Canada Science Policy Conference, Day 3

Oct 30, 2009
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/canada-science-policy-conference-day-3/

Canada Science Policy Conference, Day 2

Oct 29, 2009
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/canada-science-policy-conference-day-2-2/

Canada Science Policy Conference, Day 1

Oct 28, 2009
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/canada-science-policy-conference-day-1/

Closing the gap between policy implementation and high impact technologies

Nov 1, 2009
Peter Morand
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=4873

Cutting tuition fees a dubious proposal

Oct 30, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/cutting-tuition-fees-a-dubious-proposal/

The forecast: Warmer, with a chance of survival

In advance of Copenhagen, the world's flag-bearer on fixing climate change is surprisingly upbeat. But he keeps looking at his watch
Nov 1, 2009
Debra Black
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/719290--the-forecast-warmer-with-a-chance-of-survival

The men behind the beautiful minds

Oct 31, 2009
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/research/article/719135--the-men-behind-the-beautiful-minds

Deal could undercut Ontario's green energy plan

Oct 31, 2009
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/718253--deal-could-undercut-ontario-s-green-energy-plan

Samsung's turbine deal in jeopardy

McGuinty stalls plan after cabinet uproar
Oct 31, 2009
Tyler Hamilton & Robert Benzie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/719166--samsung-s-turbine-deal-in-jeopardy

Brains: the secret to better schools

The neuroeducation movement could transform classrooms – and make kids smarter
Oct 31, 2009
Alanna Mitchell
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/atkinsonseries/atkinson2009/article/719091--brains-the-secret-to-better-schools

Europe's green shift

Oct 31, 2009
National Post editorial board
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/31/national-post-editorial-board-europe-s-green-shift.aspx

Weeding out the queue

Oct 31, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/weeding-out-the-queue/article1346686/

Enjoy the warmth while it lasts

Oct 31, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/31/lawrence-solomon-enjoy-the-warmth-while-it-lasts.aspx

The great pipe dream

Oct 31, 2009
Carrie Tait
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=2165997

Canada, Greenland will protect polar bears

Oct 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/30/cda-greenland-pbear.html

H1N1 exposes ills of health system

Oct 30, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/718291--h1n1-exposes-ills-of-health-system

Don't turn up the heat on the West

By making Western provinces pay for adventures in global warming policy we will be playing with Confederation
Oct 30, 2009
Rex Murphy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/dont-turn-up-the-heat-on-the-west/article1346161/

The true cost of carbon reduction

Oct 30, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=2161987

Report lands like stink bomb

Oct 30, 2009
John Ivison
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=2161960

Simpson and the Shrillers

Oct 30, 2009
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=2162089

Muddled models

Oct 30, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=2162088

Carbon report’s bloody portent

Oct 30, 2009
Kevin Libin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/30/kevin-libin-carbon-report-s-bloody-portent.aspx

Gone, but not forgotten

A disgraced stem-cell researcher is convicted of fraud
Oct 30, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14781624

Ignorance, fear biggest threats posed by H1N1

Oct 30, 2009
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/Ignorance+fear+biggest+threats+posed+H1N1/2162175/story.html

Provinces ration smaller flu vaccine supply

Flu activity increases across Canada, vaccine delivery too slow
Oct 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/30/h1n1-canada.html

Alberta forest industry wants Ottawa to take over front-line beetle fight

Oct 30, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iMVU6T1QhSxdq0SqltSVS0_I_c8Q

EU agrees to climate aid

Oct 30, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/30/eu-climate-summit-copenhagen-aid.html

Dalhousie, U of T ranked among best places for scientists

Oct 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/29/tech-work-survey-scientist.html

Canadian Gairdner prize a marker for future Nobels

A quarter of the recipients of Canada's little-known Gairdner awards have gone on to win the world's top medical research prize
Oct 29, 2009
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/canadian-gairdner-prize-a-marker-for-future-nobels/article1342651/

Canada needs a stronger venture capital foundation to build on

Oct 29, 2009
DAVID CRANE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+needs+stronger+venture+capital+foundation+build/2157032/story.html

Copenhagen climate summit is crucial

Oct 29, 2009
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
LondonTopic.ca
http://www.londontopic.ca/article.php?artid=16754

Where's wind study?

Oct 29, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/717690--where-s-wind-study

Food, glorious food

The way health claims about food are regulated is changing
Oct 29, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14743783

Economic growth today — the mastodon in the room

Why is climate policy so evasive? It hurts the economy today, but only benefits us much later
Oct 29, 2009
Jack M. Mintz
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/29/jack-mintz-economic-growth-today-160-the-mastadon-in-the-room.aspx

With eyes open to cost of climate change, it's time for us to decide

Canadians must determine whether they're willing to bear the burden of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions
Oct 29, 2009
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/with-eyes-open-to-cost-of-climate-change-its-time-to-decide/article1342888/

Canada can meet its climate goals, but the West will write the cheques

Oct 29, 2009
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-can-meet-climate-goals-but-the-west-will-pay/article1342887/

Foreseeable demand is unmet

Public health authorities have unaccountably been taken by surprise by the demand for the H1N1 vaccine. Are they surprised when people actually listen to what they say?
Oct 29, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/foreseeable-demand-is-unmet/article1344687/

Scientists urge action on e-waste

Oct 29, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/29/tech-e-waste-us.html

Ontario targets $25-million for stem-cell research

Gairdner Award winners, 21 Nobel laureates converge on Toronto to mark 50th anniversary of prestigious 'baby Nobels'
Oct 28, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-targets-25-million-for-stem-cell-research/article1341270/

Once again, climate-change promises Ottawa can't keep

The government must know its policies will fail. But if the Conservatives expect people can be fooled or will tune out because they don't care or the issue's too complicated, why not?
Oct 28, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/once-again-climate-change-promises-ottawa-cant-keep/article1342392/

Author frames climate change as ethical dilemma

Oct 28, 2009
Ellen Roseman
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/717129--author-frames-climate-change-as-ethical-dilemma

Ontario post-secondary education history revisited

Fiscal responsibility and excellent schools are not contradictory, former premier says
Oct 28, 2009
Mike Harris
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/717084

Targets set without a plan, and costs that are perilous

A comprehensive climate-change analysis for Canada released today sharpens the focus on a question the federal government has been loath to answer. What is its plan?
Oct 28, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/targets-set-without-a-plan-and-costs-that-are-perilous/article1342915/

Co-operating with Washington on clean energy

Oct 28, 2009
Jim Prentice
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/28/jim-prentice-co-operating-with-washington-on-clean-energy.aspx

Pipeline to nowhere

Oct 28, 2009
National Post editorial board
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/28/national-post-editorial-board-pipeline-to-nowhere.aspx

H1N1 is serious, but no need to panic

Oct 28, 2009
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/newsfeatures/swineflu/article/717085--h1n1-is-serious-but-no-need-to-panic

Killing a northern pipe dream

Oct 28, 2009
Don Martin
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/28/don-martin-killing-a-northern-pipedream.aspx

No project without Ottawa: official

Pipeline On Ice
Oct 28, 2009
Carrie Tait
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/links/story.html?id=2152941

Dirty wind-power war

How public relations can drive public policy
Oct 28, 2009
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/28/terence-corcoran-dirty-wind-power-war.aspx

Superstars of science converge on Toronto

Gairdner Awards' 50th anniversary draws 20 Nobelists
Oct 27, 2009
Megan Ogilvie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/716571?bn=1

Research Income at Canadian Universities Shows a Strong 6% Growth

University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, Trent University Named Research Universities of the Year
Oct 27, 2009
Research Infosource
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2009/27/c2766.html

Sick Kids criticized over vaccine-autism forum

Alternative view gets 'stamp of legitimacy'
Oct 27, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2149053

Blogs raise the alarm on autism conference

Oct 26, 2009
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/10/26/blogs-raise-the-alarm-on-autism-conference.aspx

Research practices in need of good scrubdown

"Report calls for creation of a national ombudsman."
Oct 27, 2009
PEGGY CURRAN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Research+practices+need+good+scrubdown/2148271/story.html

Freaking out

The controversy over SuperFreakonomics and climate change
Oct 27, 2009
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14738383

Protesters disrupt Question Period over climate bill

Oct 27, 2009
Bill Curry
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/protesters-disrupt-question-period-over-climate-bill/article1339616/

Heart disease risk factor found in 20% of teens

Oct 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/27/teens-heart-risk-factors-ont.html

Some blunt words on the vaccine

Oct 27, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/some-blunt-words-on-the-vaccine/article1341114/

Fear the quacks, not the flu shot

Oct 27, 2009
Rob Breakenridge
For The Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Fear+quacks+shot/2148900/story.html

Separating myth from fact in debate about flu vaccine

Oct 27, 2009
Craig McInnes
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Separating+myth+from+fact+debate+about+vaccine/2149677/story.html

Niqabs, face masks - and Canadian blinkers

Oct 27, 2009
Martin Regg Cohn
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/716445

Flu vaccine may come too late

The worst will have passed from some areas – Southern Ontario and the B.C. Lower Mainland – before healthy people can even roll up their sleeves
Oct 27, 2009
Richard Schabas and Neil Rau
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/flu-vaccine-may-come-too-late/article1340822/

The duty to be informed

Oct 27, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-duty-to-be-informed/article1339568/

No requiem for this pipeline

If a planned Alaskan pipeline is built, the Petroleum Age could be over before the Mackenzie line is reconsidered
Oct 27, 2009
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/27/peter-foster-no-requiem-for-this-pipeline.aspx

Pipeline dream in peril

Mackenzie Valley plan too costly, sources say
Oct 27, 2009
John Ivison and Carrie Tait
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2149049

An ice-free boom

Global warming alarmists never take the time to consider that an ice-free Arctic would provide benefits
Oct 27, 2009
Barry Zellen
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/27/an-ice-free-boom.aspx

Climate change treaty in doubt: UN official

Oct 27, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/27/copenhagen-climate-change-deal-un.html

Refusing to get vaccinated is selfish

Canadians who decide against having the flu shot should consider the harm that might come to other people and the health-care system
Oct 26, 2009
Juliet Guichon and Ian Mitchell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/refusing-to-get-vaccinated-is-selfish/article1339120/

S. Korean cloning scientist avoids jail

Oct 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/10/26/tech-hwang-korea-sentence.html

Climate obsession plays into polluters' hands

Oct 26, 2009
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/716072--hamilton-climate-obsession-plays-into-polluters-hands

Help! I've come down with Swine Flu Overkill

Ironically, the more the public hears about how important it is to get the shot, the more skeptical it gets
Oct 26, 2009
Margaret Wente
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/help-ive-come-down-with-swine-flu-overkill/article1339125/

Copenhagen climate-change talks will produce only disappointment

Wide gaps exist between taking the issue seriously and taking serious action
Oct 26, 2009
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/copenhagen-climate-change-talks-will-produce-only-disappointment/article1339002/

Waterloo firm guides Mars rover

DALSA an example of what is possible when science innovation and business prowess meet
Oct 26, 2009
Susan Down
Special to the Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/technology/article/716073--waterloo-firm-guides-mars-rover

Canada's tar sands may to be just too dirty

Oct 26, 2009
Bob Holmes
New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18044-canadas-tar-sands-may-to-be-just-too-dirty.html

New NASA rocket's future in doubt

Ares 1
Oct 26, 2009
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2145214

The Copenhagen climate change charade

Oct 26, 2009
Raphael Alexander
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/26/raphael-alexander-the-copenhagen-climate-change-charade.aspx

Ottawa buys 200,000 more doses of flu vaccine for pregnant women

Unadjuvanted vaccine purchased from Australian company to be rolled out in provinces and territories in the first week of November
Oct 26, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ottawa-buys-200000-more-does-of-flu-vaccine-for-pregnant-women/article1338680/

The elusive flu shot

Oct 26, 2009
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/716050--the-elusive-flu-shot

Toronto water has drug-resistant bacteria

Oct 26, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/10/25/toronto-tapwater-bacteria.html

Alberta's rat patrol stands on guard for thee

Over 60 years, the province's anti-rodent campaign has captured the hearts, minds and shovels of its citizens. The war has pretty well been won
Oct 26, 2009
Brian Bergman
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/albertas-rat-patrol-stands-on-guard-for-thee/article1336343/

Canada passing on wind

Oct 26, 2009
PAUL BERTON
Edmonton Sun
http://www.edmontonsun.com/comment/editorial/2009/10/26/11523681-sun.html

Bridging The Gap

The study of science policy is unrecognized in Canada, leaving our R&D isolated and unprotected.
Oct 25, 2009
Robert Mann
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/618-bridging-the-gap

Thinkers’ conference

Oct 25, 2009
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/10/25/thinkers-conference/

Waterloo Global Science Initiative Announced

UW & PI to Host International Conference to Help Advance Science
Oct 25, 2009
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS67525+25-Oct-2009+PRN20091025

Canada falling behind in clean-tech race, industry insiders say

Oct 25, 2009
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/story.html?id=2143747

Medicine Hat looks to solar power

Government funding needed
Oct 25, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/10/25/calgary-medicine-hat-solar-power.html

Sweeping ad campaign in works to promote H1N1 shot

Officials aiming to persuade a wary public to get vaccinated as recent survey suggests only one-third of people plan to get the shot
Oct 25, 2009
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/sweeping-ad-campaign-in-works-to-promote-h1n1-shot/article1337442/

Science without borders

Oct 24, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/science-without-borders/article1336943/

Get your flu shot

Oct 24, 2009
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/834533

A vexing vaccine

Oct 24, 2009
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2139413

Obama declares flu a 'national emergency'

U.S. President gives health secretary power to bypass federal rules in order to quicken patients' access to treatment
Oct 24, 2009
Philip Elliott
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/obama-declares-flu-a-national-emergency/article1337114/

Ottawa deaf to pleas for B.C. crack-inhalation site, advocates say

Oct 24, 2009
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY AND WENDY STUECK
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ottawa-deaf-to-pleas-for-bc-crack-inhalation-site-advocates-say/article1336938/

Calgary university anti-smoking campaign gets federal funding

Oct 24, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/10/24/calgary-mount-royal-stop-smoking-campaign.html

Canadians at international day of action against climate change

Oct 24, 2009
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/story.html?id=2141827

For boys, sugar and spice aren't nice

It's time to accept that males and females don't necessarily have the same learning patterns
Oct 23, 2009
Lysiane Gagnon
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/for-boys-sugar-and-spice-arent-nice/article1336528/

High risks in climate change policy

Earlier this week, I addressed a meeting of the Conference Board of Canada’s Centre for National Security in Winnipeg. An abbreviated version of my presentation appears below.
Oct 23, 2009
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2009/10/23/lawrence-solomon-high-risks-in-climate-change-policy.aspx

Peramivir first new antiviral in years

U.S. FDA authorizes emergency use of drug that is administered intravenously for people who can't take alternatives Tamiflu or Relenza
Oct 23, 2009
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/peramivir-first-new-antiviral-in-years/article1336791/

Health officials scramble to counter H1N1 myths

Safety and effectiveness of vaccine emphasized in effort to reassure skeptics as conspiracy theories go viral
Oct 23, 2009
Caroline Alphonso
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/health-officials-scramble-to-counter-h1n1-myths/article1336764/

48 per cent of Canadians not keen on H1N1 vaccine: Poll

Oct 23, 2009
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/cent+Canadians+keen+H1N1+vaccine+Poll/2138653/story.html

The Lavalife of Science

The key to robust innovation in Canada lies in effective matchmaking between scientists and stakeholders.
Oct 23, 2009
Kathleen Bloom
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/615-the-lavalife-of-science

Climate-change skeptics causing delays: Scientist

Oct 21, 2009
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Climate+change+skeptics+causing+delays+Scientist/2132019/story.html