We need a forum on science policy

National conference in October is a first step to making this a reality
Sep 8, 2009
Mehrdad Hariri and Jeff Sharom
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/we-need-a-forum-on-science-policy.aspx

AUCC calls for research funding boost

In its pre-budget submission to the federal government, association puts emphasis on research spending
Sep 8, 2009
Peggy Berkowitz
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/AUCC-calls-for-research-funding-boost.aspx

Ottawa enhances student aid

Canada Student Loans Program expects to dole out over $500 million in new grants
Sep 8, 2009
Nick Taylor-Vaisey
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/ottawa-enhances-student-aid.aspx

Changes ahead for university governance in Quebec

This sensitive subject is back in the spotlight following tabling of new bill
Sep 8, 2009
François-Olivier Dorais
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/changes-ahead-for-university-governance-in-Quebec.aspx

Fair access to university

What will it take to make postsecondary education within the grasp of more Canadians?
Sep 8, 2009
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/fair-access-to-university.aspx

Education pays in many ways, OECD tells Canada

Sep 8, 2009
Peter O'Neil
Canwest News
http://www.canada.com/business/Education+pays+many+ways+OECD+tells+Canada/1973184/story.html

Making university education a quality product

The history of attempts to measure and improve quality is not a happy one
Sep 8, 2009
Ross Finnie and Alex Usher
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/making-university-education-a-quality-product/article1276857/

Will Ontario lose in Ottawa's plan?

Sep 9, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/692576

Bright idea or sci-fi?

Experts meet to discuss feasibility of harvesting solar power in space, beaming it back to Earth
Sep 9, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/692716

U.S. space panel says moon return plan is no go

Panel suggests extending planned life of space station, shuttle fleet
Sep 9, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/09/space-nasa-moon-travel-009.html

NASA strategy proposal aims for Mars over Moon

Sep 8, 2009
Irene Klotz
Reuters
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/NASA+strategy+proposal+aims+Mars+over+Moon/1972693/story.html

Swine flu shown to be deadliest among children

Findings by U.S. health authorities stoke fears that classrooms will serve as incubators for the pandemic virus
Sep 8, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/swine-flu-shown-to-be-deadliest-among-children/article1275321/

Swine flu models preparing Canada for pandemic

Sep 8, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Swine+models+preparing+Canada+pandemic/1972331/story.html

Smart grid, smart future

Work is already under way on bringing the electrical system, which is largely unchanged since its inception a century ago, into the information age
Sep 8, 2009
Grant Buckler
Special to Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/smart-grid-smart-future/article1279109/

U.S. urges tighter use of flu antivirals

Sep 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/08/swine-flu-china.html

Why the British are invading the oil patch

North Sea oil environmental technology, recruitment and engineering firms are setting up shop in Alberta
Sep 8, 2009
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/why-the-british-are-invading-the-oil-patch/article1278005/

As go the sockeye, so go the grizzlies

As salmon numbers drop, bears are also few and far between along B.C.'s wild central coast – signalling what conservationists say is an unfolding ecological disaster
Sep 8, 2009
Mark Hume
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/as-go-the-sockeye-so-go-the-grizzlies/article1279874/

Fraser River sockeye fry had little chance because of fish farms

Sep 8, 2009
D.C. Reid
Special to Times Colonist
http://www.timescolonist.com/Fraser+River+sockeye+little+chance+because+fish+farms/1971312/story.html

Fish farms put squeeze on marine resources

A new study finds that consumer demand for healthy omega-3 fatty acids has put a squeeze on the fish-food supply, where alternatives must be relied upon to avoid a wipeout of wild forage fish
Sep 8, 2009
Sarah Boesveld
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/fish-farms-put-squeeze-on-marine-resources/article1279812/

Protecting the environment without hurting the economy

Sep 8, 2009
Ken Field
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/08/ken-field-protecting-the-environment-without-hurting-the-economy.aspx

McGill neuroscientist wins $1M research prize

Sep 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/08/milner-balzan-prize.html

Tuktoyaktuk on front line of climate change

Sep 8, 2009
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/08/climate-change-tuktoyaktuk-erosion.html

Banff may get new caribou herd

Sep 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/08/calgary-banff-caribou-extinct.html

Fungus threatens P.E.I. frogs

Sep 8, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/08/pei-chytrid-frog-fungus.html

RIM met 11 times with senior government officials, three Cabinet ministers

In lead up to the international climate change negotiations, energy and environment issues lobbied with Cabinet ministers and MPs.
Sep 7, 2009
Bea Vongdouangchanh
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/september/7/rim/&c=2

Influenza has a cure: affluence

This spring, H1N1 flu hit native communities first and deepest. This fall, it's likely to get much, much worse. Today we know the main factor is poverty. Laying out the science that explains why, in a pandemic, that puts us all at risk
Sep 7, 2009
Kevin Patterson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/influenza-has-a-cure-affluence/article1276838/

Petrifying carbon dioxide: Rock of ages

Another way of getting rid of carbon dioxide
Sep 7, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14396594

The top make-or-break environmental issues in Parliament's fall session

Election or no election, federal politicians need to get moving on these critical public policy issues
Sep 7, 2009
Pierre Sadik
The Hill Times
http://www.hilltimes.com/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=2009/september/7/green_files/&c=2

Gaps in science make it difficult to solve B.C. salmon collapse

Sep 7, 2009
James Keller
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/692037

B.C. salmon mystery has experts fishing for answers

Sep 7, 2009
James Keller
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/Article/691867

Trouble bubbling in the Arctic

Pockets of methane gas rippling waters like hot tub may be an acceleration factor for global warming
Sep 7, 2009
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/691868

People the problem when it comes to emission cuts

Sep 7, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/691776

No clear answer about who's responsible for approval

Sep 7, 2009
ROBERT MATAS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/no-clear-answer-about-whos-responsible-for-approval/article1277362/

No answers in B.C.'s sudden salmon collapse

Experts say cuts to research grants will make it difficult to determine why more than nine million sockeye won't return to the Fraser River this year
Sep 6, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/no-answers-in-bcs-salmon-collapse/article1277846/

University research grab would be a 'national disaster'

Sep 5, 2009
Jack Lightstone
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/05/jack-lightsone-university-research-grab-would-be-a-national-disaster.aspx

Forestry's future is R&D

Sep 5, 2009
Don Floyd
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/782592

For awareness, not panic, on flu

Sep 5, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/690722

Canada's environmental politics: the tragedy of delay

Sep 4, 2009
Ray Grigg
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/Canada+environmental+politics+tragedy+delay/1962780/story.html

Swine flu deaths top 2,800 worldwide

Sep 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/04/h1n1-deaths-who.html

Sigg backpedals on BPA

Sep 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/03/siggbpa-admission.html

Misconceptions about the flu

Sep 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/04/f-flu-myths.html

Canada to offer pregnant women modified vaccine

Uadjuvanted swine flu shot to be available to help ease reluctance many pregnant women feel about taking any medication
Sep 4, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/canada-to-offer-pregnant-women-modified-vaccine/article1277115/

Insite safe drug-injection site sues critic for defamation over article

Sep 3, 2009
Steve Mertl
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5j6jAdmtwEEwHFg9zCE92LH1WVemw

Canada needs a sense of urgency

This country should be committed at the highest political levels to having an effective H1N1 vaccine ready for Canadians at high risk by the early fall
Sep 3, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/canada-needs-a-sense-of-urgency/article1272818/

Oil sands output to double by 2013: report

Profit to triple
Sep 3, 2009
John Morrissy
Canwest News Service
http://www.financialpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=1957368

Canada will get vaccine by October: health chief

Comments run contrary to the federal government's insistence that Canadians should not expect to be immunized until mid-November
Sep 3, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-will-get-vaccine-by-october-health-chief/article1273858/

Doctors, Ottawa clash over vaccine

Canada's chief public health officer rejects medical association's charge that Ottawa's strategy is resulting in unnecessary delay
Sep 3, 2009
Patrick White and Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/doctors-ottawa-clash-over-vaccine/article1272775/

Recent Arctic warming follows centuries of natural cooling

Sep 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/03/climate-environment-arctic-change.html

Arctic is the warmest it's been in 2,000 years

Sep 3, 2009
Randolph E. Schmid
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/690581

NUMBY strikes Ohio

Sep 3, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/03/lawrence-solomon-numby-strikes-ohio.aspx

UN chief warns of climate-related disaster

Sep 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/03/ban-ki-moon-climate.html

Electric cars: Charge!

Carmakers are shifting towards electric vehicles. Policymakers must do their part, too
Sep 3, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14363307

The electrification of motoring: The electric-fuel-trade acid test

After many false starts, battery-powered cars seem here to stay. Are they just an interesting niche product, or will they turn motoring upside down?
Sep 3, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14362092

University infrastructure – now slightly less old

Sep 3, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/university-infrastructure-now-slightly-less-old/

Funding IVF would save taxpayers money

Sep 2, 2009
Amir Attaran
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/02/amir-attaran-funding-ivf-would-save-taxpayers-money.aspx

Doubt cast on cannabis, schizophrenia link

Sep 2, 2009
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/09/02/cannabis-schizophrenia.html

Landmark B.C. study lets trauma sufferers find relief with ecstasy

Vancouver therapists get green light to use drug in trial to treat post-traumatic stress
Sep 2, 2009
Frances Bula
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/landmark-bc-study-lets-trauma-sufferers-find-relief-with-ecstasy/article1271380/

Survival of the biggest

Sep 2, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/689552

Canada's flu strategy flawed: CMAJ

Leading medical journal argues plan to vaccinate population will move too slowly
Sep 2, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadas-flu-strategy-flawed-cmaj/article1271216/

N.W.T. gets greenhouse gas observation station

Sep 2, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/02/nwt-emissions-station.html

Arctic climate change warming globe: report

Sep 2, 2009
Bob Weber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/article/689974

Swine flu unlikely to become superbug

Sep 2, 2009
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/article/689715

Canadian innovation starts in the classroom

Fresh thinking about our 'innovation ecosystem' is needed for adapting to a rapidly evolving global economy
Sep 1, 2009
WARREN JESTIN AND STAN SHAPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/canadian-innovation-starts-in-the-classroom/article1270259/

Risky schemes may be only hope for cooling planet: scientists

Sep 1, 2009
Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Risky+schemes+only+hope+cooling+planet+scientists/1951915/story.html

Nitrous oxide is top destroyer of ozone layer: study

Sep 1, 2009
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Nitrous+oxide+destroyer+ozone+layer+study/1951069/story.html

Are the ICUs ready?

Experts predict ICUs will be the main battlefield in the war against a pandemic virus and they have a warning for hospitals: Prepare. Now.
Sep 1, 2009
Helen Branswell
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/are-the-icus-ready/article1271352/

Manning turns to the dark side

Sep 1, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/09/01/peter-foster-manning-turns-to-the-dark-side.aspx

Our quality of life depends on a green economy

Sep 1, 2009
Andrew Heintzman and Preston Manning
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/09/01/andrew-heintzman-and-preston-manning-our-quality-of-life-depends-on-a-green-economy.aspx

Your in-vitro fertilization questions answered

Fertility specialists Dr. Arthur Leader and Dr. Marjorie Dixon and one couple took questions about IVF in Ontario
Sep 1, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/your-in-vitro-fertilization-questions-answered/article1271263/

Alberta to U.S.: Use the oil sands or lose them

Aug 31, 2009
Don Martin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/31/alberta-to-u-s-use-the-oilsands-or-lose-them.aspx

PetroChina takes $1.9-billion stake in oil sands

Aug 31, 2009
Carrie Tait
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/news-sectors/story.html?id=1947720

A lesson for the NDP on environmental economics

Aug 31, 2009
Stephen Gordon
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/31/stephen-gordon-a-lesson-for-the-ndp-on-environmental-economics.aspx

DFO bans Maritime shellfish harvesting

Aug 31, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2009/08/31/pei-shellfish-ban.html

Give Canada's excess flu vaccine to developing world: Experts

Aug 31, 2009
Norma Greenaway
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/Give+Canada+excess+vaccine+developing+world+Experts/1946953/story.html

Evidence of success in decriminalizing drugs

Aug 31, 2009
Raphael Alexander
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/31/raphael-alexander-evidence-of-success-in-decriminalizing-drugs.aspx

The man who doubted Al Gore

To dissent on the man-made global warming ‘consensus’ is seen as evidence of mental deficiency
Aug 28, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/08/28/peter-foster-the-man-who-doubted-al-gore.aspx

Disastrous sockeye run flops to a finish

Aug 28, 2009
Jeff Nagel
Surrey North Delta Leader
http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/55786357.html

Portugal's drug policy: Treating, not punishing

The evidence from Portugal since 2001 is that decriminalisation of drug use and possession has benefits and no harmful side-effects
Aug 27, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14309861

Big five controversy keeps on going

Aug 31, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/big-five-controversy-keeps-on-going/

A teachable moment for Canada's universities

If big universities spent half as much time on teaching as they do searching for research money, students might be better off
Aug 28, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/a-teachable-moment-for-canadas-universities/article1268920/

U of W president enters fray over research funding

Aug 27, 2009
Don Lajoie
The Windsor Star
http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=b5789361-70db-436e-8317-654bb55f7f13

Ode to the mid-sized university

Aug 27, 2009
Daniel Woolf
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/ode-to-the-mid-sized-university/article1264554/

Smartening up

Presidents of seven smaller universities take aim at the big five
Aug 10, 2009
Cathy Gulli
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/08/10/smartening-up/

Our universities can be smarter

Canada’s ‘big five’ presidents have an ambitious plan for fixing our schools, writes Paul Wells
Jul 28, 2009
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/28/our-universities-can-be-smarter/

Can higher ed reach higher?

Canada’s leading universities want to, writes Paul Wells, but big dreams call for big changes
Jul 22, 2009
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/22/can-higher-ed-reach-higher/