Science Canada: 06/22/09

On June 9, the University of Toronto conferred on Michael Bliss the degree of L. L. D. (honoris causa). The following is an edited excerpt of the speech he delivered to PhD and MA graduates at the Convocation ceremony.
June 22, 2009
Michael Bliss
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/06/22/michael-bliss-in-search-of-better-balance.aspx

Firms misrepresented some research results, slew of cases suggest
June 22, 2009
Stuart Laidlaw
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/article/654423

Larger, better-run foreign players will have increasing say in how much technology research is done by Canadians
Jun 22, 2009
Simon Avery
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/nortel-breakup-signals-rd-power-shift/article1191282/

Ottawa spends millions to remove asbestos from Parliament Buildings, but dumps 200,000 tonnes of it per year in Third World countries.
June 22, 2009
Harris MacLeod
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/june/22/asbestos_issue/&c=2

Jun 22, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/654444

Scientists warn that if Canada gets out of the medical isotope business, an exodus of researchers and doctors will follow
Jun 20, 2009
Anna Mehler Paperny
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nuclear-inaction-puts-half-century-of-innovation-at-risk/article1190413/

Sale of AECL could bring six decades of high-tech achievement to an inglorious end
Jun 22, 2009
Michael Ivanco
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/653897

Those who dismiss H1N1 as a panic-fest are profoundly wrong – even the mild version in a country like Canada could kill thousands. And the nightmare scenario? That would be really scary
Jun 20, 2009
Vivienne Parry
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-pandemic-is-here/article1187501/

It is easy to destroy an ecosystem but difficult to rebuild it
Jun 22, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13891210

We think of hypertension and the accompanying risk of heart attack as a problem of middle age or obesity. So how did this slim Quebec teen get high blood pressure? The health dangers that stalk growing numbers of Canadian children begin with extreme levels of salt in our food - a lot of it in places you don't suspect
Jun 22, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special-reports/hard-to-shake/salt-part-1-under-pressure/article1188881/

Farmers tweaking cows' diets to reduce how often the animals belch, in turn shrinking their carbon footprint
Jun 21, 2009
Lisa Rathke
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/saving-the-planet-one-burp-at-a-time/article1191169/

Its ancestors trace back to Chile and the woodlands of eastern North America. But the one that's hot now is as engineered as a laptop computer and maybe as well- travelled. Join the modern strawberry on its trek to your table
Jun 21, 2009
Catherine Porter
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/654217

They share an office, the world of science, a heady intellect and a rich family life
Jun 21, 2009
Mary Ormsby
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/654245

Jun 22, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
Tillsonburg News
http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1623839

Science Canada

Monday, June 22, 2009

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In search of better balance

Canadians concerned about the value of an education: poll

Drug 'reports' found to be faked

Nortel breakup signals R&D power shift

Federal government continues to 'wrestle' with asbestos issue: Strahl

Sole option is to adapt, climate author says

Only a quarter of Calgary Catholic school girls get HPV vaccination

Biomass energy plan under scrutiny

Strange move on wind farms

Nuclear inaction puts half-century of innovation at risk

Hard-won nuclear expertise should not be thrown away

The pandemic is here

Northern Manitoba native groups co-ordinate swine flu response

EU ministers leave open possibility of clone food

Fisheries: Avoiding catastrophes

Phthalates: Soft plastic's hidden hazard

Salt, Part 1: Under pressure

Saving the planet – one burp at a time

A strawberry's journey: From West to feast

Like 2 genetic researchers in a pod

$103 million pledged to clean up abandoned radar sites in northern Ontario

DFO's latest weapon: Buddy the lobster egg-sniffing dog

Seal virus' spread linked to retreating Arctic ice: scientists

Canada’s urban mega-regions: landscapes of opportunity or regret?

U of T receives $134M research windfall

Vaccinate Canadians under 40 and natives first: experts

Feds probe bird kill at Alberta base

The Rubber Duckies: Slow death by tax-free money

The Rubber Duckies: Baird leads Harper team

The Rubber Duckies: McGuinty’s nanny state

The Rubber Duckies: Deutsche Bank's countdown to the carbon bubble

The Rubber Duckies: Lifetime achievement

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