Nov 10, 2011
Canadian Science Policy Centre
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/politicians-leaders-industry-government-science-enterprise-will-meet-ottawa-next-week-1585408.htm
In the past 50 years, 78 Gairdner awardees have gone on to win the Nobel Prize for medicine
Nov 7, 2011
John Dirks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/we-need-to-celebrate-our-scientific-achievements/article2225978/
Today, average age to do Nobel Prize-winning work is 48
Nov 7, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/07/science-breakthroughs-nobel-winners.html
Nov 2, 2011
Laura Payton
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/11/02/pol-jason-kenney-immigration-targets.html
Nov 8, 2011
Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadians-researchers-win-gates-grants-for-some-weird-science/article2229945/
Dramatic disparity exists despite huge growth in jobs
Nov 9, 2011
Darah Hansen
Postmedia News
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Where+female+engineering+students/5678302/story.html
Nov 11, 2011
Chris Morris
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/news/article/1455031

U of M completes $80-M upgrade

Politicians join president in celebrating 7 projects
Nov 10, 2011
Aldo Santin
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/u-of-m-completes-80-m-upgrade-133597653.html
Nov 10, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/10/gsk-research-innovation.html
Nov 10, 2011
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/glaxo-establishes-health-research-fund-in-canada/article2231963/
Nov 10, 2011
Life Sciences Ontario (LSO)
http://www.lifesciencesontario.ca/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&id=454:glaxosmithkline-inc-launches-50-million-life-sciences-innovation-fund-in-canada
Corporate revenues up during same period
Nov 2, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/02/technology-corporate-research-spending.html
$1B decline among Canadian firms in 2010, report says
Nov 3, 2011
Jameson Berkow
Postmedia News
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Research+spending+falls+fifth+year/5648920/story.html

Industries innovate and prosper

Innovation is driven not just by research but by workers and managers working collaboratively
Nov 7, 2011
Harald Bathelt, Andrew K. Munro and Ben Spigel
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1082961--industries-innovate-and-prosper
Nov 6, 2011
Randall Denley
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/hard+part+getting+good+ideas+market/5654956/story.html
Oct 26, 2011
Statistics Canada - The Daily
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/111026/dq111026d-eng.htm
Nov 9, 2011
Julia Belluz
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/09/the-oprah-effect-and-why-not-all-scientific-evidence-is-valuable/
Proposals for overhauling the NRC, student internships and continued funding for research granting councils are well received.
Oct 26, 2011
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/universities-encouraged-by-expert-panel-report-on-rd.aspx
The organization formerly known as APICS gets a new name and look but retains its goal of linking the region’s faculty, students and scientists.
Nov 7, 2011
Tim Lougheed
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/after-50-years-introducing-science-atlantic.aspx
A new book argues for substantial reform to Ontario’s higher-education system, including the introduction of a rare breed of institution in Canada: the teaching-oriented university.
Nov 7, 2011
Ian D. Clark, David Trick, and Richard Van Loon
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/time-to-consider-a-new-type-of-university.aspx
If the provincial government is serious about tackling the problems facing post-secondary education, it needs to stop hoping the institutions will work together and make it happen
Nov 5, 2011
Richard Van Loon
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/time+build+better+bridges+between+colleges+universities/5661600/story.html
Nov 1, 2011
Mark Mercer
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/university+education+everyone/5635691/story.html

Value of a degree

A degree is an opportunity, not a guarantee
Nov 7, 2011
Doug Owram
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/value-of-degree.aspx
Nov 1, 2011
Cheryl Chan
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/blogs/million+isotope+construction+begins+today/5638304/story.html
Why some scholars are adopting an educational philosophy that eschews formal lessons and any form of structure – and why others think it could be dangerous.
Nov 7, 2011
Tim Johnson
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/unschooling-legitimate-pedagogy-or-foolish-fad.aspx
Lack of funding puts 'cultural heritage at stake,' group says
Nov 3, 2011
Chris Cobb
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Professors+decry+Library+Archives+cuts/5648809/story.html
Nov 2, 2011
Canadian Association of University Teachers
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/870125/canadian-association-of-university-teachers-launches-campaign-to-save-library-and-archives-canada
RIM, BCE and IBM Canada report more than $500 million in R&D spending
Nov 2, 2011
Research Infosource
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/869911/canada-s-top-100-research-and-development-corporations-invest-9-4-billion-in-total-research-and-development-initiatives
Universities of Toronto, Waterloo and Université du Québec à Rimouski named Research Universities of the Year
Nov 1, 2011
Research Infosource
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/868983/canada-s-top-50-research-universities-raise-6-5-billion-in-total-research-income
Research Infosource Inc. launches inaugural list of Canadian Hospital Innovation Leaders
Oct 26, 2011
Research Infosource
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/865417/canada-s-top-40-research-hospitals-raise-2-1-billion-in-total-research-income
Nov 4, 2011
Council of Canadian Academies
http://www.scienceadvice.ca/en/news.aspx?id=65
Oct 18, 2011
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/18/what-to-do-with-all-the-scientists-find-out-at-the-2011-canadian-science-policy-conference/
Nov 2011
The Royal Society (UK)
http://newsletters.royalsociety.org/q/1MAFMn1n1LHZhQ/wv
Oct 26, 2011
Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/88-001-x/88-001-x2011003-eng.pdf

Big ideas. Innovation policy

Nov 2011
John Van Reenen
Centre for Economic Performance
http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp346.pdf
Oct 25, 2011
John Calvert and Marjorie Griffin Cohen
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/National%20Office/2011/10/Climate%20Change%20and%20Energy%20Sector.pdf
Nov 3, 2011
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/products/nhex_trends_report_2011_en.pdf
Nov 3, 2011
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/products/health_care_cost_drivers_the_facts_en.pdf
A Multi-level Approach
Nov 3, 2011
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/environment/water-governance-in-oecd-countries_9789264119284-en
Tools and Approaches
Oct 31, 2011
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/environment/meeting-the-challenge-of-financing-water-and-sanitation_9789264120525-en
Oct 31, 2011
Will Falk & Matthew Mendelsohn & Josh Hjartarson
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
http://www.mowatcentre.ca/pdfs/mowatResearch/41.pdf
While the aging of Canadian society does not warrant alarmist reactions, we need to plan realistically for seniors’ care.
Oct 2011
Neena L. Chappell
Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)
http://www.irpp.org/pubs/IRPPstudy/IRPP_Study_no21.pdf
Oct 18, 2011
The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund%20Report/2011/Oct/1500_WNTB_Natl_Scorecard_2011_web.pdf
Oct 2011
Harry Selker, Claudia Grossmann, Alyce Adams, Donald Goldmann, Christopher Dezii, Gregg Meyer, Veronique Roger, Lucy Savitz and Richard Platt
Institute of Medicine
http://iom.edu/Activities/Quality/~/media/Files/Activity%20Files/Quality/VSRT/Discussion%20Papers/CommonRule.pdf
Oct 27, 2011
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/social-issues-migration-health/oecd-reviews-of-health-systems-switzerland-2011_9789264120914-en
Oct 2011
Hans-Dieter Evers
Cenre for Policy Research and International Studies (CenPRIS)
http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/33978/1/MPRA_paper_33978.pdf

POSTNote: Improving livestock

Oct 2011
UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/briefing-papers/POST-PN-393.pdf
Nov 2011
Constantine Samaras, Jeffrey A. Drezner, Henry H. Willis, Evan Bloom
RAND Corporation
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2011/RAND_MG1147.pdf
Nov 12, 2011
Mark Brownlee
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Shift+health+care+funding+proposed/5702820/story.html
Nov 12, 2011
Peter Singer
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/is-it-not-time-to-ban-this-addictive-and-lethal-drug/article2234083/
Nov 12, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/11/ottawa-robot-competition-cancelled.html
As health costs moderate it’s past time to focus on the real issues.
Nov 11, 2011
Michael Rachlis
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1085813--the-health-care-sky-is-not-falling
Nov 11, 2011
Erin Anderssen AND Boyd Erman
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/medicares-no-match-for-catastrophic-injury/article2234387/
Nov 11, 2011
Steven Chase AND Carrie Tait
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/flaherty-talks-tough-with-us-in-wake-of-keystone-pipeline-delay/article2233894/
Nov 11, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/how-a-pipeline-was-defeated-actors-activists-and-one-key-conversation/article2234242/
Nov 11, 2011
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Time+move+Canada+resists+change+atomic+timekeeping/5698405/story.html
Not due to Fukushima; no public health risk
Nov 11, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/11/environment-radioactive-iodine.html
Returning soldiers have 'very specific occupational exposures'
Nov 11, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/10/ottawa-veteran-health-research-funding.html
Nov 11, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/11/health-children-cholesterol-test.html
Food labels don't account for difference, making them inaccurate
Nov 11, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/11/health-raw-cooked-food-energy.html
Nov 11, 2011
James Bradshaw
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/graduatestudies/friends-pitch-in-to-secure-posthumous-doctorate-for-u-of-t-colleague/article2232900/
A sleepy fishing village is now home to one of the world’s few wind-hydrogen-diesel energy projects
Nov 10, 2011
Renata D’aliesio
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/building-innovation-in-canada/newfoundland-island-tests-replacing-diesel-with-renewable-energy/article2231438/
Nov 10, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe AND Carrie Tait
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/us-delay-could-spell-end-for-keystone-xl/article2232016/
Nov 10, 2011
KONRAD YAKABUSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/konrad-yakabuski/keystone-pipeline-delay-throws-a-bone-to-obamas-democrat-base/article2233033/
Nov 10, 2011
Barrie McKenna AND Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/keystone-decision-a-setback-for-us-canada-relations/article2232833/
Nov 10, 2011
Marlene Habib
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/11/09/asteroid-research.html
Nov 10, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/10/environment-polar-bear-listing.html
Prenatal maternal exposure to woodsmoke also hurts kids' IQs
Nov 10, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/10/cooking-fire-pneumonia-risk.html
Nov 10, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/10/ministroke-reduce-life-expectancy.html
Nov 10, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/10/cigarette-australia-laws.html
Nov 10, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/10/mighty-mice-muscles.html
Mission to check planet's 'habitability,' pave way for astronauts
Nov 10, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/10/technology-mars-rover-curiosity.html
Nov 10, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/10/science-wetern-black-rhino-extinct.html
Nov 10, 2011
Canadian Diabetes Association
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/875142/during-diabetes-awareness-month-ask-someone-you-care-about-to-get-checked-now
Nov 10, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statement-from-honourable-joe-oliver-minister-natural-resources-on-keystone-xl-pipeline-1585624.htm
Nov 10, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/turning-new-ideas-into-a-competitive-advantage-for-the-agriculture-sector-1585378.htm
Nov 10, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/875414/renard-diamond-mine-project-federal-funding-allocated-to-participate-in-the-environmental-assessment
Ontario is encouraging everyone to avoid getting sick this flu season by getting their annual flu shot.
Nov 10, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/11/stay-healthy-with-your-free-flu-shot.html
Nov 9, 2011
Sarah Dilorenzo
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/time-running-out-to-limit-earths-warming-international-energy-agency-warns/article2230281/
Nov 9, 2011
Carrie Tait
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/oil-sands-faces-biggest-challenge-yet-in-keystone-protest/article2231309/
Nov 9, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/alberta-steps-up-keystone-offensive/article2230926/
Nov 9, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/enbridge-confident-of-avoiding-keystone-xl-woes/article2230685/

Canada cuts environment spending

Stephen Harper's administration is cutting budgets for climate, conservation and ozone monitoring projects
Nov 9, 2011
Stephen Leahy
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/09/canada-cuts-environment-spending?newsfeed=true
The Lakehead's sunny skies prompt Calgary firm to build solar farms
Nov 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/story/2011/11/09/tby-solar-parks.html
Nov 9, 2011
Michael Posner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/bc-doctor-agrees-to-stop-using-amazonian-plant-to-treat-addictions/article2231413/
Nov 9, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canada-enhances-research-and-business-collaboration-opportunities-with-germany-1584582.htm
Nov 9, 2011
Western Economic Diversification Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-announces-support-for-innovation-at-unbc-1584833.htm
Nov 9, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/governments-canada-united-states-harmonize-approach-save-energy-commercial-buildings-1584679.htm
Nov 9, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-promotes-canadian-energy-in-china-1584858.htm
... on New Test Results Indicating That There are no Confirmed Cases of ISA in British Columbia Salmon
Nov 9, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statement-from-federal-minister-fisheries-oceans-canada-keith-ashfield-british-columbia-1584782.htm
Nov 9, 2011
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-supports-partnerships-between-st-lawrence-college-local-businesses-1584585.htm
Nov 9, 2011
Royal Society of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/874282/rsc-expert-panel-end-of-life-decision-making
Nov 8, 2011
Tamara Baluja
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-talks-on-keystone-route-could-push-project-past-2012-election/article2230213/
Nov 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/08/wdr-fluride-windsor.html
Nov 8, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/08/health-meth-schizophrenia.html
Nov 8, 2011
George Jonas
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/11/08/george-jonas-university-presidents-make-academic-freedom-an-afterthought/
Re: Making Academic Freedom An Afterthought, George Jonas, Nov. 9.
Nov 11, 2011
Paul Davidson
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Academic+freedom+static+concept/5694351/story.html
Computers are about to change the world of cancer diagnosis
Nov 8, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/11/diagnosing-cancer
Alexander Levy-MyVoice Inc., Jessica Ching-Eve Medical and Ibraheem Khan-Innovative Processing Technologies Inc. Receive Martin Walmsley Fellowships for Technological Entrepreneurship
Nov 8, 2011
Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/ontario-centres-excellence-honours-three-start-ups-with-over-200k-facilitate-innovative-1583957.htm
Company Founders Turn Passion in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Into Sought-After Device Through Strategic Partnerships With Academia and Industry
Nov 8, 2011
Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/aeryon-labs-inc-honoured-with-prestigious-mind-market-award-collaborative-research-efforts-1583959.htm
Nov 8, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/873698/conference-board-of-canada-publishes-findings-on-mental-health-issues-in-quebec-workplaces
New funding for climate change adaptation
Nov 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/08/environment-peter-kent-climate-change.html
Carbon-pricing program might still be needed, researchers say
Nov 7, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/07/greenhouse-gas-cuts-federal-government.html
CBC News
Nov 7, 2011
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/07/tuberculosis-electronic-nose.html
Nov 7, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/07/cigarette-labels.html
Nov 7, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/us-to-review-pipelines-permit-process/article2228146/
Nov 7, 2011
Peter O'Neil
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Kent+criticized+over+second+review+huge+mine+proposal/5671475/story.html
Nov 7, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/07/pop-sweet-beverages-school-bans.html
“Living laboratory” will serve as a test bed for innovation and research.
Nov 7, 2011
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/ubc-greenest-new-building-puts-spotlight-on-sustainability.aspx
Nov 7, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/andre-picard/health-care-system-needs-a-front-door/article2228320/
Nov 7, 2011
Andrew Steele
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/andrew-steele/why-harper-spends-so-much-on-health/article2228382/
Nov 7, 2011
JAMES GRUBEL
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/australia-passes-historic-carbon-tax-in-major-victory-for-pm/article2228683/
Nov 7, 2011
Renata D’aliesio
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/scientists-race-to-kill-crop-destroying-stink-bug-expected-to-swarm-ontario/article2228578/
Nov 7, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/building-innovation-in-canada/whats-the-future-for-wind-power-in-canada/article2228555/
Nov 7, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/fluoroquinolone-antibiotics-patients-with-myasthenia-gravis-may-risk-increased-muscle-1583015.htm
Nov 7, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-invests-in-renewable-power-in-new-brunswick-1583148.htm
Nov 7, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-promotes-canadian-resources-and-expertise-in-china-1582827.htm

Solar power boom hits a wall

Nov 6, 2011
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/solar-power-boom-hits-a-wall/article2227268/
Nov 6, 2011
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/building-innovation-in-canada/small-turbines-generate-huge-sales-potential/article2227323/
Nov 6, 2011
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/building-innovation-in-canada/canadian-innovations-in-wind-turbines/article2226513/
Nov 5, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/too-many-babies-too-little-family-planning/article2226184/
A new radio telescope may catalyse African science
Nov 5, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21536541

Ageing: Forever young?

A way to counteract part of the process of growing old
Nov 5, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21536539
Nov 4, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/04/mars-deep-space-simulation.html
Nov 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/04/science-giant-iceberg-antarctica.html
Nov 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/04/ottawa-endoscopies-nervous-patients.html
Nov 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/04/asbestos-victims-mine-protest.html
Company says it will be replaced with a safer drug called OxyNEO
Nov 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/04/nl-oxycontin-plan-1104.html
Caving to 'too posh to push?'
Nov 4, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/04/c-sections-planned.html
Nov 4, 2011
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.theprovince.com/health/Health+Canada+struggles+regulate+food+product+health+claims/5653697/story.html

There is no crime epidemic

The government's 'tough on crime' agenda is expensive, counterproductive and politically motivated
Nov 4, 2011
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/there-is-no-crime-epidemic/article2224613/
Is smart technology now destroying more jobs than it creates?
Nov 4, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/11/artificial-intelligence
Canadian team advancing research and business partnerships abroad
Nov 4, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-of-state-goodyear-joins-canadian-delegation-to-germany-1582483.htm
Nov 4, 2011
National Research Council Canada-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canadas-official-time-at-the-right-time-and-place-1582373.htm
Nov 4, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/872005/detour-lake-gold-mine-project-public-comments-invited-on-the-comprehensive-study-report
Nov 3, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe, Shawn McCarthy AND Carrie Tait
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/oil-patch-gives-a-dire-warning-to-the-us/article2224781/
Global warming study partly funded by owner of Manitoba fertilizer plant
Nov 3, 2011
Mychaylo Prystupa
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/03/climate-change-berkley-muller.html
Nov 3, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/03/formula-infant-breastfeeding.html
Nov 3, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/enbridge-invests-330-million-in-quebec-wind-project/article2223794/
Compensation of health professionals, evolution in the use of services important cost drivers of past decade
Nov 3, 2011
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/871197/health-spending-to-reach-200-billion-in-2011
UN report details changes over the past 20 years — both good and bad
Nov 2, 2011
Margo McDiarmid
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/11/02/pol-environment-earth-summit-changes.html
Can the Liberal government’s new point man on energy dial down the heat?
Nov 2, 2011
Martin Regg Cohn
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1080448--cohn-renewing-the-liberals-grasp-of-renewable-energy

A setback for public debate

Funding cut has implications beyond the environmental sector
Nov 2, 2011
Raili Lakanen
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1080453--a-setback-for-public-debate
Nov 2, 2011
Rod Mickleburgh
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/battle-brewing-over-pipeline-plans-in-bc/article2223417/
Nov 2, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/tory-crime-bill-is-too-tough-on-the-provinces/article2223102/
Nov 2, 2011
Karen Howlett AND Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/provinces-wont-foot-bill-for-crime-legislation-mcguinty-warns-pm/article2222867/
Nov 2, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canada-us-can-work-be-innovation-leaders-minister-state-goodyear-says-canada-2020-innovation-1580987.htm

The Canada 2020 Innovation Summit

Speaking Points of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, PC, MP Minister of State (Science and Technology)
Nov 2, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/06942.html
Nov 2, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canada-and-norway-promote-cooperation-in-energy-resource-development-1581259.htm
Nov 1, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/revising-route-could-kill-keystone-xl-transcanada/article2220811/
Nov 1, 2011
SETH BORENSTEIN
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/global-warming-worsens-weather-extremes-climate-panel-to-say/article2220698/
Nov 1, 2011
Daniel Leblanc AND Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebec-balks-at-ottawas-law-and-order-agenda/article2221192/
Nov 1, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-invests-in-clean-energy-technology-in-quebec-1580606.htm
Oct 31, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/andre-picard/we-need-a-health-plan-for-boomers-now/article2220127/

How to reform health care

Oct 31, 2011
Will Falk
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1079107--how-to-reform-health-care
Oct 31, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/fruit-flies-have-done-more-good-than-sarah-palin/article2220328/
Oct 31, 2011
Sonia Verma
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/worldview/its-a-girl-world-celebrates-the-7-billionth-person/article2219666/
Oct 31, 2011
Doug Saunders
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/worldview/the-world-at-7-billion-not-so-fast/article2219956/

Moving Renewable Energy Forward

Ontario is moving forward with its commitment to review its clean energy Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Program.
Oct 31, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/10/moving-renewable-energy-forward.html
The Government of Canada today announced funding for the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES).
Oct 31, 2011
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/868447/government-of-canada-takes-action-to-protect-canadian-families
Oct 31, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-reinforces-canadas-role-as-a-world-energy-leader-1579798.htm
Premier Redford wants to increase access to Calgary's new Science Centre
Oct 30, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2011/10/30/calgary-science-centre-prices.html

Vaccination our best shot

Oct 30, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1077977--vaccination-our-best-shot
Oct 30, 2011
Tamara Baluja
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/reality-a-soaring-population-reality-check-food-water-and-poverty/article2219381/
An accidental experiment in America shows how evolution happens
Oct 29, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21534749
A new prize for the genomics of the elderly is now on offer
Oct 29, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21534747

Reading the brain: Mind-goggling

It is now possible to scan someone’s brain and get a reasonable idea of what is going through his mind
Oct 29, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21534748
Oct 28, 2011
Heather Scoffield
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/sugar-shacks-vs-oilsands-environmental-agencys-role-under-review-132793588.html
Oct 28, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-toews-tours-green-energy-upgrades-at-providence-university-college-1579208.htm
Oct 28, 2011
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-supports-partnerships-between-la-cite-collegiale-local-businesses-1579109.htm
Oct 27, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/10/27/the-current-peter-kent-climate-change.html

Gun control keeps suicides down

Firearm suicides fell 48 per cent after the enactment of the Firearms Act.
Oct 27, 2011
Michael Bryant
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1077286--gun-control-keeps-suicides-down
Oct 27, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-outlines-importance-of-canadas-clean-tech-industry-1578604.htm
Recent WHO recommendation about TB testing prompted by team’s finding.
Oct 26, 2011
Sylvain Comeau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/scientists-at-work-on-low-cost-test.aspx
The number of international students also up sharply from last year
Oct 25, 2011
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/undergrad-enrolment-canada-reaches-the-million-mark.aspx
Oct 26, 2011
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-homicide-rate-falls-to-its-lowest-level-in-44-years/article2215324/
Oct 26, 2011
CAMPBELL CLARK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/will-canada-see-demographic-dividend-as-global-population-hits-seven-billion/article2213957/
Oct 26, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-state-goodyear-celebrates-centennial-association-universities-colleges-canada-1578098.htm
Oct 25, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/information-update-xigris-drotrecogin-alfa-withdrawn-worldwide-1577391.htm
... on Importance of Science and Salmon Conservation
Oct 24, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/fisheries-oceans-parliamentary-secretary-randy-kamp-addresses-north-pacific-anadromous-1577020.htm