Saturday, June 26, 2010

Women scientists paid less than male counterparts, survey finds

Jun 24, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Women+scientists+paid+less+than+male+counterparts+survey+finds/3195331/story.html

Research policy odds and sods

Jun 22, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/research-policy-odds-and-sods/

What Does A Graduate Degree Mean?

Jun 22, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/06/22/what-does-a-graduate-degree-mean/

The man behind the MaRS mission

Rafi Hofstein has a vision to monetize the brainpower in the city’s Discovery District
Jun 25, 2010
Joanna Pachner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/the-man-behind-the-mars-mission/article1618520/
Jun 22, 2010
John Varty
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/06/22/john-varty-a-hole-in-the-thesis-of-junk-science/

Science centre a rare gem

New facility's opening planned for fall 2011
Jun 26, 2010
Lea Storry
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/travel/Science+centre+rare/3205196/story.html
Females with science PhDs earn up to 40% less than their male counterparts
Jun 24, 2010
Carson Jerema
Macleans
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/06/24/glass-ceiling-persists-among-scientists/
Jun 23, 2010
Sheryl Ubelacker
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/home_family/gender-gap-in-salaries-leads-many-female-scientists-toexit-ivory-tower-97013414.html
Jun 24, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Goodyear-Announces-Investment-Research-Innovation-Communities-Across-Canada-1281290.htm
Canada's Economic Action Plan investment will renew laboratories for future generations
Jun 22, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-of-State-Goodyear-Tours-New-Brunswick-Community-College-1279959.htm

Museum hits the road

Cars have given Canada jobs, transport, earworms and, now, a new exhibit at the Museum of Science and Technology
Jun 23, 2010
Robert Bostelaar
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Museum+hits+road/3189079/story.html
World-renowned physicist’s gala presentation gives boost to Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ont.
Jun 20, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/stephen-hawking-gets-rock-star-welcome-at-canadian-think-tank/article1611058/
Jun 21, 2010
Joseph Brean
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Hawking+trumpets+Waterloo+physics+cred/3179828/story.html
Jun 20, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Industry-Minister-State-Science-Technology-Welcome-Stephen-Hawking-Canada-1278644.htm
Jun 24, 2010
Council of Canadian Academies
http://www.scienceadvice.ca/uploads/eng/assessments%20and%20publications%20and%20news%20releases/2010-06-24_news_release_sac_chair.pdf
Jun 22, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Nora-English-Appointed-Member-Social-Sciences-Humanities-Research-Council-Canada-1280117.htm
Jun 21, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Kevin-PD-Smith-Apppointed-Chair-Board-Directors-Canada-Foundation-Innovation-1279252.htm
Jun 21, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Michel-Kelly-Gagnon-Appointed-Board-Directors-Canada-Foundation-Innovation-1279261.htm
Jun 25, 2010
Derek Abma
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Brand+name+pharmaceuticals+spending+enough+generics/3202840/story.html

Ottawa opens oilpatch to China

Sale of stake in Syncrude approved
Jun 26, 2010
Shaun Polczer
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Ottawa+opens+oilpatch+China/3205225/story.html
Jun 25, 2010
Bob Weber
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/828890--syncrude-guilty-in-death-of-1-600-ducks-in-toxic-tailings-pond
Jun 25, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/828592--gale-force-winds-could-leave-gulf-oil-gushing-for-2-weeks
Jun 25, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/25/mcdougall-tobacco-idrc.html
Canada can afford greater contribution than others to flagship initiative: PM
Jun 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/25/g8-g20-huntsville-leaders.html
Misoprostol is a medication with magical properties, some of which are undeniably good and others that not everyone can endorse. The problem: How to allow some without the others.
Jun 25, 2010
Carolyn Abraham
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/maternal/when-health-and-moral-values-collide/article1618325/
Muskoka Initiative looks 'like a small down payment,' charity head says
Jun 25, 2010
Campbell Clark
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/news/g8-health-pledges-fall-short-of-whats-needed/article1618007/
The G8 announcement is not all that women and children in developing countries need. It will, however, make a real impact, and gets the issue on the international political agenda.
Jun 25, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/opinion/maternal-health-plan-is-something-of-a-start/article1619014/
Jun 25, 2010
Bill Taylor
Times & Transcript
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/opinion/article/1109755
Jun 25, 2010
Jeremy Warren
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
http://www.canada.com/health/Saskatoon+research+centre+mulls+medical+isotope+production/3203438/story.html
Protests coincide with Fete nationale
Jun 25, 2010
MICHELLE LALONDE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Anti+asbestos+demos+staged+around+globe/3198578/story.html
Attempts to portray the scientific community as fractured and in disagreement have prompted efforts to quantify the credibility of climate scientists
Jun 25, 2010
Gavin Schmidt and Eric Steig
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jun/25/what-climate-scientists-think

Perils and profit of offshore oil

In the wake of the ongoing Gulf spill disaster, Newfoundland wrestles with finding a safe way to go deep
Jun 25, 2010
Shawn McCarthy and Paul Waldie
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/perils-and-profit-of-offshore-oil/article1618734/
Jun 25, 2010
Shawn McCarthy and Paul Waldie
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/east-coast-offshore-oil-regulation-fraught-with-federal-provincial-bickering/article1618757/
From a wildlife perspective, Canada and the Gulf are linked, which makes the spill of vital concern to conservationists and scientists
Jun 25, 2010
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/does-oily-horror-await-birds-flying-south/article1619047/
Jun 25, 2010
Joan Bryden
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/828753--french-connection-in-aecl-sale-sparks-conflict-concerns

Quebec cuts generic drug costs

Jun 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/25/mtl-quebec-cuts-cost-generic-medication.html
Jun 25, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21007864

Group frowns on Happy Meals

Wants McDonald’s to stop using toys to entice kids to eat salty, fatty foods
Jun 25, 2010
BILL POWER
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1188897.html
Jun 25, 2010
ROGER TAYLOR
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1189021.html
Jun 25, 2010
ADAM BOWIE
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/1109596
Jun 25, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Wind-Energy-in-Ontario-1281805.htm
McGuinty Government Helping Protect The Environment And Develop Clean Energy
Jun 25, 2010
Ontario Ministry of the Environment
http://news.ontario.ca/ene/en/2010/06/rules-proposed-for-off-shore-wind-turbines.html

The oil sands: redeemed by fire?

As the oil sands are castigated for high costs and a dirty footprint, an upstart extraction technology—combustion—promises a fix on both fronts. The potential is explosive in more ways than one
Jun 24, 2010
Nathan VanderKlippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/top-1000/the-oil-sands-redeemed-by-fire/article1603665/
Jun 24, 2010
Kirk Makin and Wendy Stueck
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/supreme-court-to-decide-future-of-bc-injection-site/article1616194/
Jun 24, 2010
Arthur Max
Associated Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/828093--whales-filled-with-toxins-study-finds
Jun 24, 2010
CTV News
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100624/bc_eagle_parts_100624/20100624?hub=BritishColumbiaHome
Prevention overlooked, medical journal says
Jun 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/24/diabetes-type-2-prevention.html
Jun 24, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/24/ct-scan-radiation.html
Jun 24, 2010
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Illegal-Alteration-Fish-Habitat-Results-Heavy-Fines-BC-Development-Corporation-1281486.htm
Jun 24, 2010
Wangari Maathai
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/827726--climate-change-poses-economic-threat
Sale was among largest of exploration land in Canadian history and signals energy companies back in investment mode
Jun 24, 2010
David Ebner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/bc-shale-gas-gets-jump-start-with-404-million-land-auction/article1616371/
Jun 24, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/24/bp-oil-spill-containment-cap.html
Jun 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/24/sunscreen-nanoparticles-study.html
Jun 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/24/earthquake-building-code.html
Jun 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/23/nb-irving-cancels-tidal-project.html

Cap and no trade

Jun 24, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/trade/3193860/story.html
Jun 24, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Development+agency+defends+chair+despite+controversy/3197476/story.html
Jun 23, 2010
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontog20summit/article/827419--canada-commits-400m-to-climate-change-fund
Fifty members of U.S. Congress oppose imports from oil sands as Environment Minister hails Canada’s climate-change action
Jun 23, 2010
Shawn McCarthy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/us-congress-subverts-prentices-energy-message/article1614569/
Jun 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/prince-edward-island/story/2010/06/23/pei-stem-cell-pets.html
Outbreak in Tajikistan underlines need to eradicate crippling disease once and for all
Jun 23, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/cmaj-cautions-against-complacency-over-polio/article1615473/
Toronto Greenhouse brings together eco-friendly entrepreneurs and professionals – and the people who want to work with them
Jun 23, 2010
Naomi Carniol
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/business-categories/sustainability/networking-for-green-entrepreneurs/article1613274/
Universal access targets require continued funding from the G8/G20 leaders
Jun 23, 2010
James Orbinski and James Fraser
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/opinion/will-the-world-forfeit-victory-in-the-battle-with-aids/article1615233/
Once again – how many times has it been? – Canada’s position on climate change has proved to be an international embarrassment
Jun 23, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/opinion/all-talk-no-summit-action-on-the-end-to-fossil-fuel-subsidies/article1613875/
Jun 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/06/23/mb-mosquito-control-review-buffer-winnipeg.html

Knowledge will empower Africa

Building continent’s university capacity should be on agenda
Jun 23, 2010
David Strangway
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/827111--knowledge-will-empower-africa
Jun 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/23/san-francisco-cell-phone-law.html
Jun 23, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/827313--ottawa-planning-stricter-coal-emission-standards
Jun 23, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-to-Regulate-Emissions-From-Electricity-Sector-1280547.htm
Minister Goodyear announces investment in Sackville business conducting cancer research
Jun 23, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Promising-Cancer-Treatment-1280616.htm

Arctic seismic tests scaled back

Federal research project 'ill thought out,' Inuit group says
Jun 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/23/lancaster-sound-seismic-changes.html
Jun 23, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/23/h1n1-who-review-panel.html
Jun 23, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/TRIUMF+million+accelerator+isotopes+research/3189338/story.html
Jun 22, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/technology+could+provide+alternative+source+isotopes/3183436/story.html
Supporting the development and operation of TRIUMF's Advanced Rare IsotopE Laboratory
Jun 22, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Day-Announces-Investment-for-World-Leading-Physics-Laboratory-1280081.htm
Rolling back AIDS, TB and malaria saves lives and strengthens damaged societies
Jun 22, 2010
Dr. Michel Kazatchkine
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/826693--opinion-canada-can-help-to-intensify-war-against-killer-diseases
University of Guelph researchers say organic requires larger doses
Jun 22, 2010
Cigdem Iltan
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/organic-pesticides-can-be-worse-than-synthetic-study/article1613773/
Study examined mercury levels in fish near oilsands
Jun 22, 2010
Alexandra Zabjek
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Oilsands+researchers+defamation+suit+against+Alberta+scientist/3182210/story.html
Provincial government scientist retracts critical statements made at University of Alberta forum
Jun 21, 2010
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/prairies/alberta-researchers-receive-apology-for-attack-on-oil-sands-study/article1612632/
Jun 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/06/21/edmonton-mceachern-defamatory-apology.html

Taking tailings ponds seriously

Industry, government now see urgency to improve performance
Jun 21, 2010
Darcy Henton
Edmonton Journal
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Taking+tailings+ponds+seriously/3179955/story.html

Inuit TB strategy needed: report

Jun 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/06/21/inuit-tuberculosis-report.html
Farming one of the ocean’s greatest fish
Jun 22, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16417965
A new portrait of Canada’s green entrepreneurs is both encouraging – and worrying
Jun 21, 2010
Tyler Hamilton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/cleanbreak/article/824436--hamilton-canada-is-falling-behind-on-true-green-innovation
Jun 22, 2010
Philip Ling
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Animal+health+situation+closes+Alberta+meat+plant/3187227/story.html
Jun 22, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/22/cellphone-tower-cancer-children-pregnancy.html
Jun 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/22/trans-fat-salt-uk.html
White House vows immediate appeal
Jun 22, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/22/bp-deepwater-horizon-oil.html
Rx&D President calls for coordinated efforts to seize opportunities to attract more clinical trials research to Canada
Jun 21, 2010
Rx&D
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2010/21/c6918.html
Ceapro Inc. expands to Atlantic Canada thanks to federal and provincial investment
Jun 21, 2010
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-and-Prince-Edward-Island-Support-Innovation-in-Charlottetown-1279090.htm
Scientists sequence the genome of the human body louse which could lead to new types of repellant against the disease-carrying parasite
Jun 21, 2010
Randolph E. Schmid
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/one-step-closer-to-eliminating-lice/article1612188/
Canadian Medical Association Journal is the latest to criticize Barbara McDougall’s links to the industry
Jun 21, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/more-mds-want-idrc-chair-to-resign-over-tobacco-ties/article1612131/
The whiff of a “tobacco link” for International Development Research Centre chair Barbara McDougall (and former Imperial Tobacco director) persists, but Ms. McDougall should not step aside
Jun 18, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/dont-blow-smoke-over-barbara-mcdougall/article1611768/

Curbing the big killers

Jun 21, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/825850--curbing-the-big-killers
Jun 21, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/21/g20-g8-health-cmaj.html
Tracks, scat and DNA lay to rest any doubt that cougars exist here
Jun 21, 2010
Raveena Aulakh
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/826635
Jun 21, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/21/roundup-weeds-resistant.html
Jun 21, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Paradis-Announces-Appointment-Members-Canada-Newfoundland-Labrador-Offshore-1279159.htm
Jun 21, 2010
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Paradis-Positions-Canada-as-Key-Player-Future-Energy-Security-APEC-Economies-1279378.htm
Jun 21, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Environment-Canadas-Minister-Nature-Conservancy-Canada-launch-Gifts-Canadians-Week-Calgary-1279098.htm
BP’s disaster in the Gulf of Mexico highlights why large institutional investors want more disclosure on how businesses deal with the environment. Which Canadian companies give it? Find out in our rankings on corporate social responsibility, conducted with Corporate Knights
Jun 20, 2010
Janet McFarland
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/managing/report-on-corporate-responsibil/few-companies-disclose-environmental-practices/article1605335/
Jun 20, 2010
JOE SCHWARCZ
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Science+suffers+when+spin+cycle/3177811/story.html
Jun 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/19/nb-whales-military-exercise.html
A series of harsh winters would severely test belief in global warming
Jun 18, 2010
Neil Reynolds
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/europes-little-ice-age-may-be-on-its-way-back/article1609874/
June 16, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/06/16/devils-of-details-getting-scientists-to-understand-how-policy-making-works/
‘We are fabulous engineers but we are terrible business people because we are risk adverse and find reasons not to do things’
Jun 14, 2010
Mark Evans
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/start/mark-evans/canada-falls-down-on-commercialization/article1603149/?cid=art-rail-top40under402009
Province lags in innovation, venture capital
Jun 12, 2010
Gary Lamphier
Edmonton Journal
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Alberta+prosperity+from+assured/3145436/story.html

Innovation key to future

GE Canada CEO addresses oil and gas conference
Jun 19, 2010
DAVE BARTLETT
The Telegram
http://www.thetelegram.com/index.cfm?sid=344115&sc=82
Science whiz's dream: a Nobel; Marymount student has a mess of medals, but makes time for other stuff, too
Jun 18, 2010
CHLOE FEDIO
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/chasing+Holy+Grail/3168959/story.html
Jun 12, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100612/science-museum-location-100612/20100612/?hub=OttawaHome
Jun 19, 2010
Dave Hall
The Windsor Star
http://www.windsorstar.com/business/firms+receive+research+funding/3174156/story.html
Jun 19, 2010
Environment Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Community-Environmental-Projects-in-the-Okanagan-1278616.htm
Jun 14, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Construction-New-Federally-Funded-Technology-Centre-Under-Way-Universite-de-Moncton-1275540.htm
Premier McGuinty Addresses Inaugural Canadian Water Summit
June 17, 2010
Office of the Premier, Government of Ontario
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2010/06/ontario-leading-the-way-in-water-opportunities.html
McGuinty Government Supporting Clean Transportation
Jun 18, 2010
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
http://news.ontario.ca/mto/en/2010/06/ontario-paves-the-way-for-electric-vehicles.html
Jun 18, 2010
BIOTECanada
http://www.financialpost.com/Canadian+Biotech+Bench+Strength+Devoted+Taking+Canada+Beyond+Moose+Mountains+andinto+Economy+Future/3171684/story.html
Joint venture between Waterloo universities and BlackBerry entrepreneur’s private think tank feeling tension about who calls the shots
Jun 17, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/turnover-at-balsillie-school-raises-questions-of-academic-freedom/article1608394/

Doing their research

Jun 18, 2010
NICKI CRUICKSHANK
Barrie Examiner
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2628448
Jun 18, 2010
Courier-Islander
http://www.canada.com/applauds+aquaculture+investment/3168433/story.html

Old-school fuel

Jun 19, 2010
Carrie Tait
Financial Post
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/fp/school+fuel/3173228/story.html

PM's aversion to climate talk

Jun 19, 2010
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/825226--pm-s-aversion-to-climate-talk
Jun 18, 2010
Naomi Oreskes and Richard Littlemore
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Climate+change+deniers+doing+disservice+legitimate+science/3169693/story.html
Jun 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/18/climate-carbondioxide-study.html
Jun 18, 2010
Allison Jones
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontog20summit/article/825895--ottawa-aims-for-green-g8-g20-summits
Jun 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/18/calgary-enmax-district-energy-centre-heat-east-village.html
Jun 18, 2010
Giuseppe Valiante
Canwest News Service
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Canadians+much+generic+drugs+Report/3171080/story.html?cid=megadrop_story
Jun 18, 2010
Gabriel Zarate
Nunatsiaq News
http://www.vancouversun.com/Nunavut+reversal+polar+bears+alarming+Scientist/3172367/story.html
Jun 18, 2010
Jen Skerritt
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.timescolonist.com/health/government+enforcement+blame+Flin+Flon+contamination+expert/3173770/story.html
As northern gannets in the Gaspé guard their eggs, scientists worry the display may be much diminished in years to come
Jun 18, 2010
CINDA CHAVICH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/will-the-gannets-in-the-oil-drenched-gulf-return/article1609184/
Jun 18, 2010
MICHAEL LIGHTSTONE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1187958.html

Farm progress show all about tech

Jun 18, 2010
Barbara Woolsey
Saskatchewan News Network
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Farm+progress+show+about+tech/3169613/story.html

Japan could scupper whaling ban

Jun 18, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/18/japan-whaling-ban.html
June 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/17/stroke-prevent.html
Jun 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/06/18/lancaster-sound-letter.html
Jun 18, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/16/diabetes-cases-canada.html
Jun 18, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/18/female-viagra-libido.html
Jun 17, 2010
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/million+Canadians+will+diabetes+this+decade+shows+study/3165490/story.html
Jun 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/06/17/mb-mosquito-fogging-winnipeg.html
June 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/17/ottawa-emerald-ash-borer-central-experimental-farm.html
Access to urban health care doesn't lower mortality rates
Jun 17, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/17/man-infant-mortality-cp-manitoba.html
As an ex-parliamentary researcher, CaSE's new head knows his way around the corridors of power
June 17, 2010
Paul Jump
Times Higher Education
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=412067&c=1
Jun 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/17/carbon-sequestration-iceland.html
Jun 17, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/17/h1n1-swine-genes.html
The Japanese chalk up two successes in space
Jun 17, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16374480
A decade after the human-genome project, writes Geoffrey Carr (interviewed here), biological science is poised on the edge of something wonderful
Jun 17, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16349358

How to improve the IPCC

Code of conduct and rapid communication are key, scientists tell review panel
Jun 16, 2010
Hannah Hoag
Nature
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100616/full/news.2010.302.html
Fund to be managed by independent 3rd party, Obama says
Jun 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/16/obama-bp-executives.html
484,000 square kilometres, largely sea ice, deemed critical
Jun 16, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/16/polar-bears-alaska.html
Jun 16, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/16/con-obama-bicycles.html
Jun 16, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/16/nwt-lake-mercury-fish.html
Jun 16, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/16/con-sf-cell-radiation.html
Medical isotope shortage because of rector closing led to one-fifth fewer tests, report says
Jun 16, 2010
Sarah Boesveld
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/aecl-wants-chalk-river-reactor-operating-by-end-of-july/article1607040/
Jun 16, 2010
Ian MacLeod
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Chalk+River+reactor+ready+restart+AECL/3163184/story.html
Jun 16, 2010
David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/science-matters-species-loss-is-a-silent-epidemic-that-threatens-our-planet-96491229.html
Jun 16, 2010
ELIZABETH THOMPSON
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/06/16/14415806.html
Jun 16, 2010
The Fraser Institute
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Fraser-Institute-Sustainable-Water-Exports-Possible-With-Reformed-Canadian-Water-Policies-1276814.htm
Jun 16, 2010
Shereen Dindar
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/06/16/male-menopause-symptoms-revealed-but-there-are-skeptics/
The risks of synthetic biology are outweighed by the hope it may help us avert environmental catastrophe
Jun 15, 2010
Peter Singer
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/creation-redux-a-powerful-tool-for-redesigning-life/article1603949/
Jun 15, 2010
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/g8/article/823391--tories-put-climate-change-on-g8-agenda
Jun 15, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/15/bc-cohen-salmon-inquiry.html
Jun 15, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/15/mcguinty-charest.html
Jun 15, 2010
Rob Ferguson
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/824053--quebec-and-ontario-eye-cap-and-trade-system-to-cut-carbon
Jun 15, 2010
Sidney Ribaux and Rick Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/823490--joint-cabinet-meeting-a-chance-to-chart-green-canadian-future
At the heart of the case is the question: Does the donation process protect recipients at the price of discrimination?
Jun 15, 2010
Natalie Stechyson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/court-asked-to-weigh-gay-rights-and-blood-policy/article1605732/
Jun 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/15/chevron-deepwater-oil-drill-615.html
Jun 15, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/15/bc-ecojustice-orcas-lawsuit.html
Jun 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/15/hopedale-pollution-legacy-meeting-615.html
Jun 15, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/15/nunavut-baffin-bay-polar-bears.html
Jun 15, 2010
Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/clean+spill+under+Arctic+Expert/3158005/story.html
Jun 15, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Disband+fertility+industry+monitor/3156448/story.html
Jun 15, 2010
MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iuTQi_aNAaDX4fMjQSxw4OiYJpegD9GBQG700
Jun 15, 2010
Paul Stanway
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Albertans+must+develop+thicker+skin+about+oilsands/3155535/story.html

Thinning on top

Predicting the Arctic’s summer fate is not so simple
Jun 15, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16369706
Jun 14, 2010
Dirk Meissner
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/greenpage/environment/western-leaders-to-talk-clean-and-green-at-annual-meeting-in-vancouver--96340069.html
Jun 14, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/14/arctic-drilling-neb.html
Jun 14, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/20100614/ms-board-ccsvi-100614/
Anger and insurrection disrupt annual meeting
Jun 14, 2010
Anne Kingston
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/06/14/ms-society-of-canada-a-house-divided-ceo-says/

Ottawa fails to lead on isotopes

Government has ignored expert panel’s key recommendation for new reactor
Jun 14, 2010
Jatin Nathwani & Donald Wallace
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/822618--ottawa-fails-to-lead-on-isotopes
Jun 14, 2010
Mark Kinver
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10307761.stm
Jun 14, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/823162--gulf-oil-spill-wake-up-call-for-ontario-groups-warn-mcguinty

This science is fishy

Jun 18, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/This+science+fishy/3169251/story.html
The authors assume 16 indirect jobs for every solar employee
Jun 16, 2010
William Watson
Financial Post
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2010/06/16/junk-science-week-solar-junk-economics/

Junk Science Week: Hope mongering

Media promotes the opposite of scare mongering
Jun 14, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2010/06/14/hope-mongering/#more-2112
Canada should call for a trial to test the science
Jun 14, 2010
David McCarron
Financial Post
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2010/06/14/junk-science-week-salt-scare-lacks-solid-evidence/#more-2104
Repeated claims of thousands of victims fail basic statistical tests
Jun 15, 2010
Peter Shawn Taylor
Financial Post
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2010/06/15/junk-science-week-the-missing-smog-dead/
Replacing products with low levels of bisphenol A with less-studied materials will have unknown effects
Jun 16, 2010
Julie E. Goodman
Financial Post
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2010/06/16/junk-science-week-the-devil-you-know/
Why would scientists allow themselves to be recruited to essentially political objectives?
Jun 15, 2010
Peter Foster
Financial Post
http://opinion.financialpost.com/2010/06/15/junk-science-week-climate-junk-hard-to-dump/
Jun 13, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Feds+isotope+plans+short+sighted+critics/3149387/story.html
Jun 13, 2010
Mike De Souza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Harper+pressured+climate+change+agenda/3149140/story.html
Jun 13, 2010
Steve Rennie
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/823043--millions-of-litres-of-pollutants-dumped-in-cities-analysis?bn=1
Jun 13, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Arctic+Ocean+retreating+year+record+pace/3149267/story.html
Jun 12, 2010
Ian MacLeod
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/Push+Canadian+population+million+scholar+argues/3147619/story.html
Forget the Enlightenment; this is the Endarkenment
Jun 12, 2010
Peter Scowen
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/columnists/the-sleep-of-reason-produces-monsters-or-at-least-oil-covered-pelicans/article1603315/
Lloyd Axworthy’s ambitious mission has drawn prominent backers – and a few grumblers
Jun 11, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/remaking-the-university-of-winnipeg/article1601582/
After months of agitation from some patients, Canadian and U.S. societies put up $2.4-million to probe links between CCSVI and MS
Jun 11, 2010
Adrian Morrow
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/ms-societies-to-fund-research-into-controversial-theory/article1601709/
Saturday, June 12, 2010

Science economics: What science is really worth

Spending on science is one of the best ways to generate jobs and economic growth, say research advocates. But as Colin Macilwain reports, the evidence behind such claims is patchy.
Jun 9, 2010
Colin Macilwain
Nature
http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100609/full/465682a.html
Jun 5, 2010
Drew Halfnight
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/06/05/oh-the-humanities-research-as-a-commodity/#more-8681
Institute argues against cuts in education to slash deficits
Jun 8, 2010
Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/820164--innovation-is-key-to-prosperity-says-think-tank

It’s innovation that matters

Without the ability to turn new creations into helpful processes, societal gains are elusive. Governments should make the link between the two easier
Jun 11, 2010
Roger Martin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/its-innovation-that-matters/article1599801/
Acclaimed philosopher Martha Nussbaum argues it is. She’s the latest sage to raise the alarm against higher education's growing obsession with knowledge you can take to the bank.
Jun 11, 2010
John Allemang
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/teaching-the-humanities-vital-to-society/article1601322/
All 19 chair holders held positions outside Canada prior to being named – a big brain gain for this country.
Jun 8, 2010
Mark Cardwell
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/new-research-chairs.aspx

Elite research needs more women

Jun 8, 2010
Lynne Quarmby
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Elite+research+needs+more+women/3124950/story.html

Why Do Scientists Blog?

Jun 9, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affacting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/06/09/why-do-scientists-blog/
Jun 11, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Helps-University-Lethbridge-Science-Engineering-Graduates-Enter-Workforce-1275085.htm
Jun 11, 2010
Genome Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Genome-Canada-Funded-Research-Uncovers-Key-Changes-in-DNA-in-Individuals-with-Autism-1274851.htm
Jun 11, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/11/alzheimer-research-standards.html
International cooperation to establish uniform guidelines and technologies
June 10, 2010
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2010/10/c3914.html
Jun 9, 2010
Mark Henderson
The Times
http://timesonline.typepad.com/science/2010/06/david-willetts-plugs-science-lessons-for-mps.html#scivote
Famed physicist spotted around town as he visits theoretical physics institute to help researchers
Jun 11, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-brief-history-of-stephen-hawkings-time-in-waterloo/article1600096/
Jun 11, 2010
Eric Beynon
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Carbon+capture+storage+will+work/3139984/story.html
New figures for blown-out well show amount of oil spewing may have been twice as much as previously thought
Jun 11, 2010
Seth Borenstein and Harry R. Weber
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/gulf-spill-could-be-double-first-estimates-scientists-say/article1600305/
Jun 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/10/sitting-health-physiology.html
Mercury-containing material used extensively in Canada, U.S.
Jun 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/06/11/con-amalgam-hearing.html
Our lack of action stands in stark contrast to earlier achievements
Jun 11, 2010
Jody Williams
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/why-is-canada-not-putting-climate-change-on-the-g20-agenda/article1599421/
Canadians want to drill in some of the roughest, coldest oceans: If we can’t mitigate the risk, we shouldn’t undertake it
Jun 11, 2010
Gerald Butts
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/an-arctic-spill-would-be-even-worse/article1599718/
Gulf oil spill reminds that oil permeates our daily lives in ways we never think about – it’s everywhere from shampoo to running shoes
Jun 11, 2010
Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/cutting-your-personal-dependence-on-oil-easier-said-than-done/article1600680/
Multi-billion-dollar market for ‘lifestyle’ drugs for animals raises alarms
Jun 11, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/pooch-feeling-anxious-theres-a-pill-for-that/article1600488/
Jun 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/11/ns-fundy-tidal-blades.html

MS research projects test theory

Jun 11, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/11/multiple-sclerosis-ccsvi-research.html
Jun 10, 2010
Amy Minsky
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/canada/Kirk+enterprise+saving+salmon/3138121/story.html
Becel’s pro.activ calorie-reduced margarine is first sterol-fortified food available in Canada
Jun 10, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/health-canada-ruling-food-products-can-claim-to-be-cholesterol-busters/article1599717/
Jun 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/10/con-drug-costs.html
Jun 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/06/10/con-consumer-bill-reax.html
Jun 10, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/10/gender-bias-medical-research.html
Jun 10, 2010
Andy Blatchford
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/feds-seeking-oil-cleanup-crews-as-thousands-of-spills-flow-in-canada-annually-96076199.html
Jun 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/10/north-birds-oil-spill.html
Jun 10, 2010
TODD COYNE
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Eliminate+Canada+size+fits+criminalization+marijuana+study+argues/3137447/story.html
Jun 10, 2010
Elizabeth Payne
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Canadian+politics+harms+Africans/3134068/story.html
Drug policy reform should mean lower prices for generic medications and new ways to deliver health care
Jun 10, 2010
Cheryl Koehn
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/changes+Pharmacare/3135349/story.html
June 10, 2010
Ernest Scheyder
REUTERS
http://www.healthzone.ca/health/dietfitness/diet/article/821725--waiter-there-s-a-carcinogen-in-my-soup
Jun 10, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/09/globalwarming-americans.html

Once more, with less feeling

Climate-change negotiations settle in for the long haul
Jun 9, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/16317359
Jun 9, 2010
Jeff Rubin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/jeff-rubins-smaller-world/gulf-oil-disaster-doesnt-make-the-tar-sands-green/article1596265/
Jun 9, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/09/h1n1-who-chan.html
Jun 9, 2010
Jen Skerritt
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Better+your+plan+fight+reserves+Health+Canada+urged/3129517/story.html
Jun 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/09/fungi-biodiesel-study.html
It’s the worst oil spill in American history, but the protests against BP and deepwater drilling have been surprisingly tame
Jun 9, 2010
Eric Reguly
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/eric-reguly/weve-seen-the-spewing-oil-wheres-the-public-outcry/article1598369/
Jun 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/09/bc-glass-sponge-reefs-protected.html

NASA to launch Arctic mission

Jun 9, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/09/nasa-arctic-mission.html
Jun 9, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/09/nb-biomass-crown-forests.html
Initiative would help the environment and create good jobs for disadvantaged groups, coalition says
Jun 9, 2010
Laurie Monsebraaten
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/820662--toronto-hydro-urged-to-spark-local-solar-panel-industry
Jun 9, 2010
Lee-Anne Goodman
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/821466--tale-of-two-opinions-at-maternal-health-meeting
Jun 8, 2010
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/820289--steward-awareness-of-oil-risks-seeps-north
Jun 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2010/06/08/lancaster-seismic-nunavut.html
Jun 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/08/con-health-study.html
Jun 8, 2010
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/08/brca1-patent.html
Jun 8, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/08/sk-black-footed-ferret-survive-winter-1068.html
Outbreak exposed serious gaps in Canada's pandemic planning
Jun 8, 2010
Sharon Kirkey
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Hospitals+biggest+H1N1+problem+Confusion/3125925/story.html

Being prepared

Jun 8, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Being+prepared/3124943/story.html
Jun 7, 2010
Lesley Ciarula Taylor
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/820030--oil-slick-will-head-north-but-not-to-canada-computer-simulations-show?bn=1
Jun 7, 2010
Joanna Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/820089--nuclear-scientists-slam-canada-over-isotopes
Jun 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/07/medical-isotopes-atcher.html
Jun 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/07/medical-isotopes-ottawa-rubidium-pet.html
Jun 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/07/ontario-pharmacy.html
Jun 7, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/07/genetically-altered-trees-paper.html
Jun 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/07/stroke-cost.html
Jun 7, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/07/maternal-health-un.html
Ottawa and Quebec City appear poised to bail out asbestos producers
Jun 6, 2010
Kathleen Ruff
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/819432--deathbed-reprieve-for-killer-industry
Jun 4, 2010
Mike DeSouza
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Greenhouse+cuts+tenth+what+predicted+Ottawa+says/3110598/story.html
Critics say results show Harper government failing to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas pollution
Jun 3, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/emissions-reductions-10-times-less-than-governments-projections-report/article1591784/
Saturday, June 5, 2010

2010 Canadian Science Policy Centre Conference Details

Jun 4, 2010
Canadian Science Policy Centre
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/2010-Canadian-Science-Policy-Centre-Conference-Details-1271377.htm

OECD Innovation Strategy

May 27, 2010
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
http://www.oecd.org/innovation/strategy
June 2, 2010
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/Canada+Excellence+Research+Chairs+good+Canada/3101275/story.html
June 3, 2010
Penni Stewart
Special to The Windsor Star
http://www.windsorstar.com/technology/Research+program+highlights+lack+vision/3104855/story.html
Søren Rysgaard will leave Greenland for the University of Manitoba, and David Barber of the Centre for Earth Observation Science
May 21, 2010
Paul Wells
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/05/21/game-changer%E2%80%94big-bucks-big-brains/
June 1, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/06/01/innovation-isnt-just-about-science-funding/
As 9,000 scholars descend on Concordia University for Congress, the role of the social sciences and humanities is top of mind
June 1, 2010
Carson Jerema
Macleans
http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/06/01/shutout-of-soft-sciences-provokes-discontent/
Academics at Montreal conference worry about lack of recognition and funding in government policy
Jun 1, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/arts-and-social-sciences-struggle-for-a-place-in-new-economy/article1587526/
June 3, 2010
Meagan Fitzpatrick
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+needs+national+orphan+disease+strategy+hear/3108471/story.html

Discrimination in academia

June 3, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/discrimination-in-academia/
The lack of female appointments demonstrates a need for better search criteria to enhance diversity
Jun 1, 2010
Lynne Quarmby
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Prestigious+research+awards+show+gender+bias/3096092/story.html
The trend is to hire women over men, a shameful practice for anyone who favours non-discriminatory hiring
June 1, 2010
Andrew Irvine
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/real+discrimination+universities/3096091/story.html
The numbers just don’t support the notion that men have it worse in the workplace
June 3, 2010
Gary Mason
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/sorry-professor-but-women-do-still-face-hiring-discrimination/article1589954/
Rebuilding damaged heart tissue among the funded projects
June 3, 2010
Karen Kleiss
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/health/Alberta+Innovates+grants+health+research/3108171/story.html
Jun 4, 2010
Alanna Adamko
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/business/professor+head+multi+million+project/3113619/story.html
Jun 1, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/01/canada-gold-medal-winner-science-engineering.html
May 31, 2010
Mike Barber
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=3097680
June 3, 2010
TIFFANY CRAWFORD
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/researchers+among+national+science+award+winners/3108819/story.html
'Completely determined to work at all costs'
Jun 5, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/05/hawking-canada-visit.html
Groundbreaking physicist begins stint at Waterloo centre
Jun 5, 2010
San Grewal
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/819558--ontario-institute-finally-gets-stephen-hawking?bn=1
Jun 1, 2010
PEGGY CURRAN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/editorials/After+five+year+relay+race+Vinet+reflects+role+universities/3094992/story.html

Nortel-era degree cut in Ottawa

Jun 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/04/ottawa-algonquin-college.html
Jun 2, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Introduces-Proposals-to-Modernize-the-Copyright-Act-1270199.htm
June 4, 2010
Michael Geist
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Copyright+reform+plan+flawed+fixable/3109702/story.html
Jun 2, 2010
CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS (CAUT)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2010/02/c9434.html

College gets innovative

Jun 1, 2010
MICHAEL LEA
THE WHIG-STANDARD
http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2602223
Government invests in new research partnerships for colleges and communities
May 31, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/The-Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-the-Jobs-of-Tomorrow-Today-1268486.htm
May 31, 2010
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Announces-New-Research-Measure-Benefits-Co-Operatives-Canadians-1268503.htm
May 31, 2010
Kathryn May
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Layoffs+AECL+poorly+timed+Union/3094456/story.html
May 31, 2010
Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/AECL-Layoffs-Compromise-the-Future-of-Canadas-Nuclear-Industry-1268591.htm
Calls For Review
Jun 1, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=3094761
June 3, 2010
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/06/03/14252781.html
But what do they do for an encore (and how do they get a date)?
Jun 4, 2010
Ian Brown
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/toronto-astrophysicists-pretty-much-figured-out-origins-of-universe/article1592812/
Jun 5, 2010
Dan Gardner
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Want+know+about+climate+science+climate+scientists/3109623/story.html
If an entire subdivision can be built over a forgotten well, then what happens when we lose track of CO2 stored underground?
Jun 5, 2010
Graham Thomson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/Graham+Thomson+Calmar+leak+conjures+spectre+future+carbon+capture+woes/3115933/story.html
In nature it's good to 'diversify your portfolio'
Jun 5, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Study+findings+contain+lessons+ecosystems+says+scientist/3116435/story.html
Jun 5, 2010
Bronwyn Eyre
The StarPhoenix
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/much+yellow+green+spaces/3116714/story.html
Jun 5, 2010
Carmen Chai
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/West+Nile+threat+looms+this+summer+monitoring+decline/3117618/story.html
But 'gaps remain' in federal regulations designed to minimize damage in case of a major oil leak
Jun 5, 2010
Scott Simpson
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/spill+risk+from+proposed+pipeline+Enbridge/3117221/story.html
Jun 5, 2010
Peter Gorrie
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/819541--gorrie-the-big-spill-coming-to-a-coast-near-you
Jun 4, 2010
Judith Lavoie
Victoria Times Colonist
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/leaves+door+open+coastal+drilling/3113292/story.html
Council of Canadians to sue federal government over Fisheries Act amendment
Jun 4, 2010
Tiffany Crawford
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Fish+bearing+lakes+destroyed+become+tailings+ponds+feds/3109850/story.html
Jun 4, 2010
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/technology/Ottawa+should+more+lower+emissions+Charest+says/3113099/story.html
The annual report required by all signatories to the original Kyoto Protocol is depressing
Jun 4, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-numbers-say-it-all-canada-is-a-climate-change-miscreant/article1591592/
Board members split on backing CCSVI theory
Jun 4, 2010
Sarah Boesveld
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/controversial-treatment-creating-bitterness-in-ms-society-elections/article1593234/
Police shut down 5 compassion clubs in Quebec
Jun 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/06/04/mtl-compassion-club-raids-debate.html
Jun 4, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/04/algae-biofuel.html
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rejects lock closures
Jun 4, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/04/great-lakes-asian-carp.html

N.B. expands flu shot program

Public health office will offer free seasonal flu vaccine to children under 18
Jun 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/04/nb-h1n1-flu-vaccine-program-217.html
Jun 4, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/04/pei-vaccination-rates-584.html
Jun 4, 2010
DOMINIQUE LA HAYE
QMI AGENCY
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2010/06/04/14270696.html
Jun 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2010/06/03/nl-gannets-montevecchi-603.html
Simulations suggest oil will spread well beyond Florida
Jun 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/03/oil-spread.html
June 3, 2010
Randy Boswell
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/retreat+Arctic+worst+thousands+years+Study/3108574/story.html
June 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/06/03/organ-donation-tax-credit.html
June 3, 2010
Dan Healing
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/business/Labour+shortage+feared+energy+sector/3105403/story.html
Jun 3, 2010
Colin Kenny
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/818248--lock-in-safety-regime-for-high-arctic-drilling
But ability to trace food-borne outbreaks faulted
June 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2010/06/03/con-food-safety.html

H1N1 still a pandemic: WHO chief

Jun 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/03/who-flu-h1n1.html
Jun 3, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/03/nb-aecl-point-lepreau-nuclear-reactor-delays-239.html

Mars mission simulation begins

'Something that no human has done before'
Jun 3, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/03/mars-flight-simulation.html
Tourism is imperilling a wildlife paradise
Jun 3, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/americas/displayStory.cfm?story_id=16281325

HIV/AIDS: Altogether now

Enlisting business to fight HIV
Jun 3, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/united-states/displaystory.cfm?story_id=16274497

Oil isn’t subsidized

New investments in oil and gas are already taxed more heavily than are other industries
Jun 3, 2010
Jack M. Mintz
Special to the National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/06/03/oil-isnt-subsidized/
Oil and financial crises highlight the massive regulatory challenge for our ever-innovating world
Jun 2, 2010
Kenneth Rogoff
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/technology-complexity-economy-catastrophe/article1588565/
Lots of motorists but not enough people cycling, walking, eco poll reveals
Jun 2, 2010
Olivia Ward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/818235--india-is-world-s-green-giant-while-canada-s-image-dims
More vegetarianism and less energy use called for
Jun 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/02/con-un-sustainability.html
With global population set to increase 50% by 2050, and climate change problems, world body presses issue
June 2, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/United+Nations+identify+meat+eaters+warming+planet/3102038/story.html
Jun 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/02/uk-resignation-genetically-modified-foods.html
Jun 2, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/02/un-biosphere-sites.html

Beware the strict new fuel rules

Industry analyst says tougher fuel economy standards ‘are impossible to meet’ by 2016 deadline
Jun 2, 2010
Jeremy Cato
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/new-cars/auto-news/beware-the-strict-new-fuel-rules/article1589568/
At last, the Sodium Working Group is making some headway
Jun 2, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/time-to-get-shaking-on-the-salt-issue/article1588649/
Electromagnetic radiation streaming from a device held inches of sensitive brain tissue. Sounds nasty, right?
Jun 1, 2010
EVRA TAYLOR LEVY & EDDIE LANG
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Evidence+does+connect+cellphones+brain+cancers/3095570/story.html
Jun 1, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/06/01/us-global-warming-un-report.html
Jun 1, 2010
ALEXANDRA DAVIS
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/1075638
Food industry asked to follow voluntary sodium reduction targets
May 31, 2010
Megan Ogilvie & Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/817144--health-canada-aims-to-cut-salt-intake
Renewable Energy
May 31, 2010
Mary Teresa Bitti
Financial Post
http://www.financialpost.com/small-business/succession/story.html?id=3091153
May 31, 2010
CHRISTINA SPENCER
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/05/31/14204956.html

Fake pot poses real dangers

Products marketed as potpourri harbour severe side-effects when smoked
May 31, 2010
Douglas Quan
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Fake+poses+real+dangers/3091434/story.html

In search of Arctic riches

May 31, 2010
Ed Struzik
Edmonton Journal
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/ARCTIC+RICHES/3094015/story.html
May 31, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/05/31/pei-gay-blood-donors-584.html
May 31, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/31/arctic-spill-jet-fuel-sewage.html
Revelations come as Gulf of Mexico spill presses Ottawa to put its Arctic environmental rules under more scrutiny
May 30, 2010
Steve Rennie
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toxic-spills-put-arctic-under-threat-report-finds/article1585959/
May 29, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=11209
May 29, 2010
Margaret Munro
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Gulf+spill+stirs+memories+Exxon+Valdez+disaster/3085437/story.html
May 29, 2010
PETER ZIMONJIC and THANE BURNETT
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/05/25/14170301.html
Felipe Calderon breaks diplomatic ranks with host Stephen Harper, says 'we cannot wait’ to follow U.S. lead
May 27, 2010
Campbell Clark and Brian Milner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/mexicos-president-pushes-ottawa-to-act-on-climate-change/article1583574/