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/