Jul 20, 2009
Carolyn Steele
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/career-sense/phds-can-get-lost-in-sterotypes/
The goal of the Science Canada website is to highlight science policy issues in Canada's political arena and media.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Public protection
July 22, 2009
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Public+protection/1814197/story.html
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Public+protection/1814197/story.html
A troubling report
July 22, 2009
Edmonton Journal
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/troubling+report/1815573/story.html
Edmonton Journal
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/troubling+report/1815573/story.html
Food safety report leaves many questions
Analysis catalogues succession of failures that led to troubling tragedy
Jul 22, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/669868
Jul 22, 2009
Robert Cribb
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/669868
Listeriosis outbreak was 'preventable incident': Report
July 21, 2009
Sarah Schmidt and Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Listeriosis+report+calls+greater+role+public+health+officer/1812091/story.html
Sarah Schmidt and Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Listeriosis+report+calls+greater+role+public+health+officer/1812091/story.html
As crab stocks collapse, tensions rise on the waterfront
Fishermen are competing in limited space for a vulnerable resource
Jul 21, 2009
Mark Hume
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/as-crab-stocks-collapse-tensions-rise-on-the-waterfront/article1223981/
Jul 21, 2009
Mark Hume
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/as-crab-stocks-collapse-tensions-rise-on-the-waterfront/article1223981/
Doing the right thing for whales
July 22, 2009
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
CanadaEast.com
http://www.canadaeast.com/progress/article/736755
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
CanadaEast.com
http://www.canadaeast.com/progress/article/736755
Australia starts first H1N1 vaccine trials
Two biotechnology companies have started injecting adult volunteers in Adelaide and the government has ordered 21 million doses if tests are proven to work
Jul 22, 2009
Tanalee Smith
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/australia-starts-first-h1n1-vaccine-trials/article1226829/
Jul 22, 2009
Tanalee Smith
Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/australia-starts-first-h1n1-vaccine-trials/article1226829/
H1N1's oink is proving to be far worse than its bite
Latest flu outbreak is shaping up as fourth pandemic dud in the past six years
Jul 22, 2009
Dr. Richard Schabas
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/669727
Jul 22, 2009
Dr. Richard Schabas
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/669727
Too much faith in mass screening
Does all this testing for cancer make a difference?
Jul 21, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/too-much-faith-in-mass-screening/article1225114/
Jul 21, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/too-much-faith-in-mass-screening/article1225114/
Pincher Creek -- lessons in the science of wind
July 20, 2009
Carrie Tait
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/Pincher+Creek+lessons+science+wind/1809937/story.html
Carrie Tait
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/fp/Pincher+Creek+lessons+science+wind/1809937/story.html
Status quo won't get NASA to Mars, agency's chief says
Commitments to staff space station and return to the moon by 2020 make Martian expedition too daunting a task, says Charlie Bolden
Jul 21, 2009
Irene Klotz
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/status-quo-wont-get-nasa-to-mars-agencys-chief-says/article1226281/
Jul 21, 2009
Irene Klotz
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/status-quo-wont-get-nasa-to-mars-agencys-chief-says/article1226281/