Science Canada: 09/18/09

What the provinces think of the Big Five’s revolutionary ideas for university reform
Sep 17, 2009
Katie Engelhart
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/17/reality-check-for-a-big-idea/

Why some schools don’t want a Big Five monopoly on research
Sep 3, 2009
Colin Campbell
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/03/small-but-smart/

Lack of support from Ottawa ended plans for a foreign-owned, Toronto-based technology giant, sources say
Sep 18, 2009
Andrew Willis
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/how-a-made-in-canada-nortel-solution-died/article1291924/

Ericsson's $1.13B acquisition will protect Canadian jobs, intellectual property: Clement
Sep 17, 2009
Iain Marlow
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/696887

Health official says only six people had H1N1 virus in communities journal said has pandemic outbreak
Sep 18, 2009
Petti Fong
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/697581

It will take both innovation and patience to change the energy game
Sep 17, 2009
Peter Voser
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/energy-transition-not-for-the-faint-hearted/article1290055/

A sound plan for the electricity system of the future needed now to avoid big mistakes later
Sep 17, 2009
John Wilson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/696846

New drilling and production technology has dramatically transformed North America's natural gas industry by unlocking massive shale gas reservoirs. Now, those technological advances are being adopted more broadly in the oil and gas industry to reduce costs in mature or difficult-to-tap fields
Sep 17, 2009
SHAWN McCARTHY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/newest-high-tech-business-oil-and-gas/article1290846/

Blame culture. Or genes. Or Dilbert. In engineering, it’s a man’s world—for now.
Sep 17, 2009
Julien Russell Brunet
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/17/getting-into-the-game/

'Life as we know it is going to end'; World's nations must drastically reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, author says
Sep 17, 2009
MONIQUE BEAUDIN
The Gazette
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Oceans+face+climate+change+crisis/2002373/story.html

Alberta woman is second case in Canada, and one of only a handful of such cases on record globally; patient has since recovered, Alberta Health Services says
Sep 15, 2009
Caroline Alphonso and Katherine O'Neill
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/h1n1-shows-more-resistance-to-tamiflu/article1288521/

Friday, September 18, 2009