Government of Canada Invests in Research Excellence at Canada's Universities

Creating the jobs of the future by attracting and retaining the brightest minds
Mar 26, 2010
Canada Research Chairs & Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Invests-in-Research-Excellence-at-Canadas-Universities-1138447.htm

Canada Foundation for Innovation Practices Called "World's Best"

Mar 24, 2010
Canada Foundation for Innovation
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Canada-Foundation-for-Innovation-Practices-Called-Worlds-Best-1137201.htm

Government Invests and Strenghtens Canada's Research Capacity

Research students gain international experience that benefits Canadians at home
Mar 22, 2010
Government of Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Invests-and-Strenghtens-Canadas-Research-Capacity-1135425.htm

Why Canada is bush-league at innovation

Mar 24, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/canada-bush-league-at-innovation/

Post-budget roundup

Mar 22, 2010
Rob Annan
Researcher Forum
http://dontleavecanadabehind.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/post-budget-roundup/

CAPS Getting Progress in Parliament

Mar 24, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/03/24/caps-getting-progress-in-parliament/

University finances: Canada versus the U.S.

Mar 26, 2010
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/university-finances-canada-versus-the-u-s/

New postdoc awards welcomed in 2010 federal budget

Universities say government’s proposal for new fellowships will help them to recruit top scholars
Mar 17, 2010
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/new-postdoc-awards.aspx

Scientists urged to form networks

Mar 24, 2010
JOHN MINER
The London Free Press
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010/03/23/13336106.html

White House taps UBC prof as science advisor

Nobel laureate masterminded push to reform how undergraduates 'flex their brains' to study science
Mar 24, 2010
Petti Fong
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/784359--white-house-taps-ubc-prof-as-science-advisor

UBC’s Carl Wiemen nominated for White House science post

Appointment as associate director a “positive validation” of the teaching methods employed at UBC, says school’s dean of science
Mar 23, 2010
John Ibbitson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ubcs-carl-wiemen-nominated-for-white-house-science-post/article1509922/

Canada Needs An "Own The Podium" Attitude To Innovation

Poor record of transforming knowledge into marketable new products that the world will want to buy puts Canada at a global disadvantage and the risk of falling even further behind its peers
Mar 22, 2010
James McKinnon
Persona Corporation
http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=117023

Innovation out of our hands in a branch-plant economy

Offshore decision making guides our private-sector economy
Mar 23, 2010
David Olive
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/783671--olive-innovation-out-of-our-hands-in-a-branch-plant-economy

$27M space program light on domestic benefits: critic

‘You don’t get this type of situation in other countries’
Mar 22, 2010
David Pugliese
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/space+program+light+domestic+benefits+critic/2709651/story.html

Silence golden for government

Mar 19, 2010
The Cape Breton Post
http://www.capebretonpost.com/Opinion/Editorial/2010-03-19/article-919244/Silence-golden-for-government/1

Scientists do interact with news media

Re: Scientists must be free to speak out, March 19
Mar 23, 2010
Jim Prentice
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Scientists+interact+with+news+media/2714590/story.html

Scientists muzzled, water crusader says

Mar 24, 2010
KENNEDY GORDON
THE EXAMINER
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2505106

Harper's Humiliating Muzzle on Scientists

Canada is becoming a global joke as our world-class experts are prohibited from speaking
Mar 25, 2010
Mitchell Anderson
TheTyee.ca
http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2010/03/25/HarpersMuzzle/

Budget 2010 - a welcome vision for Canada

Mar 20, 2010
J. Colin Dodds
New Brunswick Business Journal
http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/journal/article/990636

We just aren't making products people want

Mar 23, 2010
H. Douglas Barber and Jeffrey Crelinsten
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/just+aren+making+products+people+want/2714599/story.html

Green careers are growing

Opportunity
Mar 23, 2010
Rebecca Walberg
Financial Post
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/money/Green+careers+growing/2714101/story.html

Canada isn't cleaning up on green technology exports

The country's weak climate-friendly trade performance stands in contrast with exploding global opportunities
Mar 22, 2010
Danielle Goldfarb
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/canada-isnt-cleaning-up-on-green-technology-exports/article1508577/

U of C, feds team up for energy-focused geology research

Mar 26, 2010
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/feds+team+energy+focused+geology+research/2730154/story.html

Spinal-cord research gets $38.5M boost in funding

Federal government, province of B.C. announce program on 25th anniversary of Rick Hansen's Man-in-Motion tour
Mar 21, 2010
Ian Bailey
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/spinal-cord-research-gets-385m-boost-in-funding/article1507303/

$6 million for beef research initiative

Mar 23, 2010
CHRISTINA SPENCER
SUN MEDIA
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/23/13331746-qmi.html

National Science Fair needs more volunteers

Mar 26, 2010
ANDREA HOUSTON
THE EXAMINER
http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2509186

Calgary students in spotlight at annual Youth Science Fair

Mar 22, 2010
Sherri Zickefoose
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/calgary/Calgary+students+spotlight+annual+Youth+Science+Fair/2709809/story.html

Pfizer to pay $142M for drug fraud

Sales of drug total $300M annually in Canada
Mar 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/25/gabapentin-ubc.html

Canada's tech standing overblown: economists

Mar 26, 2010
Peter Nowak
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/25/world-economic-forum-technology-rankings.html

N.B. reactor may be delayed into 2012

Uncertainty over Point Lepreau helped fuel collapse of NB Power deal
Mar 26, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/26/nb-aecl-point-lepreau-delay-keir-547.html

Monsoons spread Asian pollution worldwide: report

Winds send toxins into stratosphere, where it may affect ozone layer, Canadian scientists say
Mar 26, 2010
MARGARET MUNRO
Canwest News service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Monsoons+spread+Asian+pollution+worldwide+report/2727159/story.html

Trade in endangered species: Fishy business

How the elephants’ success hurt the bluefin tuna
Mar 25, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15767253

Green market squandered by Canada: study

Mar 25, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/25/green-technology.html

Canada could clean up globally with climate-friendly technologies if it seizes the opportunity

Mar 25, 2010
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/25/c5042.html

TSX launches new green tech index

Mar 25, 2010
STEFANIA MORETTI
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/money/2010/03/25/13357266.html

Medical procedures cancelled as isotope shortage becomes 'farce'

Doctors only able to get 15 to 20 per cent of needed technetium-99
Mar 25, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/medical-procedures-cancelled-as-isotope-shortage-becomes-farce/article1512491/

1 in 3 breast cancers avoidable

Mar 25, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/25/breast-cancer-diet-exercise.html

Global pace of deforestation slows: FAO

Mar 25, 2010
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Global+pace+deforestation+slows/2725450/story.html

Chalk River isotopes expected by end of July

Mar 25, 2010
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/25/isotope-chalk-river025.html

Technological fixes can have serious consequences

Mar 24, 2010
David Suzuki With Faisal Moola
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/life/sci_tech/science-matters-technological-fixes-can-have-serious-consequences-89020217.html

Asian carp may be in Lake Michigan

Mar 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/24/carp-lakes024.html

Statscan finds widespread vitamin D deficiency in Canadians

Survey says 2 out of 3 Canadians have less of the nutrient than the latest research suggests is necessary
Mar 24, 2010
Martin Mittelstaedt
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/statscan-finds-widespread-vitamin-d-deficiency-in-canadians/article1510334/

Cancer patients await research payoff: report

Mar 24, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/24/cancer-advocacy-report-card.html

Sanitizers more effective than hand washing: study

Mar 24, 2010
QMI Agency
http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/03/24/13341226.html

Committee rejects motion on pro-asbestos group

Sought to cut federal funding; Non-profit organization set up in 1984 to promote safe use of chrysotile product
Mar 24, 2010
MICHELLE LALONDE
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Committee+rejects+motion+asbestos+group/2718555/story.html

New lobby group tries to keep asbestos industry alive

Quebec organization bucks international calls to ban carcinogenic material
Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/03/23/mtl-abestos-partners-defend.html

Bee colonies suffer bad winter

Mar 24, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/24/tech-bee-colony-collapse.html

A plan to make Western Canada a global leader in clean energy

Mar 23, 2010
Wal Van Lierop
Special to the Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/plan+make+Western+Canada+global+leader+clean+energy/2715032/story.html

Vitamin D deficiency in 1.1 million Canadians

Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/23/vitamin-d-levels-canada.html

'War on drugs' backfiring badly: UBC report

Roundup of gang bosses blamed for bloody turf battles
Mar 23, 2010
Suzanne Fournier
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/news/drugs+backfiring+badly+report/2714675/story.html

More policing worsens drug violence: study

Illegal Trade; Argues that gangs step up when key players removed
Mar 23, 2010
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=2713979

The lowly honeybee deserves a lot more attention

Mar 23, 2010
TOM SPEARS
Canwest news services
http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/lowly+honeybee+deserves+more+attention/2712903/story.html

The ABCs of family planning

What do we mean by it, and how does it relate to safe abortion?
Mar 23, 2010
Dorothy Shaw
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-abcs-of-family-planning/article1508575/

Liberal contraception motion opposed by Tories

Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/politics/story/2010/03/23/politics-liberals-contraception-g8-motion.html

Rigid PM flubs a motherhood issue

Mar 23, 2010
Martin Regg Cohn
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/783606--cohn-rigid-pm-flubs-a-motherhood-issue

U.K. Space Agency launched

Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/23/tech-uk-space-agency.html

N.W.T. caribou decline questioned at hearing

Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/23/nwt-caribou-hearing.html

Polluted N.L. sites get $10M

Mar 23, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/23/nl-cleanup-money-323.html

Asia blocks bid to protect sharks

Mar 23, 2010
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/23/tech-shark-cites.html

Perception, Power and Principles: Human induced climate change and why people have trouble accepting the science

Mar 22, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/03/22/perception-power-and-principles-human-induced-climate-change-and-why-people-have-trouble-accepting-the-science/

Anti-uranium doctors renew threat to resign

Mar 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/22/mtl-uranium-sept-iles-doctors.html

Device to convert seawater offers hope to parched lands

Mar 22, 2010
Richard Ingham
AFP
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Device+convert+seawater+offers+hope+parched+lands/2711854/story.html

Canada third-best at keeping promises: G8 report card

Mar 23, 2010
THE CANADIAN PRESS
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/03/23/13332121.html

2009 L'Aqulia G8 Summit Interim Compliance Report

March 22, 2010
Adriene Davidson, Shiva Logarajah, Sam Plett, Erin Fitzgerald, Netila Demneri and Mark Rakhmangulov, with Jenilee Guebert
University of Toronto G8 Research Group and the State University Higher School of Economics (Moscow) G8 Research Centre
http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/evaluations/2009compliance-interim/index.html

The time is now for a national energy strategy

Mar 22, 2010
David Emerson
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/time+national+energy+strategy/2712530/story.html

Cholera scientist wins $150K water prize

Mar 22, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/03/22/cholera-stockholm-water-prize-colwell.html

Canada's blue gold

Mar 22, 2010
National Post editorial board
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/22/national-post-editorial-board-canada-s-blue-gold.aspx

Make the Canadian mining industry more accountable

Mar 22, 2010
Catherine Coumans
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/782562--make-the-canadian-mining-industry-more-accountable

Ottawa event to highlight effect of global water crisis

Photo exhibit focuses on plight in East Africa
Mar 22, 2010
Patrick Kahtouni
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Ottawa+event+highlight+effect+global+water+crisis/2710206/story.html

Labels not effective at helping consumers choose healthy foods

Mar 22, 2010
Chris Zdeb
Canwest News Service
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Labels+effective+helping+consumers+choose+healthy+foods/2710482/story.html

Clear the air

Mar 22, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Clear/2710189/story.html

Going green locally before acting globally

Mar 21, 2010
Roger Gibbins
For The Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Going+green+locally+before+acting+globally/2707979/story.html

Fine St. Patio's Day sounds alarms on climate change

Last week's warm weather felt good but by some measures it's the tip of a local climate change iceberg
Mar 21, 2010
Daniel Tseghay
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/782824--fine-st-patio-s-day-sounds-alarms-on-climate-change

... but this is

Mar 20, 2010
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/this/2704963/story.html

Canada's forgotten disease

Stephanie Law investigates why First Nations, Inuit, and immigrant communities are disproportionately affected by Tuberculosis
Mar 20, 2010
Stephanie Law
McGill Daily
http://mcgilldaily.com/articles/29069

If it talks like a quack...

Mar 19, 2010
Justin Trottier and Michael Payton
National Post
http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/03/19/justin-trottier-and-michael-payton-if-it-talks-like-a-quack.aspx

Caffeine in sodas OK: Health Canada

Mar 19, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2010/03/19/caffeine-sodas-healthcanada.html

How the Conservatives dodged the climate bullet

Is dropping any real pretense to enviro-concern the wisest political move for a minority government?
Mar 19, 2010
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-the-conservatives-dodged-the-climate-bullet/article1506329/

Recalls raise additive concerns

Additive used to enhance flavour, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, may contain salmonella
Mar 19, 2010
CARLY WEEKS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/recalls-raise-additive-concerns/article1505748/

Saving the bluefin tuna: an expert explains Canada’s bind

Mar 19, 2010
John Geddes
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/03/19/saving-the-bluefin-tuna-an-expert-explains-canadas-bind/

Health Canada widens use of caffeine in carbonated drinks

Mar 19, 2010
Patrick Denison
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Health+Canada+widens+caffeine+carbonated+drinks/2703955/story.html

Alternative energy: Smoothing out the wind

A cunning plan to store energy underwater may help fulfil the promise of wind power
Mar 15, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/science-technology/technology-monitor/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15709229