NCEs in the News
October 3 to November 1, 2006
1. ArcticNet
- L'Actualité – November 1, 2006 – Scientific
Director Louis Fortier and Network Manager Martin Fortier, along with
ArcticNet Network Investigators Yves Bégin and Eric Dewailly,
are quoted in an article that discusses ArcticNet, arctic climate change
and the arctic funding situation in Canada.
- above&beyond – Sept./Oct. 2006 issue – An
article appears entitled "Living with climatic and environmental
change in Nunavut," by James Ford, an ArcticNet Ph.D. student.
ArcticNet is mentioned in the acknowledgements.
- Winnipeg Sun, Winnipeg Free Press
– October 28, 2006; Le Soleil – October
22, 2006; Oak Bay News – October 18, 2006; CBC Regional
News – October 13, 2006 – Several students and a teacher
along with ArcticNet Network Manager Martin Fortier and Program Coordinator
for Schools on Board Lucette Barber are featured and interviewed about
the Schools on Board program. The ArcticNet-supported program begins
October 30 in Iqualuit, onboard the CCGS Amundsen, and ends November
9 in Québec City.
- CBC Radio Online – October 14, 2006 – Jeff Lebans,
producer for the CBC Radio program “Quirks and Quarks,”
spent several days onboard the CCGS Amundsen observing the science and
interviewing scientists, technicians and students. A daily diary
about his experience is available online, as well as an interview
with “Quirks and Quarks” host Bob McDonald.
2. Canadian Stroke Network (CSN)
- Globe and Mail – October 18, 2006 – CSN hypertension
expert and research leader Dr. Norm Campbell is quoted in this
article about the dangers of salt.
- Global National News – October 11, 2006 – CSN
Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim discussed the need for more
rehabilitation services for people recovering from stroke and the progress
already made through better organized stroke care.
3. Emerging Dynamic Global Economies Network
(EDGE) – Embassy Magazine – October 4, 2006
– Debra Steger provides insight into Canadian branding and diplomacy.
4. Geomatics for Informed Decisions Network (GEOIDE)
- News Release – October 3, 2006 – GEOIDE Project Leader
Dr. Gérard Lachapelle and GEOIDE researchers Cécile
Mongrédien and Dr. Elizabeth Cannon won a Best Presentation
Award at the ION GNSS 2006 conference, held in Fort Worth, Texas, for
their publication "Testing GPS L5 Acquisition and Tracking Algorithms
Using a Hardware Simulator.”
- News Release – October 13, 2006 – GEOIDE project leader
and CRC/iCORE Chair in Wireless Location Dr. Gérard Lachapelle
was elected a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation, in recognition
of his fundamental work related to satellite-based navigation. The award
was presented by His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, Patron of
the Institute.
5. Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures
(ISIS Canada)
- Discovery Channel-Daily Planet – October 13, 2006 –
In a program that focuses on preventative measures for natural disasters,
ISIS Canada Project Leader Professor Shamim Sheik and two students –
Ciyan Cui, an engineering Ph.D. student and Sylvio Tam, an engineering
Master's student – show us how concrete wrapped in glass or carbon
fibres can withstand severe blasts like terrorist attacks or earth quakes,
compared to the same impact on regular concrete.
- Globe and Mail – October 9, 2006 – ISIS Canada
is mentioned in an article that discusses the use of high-tech warning
systems installed on bridges to monitor and analyze the strain faced
by these structures.
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