Science Canada: 02/27/11

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity: Submission to the Expert Review Panel on Research and Development

Feb 18, 2011
Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity
http://www.competeprosper.ca/images/uploads/RD_Panel_submission_18_Feb_2011.pdf

Re-Thinking Canada’s BERD Gap

Jan 2011
Ron Freedman
The Impact Group
http://www.impactg.com/pdf/rethinkingcanadasberdperformance.pdf

Canada’s Universities: Partners in the business of innovation

Submission to the Expert Review Panel on Research and Development
Feb 18, 2011
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.aucc.ca/_pdf/english/reports/2011/aucc-r-d-review-02-18-e.pdf

Toronto Region Research Alliance: Review of Federal Support to Research and Development Expert Panel Consultation

Feb 18, 2011
Toronto Region Research Alliance (TRRA)
http://www.trra.ca/en/reports/resources/TRRAsubmissionroFederalRDExpertPanel.Feb2011.pdf

News is good on innovation front

Feb 24, 2011
JAY BRYAN
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/News+good+innovation+front/4337668/story.html

Canadian entrepreneur aims to commercialize university research

Feb 25, 2011
Paul Delean
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/Canadian+entrepreneur+aims+commercialize+university+research/4347916/story.html

Former university president calls for a new type of professor

Axel Meisen proposes the creation of "industrial practice professors" to boost innovaton
Feb 16, 2011
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/former-university-president-calls-for-a-new-type-of-professor/

Governor General of Canada Becomes Patron of the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation

Feb 17, 2011
Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/17/c3739.html

A lesson for Canada from Swiss R&D

Feb 23, 2011
NEIL REYNOLDS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/neil-reynolds/a-lesson-for-canada-from-swiss-rd/article1908636/

Government of Canada and MaRS Discovery District Finding Solutions to Foster Global Business Innovation

250 small- and- medium-sized enterprises gather for Innovation Across Borders conference
Feb 24, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-MaRS-Discovery-District-Finding-Solutions-Foster-Global-Business-Innovation-1401153.htm

Government of Canada Supports New Research Opportunities for Canadian Businesses

Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Supports-New-Research-Opportunities-for-Canadian-Businesses-1401155.htm

Government of Canada Supports Scientific Research at University of Toronto Mississauga

Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Supports-Scientific-Research-University-Toronto-Mississauga-1401479.htm

Harper Government Invests in Arctic Research

Investment will strengthen economy and improve quality of life of Northerners
Feb 25, 2011
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Invests-in-Arctic-Research-1402023.htm

Fair and Effective Carbon Pricing: Lessons from BC

Feb 23, 2011
Marc Lee
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/sites/default/files/uploads/publications/BC%20Office/2011/02/CCPA-BC_Fair_Effective_Carbon_FULL_0.pdf

POSTnote: Future Electricity Networks

Feb 2011
U.K. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST)
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/post/postpn_372-future-electricity-networks.pdf

Supporting Innovation And Creating Jobs In The Thunder Bay Region

The Thunder Bay region's Northwestern Ontario Innovation Centre is now part of the Ontario Network of Excellence (ONE).
Feb 25, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/ONE022511.asp

N.L. fishery report recommends massive cuts

Minister says he won't endorse independent report
Feb 25, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/25/nl-report-cuts-.html

Harm-reduction groups enter legal fray over safe-injection site

Feb 25, 2011
Jennifer Saltman
The Province
http://www.theprovince.com/health/Harm+reduction+groups+enter+legal+fray+over+safe+injection+site/4343228/story.html

Economic Action Plan Supports Innovative Research and Development in Cambridge

Rutherford Controls International Corporation is upgrading electromagnetic lock products to 'green' building standards
Feb 25, 2011
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA-NRC
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Economic-Action-Plan-Supports-Innovative-Research-and-Development-in-Cambridge-1401897.htm

Inuit leaders develop guidelines for future development in the Arctic

World’s Inuit say they’re tired of being left on the sidelines as petroleum and mining companies extract resources from arctic lands
Feb 25, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/inuit-leaders-develop-guidelines-for-future-development-in-the-arctic/article1919983/

History of science: Alchemists, ancient and modern

This year’s meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science looked at, among other things, the history of alchemy, deep carbon, the health of lonely people, tracking individuals in swarms and stuttering
Feb 24, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18226821

U.S. scientists cleared in 'climategate'

Feb 24, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/24/science-climategate-noaa.html

DFO scientists not muzzled: DFO

Feb 24, 2011
Sarah Schmidt
Vancouver Sun
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/politics/archive/2011/02/24/dfo-scientists-not-muzzled-dfo.aspx

The science of truth

Feb 24, 2011
Kathy English
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/publiceditor/article/944523--english-the-science-of-truth

Green aviation network takes flight

Push is on for non-fossil fuels; Aim is to make biofuels in aircraft a reality within 2 years, leader says
Feb 24, 2011
FRANÇOIS SHALOM
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Green+aviation+network+takes+flight/4337678/story.html

Starving B.C. eagles swarm to dumps

Feb 24, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/24/bc-starving-eagles-dump.html

Canadian allergy season getting longer

Feb 24, 2011
Paul Taylor
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/paul-taylor/canadian-allergy-season-getting-longer/article1919908/

Chronic fatigue, chronic Lyme clues found

Promising start to distinguish the two illnesses
Feb 24, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/24/chronic-fatigue-lyme-proteins-clues.html

Innovation Across Borders Conference: Speaking Points for the Minister of State (Science and Technology)

Feb 24, 2011
The Honourable Gary Goodyear, PC, MP, Minister of State (Science and Technology)
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/06327.html

Canadian Intellectual Property Office Produces Educational Case Studies

Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ich-epi.nsf/eng/02182.html

Release of revised Chapter 9 of the Manual of Patent Office Practice

Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ich-epi.nsf/eng/02184.html

Collaboration is King

Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ich-epi.nsf/eng/02183.html

Mining industry to drive growth in Canada's territories

Feb 24, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/24/c5726.html

Forty New Clean Energy Projects To Create 7,000 Jobs

Even more homes and businesses will soon be powered by clean energy as Ontario takes another step forward in building its clean energy economy.
Feb 24, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/02/forty-new-clean-energy-projects-to-create-7000-jobs.html

Governments of Canada and B.C. Invest in Renewable Energy Project

Feb 24, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Governments-of-Canada-and-BC-Invest-in-Renewable-Energy-Project-1401520.htm

Final Flight for Space Shuttle Discovery-Mission STS-133

Feb 24, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Final-Flight-for-Space-Shuttle-Discovery-Mission-STS-133-1401753.htm

Government of Canada Improves Access to Allergen Information

Feb 24, 2011
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Improves-Access-to-Allergen-Information-1401389.htm

Canadians more likely than Americans to believe in global warming: survey

Feb 23, 2011
Keith Bonnell
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/Canadians+more+likely+than+Americans+believe+global+warming+survey/4333662/story.html

Climate change: Would you be willing to pay a carbon tax to help fight climate change?

Feb 23, 2011
CBC news
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2011/02/climate-change-would-you-be-willing-to-pay-a-carbon-tax-to-help-fight-climate-change.html

Greenland’s Inuit Premier defends oil and gas drilling

Feb 23, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/greenlands-inuit-premier-defends-oil-and-gas-drilling/article1918276/

Ottawa to study building Canada-made moon rovers

Feb 23, 2011
PETER RAKOBOWCHUK
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/ottawa-to-study-building-canada-made-moon-rovers/article1918421/

Cannabis whets appetite for cancer patients

Feb 23, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/02/23/cannabis-appetite.html

Drug R&D costs are less than estimated – so why the high prices?

Feb 23, 2011
ANDRE PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/andre-picard/drug-rd-costs-are-less-than-estimated-so-why-the-high-prices/article1917822/

Canada lacks oversight on online medical information, study finds

Feb 23, 2011
CAROLINE ALPHONSO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/canada-lacks-oversight-on-online-medical-information-study-finds/article1918325/

Calgary’s council votes against teeth

Ending fluoridation of the city’s water defies the scientific evidence. There is a risk that this trend may spread elsewhere in Alberta
Feb 23, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/calgarys-council-votes-against-teeth/article1918138/

Canadian scientist's work front and centre in GE fish debate

Feb 23, 2011
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/technology/GENETICALLY+ENGINEERED+FISH+DEBATE/4334542/story.html

Starving eagles ‘falling out of the sky’

Feb 23, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/starving-eagles-falling-out-of-the-sky/article1918336/

Volcanoes drop hint before deadly eruptions: study

Feb 23, 2011
Emily Chung
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/23/science-volcano-tremors-jellinek.html

Energy in FITs and starts

Ontario’s clean power program is in place, but recent changes are making investors skittish
Feb 23, 2011
DAVID OXTOBY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/energy-in-fits-and-starts/article1916579/

Online drug searches vastly differ in U.S. and Canada

Google returns different results
Feb 23, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/23/drug-online-searches-ubc-study.html

Modernizing Ontario's Forestry Sector

Ontario intends to re-energize the forest sector to create new jobs and attract investment while ensuring forests continue to be managed sustainably.
Feb 23, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry
http://news.ontario.ca/mndmf/en/2011/02/modernizing-ontarios-forestry-sector-1.html

Comparative Canada / US Poll Confirms Consensus on Climate Change but Major Differences on Attitudes Toward Action

Feb 23, 2011
Public Policy Forum
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/23/c5134.html

Government of Canada Unveils Research Lab in Hamilton

Feb 23, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Unveils-Research-Lab-in-Hamilton-1400736.htm

Minister Clement Talks Digital Economy With University of Alberta Students

Feb 23, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Clement-Talks-Digital-Economy-With-University-of-Alberta-Students-1400759.htm

Statement by Gail Shea Minister of Fisheries and Oceans: Canadian Seal Harvest

Feb 23, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Statement-by-Gail-Shea-Minister-of-Fisheries-and-Oceans-Canadian-Seal-Harvest-1400721.htm

Harper Government Supports Alberta Aerospace Growth

Investment will create jobs and keep Canada cutting-edge
Feb 23, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Supports-Alberta-Aerospace-Growth-1400645.htm

A Positive Step Toward Removing Trade Barriers to Canadian Crops Entering the European Union

Feb 23, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Positive-Step-Toward-Removing-Trade-Barriers-Canadian-Crops-Entering-European-Union-1400910.htm

Year-Round Production at Lower Costs Coming Soon: Harper Government Invests in Led Technology to Support Greenhouse Production

Feb 23, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Year-Round-Production-Lower-Costs-Coming-Soon-Harper-Government-Invests-Led-Technology-1400580.htm

Harper Government Announces Funding to Support New Family Medicine Positions and Training Opportunities Across Canada

Feb 23, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Harper-Government-Announces-Funding-Support-New-Family-Medicine-Positions-Training-Opportunities-1400581.htm

Darlington New Nuclear Power Plant Project - Joint Review Panel Announces Public Hearing Schedule

Feb 23, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/23/c5340.html

Saving Canada’s Arctic atmospheric lab

The Polar Environmental Atmospheric Research Laboratory could lose a main source of funding, and a piece of Canada’s scientific heritage and future is at stake.
Feb 22, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/saving-canadas-arctic-atmospheric-lab/article1913875/

Climate change an issue in Canada: Poll

Feb 22, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/22/pol-lunn-climate-survey.html

Genetically engineered fish could pose threat to wild stocks: DFO scientists

Feb 22, 2011
Sarah Schmidt
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/technology/Genetically+engineered+fish+could+pose+threat+wild+stocks+scientists/4328108/story.html

Canada partners with four nations to improve world's water supply

Partnership aimed at harnessing nanotechnology
Feb 22, 2011
DAVE COOPER
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Canada+partners+with+four+nations+improve+world+water+supply/4329007/story.html

Science is the best measure of safe food

Feb 22, 2011
Owen Roberts
Guelph Mercury
http://www.guelphmercury.com/opinion/columns/article/489463--science-is-the-best-measure-of-safe-food

Salmon-catch system ‘broken,’ commercial fisherman say

Feb 22, 2011
MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/mark-hume/salmon-catch-system-broken-commercial-fisherman-say/article1916659/

Is Ontario’s green-energy plan worth it?

Feb 22, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/is-ontarios-green-energy-plan-worth-it/article1916462/

Crunch the numbers: Crime rates are going down

The fact of the matter is that the data tables have nothing to do with tougher laws or harsher sentencing
Feb 22, 2011
EDWARD GREENSPAN and ANTHONY DOOB
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/crunch-the-numbers-crime-rates-are-going-down/article1913808/

Universities’ corporate temptation

Feb 22, 2011
Linda McQuaig
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/941738--mcquaig-universities-corporate-temptation

Funding Announcement for the Collaborative Advancing Technology Innovation Through Discovery Program

Feb 22, 2011
The Honourable Gary Goodyear, PC, MP, Minister of State (Science and Technology)
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/06322.html

Government of Canada Boosts Efforts to Find Treatments for Pediatric Cancers and Rare Genetic Diseases

Feb 22, 2011
Genome Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Boosts-Efforts-Find-Treatments-Pediatric-Cancers-Rare-Genetic-Diseases-1399602.htm

Home genetic testing

Feb 21, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/02/21/quirks-genetic-test-kits.html

Turning on the light of Muslim science

Feb 21, 2011
NASER FARUQUI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/turning-on-the-light-of-muslim-science/article1913767/

Great Lakes are no place for radioactive cargo

Plan to ship old generators from the Bruce nuclear plant poses an unreasonable risk to the world’s largest body of fresh water.
Feb 21, 2011
Stephen Bede Scharper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/941746--great-lakes-are-no-place-for-radioactive-cargo

Minister of Health Announces Funding for Nutrition Education Programs in Support of Nutrition North Canada

Feb 21, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Minister-Health-Announces-Funding-Nutrition-Education-Programs-Support-Nutrition-North-1399083.htm

Ontario seeks appeal of private-label drug ruling

Feb 18, 2011
CBC news
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/02/18/ontario-drug-ruling-appeal.html

Canadian Cancer Society applauds Health Canada's release of new cigarette package warnings

Feb 18, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/18/c4340.html

Government of Canada Acts to Strengthen and Enlarge Health Warnings on Cigarette and Little Cigar Packages

Feb 18, 2011
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Acts-Strengthen-Enlarge-Health-Warnings-on-Cigarette-Little-Cigar-1398738.htm
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hc-ps/alt_formats/hecs-sesc/pdf/consult/_2011/label-etiquet/messages-eng.pdf

New Poll Results Released: Canadian Cancer Society calls for leadership candidates to support cosmetic pesticides ban in BC

Feb 18, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/18/c3951.html

Government of Canada Supports Promising Medical Research at the University of Manitoba

Feb 18, 2011
Industry Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-Canada-Supports-Promising-Medical-Research-University-Manitoba-1398468.htm

Pollution and global warming: Climate change in black and white

When air pollution hurts people’s health and heats up the climate it makes sense to do something about it. But what about pollution that cools the planet?
Feb 17, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/18175423

What’s Calgary drinking?

Welcome to the new Dark Ages, an alarming and increasing rejection of modern medicine
Feb 17, 2011
TOM FLANAGAN
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/whats-calgary-drinking/article1910542/

Ontarians pay price for Liberals’ backfiring green energy plans

Feb 17, 2011
ADAM RADWANSKI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/adam-radwanski/ontarians-pay-price-for-liberals-backfiring-green-energy-plans/article1912364/

Officials worry over Sask. TB rate

Feb 17, 2011
CBC news
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/02/17/sk-tuberculosis-north.html

Do Something on Family Day that Will Make a Difference for Future Generations

Dedicate 20 minutes on February 21 to the Ontario Health Study
Feb 17, 2011
Ontario Health Study
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/February2011/17/c4016.html

Singapore PUB and Ontario sign Memorandum of Understanding

Alliance Will Allow Both Jurisdictions To Conduct Research In Clean Water Technologies
Feb 17, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/news/WATER021711.asp

Promoting Ontario's Clean Water Expertise To The World

McGuinty Government Signs Clean Water Technology Agreement With Singapore
Feb 17, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation
http://news.ontario.ca/mri/en/2011/02/promoting-ontarios-clean-water-expertise-to-the-world.html

Long-Term Energy Plan Takes Another Step Forward

McGuinty Government Issues Directives On Energy Supply And Transmission
Feb 17, 2011
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2011/02/long-term-energy-plan-takes-another-step-forward.html

Government of Canada Awards Manufacturers of the Most Fuel-Efficient Vehicles

Feb 17, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Government-of-Canada-Awards-Manufacturers-of-the-Most-Fuel-Efficient-Vehicles-1397586.htm

Red flags on green energy

Ontario’s wind-farm moratorium is the first sign of a more sophisticated understanding of the ramifications of renewable energy
Feb 16, 2011
JATIN NATHWANI
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/red-flags-on-green-energy/article1908668/

TO FLUORIDATE OR NOT TO FLUORIDATE: The fluoride debate arrives in London March 2 when an anti-fluoride group holds a public meeting calling for its ban.
Feb 10, 2011
PATRICK MALONEY
The London Free Press
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2011/02/09/17210556.html

Patent Branch to begin consultation on Manual of Patent Office Practice (MOPOP) Chapter 14: Unity of Invention

Feb 7, 2011
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
http://www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/wr02957.html