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Doctoral degrees: The disposable academic

Why doing a PhD is often a waste of time
Dec 16, 2010
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17723223

Scientific Integrity: Fueling Innovation, Building Public Trust

Dec 17, 2010
John P. Holdren
The White House blog
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/12/17/scientific-integrity-fueling-innovation-building-public-trust

Has innovation hit a brick wall?

Dec 26, 2010
BARRIE McKENNA
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/has-innovation-hit-a-brick-wall/article1849830/

Professionals in High Demand

Dec 30, 2010
The Black Hole: Science in Canada - Issues Affecting Trainees
http://scienceadvocacy.org/Blog/2010/12/30/professionals-in-high-demand/

Governments embrace angel funding

Focus on quality, longer-lasting jobs that help local community
Dec 30, 2010
Karen Mazurkewich
Financial Post
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Governments+embrace+angel+funding/4040115/story.html

Indira Samarasekera: Putting research – and teaching – in motion

Dec 26, 2010
JOSH WINGROVE
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nation-builder/indira-samarasekera-putting-research-and-teaching-in-motion/article1849043/

Liberals blast Tories over MS treatment

Jan 4, 2011
Tom Blackwell
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Liberals+blast+Tories+over+treatment/4059984/story.html

Canada's MS patients are owed an explanation

Jan 4, 2011
Ujjal Dosanjh And Kirsty Duncan
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Canada+patients+owed+explanation/4055209/story.html

X-Cars

George Parker and his Future Vehicle Technologies (FVT) team from Maple Ridge, BC have become one of the top contenders in the international competition to build a mass-market car that can get more than 100 mpg with a range of at least 200 km
Jan 2011
Dreamfilm Productions
http://dreamfilm.ca/film/x-cars/

Does anyone have the courage to chart a creative course on climate?

Jan 2011
Bruce Anderson
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/second-reading/bruce-anderson/does-anyone-have-the-courage-to-chart-a-creative-course-on-climate/article1856623/

Canadian oilsands pipeline 'crucial' to American economy: U.S. oil industry

Jan 4, 2011
Sheldon Alberts
Postmedia News
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Canadian+oilsands+pipeline+crucial+American+economy+industry/4059342/story.html

Canadians know way too little about dementia, survey finds

Jan 4, 2011
ANDRÉ PICARD
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/canadians-know-way-too-little-about-dementia-survey-finds/article1856506/

New survey uncovers insights into Ontario tobacco use

Canadian Cancer Society launches sixth annual Driven to Quit Challenge
Jan 4, 2011
Canadian Cancer Society
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2011/04/c8056.html

Bumblebee species 'in trouble': U.S. study

Jan 4, 2011
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/01/04/bumblebee-population-delines.html

Oncology: Making cancer glow away

How to track down tiny tumours
Jan 4, 2011
The Economist
http://www.economist.com/node/17843620

Canada to ease physical-fitness guidelines

Jan 4, 2011
GLORIA GALLOWAY
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/canada-to-ease-physical-fitness-guidelines/article1857880/

Raw-milk dairy rebrands products as cosmetics to stay in business

Jan 4, 2011
SHANNON MONEO
Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/raw-milk-dairy-rebrands-products-as-cosmetics-to-stay-in-business/article1856517/

Blackbirds die in Louisiana

500 dead birds found days after thousands die in Arkansas
Jan 4, 2011
The Associated Press
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2011/01/04/blackbirds-beebe-fireworks.html

Fisheries and Oceans Canada: Fifty-Two New Federal Aquaculture Jobs Support Local Communities

Jan 4, 2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Fisheries-Oceans-Canada-Fifty-Two-New-Federal-Aquaculture-Jobs-Support-Local-Communities-1375563.htm