Science Canada: 06/17/09

June 16, 2009
Louise Brown
Toronto Star
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/651341

Permanent damage has been done, but it's not too late to do something about it, White House says
Jun 17, 2009
Seth Borenstein
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-climate-report-dire-but-offers-hope/article1184876/

Cooperation crucial to developing booming sector, industry says
Jun 16, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/651252

Manitoba cases now at 226 after 74 new ones confirmed Tuesday
June 16, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/06/16/mb-swine-flu-death-manitoba.html

The last thing Atomic Energy Canada, or the country, needs is the black eye from the isotope crisis - to say nothing of the anguish for patients
Jun 16, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-chalk-river-mess-has-left-aecls-reputation-in-meltdown-mode/article1184592/

Evidence supports Pascal's blueprint for an integrated approach for children under 6
Jun 16, 2009
Jim Grieve & Bill Hogarth
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/651249

The benefits of early childhood education are less than advocates claim
Jun 15, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/all-day-kindergarten-is-not-the-magic-bullet/article1182946/

A new film imagines lesbians conceiving with sperm derived from each other's stem cells – and the science may not be far-fetched
Jun 16, 2009
Sheryl Ubelacker
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/will-women-one-day-father-children/article1182938/

Canadian patients 'starting to die,' drug firm says
June 15, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1696051

Scientists must overcome local suspicions and difficult conditions to conduct the largest, most advanced experiment yet
Jun 16, 2009
Zoe Alsop
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/malaria-vaccine-trials-put-researchers-to-the-test/article1184851/

Study finds autistic subjects finish reasoning exam 40 per cent faster than volunteers without the disorder
Jun 16, 2009
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/people-with-autism-ace-intelligence-test/article1184701/

Husky renews its support of school
June 16, 2009
Nick Lewis
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Business/boost+asphalt+research/1699411/story.html

Pharmaceutical companies contribute to new position
June 16, 2009
Jeanette Stewart
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Health/adds+research+chair/1700433/story.html

Decision-based evidence making isn’t a joke. It’s part of the plan, the policy, the way things are done
June 16, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-terence-corcoran-decision-based-evidence-making.aspx

New climate projections are based on a lot of things, just not on scientific data
June 16, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-peter-foster-300-000-non-deaths.aspx

The MIT modellers violated 49 principles of forecasting
June 16, 2009
Kesten C. Green and J. Scott Armstrong
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/16/junk-science-week-mit-s-unscientific-catastrophic-climate-forecast.aspx

In the buildup to the financial crisis, the science of risk management was turned into junk science that was overlooked by all players, including regulators
June 15, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/06/15/terence-corcoran-the-models-behind-the-financial-crisis.aspx

Science Canada

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Chemistry down the tubes

U.S. urges cleaner Alberta oilsands

U.S. climate report dire, but offers hope

Ottawa to ante up $1-billion aid to pulp and paper industry

Canada called on to join renewable-energy agency

Hydrogen gas leak delays shuttle launch again

2 die of swine flu in Manitoba as Canadian toll hits 11

Canada's isotope failure felt worldwide

Nuclear medicine experts question appointment of isotope adviser

Ottawa to spend $6M seeking medical isotope alternatives

Small comfort in isotope crisis

Abandoning production of isotopes is a tragedy

University says it can meet Canada's isotope needs

The Chalk River mess has left AECL's reputation in meltdown mode

In search of a Canadian digital action strategy

Nunavut Inuit wouldn't change diet over contaminant fears: study

Opportunity to transform early learning in Ontario

Full-day learning deserves support

Early is not everything

All-day kindergarten is not the magic bullet

Will women one day father children?

Anti-aging hormone products risky, U.S. medical group says

Most Canadians ignore air-quality advisories: Report

More mercury flowing into Arctic Ocean than thought: Research

Aquatic microbiota threatened by pollution

Ottawa seizing Mexican cancer drug

German firms eye huge African solar project: report

Malaria vaccine trials put researchers to the test

People with autism ace intelligence test

Canadian, U.S. scientists win $1M Shaw prize for obesity work

$4.4M boost for U of C's asphalt research

U of S adds research chair

Junk Science Week: Decision-based evidence making

Junk Science Week: 300,000 non-deaths

Junk Science Week: MIT’s unscientific, catastrophic climate forecast

Junk Science Week: The models behind the financial crisis