Science Canada: November 2011

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Advancing Science Policy in Canada

To avoid falling behind in the competitive global market, Canada needs a dedicated policy centre to focus its brightest minds on fostering innovation
Nov 15, 2011
Peter Hackett and Mehrdad Hariri
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/7446-advancing-science-policy-in-canada

Time to Upgrade to Science Policy 2.0

Canada needs to adopt science and innovation policies that allow it to compete in the 21st century
Nov 13, 2011
Peter Hackett and Mehrdad Hariri
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/7433-time-to-upgrade-to-science-policy-2-0

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Politicians, Leaders of Industry, Government and Science Enterprise Will Meet in Ottawa Next Week at CSPC 2011

Nov 10, 2011
Canadian Science Policy Centre
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/politicians-leaders-industry-government-science-enterprise-will-meet-ottawa-next-week-1585408.htm

We need to celebrate our scientific achievements

In the past 50 years, 78 Gairdner awardees have gone on to win the Nobel Prize for medicine
Nov 7, 2011
John Dirks
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/we-need-to-celebrate-our-scientific-achievements/article2225978/

Where are all the female engineering students?

Dramatic disparity exists despite huge growth in jobs
Nov 9, 2011
Darah Hansen
Postmedia News
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/Where+female+engineering+students/5678302/story.html

'Major failure to communicate' over NRC changes

Nov 11, 2011
Chris Morris
Telegraph-Journal
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/news/article/1455031

U of M completes $80-M upgrade

Politicians join president in celebrating 7 projects
Nov 10, 2011
Aldo Santin
Winnipeg Free Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/u-of-m-completes-80-m-upgrade-133597653.html

Drug giant earmarks $50M for Canadian drug research

Nov 10, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/10/gsk-research-innovation.html

Glaxo establishes health research fund in Canada

Nov 10, 2011
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/glaxo-establishes-health-research-fund-in-canada/article2231963/

GlaxoSmithKline Inc. Launches $50 Million Life Sciences Innovation Fund in Canada

Nov 10, 2011
Life Sciences Ontario (LSO)
http://www.lifesciencesontario.ca/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&id=454:glaxosmithkline-inc-launches-50-million-life-sciences-innovation-fund-in-canada

Canadian firms slash R & D spending again

Corporate revenues up during same period
Nov 2, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/02/technology-corporate-research-spending.html

Research spending falls for fifth year

$1B decline among Canadian firms in 2010, report says
Nov 3, 2011
Jameson Berkow
Postmedia News
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/Research+spending+falls+fifth+year/5648920/story.html

Industries innovate and prosper

Innovation is driven not just by research but by workers and managers working collaboratively
Nov 7, 2011
Harald Bathelt, Andrew K. Munro and Ben Spigel
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1082961--industries-innovate-and-prosper

The hard part is getting good ideas to market

Nov 6, 2011
Randall Denley
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/hard+part+getting+good+ideas+market/5654956/story.html

Spending on research and development in the higher education sector

Oct 26, 2011
Statistics Canada - The Daily
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/111026/dq111026d-eng.htm

The Oprah effect and why not all scientific evidence is valuable

Nov 9, 2011
Julia Belluz
Macleans
http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/09/the-oprah-effect-and-why-not-all-scientific-evidence-is-valuable/

Universities “encouraged” by expert panel report on R&D

Proposals for overhauling the NRC, student internships and continued funding for research granting councils are well received.
Oct 26, 2011
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/universities-encouraged-by-expert-panel-report-on-rd.aspx

After 50 years, introducing Science Atlantic

The organization formerly known as APICS gets a new name and look but retains its goal of linking the region’s faculty, students and scientists.
Nov 7, 2011
Tim Lougheed
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/after-50-years-introducing-science-atlantic.aspx

Book excerpt: Time to consider a new type of university

A new book argues for substantial reform to Ontario’s higher-education system, including the introduction of a rare breed of institution in Canada: the teaching-oriented university.
Nov 7, 2011
Ian D. Clark, David Trick, and Richard Van Loon
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/time-to-consider-a-new-type-of-university.aspx

It's time to build better bridges between colleges and universities

If the provincial government is serious about tackling the problems facing post-secondary education, it needs to stop hoping the institutions will work together and make it happen
Nov 5, 2011
Richard Van Loon
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/time+build+better+bridges+between+colleges+universities/5661600/story.html

A university education is for everyone

Nov 1, 2011
Mark Mercer
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/university+education+everyone/5635691/story.html

Value of a degree

A degree is an opportunity, not a guarantee
Nov 7, 2011
Doug Owram
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/value-of-degree.aspx

$63-million isotope lab construction begins today at UBC

Nov 1, 2011
Cheryl Chan
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/blogs/million+isotope+construction+begins+today/5638304/story.html

Unschooling: Legitimate pedagogy or foolish fad?

Why some scholars are adopting an educational philosophy that eschews formal lessons and any form of structure – and why others think it could be dangerous.
Nov 7, 2011
Tim Johnson
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/unschooling-legitimate-pedagogy-or-foolish-fad.aspx

Professors decry Library, Archives cuts

Lack of funding puts 'cultural heritage at stake,' group says
Nov 3, 2011
Chris Cobb
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Professors+decry+Library+Archives+cuts/5648809/story.html

Canadian Association of University Teachers launches campaign to Save Library and Archives Canada

Nov 2, 2011
Canadian Association of University Teachers
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/870125/canadian-association-of-university-teachers-launches-campaign-to-save-library-and-archives-canada

Canada's Top 100 Research and Development Corporations Invest $9.4 Billion in Total Research and Development Initiatives

RIM, BCE and IBM Canada report more than $500 million in R&D spending
Nov 2, 2011
Research Infosource
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/869911/canada-s-top-100-research-and-development-corporations-invest-9-4-billion-in-total-research-and-development-initiatives

Canada's Top 50 Research Universities Raise $6.5 Billion in Total Research Income

Universities of Toronto, Waterloo and Université du Québec à Rimouski named Research Universities of the Year
Nov 1, 2011
Research Infosource
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/868983/canada-s-top-50-research-universities-raise-6-5-billion-in-total-research-income

Canada's Top 40 Research Hospitals Raise $2.1 Billion in Total Research Income

Research Infosource Inc. launches inaugural list of Canadian Hospital Innovation Leaders
Oct 26, 2011
Research Infosource
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/865417/canada-s-top-40-research-hospitals-raise-2-1-billion-in-total-research-income

Council of Canadian Academies to launch assessment on Socio-economic Impacts of Innovation Investments

Nov 4, 2011
Council of Canadian Academies
http://www.scienceadvice.ca/en/news.aspx?id=65

What to do with all the Scientists... find out at the 2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference

Oct 18, 2011
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2011/10/18/what-to-do-with-all-the-scientists-find-out-at-the-2011-canadian-science-policy-conference/

Science Policy News: November 2011

Nov 2011
The Royal Society (UK)
http://newsletters.royalsociety.org/q/1MAFMn1n1LHZhQ/wv

Science Statistics: Estimates of Research and Development Expenditures in the Higher Education Sector 2009/2010

Oct 26, 2011
Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/88-001-x/88-001-x2011003-eng.pdf

Big ideas. Innovation policy

Nov 2011
John Van Reenen
Centre for Economic Performance
http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp346.pdf

Climate Change and the Canadian Energy Sector: Implications for Labour and Trade Unions

Oct 25, 2011
John Calvert and Marjorie Griffin Cohen
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/National%20Office/2011/10/Climate%20Change%20and%20Energy%20Sector.pdf

National Health Expenditure Trends, 1975 to 2011

Nov 3, 2011
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/products/nhex_trends_report_2011_en.pdf

Health Care Cost Drivers: The Facts

Nov 3, 2011
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/products/health_care_cost_drivers_the_facts_en.pdf

Water Governance in OECD Countries

A Multi-level Approach
Nov 3, 2011
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/environment/water-governance-in-oecd-countries_9789264119284-en

Meeting the Challenge of Financing Water and Sanitation

Tools and Approaches
Oct 31, 2011
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/environment/meeting-the-challenge-of-financing-water-and-sanitation_9789264120525-en

Fiscal Sustainability and the Transformation of Canada's Healthcare System: A Shifting Gears Report

Oct 31, 2011
Will Falk & Matthew Mendelsohn & Josh Hjartarson
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
http://www.mowatcentre.ca/pdfs/mowatResearch/41.pdf

Population Aging and the Evolving Care Needs of Older Canadians: An Overview of the Policy Challenges

While the aging of Canadian society does not warrant alarmist reactions, we need to plan realistically for seniors’ care.
Oct 2011
Neena L. Chappell
Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP)
http://www.irpp.org/pubs/IRPPstudy/IRPP_Study_no21.pdf

Why Not the Best? Results from the National Scorecard on U.S. Health System Performance, 2011

Oct 18, 2011
The Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/Files/Publications/Fund%20Report/2011/Oct/1500_WNTB_Natl_Scorecard_2011_web.pdf

The Common Rule and Continuous Improvement in Health Care: A Learning Health System Perspective

Oct 2011
Harry Selker, Claudia Grossmann, Alyce Adams, Donald Goldmann, Christopher Dezii, Gregg Meyer, Veronique Roger, Lucy Savitz and Richard Platt
Institute of Medicine
http://iom.edu/Activities/Quality/~/media/Files/Activity%20Files/Quality/VSRT/Discussion%20Papers/CommonRule.pdf

OECD Reviews of Health Systems: Switzerland 2011

Oct 27, 2011
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/social-issues-migration-health/oecd-reviews-of-health-systems-switzerland-2011_9789264120914-en

Knowledge cluster formation as a science policy: lessons learned

Oct 2011
Hans-Dieter Evers
Cenre for Policy Research and International Studies (CenPRIS)
http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/33978/1/MPRA_paper_33978.pdf

POSTNote: Improving livestock

Oct 2011
UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/briefing-papers/POST-PN-393.pdf

Characterizing the U.S. Industrial Base for Coal-Powered Electricity

Nov 2011
Constantine Samaras, Jeffrey A. Drezner, Henry H. Willis, Evan Bloom
RAND Corporation
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2011/RAND_MG1147.pdf

Shift in health care funding proposed

Nov 12, 2011
Mark Brownlee
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Shift+health+care+funding+proposed/5702820/story.html

Is it not time to ban this addictive and lethal drug?

Nov 12, 2011
Peter Singer
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/is-it-not-time-to-ban-this-addictive-and-lethal-drug/article2234083/

Canada's national robot games cancelled

Nov 12, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/11/ottawa-robot-competition-cancelled.html

The health-care sky is not falling!

As health costs moderate it’s past time to focus on the real issues.
Nov 11, 2011
Michael Rachlis
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1085813--the-health-care-sky-is-not-falling

Medicare’s no match for catastrophic injury

Nov 11, 2011
Erin Anderssen AND Boyd Erman
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/medicares-no-match-for-catastrophic-injury/article2234387/

Flaherty talks tough with U.S. in wake of Keystone pipeline delay

Nov 11, 2011
Steven Chase AND Carrie Tait
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/flaherty-talks-tough-with-us-in-wake-of-keystone-pipeline-delay/article2233894/

How a pipeline was defeated: actors, activists and one key conversation

Nov 11, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/how-a-pipeline-was-defeated-actors-activists-and-one-key-conversation/article2234242/

Time to move on? Canada resists change to 'atomic' timekeeping

Nov 11, 2011
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Time+move+Canada+resists+change+atomic+timekeeping/5698405/story.html

Radioactive iodine detected over Europe

Not due to Fukushima; no public health risk
Nov 11, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/11/environment-radioactive-iodine.html

Veterans' health concerns demand more research funding

Returning soldiers have 'very specific occupational exposures'
Nov 11, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/10/ottawa-veteran-health-research-funding.html

Cholesterol should be tested in all children

Nov 11, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/11/health-children-cholesterol-test.html

Raw food provides less energy than cooked

Food labels don't account for difference, making them inaccurate
Nov 11, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/11/health-raw-cooked-food-energy.html

Friends pitch in to secure posthumous doctorate for U of T colleague

Nov 11, 2011
James Bradshaw
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/graduatestudies/friends-pitch-in-to-secure-posthumous-doctorate-for-u-of-t-colleague/article2232900/

Newfoundland island tests replacing diesel with renewable energy

A sleepy fishing village is now home to one of the world’s few wind-hydrogen-diesel energy projects
Nov 10, 2011
Renata D’aliesio
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/building-innovation-in-canada/newfoundland-island-tests-replacing-diesel-with-renewable-energy/article2231438/

U.S. delay could spell end for Keystone XL

Nov 10, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe AND Carrie Tait
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/us-delay-could-spell-end-for-keystone-xl/article2232016/

Keystone pipeline delay throws a bone to Obama's Democrat base

Nov 10, 2011
KONRAD YAKABUSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/konrad-yakabuski/keystone-pipeline-delay-throws-a-bone-to-obamas-democrat-base/article2233033/

Keystone decision a setback for U.S.-Canada relations

Nov 10, 2011
Barrie McKenna AND Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/keystone-decision-a-setback-for-us-canada-relations/article2232833/

Asteroid planning gap leaves Earth 'a sitting duck'

Nov 10, 2011
Marlene Habib
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/11/09/asteroid-research.html

Polar bear gets 'species of special concern' status

Nov 10, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/10/environment-polar-bear-listing.html

Pneumonia linked to smoke from cooking fires

Prenatal maternal exposure to woodsmoke also hurts kids' IQs
Nov 10, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/10/cooking-fire-pneumonia-risk.html

Mini-strokes can cut life expectancy by 20%

Nov 10, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/10/ministroke-reduce-life-expectancy.html

Australia brings in world's toughest tobacco ad rules

Nov 10, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/10/cigarette-australia-laws.html

Tweaking gene creates ‘mighty mice’

Nov 10, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/10/mighty-mice-muscles.html

Mars rover readying for Nov. 25 launch

Mission to check planet's 'habitability,' pave way for astronauts
Nov 10, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/10/technology-mars-rover-curiosity.html

Western black rhino declared extinct

Nov 10, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/10/science-wetern-black-rhino-extinct.html

During Diabetes Awareness Month, ask someone you care about to get checked now

Nov 10, 2011
Canadian Diabetes Association
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/875142/during-diabetes-awareness-month-ask-someone-you-care-about-to-get-checked-now

Statement from the Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources, on the Keystone XL Pipeline

Nov 10, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statement-from-honourable-joe-oliver-minister-natural-resources-on-keystone-xl-pipeline-1585624.htm

Turning New Ideas into a Competitive Advantage for the Agriculture Sector

Nov 10, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/turning-new-ideas-into-a-competitive-advantage-for-the-agriculture-sector-1585378.htm

Renard Diamond Mine Project - Federal Funding Allocated to Participate in the Environmental Assessment

Nov 10, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/875414/renard-diamond-mine-project-federal-funding-allocated-to-participate-in-the-environmental-assessment

Stay Healthy With Your Free Flu Shot

Ontario is encouraging everyone to avoid getting sick this flu season by getting their annual flu shot.
Nov 10, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2011/11/stay-healthy-with-your-free-flu-shot.html

Time running out to limit earth’s warming, International Energy Agency warns

Nov 9, 2011
Sarah Dilorenzo
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/time-running-out-to-limit-earths-warming-international-energy-agency-warns/article2230281/

Oil sands faces biggest challenge yet in Keystone protest

Nov 9, 2011
Carrie Tait
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/oil-sands-faces-biggest-challenge-yet-in-keystone-protest/article2231309/

Alberta steps up Keystone offensive

Nov 9, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/alberta-steps-up-keystone-offensive/article2230926/

Enbridge confident of avoiding Keystone XL woes

Nov 9, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/enbridge-confident-of-avoiding-keystone-xl-woes/article2230685/

Canada cuts environment spending

Stephen Harper's administration is cutting budgets for climate, conservation and ozone monitoring projects
Nov 9, 2011
Stephen Leahy
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/09/canada-cuts-environment-spending?newsfeed=true

More solar parks slated for Thunder Bay

The Lakehead's sunny skies prompt Calgary firm to build solar farms
Nov 9, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/story/2011/11/09/tby-solar-parks.html

B.C. doctor agrees to stop using Amazonian plant to treat addictions

Nov 9, 2011
Michael Posner
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/bc-doctor-agrees-to-stop-using-amazonian-plant-to-treat-addictions/article2231413/

Canada Enhances Research and Business Collaboration Opportunities with Germany

Nov 9, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canada-enhances-research-and-business-collaboration-opportunities-with-germany-1584582.htm

Government of Canada Announces Support for Innovation at UNBC

Nov 9, 2011
Western Economic Diversification Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-announces-support-for-innovation-at-unbc-1584833.htm

Governments of Canada and United States Harmonize Approach to Save Energy in Commercial Buildings

Nov 9, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/governments-canada-united-states-harmonize-approach-save-energy-commercial-buildings-1584679.htm

Minister Oliver Promotes Canadian Energy in China

Nov 9, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-promotes-canadian-energy-in-china-1584858.htm

Statement from the Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada Keith Ashfield and British Columbia Minister of Agriculture Don McRae...

... on New Test Results Indicating That There are no Confirmed Cases of ISA in British Columbia Salmon
Nov 9, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statement-from-federal-minister-fisheries-oceans-canada-keith-ashfield-british-columbia-1584782.htm

Government of Canada Supports Partnerships Between St. Lawrence College and Local Businesses

Nov 9, 2011
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-supports-partnerships-between-st-lawrence-college-local-businesses-1584585.htm

RSC Expert Panel: End-of-Life Decision Making

Nov 9, 2011
Royal Society of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/874282/rsc-expert-panel-end-of-life-decision-making

U.S. talks on Keystone route could push project past 2012 election

Nov 8, 2011
Tamara Baluja
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-talks-on-keystone-route-could-push-project-past-2012-election/article2230213/

Fluoride removal briefly addressed at Windsor council

Nov 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/08/wdr-fluride-windsor.html

Schizophrenia and meth linked, research suggests

Nov 8, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/08/health-meth-schizophrenia.html

University presidents make academic freedom an afterthought

Nov 8, 2011
George Jonas
National Post
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/11/08/george-jonas-university-presidents-make-academic-freedom-an-afterthought/

Academic freedom not a static concept

Re: Making Academic Freedom An Afterthought, George Jonas, Nov. 9.
Nov 11, 2011
Paul Davidson
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Academic+freedom+static+concept/5694351/story.html

Diagnosing cancer: Indolent or aggressive?

Computers are about to change the world of cancer diagnosis
Nov 8, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/11/diagnosing-cancer

Ontario Centres of Excellence Honours Three Start-Ups With Over $200K to Facilitate Innovative Industry-Academic Business Ventures

Alexander Levy-MyVoice Inc., Jessica Ching-Eve Medical and Ibraheem Khan-Innovative Processing Technologies Inc. Receive Martin Walmsley Fellowships for Technological Entrepreneurship
Nov 8, 2011
Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/ontario-centres-excellence-honours-three-start-ups-with-over-200k-facilitate-innovative-1583957.htm

Aeryon Labs Inc. Honoured With Prestigious Mind to Market Award for Collaborative Research Efforts in Commercialization

Company Founders Turn Passion in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Into Sought-After Device Through Strategic Partnerships With Academia and Industry
Nov 8, 2011
Ontario Centres of Excellence Inc.
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/aeryon-labs-inc-honoured-with-prestigious-mind-market-award-collaborative-research-efforts-1583959.htm

Conference Board of Canada Publishes Findings on Mental Health Issues in Quebec Workplaces

Nov 8, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/873698/conference-board-of-canada-publishes-findings-on-mental-health-issues-in-quebec-workplaces

Canada's climate stance likely to spark controversy

New funding for climate change adaptation
Nov 8, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/08/environment-peter-kent-climate-change.html

Canada can meet 2020 emissions target, report says

Carbon-pricing program might still be needed, researchers say
Nov 7, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/07/greenhouse-gas-cuts-federal-government.html

Electronic nose aims to sniff out disease

CBC News
Nov 7, 2011
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/07/tuberculosis-electronic-nose.html

Graphic cigarette image rule in U.S. blocked

Nov 7, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/07/cigarette-labels.html

U.S. to review pipeline’s permit process

Nov 7, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/us-to-review-pipelines-permit-process/article2228146/

Kent criticized over second review of huge B.C. mine proposal

Nov 7, 2011
Peter O'Neil
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Kent+criticized+over+second+review+huge+mine+proposal/5671475/story.html

School soda pop bans don't cut drinking overall

Nov 7, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/07/pop-sweet-beverages-school-bans.html

UBC’s greenest new building puts spotlight on sustainability

“Living laboratory” will serve as a test bed for innovation and research.
Nov 7, 2011
Léo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/ubc-greenest-new-building-puts-spotlight-on-sustainability.aspx

Health-care system needs a front door

Nov 7, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/andre-picard/health-care-system-needs-a-front-door/article2228320/

Why Harper spends so much on health

Nov 7, 2011
Andrew Steele
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/andrew-steele/why-harper-spends-so-much-on-health/article2228382/

Australia passes historic carbon tax in major victory for PM

Nov 7, 2011
JAMES GRUBEL
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/australia-passes-historic-carbon-tax-in-major-victory-for-pm/article2228683/

Scientists race to kill crop-destroying stink bug expected to swarm Ontario

Nov 7, 2011
Renata D’aliesio
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/scientists-race-to-kill-crop-destroying-stink-bug-expected-to-swarm-ontario/article2228578/

What's the future for wind power in Canada?

Nov 7, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/building-innovation-in-canada/whats-the-future-for-wind-power-in-canada/article2228555/

Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics: Patients With Myasthenia Gravis May Risk Increased Muscle Weakness

Nov 7, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/fluoroquinolone-antibiotics-patients-with-myasthenia-gravis-may-risk-increased-muscle-1583015.htm

Government of Canada Invests in Renewable Power in New Brunswick

Nov 7, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-invests-in-renewable-power-in-new-brunswick-1583148.htm

Minister Oliver Promotes Canadian Resources and Expertise in China

Nov 7, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-promotes-canadian-resources-and-expertise-in-china-1582827.htm

Solar power boom hits a wall

Nov 6, 2011
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/solar-power-boom-hits-a-wall/article2227268/

Small turbines generate huge sales potential

Nov 6, 2011
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/building-innovation-in-canada/small-turbines-generate-huge-sales-potential/article2227323/

Canadian innovations in wind turbines

Nov 6, 2011
Richard Blackwell
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/building-innovation-in-canada/canadian-innovations-in-wind-turbines/article2226513/

Too many babies, too little family planning

Nov 5, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/too-many-babies-too-little-family-planning/article2226184/

Science in South Africa: All squared

A new radio telescope may catalyse African science
Nov 5, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21536541

Ageing: Forever young?

A way to counteract part of the process of growing old
Nov 5, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21536539

Mars mission simulation ends after 520 days

Nov 4, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/04/mars-deep-space-simulation.html

Massive iceberg calving off Antarctica

Nov 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/04/science-giant-iceberg-antarctica.html

Ottawa infection scare leads to endoscopy anxieties

Nov 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/04/ottawa-endoscopies-nervous-patients.html

Asbestos victims object to Quebec mine plans

Nov 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/04/asbestos-victims-mine-protest.html

OxyContin maker sends phase-out notice

Company says it will be replaced with a safer drug called OxyNEO
Nov 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/04/nl-oxycontin-plan-1104.html

C-section on demand rule changed in UK

Caving to 'too posh to push?'
Nov 4, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/04/c-sections-planned.html

Health Canada struggles to regulate food product health claims

Nov 4, 2011
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.theprovince.com/health/Health+Canada+struggles+regulate+food+product+health+claims/5653697/story.html

There is no crime epidemic

The government's 'tough on crime' agenda is expensive, counterproductive and politically motivated
Nov 4, 2011
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/there-is-no-crime-epidemic/article2224613/

Artificial intelligence: Luddite legacy

Is smart technology now destroying more jobs than it creates?
Nov 4, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/11/artificial-intelligence

Minister of State Goodyear Joins Canadian Delegation to Germany

Canadian team advancing research and business partnerships abroad
Nov 4, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-of-state-goodyear-joins-canadian-delegation-to-germany-1582483.htm

Canada's Official Time: at the Right Time and Place

Nov 4, 2011
National Research Council Canada-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canadas-official-time-at-the-right-time-and-place-1582373.htm

Detour Lake Gold Mine Project - Public Comments Invited on the Comprehensive Study Report

Nov 4, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/872005/detour-lake-gold-mine-project-public-comments-invited-on-the-comprehensive-study-report

Oil patch gives a dire warning to the U.S.

Nov 3, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe, Shawn McCarthy AND Carrie Tait
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/oil-patch-gives-a-dire-warning-to-the-us/article2224781/

Climate change 'skeptic' concludes world is warming

Global warming study partly funded by owner of Manitoba fertilizer plant
Nov 3, 2011
Mychaylo Prystupa
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/03/climate-change-berkley-muller.html

Infant formula ads reduce breastfeeding

Nov 3, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/11/03/formula-infant-breastfeeding.html

Enbridge invests $330-million in Quebec wind project

Nov 3, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/enbridge-invests-330-million-in-quebec-wind-project/article2223794/

Health spending to reach $200 billion in 2011

Compensation of health professionals, evolution in the use of services important cost drivers of past decade
Nov 3, 2011
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/871197/health-spending-to-reach-200-billion-in-2011

20 ways the world has changed since 1st Earth Summit

UN report details changes over the past 20 years — both good and bad
Nov 2, 2011
Margo McDiarmid
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/11/02/pol-environment-earth-summit-changes.html

Renewing the Liberals’ grasp of renewable energy

Can the Liberal government’s new point man on energy dial down the heat?
Nov 2, 2011
Martin Regg Cohn
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1080448--cohn-renewing-the-liberals-grasp-of-renewable-energy

A setback for public debate

Funding cut has implications beyond the environmental sector
Nov 2, 2011
Raili Lakanen
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1080453--a-setback-for-public-debate

Battle brewing over pipeline plans in B.C.

Nov 2, 2011
Rod Mickleburgh
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/battle-brewing-over-pipeline-plans-in-bc/article2223417/

Tory crime bill is too tough on the provinces

Nov 2, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/tory-crime-bill-is-too-tough-on-the-provinces/article2223102/

Provinces won’t foot bill for crime legislation, McGuinty warns PM

Nov 2, 2011
Karen Howlett AND Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/provinces-wont-foot-bill-for-crime-legislation-mcguinty-warns-pm/article2222867/

Canada, U.S. can Work to be Innovation Leaders, Minister of State Goodyear says at Canada 2020 Innovation Conference

Nov 2, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canada-us-can-work-be-innovation-leaders-minister-state-goodyear-says-canada-2020-innovation-1580987.htm

The Canada 2020 Innovation Summit

Speaking Points of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, PC, MP Minister of State (Science and Technology)
Nov 2, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/06942.html

Canada and Norway Promote Cooperation in Energy Resource Development

Nov 2, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/canada-and-norway-promote-cooperation-in-energy-resource-development-1581259.htm

Revising route could kill Keystone XL: TransCanada

Nov 1, 2011
Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/revising-route-could-kill-keystone-xl-transcanada/article2220811/

Global warming worsens weather extremes, climate panel to say

Nov 1, 2011
SETH BORENSTEIN
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/global-warming-worsens-weather-extremes-climate-panel-to-say/article2220698/

Quebec balks at Ottawa’s law-and-order agenda

Nov 1, 2011
Daniel Leblanc AND Rhéal Séguin
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebec-balks-at-ottawas-law-and-order-agenda/article2221192/

Government of Canada Invests in Clean Energy Technology in Quebec

Nov 1, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-invests-in-clean-energy-technology-in-quebec-1580606.htm

We need a health plan for boomers now

Oct 31, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/andre-picard/we-need-a-health-plan-for-boomers-now/article2220127/

How to reform health care

Oct 31, 2011
Will Falk
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1079107--how-to-reform-health-care

Fruit flies have done more good than Sarah Palin

Oct 31, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/fruit-flies-have-done-more-good-than-sarah-palin/article2220328/

It’s a girl! World celebrates the 7 billionth person

Oct 31, 2011
Sonia Verma
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/worldview/its-a-girl-world-celebrates-the-7-billionth-person/article2219666/

The world at 7 billion? Not so fast

Oct 31, 2011
Doug Saunders
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/worldview/the-world-at-7-billion-not-so-fast/article2219956/

Moving Renewable Energy Forward

Ontario is moving forward with its commitment to review its clean energy Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Program.
Oct 31, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/10/moving-renewable-energy-forward.html

Government of Canada Takes Action to Protect Canadian Families

The Government of Canada today announced funding for the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES).
Oct 31, 2011
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/868447/government-of-canada-takes-action-to-protect-canadian-families

Minister Oliver Reinforces Canada's Role as a World Energy Leader

Oct 31, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-reinforces-canadas-role-as-a-world-energy-leader-1579798.htm

Centre wants to Spark Calgary’s attention, despite price increase

Premier Redford wants to increase access to Calgary's new Science Centre
Oct 30, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2011/10/30/calgary-science-centre-prices.html

Vaccination our best shot

Oct 30, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1077977--vaccination-our-best-shot

Reality: A soaring population. Reality check: Food, water and poverty

Oct 30, 2011
Tamara Baluja
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/reality-a-soaring-population-reality-check-food-water-and-poverty/article2219381/

Pollution and evolution: Waters of change

An accidental experiment in America shows how evolution happens
Oct 29, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21534749

The X Prize Foundation: Now count to a hundred

A new prize for the genomics of the elderly is now on offer
Oct 29, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21534747

Reading the brain: Mind-goggling

It is now possible to scan someone’s brain and get a reasonable idea of what is going through his mind
Oct 29, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21534748

Sugar bushes vs oilsands: environmental agency's role under review

Oct 28, 2011
Heather Scoffield
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/sugar-shacks-vs-oilsands-environmental-agencys-role-under-review-132793588.html

Minister Toews Tours Green Energy Upgrades at Providence University College

Oct 28, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-toews-tours-green-energy-upgrades-at-providence-university-college-1579208.htm

Government of Canada Supports Partnerships Between La Cite collegiale and Local Businesses

Oct 28, 2011
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-supports-partnerships-between-la-cite-collegiale-local-businesses-1579109.htm

Environment Minister Peter Kent talks climate change

Oct 27, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/10/27/the-current-peter-kent-climate-change.html

Gun control keeps suicides down

Firearm suicides fell 48 per cent after the enactment of the Firearms Act.
Oct 27, 2011
Michael Bryant
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1077286--gun-control-keeps-suicides-down

Minister Oliver Outlines Importance of Canada's Clean Tech Industry

Oct 27, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-outlines-importance-of-canadas-clean-tech-industry-1578604.htm

Scientists at work on low-cost test for tuberculosis

Recent WHO recommendation about TB testing prompted by team’s finding.
Oct 26, 2011
Sylvain Comeau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/scientists-at-work-on-low-cost-test.aspx