Feb 18, 2011
Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity
http://www.competeprosper.ca/images/uploads/RD_Panel_submission_18_Feb_2011.pdf

Re-Thinking Canada’s BERD Gap

Jan 2011
Ron Freedman
The Impact Group
http://www.impactg.com/pdf/rethinkingcanadasberdperformance.pdf
Submission to the Expert Review Panel on Research and Development
Feb 18, 2011
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/_pdf/english/reports/2011/aucc-r-d-review-02-18-e.pdf
Feb 18, 2011
Toronto Region Research Alliance (TRRA)
http://www.trra.ca/en/reports/resources/TRRAsubmissionroFederalRDExpertPanel.Feb2011.pdf

News is good on innovation front

Feb 24, 2011
JAY BRYAN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/News+good+innovation+front/4337668/story.html
Feb 25, 2011
Paul Delean
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/Canadian+entrepreneur+aims+commercialize+university+research/4347916/story.html
Axel Meisen proposes the creation of "industrial practice professors" to boost innovaton
Feb 16, 2011
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/former-university-president-calls-for-a-new-type-of-professor/

PEARL and BERD

Feb 23, 2011
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/pearl-and-berd/
Feb 21, 2011
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/02/21/2011-taxes-for-post-docs-at-least-we-know-the-rules-this-year/
Feb 17, 2011
CBC news
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/02/17/genome-promise.html
Feb 17, 2011
Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/17/c3739.html
Feb 23, 2011
NEIL REYNOLDS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/neil-reynolds/a-lesson-for-canada-from-swiss-rd/article1908636/
250 small- and- medium-sized enterprises gather for Innovation Across Borders conference
Feb 24, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-MaRS-Discovery-District-Finding-Solutions-Foster-Global-Business-Innovation-1401153.htm
Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-New-Research-Opportunities-for-Canadian-Businesses-1401155.htm
Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Supports-Scientific-Research-University-Toronto-Mississauga-1401479.htm
Investment will strengthen economy and improve quality of life of Northerners
Feb 25, 2011
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Invests-in-Arctic-Research-1402023.htm
Feb 23, 2011
Marc Lee
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/BC%20Office/2011/02/CCPA-BC_Fair_Effective_Carbon_FULL_0.pdf
Feb 2011
U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_372-future-electricity-networks.pdf
The Thunder Bay region's Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre is now part of the Ontario Network of Excellence (ONE).
Feb 25, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE022511.asp
Minister says he won't endorse independent report
Feb 25, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/25/nl-report-cuts-.html
Feb 25, 2011
Jennifer Saltman
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/health/Harm+reduction+groups+enter+legal+fray+over+safe+injection+site/4343228/story.html
Rutherford Controls International Corporation is upgrading electromagnetic lock products to 'green' building standards
Feb 25, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-Innovative-Research-and-Development-in-Cambridge-1401897.htm
World’s Inuit say they’re tired of being left on the sidelines as petroleum and mining companies extract resources from arctic lands
Feb 25, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/inuit-leaders-develop-guidelines-for-future-development-in-the-arctic/article1919983/
This year’s meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science looked at, among other things, the history of alchemy, deep carbon, the health of lonely people, tracking individuals in swarms and stuttering
Feb 24, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18226821
Feb 24, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/24/science-climategate-noaa.html

DFO scientists not muzzled: DFO

Feb 24, 2011
Sarah Schmidt
Vancouver Sun
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/politics/archive/2011/02/24/dfo-scientists-not-muzzled-dfo.aspx

The science of truth

Feb 24, 2011
Kathy English
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/publiceditor/article/944523--english-the-science-of-truth
Push is on for non-fossil fuels; Aim is to make biofuels in aircraft a reality within 2 years, leader says
Feb 24, 2011
FRANÇOIS SHALOM
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Green+aviation+network+takes+flight/4337678/story.html
Feb 24, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/24/bc-starving-eagles-dump.html
Feb 24, 2011
Paul Taylor
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/paul-taylor/canadian-allergy-season-getting-longer/article1919908/
Promising start to distinguish the two illnesses
Feb 24, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/24/chronic-fatigue-lyme-proteins-clues.html
Feb 24, 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/06327.html
Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ich-epi.nsf/eng/02182.html
Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ich-epi.nsf/eng/02184.html

Collaboration is King

Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ich-epi.nsf/eng/02183.html
Feb 24, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/24/c5726.html
Even more homes and businesses will soon be powered by clean energy as Ontario takes another step forward in building its clean energy economy.
Feb 24, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/02/forty-new-clean-energy-projects-to-create-7000-jobs.html
Feb 24, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Governments-of-Canada-and-BC-Invest-in-Renewable-Energy-Project-1401520.htm
Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Final-Flight-for-Space-Shuttle-Discovery-Mission-STS-133-1401753.htm
Feb 24, 2011
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Improves-Access-to-Allergen-Information-1401389.htm
Feb 23, 2011
Keith Bonnell
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/Canadians+more+likely+than+Americans+believe+global+warming+survey/4333662/story.html
Feb 23, 2011
CBC news
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2011/02/climate-change-would-you-be-willing-to-pay-a-carbon-tax-to-help-fight-climate-change.html
Feb 23, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/greenlands-inuit-premier-defends-oil-and-gas-drilling/article1918276/
Feb 23, 2011
PETER RAKOBOWCHUK
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/ottawa-to-study-building-canada-made-moon-rovers/article1918421/
Feb 23, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/02/23/cannabis-appetite.html
Feb 23, 2011
ANDRE PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/andre-picard/drug-rd-costs-are-less-than-estimated-so-why-the-high-prices/article1917822/
Feb 23, 2011
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/canada-lacks-oversight-on-online-medical-information-study-finds/article1918325/
Ending fluoridation of the city’s water defies the scientific evidence. There is a risk that this trend may spread elsewhere in Alberta
Feb 23, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/calgarys-council-votes-against-teeth/article1918138/
Feb 23, 2011
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/technology/GENETICALLY+ENGINEERED+FISH+DEBATE/4334542/story.html
Feb 23, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/starving-eagles-falling-out-of-the-sky/article1918336/
Feb 23, 2011
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/23/science-volcano-tremors-jellinek.html

Energy in FITs and starts

Ontario’s clean power program is in place, but recent changes are making investors skittish
Feb 23, 2011
DAVID OXTOBY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/energy-in-fits-and-starts/article1916579/
Google returns different results
Feb 23, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/23/drug-online-searches-ubc-study.html
Ontario intends to re-energize the forest sector to create new jobs and attract investment while ensuring forests continue to be managed sustainably.
Feb 23, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry
http://news.ontario.ca/mndmf/en/2011/02/modernizing-ontarios-forestry-sector-1.html
Feb 23, 2011
Public Policy Forum
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/23/c5134.html
Feb 23, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Unveils-Research-Lab-in-Hamilton-1400736.htm
Feb 23, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Talks-Digital-Economy-With-University-of-Alberta-Students-1400759.htm
Feb 23, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Statement-by-Gail-Shea-Minister-of-Fisheries-and-Oceans-Canadian-Seal-Harvest-1400721.htm
Investment will create jobs and keep Canada cutting-edge
Feb 23, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Supports-Alberta-Aerospace-Growth-1400645.htm
Feb 23, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Positive-Step-Toward-Removing-Trade-Barriers-Canadian-Crops-Entering-European-Union-1400910.htm
Feb 23, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Year-Round-Production-Lower-Costs-Coming-Soon-Harper-Government-Invests-Led-Technology-1400580.htm
Feb 23, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Announces-Funding-Support-New-Family-Medicine-Positions-Training-Opportunities-1400581.htm
Feb 23, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/23/c5340.html
The Polar Environmental Atmospheric Research Laboratory could lose a main source of funding, and a piece of Canada’s scientific heritage and future is at stake.
Feb 22, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/saving-canadas-arctic-atmospheric-lab/article1913875/
Feb 22, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/22/pol-lunn-climate-survey.html
Feb 22, 2011
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/technology/Genetically+engineered+fish+could+pose+threat+wild+stocks+scientists/4328108/story.html
Partnership aimed at harnessing nanotechnology
Feb 22, 2011
DAVE COOPER
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canada+partners+with+four+nations+improve+world+water+supply/4329007/story.html
Feb 22, 2011
Owen Roberts
Guelph Mercury
http://www.guelphmercury.com/opinion/columns/article/489463--science-is-the-best-measure-of-safe-food
Feb 22, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/mark-hume/salmon-catch-system-broken-commercial-fisherman-say/article1916659/
Feb 22, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/is-ontarios-green-energy-plan-worth-it/article1916462/
The fact of the matter is that the data tables have nothing to do with tougher laws or harsher sentencing
Feb 22, 2011
EDWARD GREENSPAN and ANTHONY DOOB
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/crunch-the-numbers-crime-rates-are-going-down/article1913808/
Feb 22, 2011
Linda McQuaig
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/941738--mcquaig-universities-corporate-temptation
Feb 22, 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/06322.html
Feb 22, 2011
Genome Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Boosts-Efforts-Find-Treatments-Pediatric-Cancers-Rare-Genetic-Diseases-1399602.htm

Home genetic testing

Feb 21, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/21/quirks-genetic-test-kits.html
Feb 21, 2011
NASER FARUQUI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/turning-on-the-light-of-muslim-science/article1913767/
Plan to ship old generators from the Bruce nuclear plant poses an unreasonable risk to the world’s largest body of fresh water.
Feb 21, 2011
Stephen Bede Scharper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/941746--great-lakes-are-no-place-for-radioactive-cargo
Feb 21, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Health-Announces-Funding-Nutrition-Education-Programs-Support-Nutrition-North-1399083.htm
Feb 18, 2011
CBC news
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/02/18/ontario-drug-ruling-appeal.html
Feb 18, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/18/c4340.html
Feb 18, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Acts-Strengthen-Enlarge-Health-Warnings-on-Cigarette-Little-Cigar-1398738.htm
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/alt_formats/hecs-sesc/pdf/consult/_2011/label-etiquet/messages-eng.pdf
Feb 18, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/18/c3951.html
Feb 18, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Supports-Promising-Medical-Research-University-Manitoba-1398468.htm
When air pollution hurts people’s health and heats up the climate it makes sense to do something about it. But what about pollution that cools the planet?
Feb 17, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18175423

What’s Calgary drinking?

Welcome to the new Dark Ages, an alarming and increasing rejection of modern medicine
Feb 17, 2011
TOM FLANAGAN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/whats-calgary-drinking/article1910542/
Feb 17, 2011
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/ontarians-pay-price-for-liberals-backfiring-green-energy-plans/article1912364/
Feb 17, 2011
CBC news
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/02/17/sk-tuberculosis-north.html
Dedicate 20 minutes on February 21 to the Ontario Health Study
Feb 17, 2011
Ontario Health Study
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/17/c4016.html
Alliance Will Allow Both Jurisdictions To Conduct Research In Clean Water Technologies
Feb 17, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/WATER021711.asp
McGuinty Government Signs Clean Water Technology Agreement With Singapore
Feb 17, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/02/promoting-ontarios-clean-water-expertise-to-the-world.html
McGuinty Government Issues Directives On Energy Supply And Transmission
Feb 17, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/02/long-term-energy-plan-takes-another-step-forward.html
Feb 17, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Awards-Manufacturers-of-the-Most-Fuel-Efficient-Vehicles-1397586.htm

Red flags on green energy

Ontario’s wind-farm moratorium is the first sign of a more sophisticated understanding of the ramifications of renewable energy
Feb 16, 2011
JATIN NATHWANI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/red-flags-on-green-energy/article1908668/
Feb 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/02/16/caramel-colour-pop-cancer.html
Feb 16, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/02/16/tuberculosis-homeless-toronto.html
Feb 16, 2011
RICHARD BLACKWELL
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/ontarios-wind-power-flip-flop-draws-ire/article1910439/
Feb 16, 2011
Grand Challenges Canada
http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/288228/8b4af82255/1315023871/917bbe102d/

Ontario Innovation Delivers Jobs

McGuinty Government Supports Wireless Integrated-Circuit Company
Feb 16, 2011
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2011/02/ontario-innovation-delivers-jobs.html
Feb 16, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Signs-Declaration-on-Promoting-Healthy-Lifestyles-Health-Care-Delivery-Arctic-1397282.htm
Feb 16, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/16/c3209.html
Feb 15, 2011
Robert Wager
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Wager+Science+sides+with+genetically+modified+crops/4289604/story.html

Some help in kicking the habit

There are plenty of good reasons for Queen’s Park to add smoking cessation drugs to the list of medications it covers
Feb 15, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/939408--some-help-in-kicking-the-habit
Feb 15, 2011
Sandra Cortina
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/939450--intravenous-drug-use-and-conservative-values
Feb 15, 2011
Greg Weston
Telegraph-Journal
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Northern+Brunswick+wind+turbines+frozen+solid/4287063/story.html
Feb 15, 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/06298.html

Tapped out?

TO FLUORIDATE OR NOT TO FLUORIDATE: The fluoride debate arrives in London March 2 when an anti-fluoride group holds a public ­meeting calling for its ban.
Feb 10, 2011
PATRICK MALONEY
The London Free Press
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2011/02/09/17210556.html
Feb 7, 2011
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr02957.html