Sunday, February 5, 2012

Science literacy is good for society

Jan 31, 2012
David Suzuki
Straight.com
http://www.straight.com/article-596081/vancouver/david-suzuki-science-literacy-good-society
Jan 31, 2012
Susan Lunn
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/story/2012/01/31/pol-research-randd-funding-changes.html
Feb 2, 2012
Louise Egan
Reuters
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE81120B20120202
Jan 29, 2012
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/the-innovation-challenge-and-the-misallocation-of-capital/article2318815/
Feb 1, 2012
Julian Beltrame
The Canadian Press
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/national-news/flaherty-budget-to-finally-put-business-innovation-at-top-of-agenda.html
Conference Board of Canada launches new centre for business innovation to improve performance among firms
Jan 31, 2012
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/913361/canadian-businesses-feel-less-pressure-to-innovate-than-global-competitors
Feb 1, 2012
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/can-ottawa-spark-innovation-it-hasnt-yet/article2321249/
Feb 1, 2012
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/we-need-a-new-way-to-measure-innovation/
We need a facility to attract and train top talent, with the goal of both making discoveries and getting them to market
Feb 3, 2012
JOHN BERGERON
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+falling+behind+research/6095132/story.html
Canadians are among the biggest consumers of pharmaceuticals in the world
Feb 2, 2012
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/the-worst-of-both-worlds-high-drug-prices-low-rd/article2324591/
Feb 2, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/02/02/astrazeneca-layoffs-montreal-cp.html
Jan 30, 2012
Andy hoffman
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadian-biotech-firms-missing-the-boat-in-asia/article2320187/
Improving the quality of life of Canadians by developing more effective treatments
Jan 31, 2012
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/913339/harper-government-invests-in-personalized-medicine
Speaking Points of The Honourable Gary Goodyear, PC, MP, Minister of State (Science and Technology)
Jan 31, 2012
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/07049.html
Academics are starting to boycott a big publisher of journals
Feb 4, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21545974
The digital revolution will turn our current university model upside down – and it's for the best
Feb 4, 2012
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/margaret-wente/were-ripe-for-a-great-disruption-in-higher-education/article2325979/
Feb 2, 2012
James Bradshaw
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/university-leaders-want-more-canadians-to-study-abroad/article2325034/
'Incubator' would help out new businesses
Feb 1, 2012
Matthew Gauk
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Innovation+centre+seen+spark+high+tech+sector/6083054/story.html
Feb 2012
Peter Kent
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/kent.pdf
Feb 2012
Todd Hirsch
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/hirsch.pdf

Harnessing energy for change

Feb 2012
Velma McColl
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/mccoll.pdf
Feb 2012
Wilson da Silva
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/dasilva.pdf
Feb 2012
Robin V. Sears
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/sears.pdf
Feb 2012
Donald Barry
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/barry.pdf
Feb 2012
Kevin G. Lynch and Kathy Sendall
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/lynch.pdf

Making Canadians energy wise

Feb 2012
John Manley
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/manley.pdf
Feb 2012
David L. Emerson
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/emerson.pdf
Feb 2012
Daniel Gagnier
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/gagnier.pdf
Feb 2012
John Stewart
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/stewart.pdf
Feb 2012
Jim Prentice
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/prentice.pdf
Feb 2012
Thierry Vandal
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/vandal.pdf
Canada would benefit from a serious look at European countries’ efforts to align incentives within their health systems to encourage better performance.
Jan 2012
Ake Blomqvist and Colin Busby
C.D. Howe Institute
http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/Commentary_339.pdf
Feb 2012
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/157092/HiT-Russia_EN_web-with-links.pdf
Feb 3, 2012
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/social-issues-migration-health/mental-health-and-work_9789264124523-en
Feb 4, 2012
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/environment/mortality-risk-valuation-in-environment-health-and-transport-policies_9789264130807-en
Feb 4, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://m.ctv.ca/topstories/20120204/health-birdflu-study-research-20120204.html
Tree deaths attributed to lack of snow to protect shallow roots
Feb 4, 2012
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Yellow+cedar+decline+mystery+solved+study/6102272/story.html
Feb 4, 2012
Michelle Lalonde
The Gazette
http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/02/04/scientists-censure-mcgill-university-over-ties-to-asbestos-industry/
Feb 4, 2012
David McKie
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/03/pol-mckie-thehouse-disease-centres.html
Feb 4, 2012
Shelley Page
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Desk+bound+lifestyles+proving+hazardous+researchers/6103581/story.html
Feb 4, 2012
Charles Burton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/1126179--harper-in-china-juggling-oil-sales-and-core-principles
Ottawa physicist, 69, cites health, money concerns for ending human rights battle
Feb 4, 2012
Andrew Duffy
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Former+scientist+abandons+remaining+lawsuit+against+employer/6103432/story.html
Studies of brain genetics are starting to reveal what makes humans human
Feb 4, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21545972
Feb 4, 2012
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-ashfield-announces-2011-national-recreational-fisheries-award-winner-quebec-1615130.htm
Feb 3, 2012
Michelle Lalonde
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/business/McGill+responds+charges+with+asbestos+industry/6100016/story.html

Where Canada goes from Keystone

We shouldn’t have all our energy eggs in one basket, and we should be seeking a more strategic approach to our energy future
Feb 3, 2012
Kevin Lynch AND Kathy Sendall
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/where-canada-goes-from-keystone/article2324588/
Feb 3, 2012
Carrie Tait
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/imperial-oil-okays-2-billion-cold-lake-expansion/article2325314/
Feb 3, 2012
William Marsden
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Scientists+historic+battle+over+oilsands+monitoring/6100226/story.html
New system will increase number of testing stations, but will not be independently run
Feb 3, 2012
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alberta-ottawa-beef-up-oil-sands-monitoring/article2325907/
Feb 3, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/03/trade-secrets-pharmaceuticals-scoc.html
Feb 3, 2012
Sheila Dabu Nonato and Brad Bouzane
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Merck+Frosst+loses+information+protection+appeal/6098105/story.html
Feb 3, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/03/tanning-bed-ban.html
Feb 3, 2012
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/03/f-multiple-organ-transplants-esophagus.html
Christy Clark faces one major hurdle – finding the energy to turn natural gas into LNG
Feb 3, 2012
Justine Hunter AND Wendy Stueck
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/bc-premier-stakes-provinces-energy-future-on-liquefied-natural-gas/article2325632/
Researchers are closing in on commercially-viable devices to detect cancers by analyzing human breath
Feb 3, 2012
Rick Pilger
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/one-breath-away-from-diagnosing-disease/article2326029/
Feb 3, 2012
Tim Haig
Financial Post
http://business.financialpost.com/2012/02/03/the-case-for-biofuels-in-our-energy-mix/
People say they want more fuel-efficient cars, but few actually buy them
Feb 3, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/02/fuel-economy
Planet's relatively brief wet period occurred billions of years ago
Feb 3, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/02/03/sci-mars-dry-planet.html
Feb 3, 2012
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/915667/health-authorities-launch-blitz-against-toxic-lawn-products-pesticide-ad-campaign-a-first-in-bc-history
Panel of Experts Debate How to Inspire Young Minds
Feb 3, 2012
Ontario Science Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/915863/ontario-science-centre-hosts-unique-facebook-live-event-inside-da-vinci-exhibition
Feb 2, 2012
Wendy Cox
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/report-says-science-not-minister-should-rule-canadas-fisheries-138578889.html
Feb 2, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/02/02/bc-canada-biodiversity-oceans.html
Government plans to approve asbestos sales to developing world
Feb 2, 2012
Gil Shochat and Joseph Loiero
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/01/asbestos-study-mcgill.html

Tracking Lyme disease

Feb 2, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/02/lyme-disease-tick-map.html
Feb 2, 2012
Carrie Tait AND Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/energy-regulator-approves-export-licence-for-bc-lng/article2324866/
If everything is on the table, why do the billions of dollars being added to the federal corrections budget feel untouchable?
Feb 2, 2012
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/ottawa-must-consider-cost-of-prison-expansion----in-addition-to-pension-reform/article2324562/
Feb 2, 2012
GARY MASON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/gary_mason/why-not-try-after-hours-care-the-dutch-way/article2322792/
Now 3 such known systems in the galaxy
Feb 2, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/02/02/sci-kepler-new-planets-nasa.html
Feb 2, 2012
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/915093/new-study-building-framework-to-bring-personalized-medicine-to-the-clinic
Feb 2, 2012
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/914711/slowing-economic-growth-and-rising-health-care-pressures-squeeze-ontario-s-finances
Feb 2, 2012
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/harper-government-investments-to-help-dairy-farmers-boost-exports-1614365.htm
Ontario's sustainable energy technology programs are helping build a skilled workforce to meet the demand for clean energy jobs and strengthen the province's position as a clean energy leader in North America.
Feb 2, 2012
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2012/02/ontarios-clean-energy-workforce-continues-to-grow.html
Feb 2, 2012
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-helping-young-girls-explore-careers-in-science-1614563.htm
Feb 2, 2012
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/strengthening-measures-to-protect-canada-from-the-asian-long-horned-beetle-1614661.htm

Tax 'toxic' sugar, doctors urge

Age restriction for sugary drinks proposed
Feb 1, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/01/sugar-toxic-regulate.html
Parks Canada has delayed a decision on a controversial multi-million dollar tourist attraction proposed for Jasper National Park in order to digest a flood of comments
Feb 1, 2012
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/decision-on-proposed-glacier-discovery-walk-in-jasper-national-park-delayed/article2321135/

Ottawa heart researchers lauded

Their work shows the use of next-generation pacemakers helps patients with moderate heart failure
Feb 1, 2012
Tom Spears
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Ottawa+heart+researchers+lauded/6081980/story.html
Feb 1, 2012
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/harper-government-secures-jobs-through-forest-sector-innovation-and-renewal-1613964.htm
Feb 1, 2012
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/914113/collaboration-between-food-industry-and-government-regulators-would-make-a-good-system-better
The would-be censors of research into deadly flu strains publicly air their fears
Jan 31, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/01/flu-research-and-public-safety
Jan 31, 2012
Carmen Chai
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/Canadian+researchers+develop+disease+outbreak+surveillance+systems/6080541/story.html
Routine ultrasound improves prenatal health, and restricting abortions could worsen maternal deaths from unsafe abortions.
Jan 31, 2012
Prabhat Jha
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1124468--canada-s-role-in-the-global-selective-abortion-debate
Jan 31, 2012
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1124376--walkom-the-downside-to-ontario-s-health-care-reforms
Jan 31, 2012
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/31/blackwell-on-health-does-holland-have-the-key-to-our-health-care-future/
Jan 31, 2011
C.D. Howe Institute
http://www.cdhowe.org/stop-navel-gazing-learn-from-healthcare-abroad/16400
Jan 31, 2012
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/court-imposes-significant-fine-for-damage-to-northern-pike-habitat-1613322.htm
Jan 31, 2012
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statement-honourable-leona-aglukkaq-minister-health-on-enforcement-cracking-down-on-1613469.htm
Jan 31, 2012
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-addresses-canada-mining-stakeholders-about-need-regulatory-reform-support-1613129.htm

Covering the oilsands

Journalists discuss tension between economic and environmental issues.
Jan 30, 2012
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1123870--covering-the-oilsands
Jan 30, 2012
Konrad Yakabuski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/gingrich-promises-canadians-he-will-authorize-keystone-if-elected/article2319740/
Extols use of more wind, solar and other renewable sources of energy
Jan 30, 2012
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/30/sci-un-green-energy.html
Jan 30, 2012
Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/bc-not-ready-to-tip-its-hand-on-gateway-project/article2320435/
More work needs to be done, says chief medical officer
Jan 30, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/30/edmonton-sexually-transmitted-diseases-drop.html
Friends of teen who died a year ago say there is still not enough help from government
Jan 30, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/30/north-yukon-youth-addictions.html
Jan 30, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/30/toronto-ontario-healthcare.html
Jan 30, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/30/tuberculosis-resistant-india.html
Jan 30, 2012
Kenyon Wallace
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/1123942--killer-whales-finding-prey-further-north-as-arctic-ice-melts-inuit-tell-scientists
Jan 30, 2012
Ontario Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance (OCDPA)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/912873/canada-s-most-prominent-health-organizations-launch-campaign-calling-on-the-ontario-government-to-invest-now-to-prevent-ontario-s-looming-health-crisi
Ontario is launching an Action Plan to transform the health care system and deal with the demographic challenges as well as the province's deficit.
Jan 30, 2012
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2012/01/ontarios-action-plan-to-transform-health-care.html
Jan 30, 2012
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/912961/jackpine-mine-expansion-and-pierre-river-mine-projects-public-consultation-on-revised-joint-review-panel-agreements
Jan 29, 2012
Margaret Munro
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Scientists+shock+after+Canada+premiere+icebreaker+docked+repairs/6069515/story.html
Jan 29, 2012
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/oil-sands-companies-brace-for-higher-costs/article2318968/
Jan 29, 2012
Stephen Hume
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Keep+jobs+Canada+Build+refineries+oilsands/6070305/story.html
Jan 29, 2012
Daniel Leblanc
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/cida-funds-seen-to-be-subsidizing-mining-firms/article2319033/
Environment minister declined emergency order to protect animal last week
Jan 29, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/29/north-caribou-reaction.html
Jan 29, 2012
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-takes-action-to-improve-energy-efficiency-1612022.htm

Embryonic stem cells: Looking up

Stem-cell research is now bearing fruit
Jan 28, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21543471

Colony collapse disorder: Bee off

A possible explanation of why beehives sometimes vanish
Jan 28, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21543469
Jan 27, 2012
Janet Mcfarland
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/canadas-resource-project-reviews-risk-lost-investment-opportunities-oliver/article2317718/

The Digital Rescue of health care

Innovation, not more money, is needed
Jan 27, 2012
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-digital-rescue-of-health-care/article2318065/
Jan 27, 2012
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/gateway-panel-urged-to-affirm-its-impartial/article2317612/
Jan 26, 2012
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/federal-documents-spark-outcry-by-oil-sands-critics/article2316087/
Jan 26, 2012
Shawn Mccarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/obama-straddles-middle-in-touting-homegrown-oil-gas/article2316742/
Jan 25, 2012
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/six-canadian-firms-among-globes-most-sustainable/article2314683/
Centre for Biological Diversity says Arviat quota increase violates a 1973 convention
Jan 25, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/01/25/north-polar-bear-ban.html
Jan 25, 2012
Nathan Vanderklippe AND Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ottawa-promises-speedier-review-of-oil-sands-projects/article2314829/
Jan 24, 2012
Colin Busby
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Busby+Innovation+improving+health+care/6045064/story.html
Jan 24, 2012
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/northern-gateway-panel-hears-from-albertans-opposed-to-pipeline/article2313931/
Jan 23, 2012
Nathan Vanderklippe AND Carrie Tait
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cherishing-canadas-beauty-goes-beyond-borders/article2312435/
Jan 21, 2012
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/air-oil-sands-a-new-flight-path-in-alberta/article2310193/
Jan 21, 2012
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/margaret-wente/with-keystone-its-harvard-vs-the-heartland/article2309950/