Science Canada: 02/05/12

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Jan 29, 2012
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/the-innovation-challenge-and-the-misallocation-of-capital/article2318815/

Flaherty budget to finally put business innovation at top of agenda

Feb 1, 2012
Julian Beltrame
The Canadian Press
http://www.lethbridgeherald.com/national-news/flaherty-budget-to-finally-put-business-innovation-at-top-of-agenda.html

Canadian businesses feel less pressure to innovate than global competitors

Conference Board of Canada launches new centre for business innovation to improve performance among firms
Jan 31, 2012
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/913361/canadian-businesses-feel-less-pressure-to-innovate-than-global-competitors

Can Ottawa spark innovation? It hasn’t yet

Feb 1, 2012
Jeffrey Simpson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/can-ottawa-spark-innovation-it-hasnt-yet/article2321249/

We need a new way to measure innovation

Feb 1, 2012
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/we-need-a-new-way-to-measure-innovation/

Canada's falling far behind in research

We need a facility to attract and train top talent, with the goal of both making discoveries and getting them to market
Feb 3, 2012
JOHN BERGERON
The Gazette
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canada+falling+behind+research/6095132/story.html

Harper Government invests in personalized medicine

Improving the quality of life of Canadians by developing more effective treatments
Jan 31, 2012
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/913339/harper-government-invests-in-personalized-medicine

Genome Canada New Competition Announcement and Launch: Genomics and Personalized Health

Speaking Points of The Honourable Gary Goodyear, PC, MP, Minister of State (Science and Technology)
Jan 31, 2012
Industry Canada
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/07049.html

Scientific publishing: The price of information

Academics are starting to boycott a big publisher of journals
Feb 4, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21545974

We’re ripe for a great disruption in higher education

The digital revolution will turn our current university model upside down – and it's for the best
Feb 4, 2012
MARGARET WENTE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/margaret-wente/were-ripe-for-a-great-disruption-in-higher-education/article2325979/

University leaders want more Canadians to study abroad

Feb 2, 2012
James Bradshaw
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/university-leaders-want-more-canadians-to-study-abroad/article2325034/

Innovation centre seen as spark for high-tech sector

'Incubator' would help out new businesses
Feb 1, 2012
Matthew Gauk
Daily News
http://www.canada.com/Innovation+centre+seen+spark+high+tech+sector/6083054/story.html

After Kyoto and Durban: A question of balance

Feb 2012
Peter Kent
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/kent.pdf

Coming down the pipe(line) in 2012

Feb 2012
Todd Hirsch
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/hirsch.pdf

Harnessing energy for change

Feb 2012
Velma McColl
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/mccoll.pdf

The Equinox Summit: Imagining a lower-carbon, electrified future

Feb 2012
Wilson da Silva
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/dasilva.pdf

Beyond Kyoto and Keystone

Feb 2012
Robin V. Sears
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/sears.pdf

Why Keystone failed and how to fix it

Feb 2012
Donald Barry
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/barry.pdf

Becoming increasingly unconventional: Why energy is in need of a strategy

Feb 2012
Kevin G. Lynch and Kathy Sendall
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/lynch.pdf

Making Canadians energy wise

Feb 2012
John Manley
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/manley.pdf

Reversing the curse: Starting with energy

Feb 2012
David L. Emerson
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/emerson.pdf

Sustainable energy: A driver for economic, environmental and social well-being

Feb 2012
Daniel Gagnier
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/gagnier.pdf

Nuclear in the oil sands: Building on Canada’s strengths

Feb 2012
John Stewart
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/stewart.pdf

Energy for nation-building in the 21st Century

Feb 2012
Jim Prentice
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/prentice.pdf

Hydroelectricity: Green and renewable

Feb 2012
Thierry Vandal
Policy Options
http://www.irpp.org/po/archive/feb12/vandal.pdf

Better Value for Money in Healthcare: European Lessons for Canada

Canada would benefit from a serious look at European countries’ efforts to align incentives within their health systems to encourage better performance.
Jan 2012
Ake Blomqvist and Colin Busby
C.D. Howe Institute
http://www.cdhowe.org/pdf/Commentary_339.pdf

Russian Federation: Health System Review

Feb 2012
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/157092/HiT-Russia_EN_web-with-links.pdf

Sick on the Job? Myths and Realities about Mental Health and Work

Feb 3, 2012
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/social-issues-migration-health/mental-health-and-work_9789264124523-en

Mortality Risk Valuation in Environment, Health and Transport Policies

Feb 4, 2012
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/environment/mortality-risk-valuation-in-environment-health-and-transport-policies_9789264130807-en

Scientists studying bird flu must have biosecurity: Canada

Feb 4, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://m.ctv.ca/topstories/20120204/health-birdflu-study-research-20120204.html

'Yellow-cedar decline' mystery solved: study

Tree deaths attributed to lack of snow to protect shallow roots
Feb 4, 2012
Randy Boswell
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Yellow+cedar+decline+mystery+solved+study/6102272/story.html

Scientists censure McGill University over ties to asbestos industry

Feb 4, 2012
Michelle Lalonde
The Gazette
http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2012/02/04/scientists-censure-mcgill-university-over-ties-to-asbestos-industry/

Federal food safety surveillance program stalled

Feb 4, 2012
David McKie
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/03/pol-mckie-thehouse-disease-centres.html

Desk-bound lifestyles proving hazardous, researchers say

Feb 4, 2012
Shelley Page
Postmedia News
http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Desk+bound+lifestyles+proving+hazardous+researchers/6103581/story.html

Harper in China: Juggling oil sales and core principles

Feb 4, 2012
Charles Burton
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/1126179--harper-in-china-juggling-oil-sales-and-core-principles

Former NRC scientist abandons remaining lawsuit against employer

Ottawa physicist, 69, cites health, money concerns for ending human rights battle
Feb 4, 2012
Andrew Duffy
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Former+scientist+abandons+remaining+lawsuit+against+employer/6103432/story.html

The nature of humanity: What’s a man?

Studies of brain genetics are starting to reveal what makes humans human
Feb 4, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/21545972

Minister Ashfield Announces a 2011 National Recreational Fisheries Award Winner in Quebec

Feb 4, 2012
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-ashfield-announces-2011-national-recreational-fisheries-award-winner-quebec-1615130.htm

McGill responds to charges it's in bed with asbestos industry

Feb 3, 2012
Michelle Lalonde
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/business/McGill+responds+charges+with+asbestos+industry/6100016/story.html

Where Canada goes from Keystone

We shouldn’t have all our energy eggs in one basket, and we should be seeking a more strategic approach to our energy future
Feb 3, 2012
Kevin Lynch AND Kathy Sendall
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/where-canada-goes-from-keystone/article2324588/

Imperial Oil okays $2-billion Cold Lake expansion

Feb 3, 2012
Carrie Tait
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/imperial-oil-okays-2-billion-cold-lake-expansion/article2325314/

Scientists win historic battle over oilsands monitoring

Feb 3, 2012
William Marsden
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Scientists+historic+battle+over+oilsands+monitoring/6100226/story.html

Alberta, Ottawa beef up oil sands monitoring

New system will increase number of testing stations, but will not be independently run
Feb 3, 2012
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/alberta-ottawa-beef-up-oil-sands-monitoring/article2325907/

Supreme Court opens trade secrets in Merck ruling

Feb 3, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/03/trade-secrets-pharmaceuticals-scoc.html

Merck Frosst loses information-protection appeal

Feb 3, 2012
Sheila Dabu Nonato and Brad Bouzane
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Merck+Frosst+loses+information+protection+appeal/6098105/story.html

Tanning bed ban urged for under-18s

Feb 3, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/03/tanning-bed-ban.html

Girl has 6 organs replaced at once

Feb 3, 2012
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/03/f-multiple-organ-transplants-esophagus.html

Clark stakes B.C.’s energy future on liquefied natural gas

Christy Clark faces one major hurdle – finding the energy to turn natural gas into LNG
Feb 3, 2012
Justine Hunter AND Wendy Stueck
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/bc-premier-stakes-provinces-energy-future-on-liquefied-natural-gas/article2325632/

One breath away from diagnosing disease

Researchers are closing in on commercially-viable devices to detect cancers by analyzing human breath
Feb 3, 2012
Rick Pilger
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/science/one-breath-away-from-diagnosing-disease/article2326029/

The case for biofuels in our energy mix

Feb 3, 2012
Tim Haig
Financial Post
http://business.financialpost.com/2012/02/03/the-case-for-biofuels-in-our-energy-mix/

Fuel economy: Going along for the ride

People say they want more fuel-efficient cars, but few actually buy them
Feb 3, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/02/fuel-economy

Life on Mars unlikely on dry surface

Planet's relatively brief wet period occurred billions of years ago
Feb 3, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/02/03/sci-mars-dry-planet.html

Health Authorities Launch Blitz Against Toxic Lawn Products — pesticide ad campaign a first in BC history

Feb 3, 2012
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/915667/health-authorities-launch-blitz-against-toxic-lawn-products-pesticide-ad-campaign-a-first-in-bc-history

Ontario Science Centre Hosts Unique Facebook Live Event Inside Da Vinci Exhibition

Panel of Experts Debate How to Inspire Young Minds
Feb 3, 2012
Ontario Science Centre
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/915863/ontario-science-centre-hosts-unique-facebook-live-event-inside-da-vinci-exhibition

Report says science, not minister should rule Canada's fisheries

Feb 2, 2012
Wendy Cox
The Canadian Press
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/report-says-science-not-minister-should-rule-canadas-fisheries-138578889.html

Canada failing its oceans, biodiversity panel finds

Feb 2, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/02/02/bc-canada-biodiversity-oceans.html

McGill asbestos study flawed, epidemiologist says

Government plans to approve asbestos sales to developing world
Feb 2, 2012
Gil Shochat and Joseph Loiero
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/01/asbestos-study-mcgill.html

Tracking Lyme disease

Feb 2, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/02/lyme-disease-tick-map.html

Energy regulator approves export licence for BC LNG

Feb 2, 2012
Carrie Tait AND Nathan Vanderklippe
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/energy-regulator-approves-export-licence-for-bc-lng/article2324866/

Ottawa must consider cost of prison expansion -- in addition to pension reform

If everything is on the table, why do the billions of dollars being added to the federal corrections budget feel untouchable?
Feb 2, 2012
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/ottawa-must-consider-cost-of-prison-expansion----in-addition-to-pension-reform/article2324562/

Why not try after-hours care the Dutch way?

Feb 2, 2012
GARY MASON
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/gary_mason/why-not-try-after-hours-care-the-dutch-way/article2322792/

2 new Kepler planets with double suns discovered

Now 3 such known systems in the galaxy
Feb 2, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/02/02/sci-kepler-new-planets-nasa.html

New study building framework to bring personalized medicine to the clinic

Feb 2, 2012
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/915093/new-study-building-framework-to-bring-personalized-medicine-to-the-clinic

Slowing economic growth and rising health care pressures squeeze Ontario's finances

Feb 2, 2012
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/914711/slowing-economic-growth-and-rising-health-care-pressures-squeeze-ontario-s-finances

Harper Government Investments to Help Dairy Farmers Boost Exports

Feb 2, 2012
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/harper-government-investments-to-help-dairy-farmers-boost-exports-1614365.htm

Ontario's Clean Energy Workforce Continues to Grow

Ontario's sustainable energy technology programs are helping build a skilled workforce to meet the demand for clean energy jobs and strengthen the province's position as a clean energy leader in North America.
Feb 2, 2012
Ontario Ministry of Energy
http://news.ontario.ca/mei/en/2012/02/ontarios-clean-energy-workforce-continues-to-grow.html

Government of Canada Helping Young Girls Explore Careers in Science

Feb 2, 2012
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/government-of-canada-helping-young-girls-explore-careers-in-science-1614563.htm

Strengthening Measures to Protect Canada From the Asian Long-Horned Beetle

Feb 2, 2012
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/strengthening-measures-to-protect-canada-from-the-asian-long-horned-beetle-1614661.htm

Tax 'toxic' sugar, doctors urge

Age restriction for sugary drinks proposed
Feb 1, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/02/01/sugar-toxic-regulate.html

Decision on proposed Glacier Discovery Walk in Jasper National Park delayed

Parks Canada has delayed a decision on a controversial multi-million dollar tourist attraction proposed for Jasper National Park in order to digest a flood of comments
Feb 1, 2012
Dawn Walton
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/decision-on-proposed-glacier-discovery-walk-in-jasper-national-park-delayed/article2321135/

Ottawa heart researchers lauded

Their work shows the use of next-generation pacemakers helps patients with moderate heart failure
Feb 1, 2012
Tom Spears
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/Ottawa+heart+researchers+lauded/6081980/story.html

Harper Government Secures Jobs Through Forest Sector Innovation and Renewal

Feb 1, 2012
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/harper-government-secures-jobs-through-forest-sector-innovation-and-renewal-1613964.htm

Collaboration between food industry and government regulators would make a good system better

Feb 1, 2012
Conference Board of Canada
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/914113/collaboration-between-food-industry-and-government-regulators-would-make-a-good-system-better

Flu research and public safety: Too dangerous for words

The would-be censors of research into deadly flu strains publicly air their fears
Jan 31, 2012
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/01/flu-research-and-public-safety

Canadian researchers develop disease-outbreak surveillance systems

Jan 31, 2012
Carmen Chai
Postmedia News
http://www.canada.com/Canadian+researchers+develop+disease+outbreak+surveillance+systems/6080541/story.html

Canada’s role in the global selective abortion debate

Routine ultrasound improves prenatal health, and restricting abortions could worsen maternal deaths from unsafe abortions.
Jan 31, 2012
Prabhat Jha
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1124468--canada-s-role-in-the-global-selective-abortion-debate

The downside to Ontario’s health-care reforms

Jan 31, 2012
Thomas Walkom
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1124376--walkom-the-downside-to-ontario-s-health-care-reforms

Does Holland have the key to our health-care future?

Jan 31, 2012
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/01/31/blackwell-on-health-does-holland-have-the-key-to-our-health-care-future/

Stop navel-gazing, learn from healthcare abroad

Jan 31, 2011
C.D. Howe Institute
http://www.cdhowe.org/stop-navel-gazing-learn-from-healthcare-abroad/16400

Court Imposes Significant Fine for Damage to Northern Pike Habitat

Jan 31, 2012
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/court-imposes-significant-fine-for-damage-to-northern-pike-habitat-1613322.htm

Statement by the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, on Enforcement of the Cracking Down on Tobacco Marketing Aimed At Youth Act

Jan 31, 2012
Health Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statement-honourable-leona-aglukkaq-minister-health-on-enforcement-cracking-down-on-1613469.htm

Minister Oliver Addresses Canada Mining Stakeholders About the Need for Regulatory Reform to Support Economic Growth

Jan 31, 2012
Natural Resources Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/minister-oliver-addresses-canada-mining-stakeholders-about-need-regulatory-reform-support-1613129.htm

Covering the oilsands

Journalists discuss tension between economic and environmental issues.
Jan 30, 2012
Gillian Steward
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1123870--covering-the-oilsands

Gingrich promises Canadians he will authorize Keystone if elected

Jan 30, 2012
Konrad Yakabuski
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/gingrich-promises-canadians-he-will-authorize-keystone-if-elected/article2319740/

UN report calls for 'ever-green' energy revolution

Extols use of more wind, solar and other renewable sources of energy
Jan 30, 2012
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/01/30/sci-un-green-energy.html

B.C. not ready to tip its hand on Gateway project

Jan 30, 2012
Justine Hunter
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/bc-not-ready-to-tip-its-hand-on-gateway-project/article2320435/

Alberta STD rates drop for 1st time since 2004

More work needs to be done, says chief medical officer
Jan 30, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/30/edmonton-sexually-transmitted-diseases-drop.html

Yukon youth want more support for drugs, alcohol addiction

Friends of teen who died a year ago say there is still not enough help from government
Jan 30, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/30/north-yukon-youth-addictions.html

Liberals outline Ontario health reforms

Jan 30, 2012
The Canadian Press
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/30/toronto-ontario-healthcare.html

Extreme tuberculosis raises alarms in Canada

Jan 30, 2012
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/30/tuberculosis-resistant-india.html

Killer whales finding prey further north as Arctic ice melts, Inuit tell scientists

Jan 30, 2012
Kenyon Wallace
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/article/1123942--killer-whales-finding-prey-further-north-as-arctic-ice-melts-inuit-tell-scientists

Canada's most prominent health organizations launch campaign calling on the Ontario government to invest to prevent Ontario's looming health crisis

Jan 30, 2012
Ontario Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance (OCDPA)
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/912873/canada-s-most-prominent-health-organizations-launch-campaign-calling-on-the-ontario-government-to-invest-now-to-prevent-ontario-s-looming-health-crisi

Ontario's Action Plan To Transform Health Care

Ontario is launching an Action Plan to transform the health care system and deal with the demographic challenges as well as the province's deficit.
Jan 30, 2012
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
http://news.ontario.ca/mohltc/en/2012/01/ontarios-action-plan-to-transform-health-care.html