If he follows through on his promise, not only will many jobs fail to materialize but those that have will likely disappear
May 25, 2011
Ken Neumann and Rick Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/997082--hudak-is-endangering-green-jobs

Ottawa isn't the oil sands' enemy

May 25, 2011
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Ottawa+sands+enemy/4834986/story.html
David Grimes begins 4-year term June 6
May 25, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/25/canada-grimes-meteorology.html
May 25, 2011
RENATA D’ALIESIO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/first-canadian-to-be-worlds-weatherman-forecasts-more-focus-on-north/article2035274/
May 25, 2011
RACHEL BRADY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/ad-campaign-tackles-link-between-teen-drug-use-and-family-medicine-cabinet/article2035288/
Why the report of a far-sighted panel is dead on arrival
May 25, 2011
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/save-resource-money-for-the-future-nah-says-alberta/article2033331/
May 25, 2011
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-implements-new-faster-testing-method-for-shellfish-toxins-1518963.htm
May 25, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/25/c7341.html
May 24, 2011
Sarah Schmidt¸
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Health+Canada+expert+wonders+what+water+Coca+Cola/4833642/story.html
May 24, 2011
Alister Doyle
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/norway-unveils-billion-dollar-clean-energy-plan/article2032574/
Forecasters keeping a close watch on Canada's coming tornado season
May 24, 2011
Kazi Stastna
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/24/f-tornadoes-trend.html
May 24, 2011
Wency Leung
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/trends/trends-features/exploding-watermelons-canadians-say-no-thanks-to-chinese-food-imports/article2033298/
May 24, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/africa-mideast/bill-gates-urges-rich-countries-to-fund-poor-farmers/article2033487/
May 24, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/24/science-spirit-mars-rover.html
May 24, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/24/environment-peregrine-falcons-sudbury.html

Another health checkup

With a spending crunch ahead, it’s time for a new royal commission on health care
May 24, 2011
Dr. Harvey Schipper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/995031--another-health-checkup
But that doesn’t include yet another royal commission on health care
May 24, 2011
Gregory Marchildon
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/996307--preserving-medicare-means-accepting-changes
May 24, 2011
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/hudak-borrows-from-harpers-playbook-to-explain-his-health-care-policies/article2033634/
At this week’s G8 summit, Prime Minister Harper must push for an accounting on aid dollars earmarked for maternal and children’s health
May 24, 2011
Dave Toycen
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/995026--our-pledge-to-children-and-mothers
May 24, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/24/c7176.html
May 24, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency & National Energy Board
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/24/c6939.html
More than 670 students will have access to new and improved facilities at the University of Guelph Ridgetown campus by fall 2012.
May 24, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
http://news.ontario.ca/tcu/en/2011/05/improved-facilities-for-university-of-guelph-students.html
Ontario's shift toward clean, renewable energy is strengthening the province's economy by attracting good jobs, investment and opportunities for Windsor-area families.
May 24, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/05/clean-energy-investment-creating-80-new-jobs.html
Canada experimented with the safer fuel for decades. Now China, using Candu reactors, is likely to beat us to its use
May 23, 2011
NEIL REYNOLDS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/with-thorium-we-could-have-safe-nuclear-power/article2030383/

A fiery environmental apocalypse

Human-engendered climate change could be linked to the increasing frequency and scope of forest fires in Canada and around the world
May 23, 2011
Stephen Scharper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/995041--a-fiery-environmental-apocalypse
May 23, 2011
ADRIANA BARTON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-policy/the-computer-will-see-you-now-telehealth-programs-catch-on/article2031925/
May 22, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/no-one-followed-the-bc-black-market-salmon/article2031554/

The tyranny of mother’s milk

Women were made to feel that failing to nurse their babies was tantamount to child abuse
May 20, 2011
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/the-tyranny-of-mothers-milk/article2030188/
May 20, 2011
JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/slave-lake-shows-the-increasing-risk-of-serious-forest-fires-experts-warn/article2030715/
May 20, 2011
TU THANH HA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/atlantic/ns-health-authority-wants-only-nutritious-snacks-at-its-tim-hortons-hospital-outlets/article2029868/
May 19, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/fukushima-chills-uranium-development/article2025353/
It may be possible to vaccinate people against addictive drugs
May 19, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18710110
May 17, 2011
Pilita Clark, Jim Pickard
The Financial Times
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-news/european/uk-agrees-to-tough-carbon-targets/article2025243/
May 17, 2011
Colleen M. Flood
Longwoods.com
http://www.longwoods.com/content/22370/print
May 16, 2011
Diana Mehta
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-policy/arsenic-lead-in-womens-cosmetics-environmental-group-calls-for-regulation/article2023309/
May 16, 2011
JOHN FLESHER
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/bruce-power-pulls-application-to-us-safety-regulator-for-great-lakes-nuke-shipment/article2024220/
May 5, 2011
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/life/health/More+doctors+prescribing+placebos+unwitting+patients/4728558/story.html
Saturday, May 21, 2011

Students ignore science, math at their peril: expert

May 18, 2011
Katherine Dedyna
Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/technology/Students+ignore+science+math+their+peril+expert/4801738/story.html
May 2011
Canadian Science Policy Centre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjo-o38v1K8
May 17, 2011
JAMES BRADSHAW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/new-research-prize-targets-health-promotion/article2024290/
May 12, 2011
Anne-Marie Tobin
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/style/involve-students-in-big-university-classes-instead-of-lecturing-nobel-laureate.html
May 2011
Environment Canada
http://www.ec.gc.ca/Publications/A07097EF-8EE1-4FF0-9AFB-6C392078D1A9%5CNationalInventoryReportGreenhouseGasSourcesAndSinksInCanada19902009ExecutiveSummary.pdf
May 2011
The Ecosystem Approach: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_377-ecosystem-approach.pdf
Natural Capital Accounting: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_376-natural-capital-accounting.pdf
Detecting Deception: http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn375Detecting_deception.pdf
May 2011
Thomson Reuters
http://thomsonreuters.com/content/science/pdf/ls/cutting_edge_of_chemistry.pdf?elq=65c65869b3d94cd8a248321d936a4f61
May 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/vwapj/PlanActivites-BusinessPlan-eng.pdf/$FILE/PlanActivites-BusinessPlan-eng.pdf

Saving the Bluefin Tuna

We have the tools to rebuild the bluefin population, but we need to get our government on board
May 20, 2011
David Suzuki
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/5254-saving-the-bluefin-tuna
May 20, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/harper-backs-united-nations-report-on-maternal-health/article2029729/
May 20, 2011
Geoff Dembicki
The Tyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Environment/2011/05/20/Canada-emissions-target-EC/
May 20, 2011
Douglas Quan
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Familial+searches+raise+tough+ethical+questions/4819272/story.html
May 20, 2011
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/mcguinty-liberals-bogged-down-by-power-policy/article2030658/
May 20, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/20/zombie-apocalypse-cdc-blog-public-health.html
May 20, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2011/05/20/pe-oyster-fishermen-solution.html

Talking about brain cancer

May 20, 2011
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Talking+about+brain+cancer/4813270/story.html
Ontario signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Siemens Canada that will help the province continue to turn the corner through investments in industry, energy, health care and infrastructure
May 20, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2011/05/new-partnership-strengthens-ontario-economy.html
Alternative medical treatments rarely work. But the placebo effect they induce sometimes does
May 19, 2011 |
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18710090
May 19, 2011
Heather Scoffield
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j8-LIoZWbqP1nqTy9vt5YVf789_Q
May 19, 2011
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/993953--tories-take-cap-and-trade-system-off-the-table-kent?bn=1
Health Canada issues warning about antkiller bought online
May 19, 2011
Max Paris
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/19/pol-pesticides-sneaky.html
May 19, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/19/jurricane-forecast-noaa.html
May 19, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/19/environment-greenhouse-gas-canada.html
May 19, 2011
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/19/c5977.html
May 18, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/18/science-extinctions-overestimated-he-hubbell.html
The release of Canadian Cancer Statistics 2011 reveals the current state of cancer in Canada as well as predictive statistics for the year
May 18, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://cnw.pathfireondemand.com/viewpackage.action?packageid=451
Canadian Cancer Statistics 2011 released by the Canadian Cancer Society with special focus on colorectal cancer
May 18, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://smr.newswire.ca/en/canadian-cancer-society/not-enough-canadians-being-screened-for-colorectal
May 18, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/18/c5569.html
May 18, 2011
Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/ultimate-science-fair-meets-canadas-best-trade-show-ontario-centres-excellences-discovery-1515977.htm
May 18, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/05/ontario-leads-clean-water-research-and-innovation.html

Ontario's Water Strategy at Work

Eighty-five small rural and northern communities will get additional help in order for families to continue to have access to clean, safe, reliable water and affordable wastewater services.
May 18, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Infrastructure
http://news.ontario.ca/moi/en/2011/05/ontarios-water-strategy-at-work.html
Ontario is investing in new research that will help protect and conserve water while building a strong, sustainable future for our agri-food industries and rural communities.
May 18, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
http://news.ontario.ca/omafra/en/2011/05/new-directions.html
May 18, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/18/c5686.html
May 17, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/17/technology-prosthetic-arm-prwata-caires.html
May 17, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/sockeye-haul-linked-aboriginal-fishery-to-black-market-dfo-believes/article2025898/
May 17, 2011
Wency Leung
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/trends/trends-features/brantford-first-city-in-canada-to-ban-shark-fin/article2025124/
How to use an electric car to turn a profit
May 17, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/05/electric_cars

Is addiction really a disease?

The medicalization of addiction is fundamental to the case for Insite
May 17, 2011
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/margaret-wente/is-addiction-really-a-disease/article2024021/
May 17, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/17/c5249.html
Survey finds Canadians with severe obesity motivated to lose weight, but struggle to find access to credible, long-term weight management resources
May 17, 2011
Canadian Obesity Network
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/17/c4991.html
May 17, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/17/c5277.html
May 16, 2011
LISA ROCHON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/unhealthy-neighbourhoods-play-big-role-in-obesity-diabetes-epidemic/article2024476/
May 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/16/pei-greenhouse-gas-emission-target-584.html
May 16, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/violent-arctic-storm-a-climate-change-harbinger-study-finds/article2023865/
McGuinty Government Asks Ontarians To Help Shape Social Change
May 16, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/OIA051611.asp
Anaergia Inc. is making Ontario home to its global headquarters and creating over 200 jobs for families.
May 16, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade
http://news.ontario.ca/medt/en/2011/05/clean-energy-investment-creating-over-200-new-jobs.html
Ontario's Green Energy Act will help the province create 50,000 new clean energy jobs by the end of 2012.
May 16, 2011
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2011/05/good-clean-energy-jobs-grow-in-ontario.html
May 15, 2011
Will Falk
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/991385--self-fulfilling-prophets-of-health-care-doom

Vital Arctic cooperation

May 15, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/991655--vital-arctic-cooperation
May 15, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/spine-surgery-can-become-much-more-efficient/article2023173/
May 14, 2011
PAUL WALDIE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/a-railway-to-arctic-riches-economic-boom-environmental-threat/article2021933/
Underfunded and understaffed
May 14, 2011
Jared Lindzon
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/04/f-milestogo-palliative-care-funding.html
May 14, 2011
SUNNY DHILLON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/insites-next-battle-supervised-inhalation/article2021966/
May 13, 2011
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/green-energy-ontarios-new-political-battleground/article2022212/
May 13, 2011
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/crude-again-flows-in-transcanadas-keystone-pipe/article2021868/
May 13, 2011
JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/a-dire-warning-from-a-broken-pipe/article2021897/
May 13, 2011
CARRIE TAIT AND NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/first-nations-dig-in-against-enbridge-pipeline/article2021928/
Applying science to the teaching of science
May 12, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18678925
May 12, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/an-uncertain-future-lies-ahead-for-zambonis-ms-theory-and-its-potential-patients/article2020426/
May 12, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/coastal-nations-urged-to-preserve-arctic-waters/article2020519/
May 12, 2011
LISA PRIEST
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/canadas-costly-spine-surgeon-backlog/article2020599/
May 11, 2011
PAUL KORING
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/arctic-treaty-leaves-much-undecided/article2017510/
May 11, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/andre-picard/when-the-state-funds-ivf-the-cost-is-too-high-for-everyone/article2018895/
May 10, 2011
Adriana Barton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/the-magic-number-for-successful-ivf-15-eggs/article2017576/
May 10, 2011
TAVIA GRANT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/census-day-2011-dawn-of-a-new-information-gathering-era/article2016837/
May 9, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/oil-spills-intensify-focus-on-new-pipeline-proposals/article2015347/
May 9, 2011
RHÉAL SÉGUIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebec-plans-80-billion-investment-in-northern-development/article2015785/

Short-form census stays

May 5, 2011
STEVEN CHASE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/short-form-census-stays-as-is-pmo-says-after-tory-mp-predicts-its-demise/article2011300/
Saturday, May 14, 2011

CIHR and Health Canada Present: The New Science Policy Fellowship

The Science Policy Fellowships program will allow researchers at the doctoral, post-doctoral, new investigator and mid-senior investigator levels to carry out short-term policy assignments at Health Canada
Apr 18, 2011
CIHR and Health Canada
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX6Uil_6hg4
May 10, 2011
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Crack+down+fake+medical+data+journal/4754851/story.html
May 5, 2011
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/economy-lab/daily-mix/quebec-is-canadas-rd-hotbed-oecd/article2011006/
May 4, 2011
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/urban-rural-and-regional-development/regions-and-innovation-policy_9789264097803-en
May 4, 2011
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/are-the-conservatives-so-bad-for-science/
May 11, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iy7vwQtBqxEp451YuwSY98xMwPFQ?docId=6811217
May 13, 2011
Youth Science Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/13/c4578.html
Foundation hands out more than $500,000 for salaries
May 10, 2011
Sabrina Doyle
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1404895

Missing the target

The U.K. risks being overtaken by Canada in yet another area of higher education.
May 10, 2011
Andrew Boggs
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/missing-the-target.aspx
How to use the web to understand the way ideas evolve
Apr 28, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18618025
Why it matters.
May 10, 2011
Bill Waiser
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/a-short-history-of-the-canadian-census.aspx
May 12, 2011
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/postsecondary/article/990316--university-professors-teach-better-if-they-stopped-lecturing
May 11, 2011
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/bells-10-million-donation-hailed-as-mental-health-game-changer/article2018049/
R&D tax update
May 11, 2011
Deloitte & Touche LLP
http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_CA/ca/services/tax/9c3fed8e18fdf210VgnVCM2000001b56f00aRCRD.htm
May 5, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/06465.html
Specialist hopes more MDs make use of facility
May 12, 2011
Katherine Dedyna
Times Colonist
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Geneticist+ready+obese/4775344/story.html
May 10, 2011
TRALEE PEARCE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/job-seeking-university-graduates-give-it-the-old-college-try/article2016162/

POSTnote: Unconventional Gas

Apr 2011
U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn374-unconventional-gas.pdf
Global resource use is exploding
May 13, 2011
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Humanity+must+more+with+less+panel+warns/4777332/story.html
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
May 13, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/unreleased-report-shows-high-levels-of-asbestos-in-many-public-buildings/article2021895/
May 13, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/13/disease-chronic-who.html
May 13, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/13/sk-fluoride.html
May 13, 2011
Dr. Donald Joyce And Dr. Larry Peacocke
Times & Transcipt
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1406026
May 13, 2011
Mike Crawley
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/12/ontario-green-endangered.html
May 13, 2011
Scott Simpson
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Canadarm+builder+tackle+next+frontier+space+technology/4782549/story.html
May 13, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/13/technology-space-buijs-award.html
May 13, 2011
Forbes.com
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/13/technology-solar-impulse-plane.html
May 13, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/the-daily-show-visits-asbestos-que-in-english-it-means-slow-hacking-death/article2021596/
Discovery 11-Canada's Best Trade Show Opens May 18th
May 13, 2011
Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/media-advisory-photo-opportunity-the-ultimate-science-fair-for-grown-ups-1514157.htm
May 13, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/13/c4332.html
Big Becky's work is over, but the drive for a future of clean, reliable energy continues.
May 13, 2011
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2011/05/drilling-completed-on-niagara-tunnel-project.html
May 12, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Politics/20110512/prentice-environment-data-110512/
May 12, 2011
John Geddes
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/05/12/the-insite-case-it-should-never-have-ended-up-in-court/
May 12, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/12/herceptin-probe-suspended.html
May 12, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/12/hiv-aids-prevention.html
May 12, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/12/ottawa-canadarm-museum.html
May 12, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/12/chemotherapy-shortages.html
May 12, 2011
LISA PRIEST AND KAREN HOWLETT
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/ontario-moves-to-fund-breast-cancer-treatment-after-clash-with-patients/article2019636/
Limiting the number of embryos used for in vitro fertilization (IVF) would prevent up to 40 newborn deaths in Canada each year, researchers say.
May 12, 2011
Kerry Grens
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/12/us-ivf-restrictions-could-reduce-newborn-idUSTRE74B71420110512
Treating individuals infected with HIV stops them passing the virus on to others
May 12, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/05/treating_and_preventing_aids

Nature within reach of Canadians

The focus of park creation has been in regions that don’t already have a park, which has tended to mean in places far, far away
May 12, 2011
Alan MacEachern
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/nature-within-reach-of-canadians/article2018779/
May 12, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/12/science-whooping-cranes-park.html

Hudak in the dark on power

May 12, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/989907--hudak-in-the-dark-on-power
May 12, 2011
Anne Golden and David Stewart-Patterson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/990594--health-care-from-entitlement-to-empowerment
May 12, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/12/c3880.html
Ontarians will soon be benefiting from 72 new nurses who will serve priority groups in communities across the province.
May 12, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/05/more-public-health-nurses-delivering-care-to-ontarians.html
May 11, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/suspicions-of-bias-on-both-sides-of-the-ms-divide/article2018922/
May 11, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/fraser-river-sockeye-face-chemical-soup-of-200-contaminants/article2019138/
May 11, 2011
Wendy Stueck
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/the-arguments-for-and-against-vancouvers-supervised-injection-site/article2019113/

Harm reduction on trial

May 11, 2011
Maxine Davis
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/989875--harm-reduction-on-trial
May 11, 2011
JESSICA LEEDER
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/egg-farmers-launch-canadas-first-academic-chair-of-poultry-welfare/article2018902/
"Priming the Pump: The Role of Government Research Support in Business Innovation"
in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada
May 11, 2011
RE$EARCH MONEY
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/11/c3435.html
May 11, 2011
David McKie
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/11/pol-mckie-drug-costs-report.html
2 types found on 3 residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
May 11, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/05/11/bedbugs-antibiotic-resistant-bacteria-vancouver.html
May 11, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/11/ns-brown-bats-fungus.html
May 11, 2011
RENATA D’ALIESIO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/a-few-surprises-in-decades-long-black-bear-study/article2017628/
Work is underway to ensure health care providers will be able to share electronic health information for Greater Toronto Area (GTA) residents, who represent 47 per cent of the province's population.
May 11, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/05/connecting-electronic-health-information-for-gta-residents.html
May 10, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/patients-flex-muscle-in-war-over-ms-treatment/article2017565/
May 10, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/ms-patients-dont-often-adhere-to-treatment-study/article2017707/
Wool may provide a novel way of dealing with oil at sea
May 10, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/05/cleaning_up_oil_spills
May 10, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/alberta-needs-to-hedge-for-heavy-oil/article2017366/
May 10, 2011
ROD MICKLEBURGH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/former-mayors-speak-out-for-insite/article2017218/
May 10, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/supervised-injection-for-the-sake-of-public-health/article2017376/
May 10, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/10/calgary-bears-attack-study.html
Women who are at a high risk of getting breast cancer will soon have better access to yearly screens that can lead to early detection and save lives.
May 10, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/05/expanding-breast-cancer-screening-to-more-women.html

World's Doctors Choosing Ontario

Today more doctors from around the world are choosing to practise in Ontario, ensuring that families have access to the high quality health care they need, closer to home.
May 10, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/05/worlds-doctors-choosing-ontario.html
May 10, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/10/c3067.html
May 9, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/fissures-in-zambonis-ms-theory-widen/article2014800/
May 9, 2011
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/multiple-sclerosis-patients-navigate-the-minefield-of-for-profit-care/article2015967/
May 9, 2011
KIRK MAKIN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-ottawa-head-to-top-court-over-supervised-injection-site/article2016011/
May 9, 2011
JAMES BRADSHAW
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/when-a-university-degree-just-isnt-enough/article2014732/
May 9, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/in-the-digital-age-the-much-maligned-liberal-arts-degree-still-has-deep-value/article2014739/
May 9, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-goodyear-marks-passing-of-nobel-laureate-willard-boyle-1512096.htm
May 9, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/09/c2772.html
Ontario is ensuring that families have greater access to front-line health care by supporting nurses throughout their careers.
May 9, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/05/more-front-line-nursing-care-for-ontarians.html
Chubu Electric asked to 'swiftly consider' government's request
May 6, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/06/japan-reactor-closing.html
May 6, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/06/c2098.html
May 5, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/05/edmonton-stelmach-plains-midstream.html
May 5, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/no-data-means-no-answers-sockeye-inquiry-told/article2011963/

Global mercury emissions soaring

Rising emissions in China swamp reductions in Europe, North America
May 5, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/05/science-mercury-climate.html
May 5, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/05/science-climate-change-farmers.html
Changes in the climate are already having an effect on crop yields—but not yet a very big one
May 5, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18648350
Malaria among birds is becoming more prevalent
May 5, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18648342
See what 25 colleges, universities and research hospitals in the Toronto Region have been up to lately
May 5, 2011
Toronto Region Research Alliance
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/903137/7f228a1831/5209/8dce7679e3/
Patent expiries and generic pricing policies may be factors in slower growth
May 5, 2011
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/05/c9671.html
Ontario's babies and children will soon have better protection from serious infectious diseases, while more money stays in the family pocketbook.
May 5, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/05/ontarios-immunization-program-getting-a-boost.html
Public Comments Invited on the Comprehensive Study Report
May 5, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/05/c9774.html
May 4, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-salmon/article2010588/
May 4, 2011
NATHAN VANDERKLIPPE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/costs-for-oil-companies-pile-up-after-spill/article2009886/
Energy board denies largest spill in 35 years is making band sick
May 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/05/04/edmonton-oil-spill-clean-up.html
May 4, 2011
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/in-fukushimas-wake-canadian-nuclear-plants-prepare-for-the-worst/article2010478/
Seniors and Ontario Drug Benefit recipients now have more access to free consultations with their local pharmacist - ensuring they are using medications safely and effectively.
May 4, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/05/providing-seniors-with-more-access-to-free-pharmacy-services.html
May 3, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/cohen-called-on-to-release-information-on-salmon-virus/article2009104/
May 3, 2011
SHANNON MONEO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/dfo-admits-more-than-1-million-in-fines-have-gone-unpaid-in-bc/article2008973/
May 3, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/03/science-arctic-ice-melt-sea-level.html
Emergency crews working to clean up massive leak northeast of Peace River
May 3, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/story/2011/05/03/edmonton-pipeline-leak-alberta.html
May 2, 2011
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/05/02/science-fish-overfishing.html
New grants among 52 across the country
May 2, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2011/02/c8436.html
Saskatchewan tests the concept of capturing noxious gases in the smokestack and sinking them underground
May 1, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/983276--climate-change-ottawa-s-plan-to-bury-the-problem
Apr 29, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/salmon-inquiry-too-secretive-participant-complains/article2005034/

Ontario nuclear plants safe: OPG

Apr 29, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/29/ontario-nuclear-safety.html
Apr 29, 2011
Greg Weston
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/realitycheck/2011/04/the-ndps-cap-and-trade-plan-brace-for-sticker-shock.html
Apr 29, 2011
Jessica Leeder
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/why-canada-needs-a-national-food-strategy/article2003989/

FAQs: Hydro-fracking

Water-intensive method of extracting natural gas has some concerned
Apr 27, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/04/27/f-fracking-faq.html
Apr 27, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/opg-seeks-approval-for-underground-vaults-to-store-nuclear-waste/article2000241/
Apr 20, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/fraser-salmon-collapse-part-of-much-larger-decline-study-finds/article1993676/