Science Canada: 05/15/10

May 12, 2010
Marianne Stanford
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/05/12/let-the-discussions-begin/

From right-wing, populist politician to coach for the science cause, former leader of the Reform Party reinvents himself
May 14, 2010
Elizabeth Church
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/preston-manning-proselytizer-of-science/article1569939/

Scientists are finally entering the debate, and defending their work
May 13, 2010
Graham Thomson
Edmonton Journal
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/technology/Challenging+climate+change+deniers/3021533/story.html

May 15, 2010
NICOLE VEERMAN
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/1053918

AIDS prevention through such means as safe injection sites, would be a productive use of monies that were scheduled to be used for the construction of a pilot lot manufacturing facilities, some researchers say
May 14, 2010
Dan Lett
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/14may10-what-to-do-with-88-million.dtl

The federal government's decision to terminate an $88-million vaccine manufacturing facility continues to generate impassioned debate about whether the world is suffering from a shortage of facilities to produce trial lots of promising vaccine prototypes
May 13, 2010
Dan Lett
CMAJ
http://www.cmaj.ca/earlyreleases/13may10-squabble-continues-over-cancellation-of-hiv-vaccine-facility.dtl

Canada’s reputation for innovation and thousands of jobs are in jeopardy
May 11, 2010
Michael Ivanco
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/807398--aecl-on-arrow-s-flightpath

Blue whale skeleton is centrepiece of facility which includes a museum
May 14, 2010
Gerry Bellett
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/biodiversity+centre+opens+world+researchers/3026563/story.html

Scholars Receive $180,000 Each to Tackle Today's Critical Social Issues
May 13, 2010
Trudeau Foundation
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/May2010/13/c3001.html

Year after year, we hear angry denial about the need for more serious conservation action
May 15, 2010
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/cod-in-newfoundland-already-seen-that-drama/article1567957/

May 15, 2010
MOLLY CORMIER
Daily Gleaner
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/1053913

New approach focuses on choosing, not avoiding country foods
May 14, 2010
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/04/28/toxic-arctic-food-contamination-pcb.html

'Hairy' trees, like oak, clean the air, while eastern white cedars produce `aerosols with an antiviral component,’ says botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger
May 14, 2010
Nancy J. White
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/living/article/809134--save-the-forests-save-the-world

UN chief urges Harper to comply with Kyoto Protocol targets
May 13, 2010
JULIET O'NEILL
Canwest News Service
http://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/letters/criticizes+Canada+climate/3020585/story.html

N.S., Ottawa lengthen offshore exploration moratorium by 3 years
May 13, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/13/ns-georges-bank.html

Facility could employ 500 within 3 years
May 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/05/12/windsor-solar-plant.html

Rated higher than blueberries for antioxidants
May 12, 2010
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/05/12/ns-fiddleheads-farm-nutrients.html

A woman’s death during pregnancy or childbirth is as much a societal and economic disaster as it is a moral outrage
May 12, 2010
Maureen McTeer
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/message-to-the-g8-put-up-the-money-and-save-the-mothers/article1566502/

UN report raises alarm on threat to wildlife and ecosystems
May 11, 2010
Joseph Hall
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/sciencetech/environment/article/808059--canada-goose-thrives-while-earth-s-species-dwindle

A new look at the landscape of climate politics calls for subtler and more thoughtful approaches
May 11, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displayStory.cfm?story_id=16099521

In a continent with little access to safe, legal abortion, charlatans prey on those desperate for the procedure, resulting in the deaths of 25,000 women and many more injuries each year
May 10, 2010
Geoffrey York
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/africa/africas-deadly-backroom-abortions/article1564162/

I met Lightness in Tanzania, and I see her face in the statistics
May 10, 2010
Christy Turlington Burns
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/africa/pull-down-the-barriers-to-maternal-health-care-access/article1562327/

Canadians should abandon posturing over funding abortion overseas, and instead lobby G8 countries to fund a new facility, focused on maternal and child health, at the Global Fund
May 10, 2010
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/africa/when-it-comes-to-maternal-health-let-africans-decide/article1562423/

Saturday, May 15, 2010