Science Canada: 02/01/10

Jan 31, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/01/31/thoughts-on-the-science-to-business-program/

Why PhD candidates should re-evaluate their career expectations
Jan 25, 2010
Andrew Michael Boggs
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/think-again.aspx

Environment Minister says cleaner development, PR battle vital to Canada’s reputation
Feb 1, 2010
Allan Woods
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/758850--time-to-clean-up-the-oil-sands-prentice-says

Frustration is mounting that the government has locked itself into an environmental policy bunker on climate change
Feb 1, 2010
JEFF DAVIS & CYNTHIA MÜNSTER
The Hill Times
http://www.thehilltimes.ca/page/view/prentice-02-01-2010

Study says forest products industry must adapt if it is to once again become an engine of growth in post-recession era
Feb 1, 2010
Bertrand Marotte
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/forestry-urged-to-embrace-bio-economy/article1451911/

Feb 1, 2010
Thana Dharmarajah
Guelph Mercury
http://news.guelphmercury.com/News/Local/article/593217

Welcome to Insite
Feb 1, 2010
Matthew Power
Slate
http://www.slate.com/id/2242828/entry/0/

Side effects potentially dangerous: paper
Feb 1, 2010
Tom Blackwell
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2507090

'Anecdotal' Evidence
Feb 1, 2010
Richard Gray and Rebecca Lefort
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=2507116

Feb 1, 2010
Stephen Murgatroyd
Troy Media
http://www.troymedia.com/?p=7811

Climate activists dismiss goals, say gas emissions will rise
Jan 31, 2010
Bill Graveland
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/758289--ottawa-s-carbon-targets-get-bad-review

As far as I know, no Canadian university has ever had a formal debate on climate change
Jan 30, 2010
Lawrence Solomon
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/29/lawrence-solomon-keeping-canadian-students-in-the-dark-on-climate.aspx

The harder we work, the less rich we seem to be. We need to emphasize education, innovation and trade to break free
Jan 29, 2010
Kevin Lynch
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canadas-productivity-trap/article1449944/

Jan 29, 2010
Dr. Evan Wood
Special to QMI Agency
http://www.lfpress.com/comment/2010/01/29/12669231.html

How will we recharge all the electric cars?
Jan 29, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15434416

When Michael Ignatieff's grandmother began losing her memory, ‘it was a simple matter of shame'
Jan 29, 2010
Erin Anderssen
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberals-to-develop-national-strategy-on-brain-disease/article1450246/

Winter snow season has been slowly shrinkng in past 50 years, says researcher
Jan 29, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/01/28/bc-olympics-climate-change.html

Scientists write to premier about controversial industry
Jan 28, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/01/28/qc-asbestos-intl-letter.html

We may be rich, but we don't rank in the top tier of 163 nations surveyed
Jan 28, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/taking-the-measure-of-canadas-environmental-performance/article1448054/

Shooting sulphur into atmosphere could slow climate change, he says
Jan 28, 2010
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/science/article/756904--earth-needs-sunblock-and-fast-scientist-says

Unique climatic wind tunnel set for summer launch aims to boost Oshawa auto sector
Jan 28, 2010
Tony Van Alphen
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/756846--r-d-centre-has-wind-at-its-back

Fire retardants may affect female reproduction
Jan 28, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/sciencetechnology/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15391226

Federal government has quietly put the brakes on plans to build an HIV vaccine-manufacturing facility in Canada
Jan 27, 2010
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bidders-frustrated-by-stalled-hiv-vaccine-project/article1445503/

Saskatoon policy also eliminates diet pops
Jan 27, 2010
Janet French
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/School+board+enacts+energy+drinks/2490213/story.html

Exit of Canada's expert a sure sign IPCC in trouble
Jan 27, 2010
Terence Corcoran
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2488011

'Fundamental shift'
Jan 27, 2010
Richard Foot
Canwest News Service
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2488036

Jan 26, 2010
Mark McNeil
The Hamilton Spectator
http://www.thespec.com/News/Local/article/711849

Jan 26, 2010
PAUL SCHNEIDEREIT
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Columnists/1164234.html

The controversy among Inuit and western researchers about the health of polar bear populations prompted the creation of a new Inuit Knowledge Centre, but the centre will also focus on incorporating traditional Inuit knowledge into research of climate change, life and health in Canada's Arctic
Jan 26, 2010
Laura Eggertson
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/26jan10-new-inuit-centre.dtl

'Storm of cardiovascular disease' could overwhelm health care, doctor says
Jan 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/01/25/heart-stroke-unhealthy-habits.html

Current food-safety systems are seen as less proactive than reactive, professor argues
Jan 25, 2010
Carly Weeks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/canadians-food-supply-unsafe-cmaj-report-says/article1443689/

The number of younger adults with high-blood pressure has almost doubled in the past decade, according to the Heart and Stroke Foundation
Jan 25, 2010
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/the-face-of-heart-disease-gets-younger/article1443686/

Media coverage reeks of typical hope-mongering
Jan 25, 2010
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/25/terence-corcoran-a-cure-in-sight-not-so-fast.aspx

Cure vs. Hype: 'I had patients in tears'
Jan 23, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2475272

There are grounds for new dialogue in Canada's conservation conversation
Jan 22, 2010
Preston Manning
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canada-and-the-environment-a-fresh-start-for-a-fresh-decade/article1441290/

The economics of sequestration are expensive on a per-tonne basis
Jan 22, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/many-albertans-agree-a-carbon-tax-was-the-best-solution/article1441309/

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