Canada's Innovation Underperformance: Whose Policy Problem is it?

Oct 14, 2011
Tijs Creutzberg
Mowat Centre for Policy Innovation
http://www.mowatcentre.ca/pdfs/mowatResearch/36.pdf

Study urges drastic cuts to federal R&D tax breaks

Oct 14, 2011
Barrie McKenna
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/study-urges-drastic-cuts-to-federal-rd-tax-breaks/article2200463/

Closing the innovation gap

After 30 years of unproductive spending, it’s clear the government needs a new innovation strategy
Oct 20, 2011
Carol Goar
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1073531--goar-closing-the-innovation-gap

Federal Scientific Activities 2011/2012

Oct 18, 2011
Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/88-204-x/88-204-x2011001-eng.pdf

Federal government spending on science and technology

Oct 18, 2011
The Daily, Statistics Canada
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/111018/dq111018b-eng.htm

Science Statistics: October 2011 Edition

Scientific and technological activities of provincial governments and provincial research organizations, 2005/2006 to 2009/2010
Oct 2011
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/88-001-x/88-001-x2011002-eng.pdf

R&D funding needs streamlining, federal panel says

Oct 17, 2011
Laura Payton
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/10/17/pol-goodyear-research-panel.html

R&D tax scheme too rich: federal panel

Oct 17, 2011
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/rd-tax-scheme-too-rich-federal-panel/article2203628/

Research and development overhaul urged

Despite spending $5 billion a year, Canada is not getting value for its funding, experts panel says
Oct 18, 2011
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Research+development+overhaul+urged/5565689/story.html

Panel finds federal R&D funding too complex

Oct 17, 2011
Daniel Proussalidis
Toronto Sun
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/10/17/panel-finds-federal-rd-funding-too-complex

Expert panel calls for overhaul in R&D funding

Oct 17, 2011
Robert Hiltz
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Expert+panel+calls+overhaul+funding/5563366/story.html

Canada’s R&D funding system ‘unnecessarily complicated,’ panel finds

Oct 17, 2011
Jameson Berkow
Financial Post
http://business.financialpost.com/2011/10/17/canadas-rd-funding-system-unnecessarily-complicated-and-confusing-panel-finds/

R&D system too complex, says blue-ribbon panel

Oct 17, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1071341--r-d-system-too-complex-says-blue-ribbon-panel

Panel's recommendations evoke feelings of déjà vu

Plans to help R&D companies could retard growth or make things worse
Oct 18, 2011
Don Cayo
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Panel+recommendations+evoke+feelings+d%C3%A9j%C3%A0/5565770/story.html

Shaping the future of Canadian innovation: the Jenkins panel report

R&D Tax Update
Oct 17, 2011
Deloitte & Touche LLP
http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-Canada/Local%20Assets/Documents/Tax/EN/2011/ca_en_tax_RD_ShapingFuture_of_Canadian_innovation_Jenkins_Review_171011.pdf

AUCC applauds expert panel's vision for innovation

Universities welcome recognition of leadership in talent, discovery and ideas
Oct 17, 2011
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/860087/aucc-applauds-expert-panel-s-vision-for-innovation

Centralize Ottawa's $5B in R&D funding

Oct 18, 2011
John Manley
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Centralize+Ottawa+funding/5564939/story.html

Handbacks, not handouts

Oct 18, 2011
Neil Seeman
Financial Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Handbacks+handouts/5564938/story.html

Dim-bulb R&D policy

Oct 19, 2011
Peter Foster
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/bulb+policy/5571407/story.html

A chance to fix our broken R&D model

Oct 16, 2011
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/commentary/barrie-mckenna/a-chance-to-fix-our-broken-rd-model/article2202881/

Confronting Canada's Innovation Gap

The lack of a common approach to intellectual property ownership in our academic institutions is stifling our ability to bring products to market.
Oct 20 2011
Karen Mazurkewich
The Mark News
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/7130-confronting-canada-s-innovation-gap

Canadian researchers launch national index of wellbeing

Index, 12 years in the making, tracks quality of life in Canada.
Oct 19, 2011
Rosanna Tamburri
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/canadian-researchers-to-launch-national-index-of-wellbeing.aspx

Universities get an F for failing undergrads

‘The trends are for classes to get larger, for courses to be less available, and for more and more of the teaching to be done by sessional and itinerant instructors’
Oct 21, 2011
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/universities-get-an-f-for-failing-undergrads/article2208088/

The search for sustainability in higher ed

Oct 19, 2011
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/the-search-for-sustainability-in-higher-ed/

NSERC InPartnership Newsletter October 2011

Volume 2 - Issue 4
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
http://www.nsercpartnerships.ca/_docs/Media-Media/Bulletins-Bulletins/Vol2-Issue4-EN.pdf

Towards better use of evidence in policy formation: a discussion paper

Apr 2011
Sir Peter Gluckman
Chief Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of New Zealand
http://www.pmcsa.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Towards-better-use-of-evidence-in-policy-formation.pdf

The future of productivity: An eight-step game plan for Canada

Jun 15, 2011
Deloitte & Touche LLP
http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-Canada/Local%20Assets/Documents/Consulting/ca_en_productivity_complete_150611.pdf

How's Life?

Measuring well-being
Oct 12, 2011
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/economics/how-s-life_9789264121164-en

Fisheries and Aquaculture Certification

Oct 10, 2011
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/agriculture-and-food/fisheries-and-aquaculture-certification_9789264119680-en

Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in the European Union

Oct 5, 2011
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/agriculture-and-food/evaluation-of-agricultural-policy-reforms-in-the-european-union_9789264112124-en

Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in Turkey

Oct 13, 2011
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/agriculture-and-food/evaluation-of-agricultural-policy-reforms-in-turkey_9789264113220-en

Student Standardised Testing: Current Practices in OECD Countries and a Literature Review

Oct 11, 2011
Allison Morris
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/student-standardised-testing_5kg3rp9qbnr6-en

Alignment in Complex Education Systems: Achieving Balance and Coherence

Oct 5, 2011
Janet W. Looney
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/alignment-in-complex-education-systems_5kg3vg5lx8r8-en

Igniting Innovation: Rethinking the Role of Government in Emerging Europe and Central Asia

Sep 30, 2011
Itzhak Goldberg, John Gabriel Goddard, Smita Kuriakose, Jean-Louis Racine
World Bank
http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2011/09/30/000356161_20110930033352/Rendered/PDF/647000PUB0EPI000Box361544B00PUBLIC0.pdf

Bridging The Innovation Execution Gap: Next Practices in Innovation Management

Sep 2011
Paul R. Williams
American Institute for Innovation Excellence
http://thinkforachange.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2011-03-Innovation-Execution-Gap-Research-Report.pdf

Health professional mobility and health systems: Evidence from 17 European countries

Oct 19, 2011
Edited by Matthias Wismar, Claudia B. Maier, Irene A. Glinos, Gilles Dussault, Josep Figueras
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/152324/e95812.pdf

SciencePages: Smart Grids

Jun 2011
Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE)
http://www.sciencepages.ca/issues/sp_smartgrids_en.pdf

POSTnote: Livestock Disease

Oct 2011
UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
http://www.parliament.uk/pagefiles/504/postpn392_livestock-disease.pdf

Female shift workers may face higher heart risks

Oct 23, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/10/21/health-shift-workers-heart-risk.html

Minister Oliver Objects to the European Union's Discrimination of Canadian Crude Oil

Oct 23, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-objects-to-the-european-unions-discrimination-of-canadian-crude-oil-1576471.htm

Are we reaching ‘peak car’?

Oct 22, 2011
Anita Elash
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/are-we-reaching-peak-car/article2210139/page1/

Climate change: The heat is on

A new analysis of the temperature record leaves little room for the doubters. The world is warming
Oct 22, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21533360

Mental health strategy on time: MHCC

Oct 22, 2011
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Mental+health+strategy+time+MHCC/5592775/story.html

Thousands of dead birds wash up on Ontario shores, botulism blamed

Oct 22, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/thousands-of-dead-birds-wash-up-on-ontario-shores-botulism-blamed/article2210591/

Steve Jobs 'regretted trying to beat cancer with alternative medicine for so long'

Steve Jobs died regretting that he had spent so long attempting to treat his cancer with alternative medicine before agreeing to undergo surgery, his biographer has disclosed.
Oct 21, 2011
Jon Swaine
The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8841347/Steve-Jobs-regretted-trying-to-beat-cancer-with-alternative-medicine-for-so-long.html

Cellphone study finds no cancer risk

Oct 21, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/10/21/health-cellphone-cancer-study.html

Mercury ban may threaten vaccination programs

No 'allowable use exemption' in draft UN treaty
Oct 21, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/10/21/science-mercury-ban-vaccines.html

U of C ceremony showcases $205M high-tech digital library

Taylor family donates $25M to facility
Oct 21, 2011
Sean Myers
Calgary Herald
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/ceremony+showcases+205M+high+tech+digital+library/5585687/story.html

Quarter of Manitobans obese, says study

But that doesn't necessarily mean extra weight on the health system
Oct 21, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/10/21/mb-obesity-study-manitoba.html

Scientist speaks out after finding ‘record’ ozone hole over Canadian Arctic

Oct 21, 2011
Mike De Souza
Postmedia News
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/21/scientist-speaks-out-after-finding-record-ozone-hole-over-canadian-arctic/

Lifestyle changes can boost lifespan 10 years: doctor

Oct 21, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/10/21/health-lifestyle-changes.html

Canadian researcher traces AIDS to single bush hunter from 1921

Oct 21, 2011
Ingrid Peritz
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/canadian-researcher-traces-aids-to-single-bush-hunter-from-1921/article2210046/

Ottawa infection control breach points to need to scope all clinics

Oct 21, 2011
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/ottawa-infection-control-breach-points-to-need-to-scope-all-clinics/article2209860/

Government of Canada Supports Partnerships Between Mohawk College and Local Businesses

Oct 21, 2011
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-supports-partnerships-between-mohawk-college-local-businesses-1576376.htm

Government of Canada Supports Economic Growth in Eastern Ontario

Oct 21, 2011
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-supports-economic-growth-in-eastern-ontario-1576271.htm

Government of Canada Celebrates Organic Week by Helping Boost International Markets for Producers

Minister Ritz Makes Announcement During National Organic Week
Oct 21, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-canada-celebrates-organic-week-helping-boost-international-markets-producers-1576273.htm

Harper Government Investing in New Market Opportunities for Flax and Hemp Farmers

Oct 21, 2011
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/harper-government-investing-in-new-market-opportunities-for-flax-and-hemp-farmers-1576352.htm

Spanish Mountain Gold Mine Project - Public Comments Invited and Federal Funding Available

Oct 21, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/863047/spanish-mountain-gold-mine-project-public-comments-invited-and-federal-funding-available

Environment agency says cuts will limit oversight

Oct 20, 2011
Margo McDiarmid
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/10/20/pol-environmental-assessment-committee.html

Health Canada licenses revolutionary skin cancer detector

Oct 20, 2011
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Health+Canada+licenses+revolutionary+skin+cancer+detector/5576466/story.html

Steve Jobs chose herbal medicine, delayed cancer surgery

Oct 20, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/10/20/steve-jobs-bio.html

Measles among vaccinated Quebec kids questioned

Oct 20, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/10/20/measles-quebec-vaccine-schedule.html

Canadian wins in Dance Your PhD contest

Oct 20, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/10/20/dance-your-phd-winner.html

Government of Canada Supports New Business in Vaughan

Oct 20, 2011
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-supports-new-business-in-vaughan-1575921.htm

Minister Oliver Promotes Canada's International Energy Interests in Paris and London

Oct 20, 2011
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-promotes-canadas-international-energy-interests-in-paris-and-london-1575803.htm

Facebook may be changing our brains, says study

Oct 19, 2011
Ben Hirschler
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/facebook-may-be-changing-our-brains-says-study/article2206333/

Health Canada to review COLD-FX claim

Oct 19, 2011
David Baines
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Health+Canada+review+COLD+claim/5572290/story.html

Put the Healthcare of Canadians First

Make Affordable Access to Cancer Drugs a Priority of Upcoming Health Accord Negotiations, Advocates Say
Oct 19, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/861551/put-the-healthcare-of-canadians-first

PM’s big oil ‘no-brainer’ an emotional issue in U.S.

The Harper government risks being dragged into the U.S. presidential campaign if the Keystone pipeline becomes an issue.
Oct 18, 2011
Tim Harper
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1072206--tim-harper-pm-s-big-oil-no-brainer-an-emotional-issue-in-u-s

Get on with the Darlington upgrade

New nuclear units will sustain Ontario’s economic development while protecting its environment.
Oct 18, 2011
Ron Oberth, Ian Howcroft and John Mutton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1072167--get-on-with-the-darlington-upgrade

Medicine’s feminine mystique

Until relatively recently doctors didn’t understand there are important differences between men and women’s health, besides the reproductive ones
Oct 18, 2011
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1072144--medicine-s-feminine-mystique

Critics of omnibus bill ‘advocate for criminals,’ Conservatives charge

Oct 18, 2011
Heather Scoffield
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/critics-of-omnibus-bill-advocate-for-criminals-conservatives-charge/article2205213/

Colon cancer tumours harbour bacteria

Oct 18, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/10/18/colon-cancer-bacteria.html

Down syndrome blood test comes to U.S.

Oct 18, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/10/18/down-syndrome-blood-test.html

Ottawa health hotline flooded after clinic infection scare

Oct 18, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/10/18/ottawa-clinic-hotline-calls.html

TV time discouraged for kids under 2

Playtime is better for developing brains
Oct 18, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/10/18/babies-toddlers-tv.html

Transplant donors, recipients want to be identified

Oct 18, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/10/18/health.html

Black bears to be tracked via satellite collars

N.W.T. government hopes to learn more about the bears' behaviour
Oct 18, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/10/18/north-bear-satellite-collars.html

Medical technology: Safe and sound

Taking ultrasound images from inside the heart will lead to more effective and safer treatment
Oct 18, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/10/medical-technology

Strengthening Health Care, Creating Jobs

Ontario's investment in the new Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute is attracting talent from around the world and creating good jobs for Ontario families.
Oct 18, 2011
Ontario Office of the Premier
http://news.ontario.ca/opo/en/2011/10/strengthening-health-care-creating-jobs.html

A little legalizing, a big peace dividend

Ending the war on drugs should be a straightforward economic proposition
Oct 17, 2011
NEIL REYNOLDS
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/a-little-legalizing-a-big-peace-dividend/article2201408/

Animal shrinking blamed on global warming

Oct 17, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/10/17/science-animals-and-plants-shrinking.html

ADHD guidelines add Ritalin as option for 4-year-olds

ADHD guidelines shift younger
Oct 17, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/10/17/adhd-preschool.html

Cliffs Chromite Project

Public Comments Invited and Federal Funding Available
Oct 17, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/859847/cliffs-chromite-project

Marathon Platinum Group Metals and Copper Mine Project in Ontario

Funding Awarded for Participation in the Environmental Assessment Phase II
Oct 17, 2011
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/859877/marathon-platinum-group-metals-and-copper-mine-project-in-ontario

Tomorrow's Northern Opportunities Depend on Education Today

Oct 17, 2011
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/859475/tomorrow-s-northern-opportunities-depend-on-education-today

A next-generation biofuel strategy

Biofuels and healthy food supplies need not be mutually exclusive.
Oct 16, 2011
Warren Mabee and Donald L. Smith
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1070363--a-next-generation-biofuel-strategy

Global population to hit 7 billion by October's end

Oct 16, 2011
DAVID CRARY
The Associated Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/global-population-to-hit-7-billion-by-octobers-end/article2202573/

Nearly 7,000 people urged to get tested for HIV, hepatitis in Ottawa

Oct 15, 2011
The Canadian Press
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario/nearly-7000-people-urged-to-get-tested-for-hiv-hepatitis-in-ottawa/article2202447/

Climate and the solar cycle: Chilling out in the winter sun

Stratospheric changes can lead to nasty cold snaps
Oct 15, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21532246

The genetics of happiness: Transporter of delight

Happiness is in your DNA; and different races may have different propensities for it
Oct 15, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21532247

Electromagnetic weapons: Frying tonight

Warfare is changing as weapons that destroy electronics, not people, are deployed on the field of battle
Oct 15, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21532245

Prostate testing's dark side

Oct 14, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/10/13/f-prostate-psa-test.html

Diagnosing cancer: Blissful ignorance

Do men really need to be tested regularly for prostate cancer?
Oct 14, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/10/diagnosing-cancer

Medical archaeology: The birth of the Black Death

The genetics of a medieval pestilence
Oct 12, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2011/10/medical-archaeology

Black Death bug hasn’t changed, but we have

Oct 12, 2011
Anne McIlroy
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/new-health/health-news/black-death-bug-hasnt-changed-but-we-have/article2198665/

Malfunction stalls Arctic mapping project

Oct 11, 2011
Gloria Galloway
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/malfunction-stalls-arctic-mapping-project/article2198107/

How wireless technology can affect the body

Oct 5, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/10/05/f-cellphone-health-wireless.html

Record Arctic ozone hole raises fears of worse to come

Oct 3, 2011
Reuters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/europe/record-arctic-ozone-hole-raises-fears-of-worse-to-come/article2188525/