2009 Canadian Science Policy Conference: Complete Coverage Now Online

Dec 7, 2009
The entire content of CSPC 2009 is now publicly available online for all Canadians:
- audio of all conference sessions
- video of keynote addresses
- video interviews with opinion leaders, conducted on-site at the CSPC by The Mark News
- written report of all sessions
http://sciencepolicy.ca

Canadian Science Policy Conference 2009: The Video Interviews

The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/videos/472

The solution: Hire scientists to do scientific research...

Dec 1, 2009
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2009/12/01/the-solution-hire-scientists-to-do-scientific-research%e2%80%a6/

The man from Pfizer: Should Big Pharma help steer health research?

The appointment of a Pfizer Canada vice-president to the governing council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research raises issues
Dec 3, 2009
Andre Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/the-man-from-pfizer-should-big-pharma-help-steer-health-research/article1386213/

An Intractable Conflict of Interest

If the Canadian Institutes of Health Research exists to promote the public interest, why has a VP at Pfizer been named to its governing body?
Dec 2, 2009
Francoise Baylis
The Mark
http://www.themarknews.com/articles/727-an-intractable-conflict-of-interest

Pfizer exec's health-funding job defended

Dec 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/12/03/pfizer-prigent-cihr-aglukkaq.html

Women make strides in sciences

Support network key for female students
Dec 2, 2009
Derek Sankey
Canwest News Service
http://www.canada.com/Women+make+strides+sciences/2294977/story.html

Traditional teaching model obsolete in crowded colleges

Faculty research work cuts far too deeply into teaching hours
Dec 2, 2009
Ian D. Clark
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/733239

Underfunding shortchanges students

Dec 2, 2009
Mark Langer
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/733214

The elusive ideal of the scholar-teacher

It is long past time to bring the quality of teaching offered to undergraduates up a notch
Nov 30, 2009
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/editorials/the-elusive-ideal-of-the-scholar-teacher/article1383430/

Ontario university model unsustainable, authors say

Nov 30, 2009
ELIZABETH CHURCH
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontario-university-model-unsustainable-authors-say/article1382266/

Radical rethink of Ontario universities

Nov 30, 2009
Leo Charbonneau
University Affairs
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/margin-notes/radical-rethink-of-ontario-universities/

Research funds hiked

Dec 3, 2009
BRUCE ERSKINE
Chronicle-Herald
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/1155746.html

Science museum pushes for new building

Dec 3, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/12/03/ottawa-science-technology-museum.html

MPs envision Science and Technology Museum beside aviation museum, NRC

Dec 3, 2009
Tom Spears
The Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/envision+Science+Technology+Museum+beside+aviation+museum/2300379/story.html

Stem cell scientists share concerns

Dec 1, 2009
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/01/stem-cells.html

$1.2-billion reactor needed for isotopes, Ottawa told

Report follows global isotope shortage after Chalk River shutdown
Dec 4, 2009
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/12-billion-reactor-needed-for-isotopes-ottawa-told/article1388208/

Use of stomach drugs by seniors soars

Acid-reducing proton pump inhibitors are being prescribed to seniors 60 per cent more often than they were five years ago
Dec 4, 2009
André Picard
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/use-of-stomach-drugs-by-seniors-soars/article1387709/

Feeding birds can affect evolution: study

Dec 4, 2009
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/12/03/tech-biology-bird-feeding-evolution.html

Dutch scientists grow meat, see end to factory farming

Dec 4, 2009
Cathal Kelly
Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/734484--dutch-scientists-grow-meat-see-end-to-factory-farming