2005 Archives – NCEs in the News
1. Advanced Foods and Materials Network (AFMNet)
- CBC.ca – August 30, 2005 – AFMNet researcher
Dr. Juan Cesar (Tito) Scaiano has been named an Officer of the
Order of Canada by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson. The Order of
Canada was established in 1967 to recognize outstanding achievement
and service.
- Maclean’s – July 18, 2005 – Mention
of AFMNet and its Scientific Director, Rickey Yada, in an article about
“functional foods” – edibles enhanced with various
substances that supposedly boost the original food’s nutritional
value.
- Press Release – June 23, 2005 – AFMNet Chair of the Board
Dr. Murray Mclaughlin has been appointed member of the NSERC Council
for a three-year term.
- May 2005 – Kate Roberts, the NCE SPARK intern, who is writing
this year’s networks' success stories to appear in the 2004-05
NCE annual report, garnered top prizes in the recent Agricultural Communicators
of Tomorrow (ACT) Critique and Contest awards competition in San Antonio,
Texas. The annual competition recognizes excellence in writing, photography
and print and electronic communications in ACT chapters, and drew 375
entries from 14 U.S. universities and the Guelph-based CanACT, the organization's
only Canadian chapter. Kate won first prize in the overall publications
division, winning first prize in the magazines category for AFMNet magazine,
ADVANCE, and first prize in the brochures and pamphlets category
for the AFMNet brochure.
- Royal Society of Canada – May 2005 – Dr. Robert
E.W. Hancock, founding Scientific Director of CBDN and an AFMNet researcher,
was awarded the McLaughlin Medal for 2005 by the Royal Society of Canada.
- Kitchener-Waterloo Record – May 9, 2005 – AFMNet’s
Network Manager Larry Milligan is quoted in this article which describes
the work of Network team leader Terry Beveridge. The University of Guelph
researcher is studying how bacteria attach to food and, in turn, grow
and spoil it.
- Canada NewsWire – April 7, 2005 – AFMNet’s Scientific
Director Rickey Yada was part of the roundtable of an international
roster of experts seeking creative solutions to curb the obesity epidemic.
The panel took place during the closing session of Health Challenge
2005: Energy is Delight – a conference organized by McGill University.
- Canadian Chemical News – February 2005 – John
Vederas, a researcher from AFMNet, has been working to develop industrial-quality
rubber from Canadian-grown crops such as sunflowers and lettuce.
- Canadian Chemical News – February 2005 – An AFMNet
research group, led by Robert Prud’homme, is developing “smart”
materials which include packaging that can keep food fresh by reacting
to surrounding conditions such as temperature, humidity and light.
2. Allergy, Genes and Environment Network (AllerGen)
- The Hamilton Spectator – September 23, 2005; Canadian
Press – September 22, 2005 – The new Michael G. DeGroote
Centre of Learning and Discovery complex at McMaster University will
house more than 250 scientists including the Allergy, Genes and Environment
Network. Researchers Drs. Rick Bahtia and John Hassell from the
Stem Cell Network and Dr. Jack Gauldie from the Canadian Network
for Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics will also lead research teams at
the centre.
- The Vancouver Province – April 17, 2005; Red
Deer Advocate – 7 April, 2005; The Guardian (Charlottetown),
Montreal Gazette – March 15, 2005; The Edmonton Sun –
March 13, 2005; Moncton Times & Transcript – March
12, 2005; New Brunswick Telegraph Journal, Sault Star –
March 9, 2005; Hamilton Spectator – March 8, 2005 –
About one in three Canadians suffers from some type of allergy, including
asthma, and the rate continues to rise. Dr. Judah Denburg, AllerGen
Scientific Director, says there is a true epidemic increase in the prevalence
of allergies. AllerGen will draw together more than 100 researchers
from across the country to increase understanding of allergies and move
toward better treatments and prevention.
3. AquaNet
- Vancouver Sun – November 25, 2005 – An AquaNet
project that looked at new forms of fish farms proposes fish farmers
use closed pens that float along the Pacific shorelines instead of the
net pens presently being used or the closed pens on dry land that environmental
groups have long argued should be used.
- The Charlottetown Guardian – July 23, 2005 –
Dr. Frank Berthe, an AquaNet researcher, is leading a project aimed
at limiting the infectious disease MSX, or multinucleated spherical
X, in the Bras d’Or lakes in Cape Breton.
- New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal – June 27, 2005 –
Dr. Thierry Chopin, a principal investigator for AquaNet, is leading
a project that’s testing integrated multi-trophic aquaculture.
This project was featured in the March Issue of Canadian Aquaculture
R&D Review.
- Victoria Times Colonist – June 28, 2005 – AquaNet
Scientific Director Scott McKinley is mentioned in this article about
the discovery, in hatchery and chinook salmon, of chemicals suspected
of causing cancer.
- The Charlottetown Guardian – June 15, 2005; The
Charlottetown Guardian – April 11, 2005 – Dr. Frank
Berthe, an AquaNet researcher and Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Health
Science, has joined the Atlantic Veterinary College Shellfish Research
Group where he will focus on strategies to prevent and anticipate emerging
mollusk diseases and improve disease management.
- The Christian Science Monitor – March 24, 2005 Edition
– Mention of Dr. Thierry Chopin, a principal investigator
for AquaNet, in an article about the use of seaweed to detoxify TNT
seeping into the ocean and its potential to be used to clean everything
from polluted rivers to oceans.
- Canadian Aquaculture R&D Review – March 2005 –
Dr. Thierry Chopin, a principal investigator for AquaNet is leading
a project that will test integrated multi-trophic aquaculture which
combines, in the right proportions, the cultivation of salmon with that
of mussels and seaweed aquaculture for a balanced ecosystem management
approach that takes into consideration site specificity, operational
limits, and food safety guidelines and regulations.
- ScienCentralNews, ABC, NBC – March 14, 2005 –
AquaNet's research team on integrated aquaculture, led by Dr. Thierry
Chopin, is one of many projects trying to find a more sustainable and
less polluting way of farming fish.
4. ArcticNet
- The Ottawa Citizen – December 13, 2005 – An article
on climate change by Michael Byers, an ArcticNet Network Investigator
and Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at
the University of British Columbia.
- Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun – December 9, 2005
– According to ArcticNet theme leader David Barber the Arctic
pack ice is retreating so rapidly that the Northwest Passage could be
open within 10 to 15 years. That would leave Canada with serious sovereignty
concerns if it doesn't act soon to claim the waterway. ArcticNet investigator
Michael Byers is also quoted in the article.
- Nunatsiaq News – December 2, 2005 – ArcticNet
Scientific Director Louis Fortier is one of more than 40 noted Arctic
researchers who signed an open letter to the Prime Minister asking for
immediate action on climate change and more money for climate research.
- Rolling Stone Magazine – issue No. 987, November 17,
2005 – ArcticNet Board members Sheila Watt-Cloutier and Robert
Correll are featured in “Warriors & Heroes: Twenty-five leaders
who are fighting to stave off the planetwide catastrophe,” for
their work in the Arctic.
- New York Times – October 25, 2005 – Mention of
ArcticNet investigator David Barber in this article about Arctic warming.
- La Tribune (Sherbrooke) – October 24, 2005 –
ArcticNet Scientific Director Louis Fortier spoke about Arctic warming
and research aboard the CCGS Amundsen at the 40th conference
of the Association des professeurs de sciences du Québec.
- La Presse – October 17, 2005 (pages A6 & A7); La
Presse – October 16, 2005 – A series of articles features
several ArcticNet investigators and their research projects being conducted
aboard the CCGS Amundsen and in the Arctic.
- Winnipeg Free Press – October 17, 2005 – ArcticNet’s
Schools On Board program, lead by theme leader David Barber, is featured
in this article.
- Le Soleil – October 11, 2005 – Several ArcticNet
Investigators are featured in this article on the research being conducted
aboard the CCGS Amundsen.
- New York Times – October 10, 2005 – ArcticNet
Board Member Sheila Watt-Cloutier is quoted in this article about the
effects of the melting Arctic ice cap. The article has a link to a video
extract of the documentary Examining the Arctic Melt, that
looks at efforts to study, and fight, the melting of the Arctic ice
cap and features ArcticNet researchers David Barber and Michel Poulin
while they were conducting work in Churchill last spring. The video
also features Sheila Watt-Cloutier and another ArcticNet Board member,
Bob Correll.
- Globe and Mail – October 4, 2005 – ArcticNet
Board member Mr. James Eetoolook of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., is
mentioned in an article about an Inuit climate change terminology workshop
held in Iqualuit and co-sponsored by ArcticNet.
- Nunatsiaq News – September 2, 2005 – ArcticNet
Network Manager, Martin Fortier, during a visit to Iqualuit, said that
researchers who study the Arctic need to work together and share their
findings in order to help change government policy.
- Le Soleil – September 18, 2005; Le Soleil
– August 27, 2005; Au fil des événements
– August 25, 2005; Nunatsiaq News – August 12,
2005; Le Soleil, Le Devoir, La Presse, Le Journal de Quebec –
August 6, 2005; Québec AM (CBVE-FM), Le TVA Québec
(CFCM-TV), Canada Now, Le Grand Journal, Le Journal RDI, Le Québec
en Direct, Telejournal-Midi, Été Epress, Jamais assez
de soleil (CBV-R), Les Nouvelles, Le Téléjournal Québec,
Québec Express, Radiojournal – August 5, 2005 –
Extensive coverage of the departure of the CCGS Amundsen for
its 2005 ArcticNet expedition to the Canadian Arctic. ArcticNet Scientific
Director Louis Fortier and Network Manager Martin Fortier discuss the
second research mission.
- Le Devoir – August 6, 2005 – An article about
the effects of global warming mentions ArcticNet and its Scientific
Director, Louis Fortier.
- Grist Magazine – July 26, 2005 – Sheila Watt-Cloutier,
a member of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, is defending the Inuit
way of life and fighting climate change in the Arctic with a human-rights
petition against the world's largest, most recalcitrant greenhouse-gas
emitter, the country the Inuit say is driving them extinct: the United
States of America. The petition will make the connection between climate
change and human rights and will ask the Inter-American Commission to
recognize the international obligation of the United States for its
failure to take action to protect the environment, and to recognize
the implications of U.S. inaction for people both inside and outside
the United States.
- Re$earch Money, Volume 19, Number 12 – July 22, 2005
– An article about the fourth International Polar Year mentions
ArcticNet.
- Press Release – June 23, 2005 – ArcticNet Scientific Director
Louis Fortier has been appointed member of the NSERC Council for a three-year
term.
- Nunatsiaq News – May 27, 2005 – An article about
research being conducted in the High Arctic by ArcticNet researchers,
Vincent St-Louis and Martin Sharp, and graduate student Jane Kirk.
- The Globe and Mail – April 20, 2005 – Sheila
Watt-Cloutier, a member of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, won the
2005 Sophia Environment Prize for drawing attention to the impact of
climate change and pollution on the traditional lifestyles of the Arctic's
indigenous people and others.
- Inuit Circumpolar Conference Press Release – April
13, 2005 – Sheila Watt-Cloutier, a member of the ArcticNet Board
of Directors, was elected one of seven “Champions of the Earth”
by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for her contributions
in addressing global climate change.
- La Presse – February 20, 2005 – ArcticNet Scientific
Director Louis Fortier was elected Person of the Week by La Presse.
- February 16, 2005 – ArcticNet Board member Sheila Watt-Cloutier
has recently been appointed by the Prime Minister to the National Round
Table on Environment and Economy.
- Saint John Times Globe, Kingston Whig-Standard – January
14, 2005 – An article about climate change in the Arctic mentions
ArcticNet Scientific Director Louis Fortier.
- CBC The National – January 10, 2005 – ArcticNet
Scientific Director Louis Fortier was featured in a half-hour episode
aired on “The National.”
- www.radio-canada.ca/radio, January 20, 2005 – ArcticNet’s
Scientific Director, Louis Fortier, was recognized as Radio-Canada 2004
Scientist of the Year in a ceremony held aboard the CCGS Amundsen.
- Pluie de science – January 2005, Number 14 –
ArcticNet and its Scientific Director, Louis Fortier, were mentioned
in an article about the Schools on Board project that was published
in this Webzine. The Schools on Board project gives Grade 10
and 11 students from Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia the chance
to live in the Arctic with scientists aboard the CCGS Amundsen.
- Le Soleil (Québec) – January 8, 2005 –
An article about Arctic warming included comments by ArcticNet’s
Scientific Director, Louis Fortier.
5. Automobile of the 21st Century (AUTO21)
- The Windsor Star, Belleville Intelligencer – December
10, 2005; Canada Now-CBET-TV, Windsor Now Hour 2-CKLW-AM –
December 9, 2005 – Touring the AUTO21 facilities, NDP Leader Jack
Layton made a commitment to spend $2.5 billion over 10 years for
an auto strategy that will include a massive overhaul of the transportation
links between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit.
- Toronto Sun – October 2, 2005 – AUTO21 is mentioned
in an article about the new Automotive Centre of Excellence (ACE) slated
to open in 2007.
- Globe and Mail – September 29, 2005 – An article
on Canadian automotive research and development quotes AUTO21 Scientific
Director and CEO, Dr. Peter Frise, and features information about
AUTO21. A sidebar to the main article describes the work of a former
AUTO21 student researcher, Jeff Mah and other Canadian auto innovations.
- The Windsor Star – September 15, 2005 – An article
about a new consortium, aimed at bringing together industries in the
production and use of bioproducts as alternatives to traditional fuel,
energy and manufacturing materials mentions AUTO21 as a possible contributor.
- Windsor Star – August 12, 2005 – AUTO21 is mentioned
in an article about the new Ontario legislation that makes booster seats
mandatory for children under eight years of age.
- Hamilton Spectator – July 30, 2005 – Since the
average person is getting bigger and crash test dummies are based on
specifications that are over 20 years old, AUTO21 researcher Dr. Anne
Snowdon says that the network plans to work with Transport Canada to
adjust the body specifications for the average child in order to make
child booster and car seats more comfortable and safe for them.
- Kingston Whig-Standard – July 28, 2005 – A study,
supported in part by AUTO21, will look at developing an automotive inspection
system more advanced than what is on the market today in order to achieve
100 per cent accuracy at inspection.
- Windsor Star – July 20, 2005; Business Edge,
Volume 1, Number 13 – July 7, 2005 – Peter Frise, AUTO21
Scientific Director, and Mohini Sain, AUTO21 project leader, are quoted
in this article about the use of biofibres in automotive components.
- The Windsor Star, La Tribune (Sherbrooke), The Ottawa
Citizen – June 21, 2005; Crosstown-CBE-AM –
June 20, 2005; News Now-Evening Edition (Windsor) – June
16, 2005 – Several articles and interviews highlighting AUTO21
projects that will be funded by a combined federal and private sector
investment of $24.5 million, announced
June 20, 2005.
- Winnipeg Free Press – July 8, 2005; Windsor
Star – April 14 and 19, 2005 – Peter Frise, AUTO21’s
Scientific Director, is quoted in an article about the lack of hands-on
skills of today’s engineers trained in the US compared to European
or Japanese engineers.
- London Free Press – June 13, 2005 – Mention of
AUTO21 in an article about the growing Canadian auto industry.
- Montreal Gazette – June 14 2005; Ottawa
Citizen, Victoria Times Colonist – June 3, 2005; National
Post – May 27, 2005 – The work of Mr. Kari Ala-leppilampi
was presented at the AUTO21 Conference earlier this month. Mr. Ala-leppilampi
and his colleagues at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health have
studied victims of road-rage and found although they weren’t perpetrators
of road-rage, victims became perpetuators, allowing events to get out
of hand. The article also mentions Reginald Smart and Elizabeth Cannon,
researchers at AUTO21, who are also working on similar road-rage studies.
- Windsor Star – May 17, 2005 – Peter Frise, AUTO21
Scientific Director, is quoted in this article about a $35 million
heavy truck research centre being built for the University of Windsor
by International Truck and Engine Corp.
- Windsor Star – April 19, 2005 – Osamu Nagata,
Vice-President of purchasing at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, North America,
made a stop at the AUTO21 booth at the SAE World Congress, held in Detroit.
- Windsor Star – April 12, 2005 – An article highlighting
several of AUTO21’s current research projects.
- Show Daily (SAE World Congress Daily Newspaper), CBET-TV-Canada
Now – April 14, 2005 – The AUTO21 project on hydroforming
advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) tubes, led by Dr. Mike Worswick
of the University of Waterloo, was selected as one of the top 10 technologies
at the SAE World Congress 2005 held in Detroit.
- Automotive Engineering International Magazine – March
and April 2005 Issues – Three articles promoting AUTO21 technologies
that were being presented at the SAE World Congress 2005.
- CBC-AM (Windsor) – March 21, 2005; CKLW-AM
(Windsor) – March 18, 2005; AM640 News – March
17, 2005; Global News – March 16, 2005; CTV News-CFTO-TV
– March 15, 2005 – An on-air interview with AUTO21 Project
Leader Dr. Reginald Smart about road rage and what features can
be designed into cars to help reduce it.
- Windsor Star, National Post, Environmental News Network –
April 6, 2005 – AUTO21 Scientific Director, Dr. Peter Frise
and Dr. Andrzej Sobiesiak, a Network researcher, are quoted in
an article on the voluntary emissions-reduction agreement signed by
the Government of Canada and the automakers on Tuesday, April 5.
- Toronto Sun, Windsor Star – April 1, 2005 –
AUTO21 researcher Dr. Anne Snowdon helped develop an educational
kit to assist parents in choosing the appropriate vehicle safety restrain
system for their children. Available Summer 2005, the kit includes a
CD that shows step-by-step instructions on how to install different
safety seats. It also includes a storybook and a growth chart that can
be hung on a wall to help parents select the safest seat for their child
as he or she grows. This program was launched as the new funding announcement
for AUTO21 was made by the federal government. Please see the press
release “New
intervention program helps parents reduce risks for children riding
in vehicles” on our Web site. Related articles also appeared
in the following media: Halifax Chronicle Herald – April
1, 2005; CBC-AM Radio, CIII-TV Global News, Canada NewsWire
– March 31, 2005.
- CBET-TV-Canada Now, CBE-AM-Morning Watch – March 3,
2005 – On-air interviews with AUTO21 Scientific Director Peter
Frise about General Motors of Canada’s $2.5-billion Project Beacon
and how it could benefit AUTO21.
- Kitchener Waterloo Record – March 4, 2005; Ottawa
Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Windsor Star, Toronto Star – March
3, 2005; Ottawa Citizen, National Post, Windsor Star, Canada
NewsWire – March 2, 2005 – Several articles about General
Motors of Canada’s $2.5-billion expansion and upgrade of its Canadian
facilities and the federal and Ontario governments’ investments
in the project mention AUTO21 and its Scientific Director Peter Frise.
- CBET-TV-Canada Now, CBE-AM-Morning Watch – February
16, 2005 – AUTO21 Scientific Director Peter Frise took part in
two on-air discussions about the Kyoto Protocol and its impact on Canada’s
auto industry.
- The Victoria Times Colonist – February 25, 2005; Calgary
Herald – February 9, 2005; Windsor Star, Vancouver Sun
– February 8, 2005 – An article, about University of Windsor
professor David Antonelli’s discovery of a new way to store hydrogen
to be used in cars, mentions AUTO21 Scientific Director Peter Frise.
6. Canadian Arthritis Network (CAN)
- Globe and Mail – August 18, 2005 – CAN member
Dr. Ron Zernicke has been appointed the first Executive Director of
the Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute.
- News Release – August 4, 2005 – Dr. Jane E. Aubin,
CAN's Scientific Co-Director and CEO, has been elected Vice-President
of the International Bone and Mineral Society for 2005-2007 and will
also serve as its President from 2007-2009.
- CFCF-TV – June 28, 2005 – Canadian Arthritis
Network Investigator Dr. Mary-Ann Fitzcharles discussed ways of
coping with arthritis.
- CIHR News Release – April 27, 2005 – CAN investigator
Dr. James Henry, a neurophysiologist and Inaugural Scientific Director
of the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care at McMaster
University and his colleague Dr. Alex Jadad, presented results
of their work in pain and fatigue at a meeting of the Knowledge Exchange
Task Force (KETF) on April 18 and 19, 2005.
- April 22, 2005 – Three CAN investigators at the University of
Calgary, Drs. Cy Frank, David Hart and Nigel Shrive, are members
of the "Knee Team" which was awarded the Alberta Ingenuity
Fund "Summit Award" for research excellence by the Association
of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta.
The award was given for the development of the technique of measuring
in vivo kinematics in a sheep's knee and reproducing those
kinematics precisely in the same joint on a robot.
- Health Canada News Release, Globe and Mail – April
19, 2005 – CAN Network investigator Dr. Allan Gordon is quoted
in a news release about a new drug that has been approved by Health
Canada for the treatment of the symptomatic relief of naturopathic pain
in multiple sclerosis patients.
- Alberta Heritage Newsletter – April 19, 2005 –
A feature about CAN investigator Dr. Jason McDougall and his study
of potential pain-control compounds for arthritis sufferers.
- April 7, 2005 – Dr. Jane Aubin, CAN's Scientific Co-Director
and CEO addressed the Sixth International Symposium on Osteoporosis:
Current Status and Future Directions. The title of her talk was Pathophysiology:
Bone remodeling 2005.
- University of Western Ontario Press Release – March
21, 2005 – CAN Researcher Dr. Suzanne Bernier is a principal
investigator in a project that will study Cx43 gap junction protein
mutations linked to human diseases of the bone, digits and teeth with
the prospect of opening up new avenues of therapy. This project is one
of 33 projects at the University of Western Ontario that received a
total of $11.6 million in funding from CIHR.
- CAN Network Investigators’ Grants and Appointments
- Dr. Nizar Mahomed, Director of the Musculoskeletal
Health and Arthritis Program at the University Health Network in
Toronto, recently received a grant of $700,000 from the Ontario
Ministry of Health and Long Term Care to establish the Toronto Joint
Network, whose mandate is to develop and implement an integrated
model of care for total hip and knee replacement surgery in Toronto.
- Dr. Jason McDougall was recently promoted to
Associate Professor at the University of Calgary.
- McGill University appointed Dr. Janet Henderson,
Associate Dean, Research in the Faculty of Medicine. The appointment
is effective June 1, 2005.
- The University of Western Ontario has promoted Dr. Suzanne
Bernier to Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and
Cell Biology, effective July 1, 2005.
- Globe and Mail – February 16, 2005 – Dr. Robin
Armstrong, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Arthritis
Network, announced the appointment of Dr. Jane E. Aubin as CEO of the
Network and John Riley as Managing Director.
- CTV – 22 March, 2005; London Free Press, CFPL-TV
– 17 February, 2005; Canada NewsWire – February 16,
2005 – Two members of the Canadian Arthritis Network, Jeff Dixon
and Dr. Stephen Sims, led a team of researchers who discovered how acid
in the body interacts with cells responsible for bone loss and what
can be done to stop it. The research findings were published in the
recent edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- Canada NewsWire – February 10, 2005 – Canadian Arthritis
Network’s Scientific Co-Director, Dr. Jane E. Aubin, received
the William F. Neumann Award for 2004 from the American Society for
Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).
7. Canadian Genetic Diseases Network (CGDN)
- Vancouver Sun – September 28, 2005 – An article
about the work of geneticist Elizabeth Simpson at the Centre for Molecular
Medicine and Therapeutics (CMMT) mentions Dr. Michael Hayden, CGDN Scientific
Director and Director of the CMMT.
- New Brunswick Telegraph Journal – March 18, 2005 –
Bathurst High School student Leah Whelton had the opportunity to work
with CGDN researcher Dr. Brenda Gallie when she spent her March
break studying in a Toronto molecular biology laboratory.
- Vancouver Sun – January 22, 2005; Ottawa Citizen,
Montreal Gazette, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal – January
20, 2005 – CGDN Scientific Director, Michael Hayden, is heading
a team that hopes to find ways to reduce adverse drug reactions in children,
which is responsible for almost 30,000 deaths every year in North America.
8. Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations (CIPI)
- Le Soleil – November 30, 2005 – CIPI is mentioned
in this article about the telecommunications industry in Québec.
- Les Affaires – June 4, 2005 – CIPI President
Robert Corriveau discusses the Network’s future projects.
9. Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network
- Fredericton Daily Gleaner – November 23, 2005 –
UNB Ph.D. student Cheryl Techentin is the 2005 winner of the CLLRNet
Postgraduate Scholarship Supplement.
- CBC Radio North (Whitehorse), Newsdesk, CityTV (Ottawa)
– November 21, 2005 – A new national partnership between
the Canadian Child Care Federation and the Canadian Language and Literacy
Research Network will see the development and distribution of a language
and literacy resource kit to 15,000 Canadian early learning and child
care practitioners by August 2007.
- TVOntario-Panorama (8 p.m.) – November 8, 2005; Global
News (National Edition 10 p.m.), CBC Moncton, Radio Canada
Sudbury, CBC.ca (New Brunswick and PEI Edition), webIndia123.com,
NewKerela.com (India), monstersandcritics.com (UK), PhysOrg.com
(USA) – November 7, 2005; Moncton Times & Transcript
– November 5, 2005; Globe and Mail, Kitchener Waterloo Record,
Guelph Mercury, Knoxville News Sentinel, Bremerton Sun, CFOS (Owen
Sound), CJOB (Winnipeg); CKCO/CTV News (Moncton Edition)
– November 4, 2005 – A study, conducted by Canadian Language
and Literacy Research Network researchers Mary Ann Evans and Jean Saint-Aubin,
shows that while reading to preschool children has developmental benefits,
it won’t help them learn to read because they pay very little
attention to the printed words on the page. The study findings are published
in this month’s issue of Psychological Science.
- Canadian Teacher Magazine, Fall 2005 – The Canadian
Language and Literacy Research Network is partnering with Invest
in Kids – a national, charitable organization dedicated to
the development of parenting skills – in a unique project to translate
the most recent science into user-friendly messages parents can easily
understand. The messages appear in the Invest in Kids Web site.
- L'Acadie Nouvelle – August 27, 2005 – Canadian
Language and Literacy Research Network researcher Jean Saint Aubin is
working at de-mystifying several popular beliefs about reading, such
as the Missing-Letter Effect (MLE), when readers are asked to circle
all instances of a target letter, they will most likely miss many more
of the target letters when they are embedded in a frequent function
word such as "the" than in frequent content words like "top"
or "ten."
- St. John's Telegram – July 3, 2005; Sing Tao Daily,
Edmonton Journal, Ottawa Citizen – June 29, 2005 –
A study lead by Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network researcher
Christian Beaulieu and his team has found that certain connections between
specific parts of a child’s brain are linked to reading performance.
The findings of the study are published in NeuroImage.
- Radio Canada "Ontario Aujourd'hui" – June
29, 2005; Victoria Times Colonist, Vancouver Province, Vancouver
Sun, Calgary Herald, National Post, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette,
OMNI Television, CBC Radio "Ontario Today", MoneySense.ca
– June 28, 2005 – Findings of an ongoing study, presented
at the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network Conference, show
that genetic influences on reading disabilities become more pronounced
and trump environmental factors as children progress through the early
years of schooling.
- Please see the press release “Government
of Canada announces a $3.55-million research investment in early childhood
language and literacy development” on our Web site. A related
article also appeared in the following media: Halifax Daily News,
Halifax Chronicle Herald – April 1, 2005; CBH-FM Radio
Mainstreet Hour2, Canada NewsWire – 31 March, 2005
- National Post – March 10, 2005 –
To understand almost all speech that is intended for us, the speech
must be at least 15 decibels louder than other interfering sounds. Research
from the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network shows that
in typical Grade 1 classrooms, background noise prevents children from
understanding one out of six simple, clearly spoken words and suggests
that this could create an obstacle to learning, particularly for younger
students.
- National Post – February 22, 2005 – This article
about teaching sign language to hearing babies stems from a Canadian
Language and Literacy Research Network Systematic Review Program where
Cyne Johnston, a Ph.D. student in Population Health at the University
of Ottawa, and an Audiologist trained at Dalhousie University, won The
Network's award to review evidence.
Cyne’s work resulted in the Canadian Language and Literacy Research
Network Program Catalogue and Review of Evidence: Training hearing infants
to use sign language. The complete paper can be viewed on the Canadian
Language and Literacy Research Network Web site.
10. Canadian Network for Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics (CANVAC)
- Le Devoir – September 9, 2005 – Rafick-Pierre
Sékaly, CANVAC Scientific Director and Chair of the AIDS Vaccine
2005 International Conference, held in Montreal last week, discusses
three AIDS vaccines that are now being tested.
- CBMT-TV-Canada Now – April 20, 2005; RDI-TV-Matin
Express – April 19, 2005 – On-air interviews with CANVAC
Scientific Director Dr. Rafick-Pierre Sékaly about the World
Vaccine Congress, held in Montreal April 18 to 20, 2005, and the progress
made by researchers and scientists in the medical community in fighting
deadly diseases such as AIDS.
- Hamilton Spectator – April 9, 2005; Winnipeg Free
Press – March 31, 2005; Saskatoon StarPheonix –
March 17, 2005 – An article about the need to place the battle
against infectious diseases at the centre of Canada’s global commitment
mentions CANVAC.
- La Presse – January 23, 2005 – CANVAC Scientific
Director, Rafik-Pierre Sékaly, is leading a research team that
has developed a method of evaluating anomalies in the thymus in HIV-infected
patients. This discovery could lead to new ways of treating patients.
11. Canadian Stroke Network (CSN)
- Calgary Herald – November 17, 2005 – The Canadian
Stroke Network is funding a program called A-CHAMP designed to promote
cardiovascular health awareness in seniors by taking regular blood-pressure
readings at pharmacies in Airdrie, Alta.
- The Medical Post – November 1, 2005 – The First
National Stroke Conference, held in Montréal in September, was
co-sponsored by the Canadian Stroke Network and Canadian Stroke Consortium.
- The Charlottetown Guardian – October 25, 2005; The
Charlottetown Guardian – October 20, 2005 – Dr. Shawn
Jennings, a brainstem stroke survivor, spoke at the P.E.I. Stroke Conference,
sponsored by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of P.E.I., in conjunction
with Canadian Stroke Network held on October 27 and 28.
- The Ottawa Citizen – October 3, 2005 – Canadian
Stroke Network Scientific Director, Dr. Antoine Hakim, is quoted
in an article describing the positive effect of music on health, healing
and brain repair.
- Please see the press release “Canadian
Stroke Network to receive $25.6 million to connect stroke research
with prevention and treatment” on our Web site. Additional
coverage can be found in the following media: Re$earch Money,
Volume 19, Number 15 – October 3, 2005; CJOH News (CTV
Ottawa) – September 12, 2005.
- The Calgary Sun – September 1, 2005 – The Canadian
Stroke Network and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada have announced
the formation of the steering committee of the Canadian Stroke Strategy.
The 12-person panel will help develop an integrated approach to prevention,
treatment and rehabilitation in every province and territory by 2010.
- CJOH-TV, CTV NewsNet – August 23, 2005 – CSN
Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim discussed the prevalence of stroke
among young people.
- London Free Press – August 1, 2005; Toronto Sun,
Vancouver 24 Hours – July 31, 2005 – A study, led by
Canadian Stroke Network researcher Dr. Bryan Kolb, shows that nicotine
administered in small doses to laboratory animals can help them recover
more quickly from stroke. His work is described in the CSN Newsletter,
Summer 2005 Edition.
- The Ottawa Sun – July 10, 2005 – Dr. Antoine
Hakim, Scientific Director of the Canadian Stroke Network is interviewed
in a feature on hypertension and stroke.
- The Ottawa Citizen – June 20, 2005 – Canadian
Stroke Network Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim is mentioned
in an article about MRI machines and whether the long waiting lists
to use them are justified.
- Radio Canada – June 9, 2005 – Canadian Stroke
Network’s Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim is interviewed
by Radio Canada in Toronto about a report from the Institute for Clinical
Evaluative Sciences (ICES) on the shortage of qualified neurosurgeons
in Ontario.
- Government Press Release – June 1, 2005 – The Canadian
Stroke Network is mentioned in this press release announcing June as
Stroke Awareness Month in Canada.
- Toronto Star – May 31, 2005 – A study, supported
by the Canadian Stroke Network and led by researcher Dr. Vladimir
Hachinski, shows that strokes appear to trigger full-blown Alzheimer’s
and other forms of dementia.
- Ottawa Citizen – May 25, 2005; National Post, Globe
and Mail, Victoria Times-Colonist, Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Province,
Standard-Freeholder (Cornwall), Edmonton Journal, Regina Leader Post,
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Winnipeg Free Press, Calgary Herald, Kingston
Whig-Standard, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, CTV National News,
Canada-AM, Can West New Service – May 10, 2005; Health Central.com,
Forbes – May 9, 2005 – A study published in today’s
issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows that 37 per
cent of ischemic stroke patients treated with clot-busting drugs survive
without significant brain damage. The two-year study, co-authored by
Dr. Michael Hill, a Canadian Stroke Network researcher, and supported
in part by the CSN, found that the drug alteplase is effective and should
be more widely used.
- The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Province, Victoria Times Colonist,
Montreal Gazette, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Ottawa Citizen, Kingston Whig-Standard,
Calgary Herald, CanWest News Service – April 26, 2005 –
Dr. Antoine Hakim, CSN Scientific Director, is quoted in this article
about a new study that shows that combining heart bypass surgery and
neck artery-cleaning surgery, performed to prevent stroke, can actually
increase a patient’s risk of stroke. Dr. Michael Hill, a
CSN researcher and lead author of the study published in Neurology,
is also quoted.
- The Telegram (St. John's) – April 6, 2005 – Dr. Dale
Corbett, a Canadian Stroke Network researcher, presented a lecture entitled,
“Can Stem Cells be Used to Repair the Damaged Brain?” at
Memorial University of Newfoundland on April 6. Dr. Dale Corbett
says a lot more research must be done before stem cells are put into
action in human brains even though the potential of using stem cells
to repair damaged brain cells is "tremendous" and understandably
generating much excitement.
- Maclean's – March 28, 2005 – An article about
the reforms needed by the Canadian health-care delivery system mentions
the Canadian Stroke Network.
- Ottawa Citizen – April 1, 2005 – Canadian Stroke
Network Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim is featured in this
column.
- Canadian Health Network News Capsule – March 2005
– Canadian Stroke Network is featured in this article.
12. Canadian Water Network (CWN)
- The Victoria Times-Colonist – December 17, 2005 –
Canadian Water Network Scientific Director Mark Servos has been appointed
to a seven-member panel selected to review Greater Victoria’s
controversial practice of dumping sewage into the ocean.
- Canada Newswire – May 26, 2005 – The Canadian Water Network
organized an all-day symposium on water and public health which took
place during the official opening ceremony of the Walkerton Clean Water
Centre on May 31.
- Please see the press release “$55
million investment will extend the activities of four Canada-wide research
networks” on our Web site. A related article also appeared
in the following media: Halifax Chronicle Herald – April
1, 2005.
13. Geomatics for Informed Decisions Network (GEOIDE)
- Le Quotidien – December 16, 2005 – Article featuring
NCE Young Innovator Award winner Philippe Simard and SimActive, the
company he founded along with his brother Louis.
- Krypto, No. 2, Fall 2005 – The field of geomatics and
the GEOIDE Network are discussed in the magazine published by Université
Laval. Aimed at youth, this publication popularizes fairly complex subjects
and presents them in an attractive format.
- Les affaires – September 10, 2005 – Sylvain Poirier,
GEOIDE Network Manager, discusses the applications of the Network’s
research.
- CBC Québec – June 14, 2005; Radio-Canada
– June 13, 2005 – François Martin, a GEOIDE student,
is mentioned in this article about Geosalar. Geosalar is a GEOIDE project,
lead by Julian Dodson and Normand Bergeron, which is studying the migration
of Atlantic salmon in order to understand the reason for the decline
in its population.
- Le Soleil – June 11, 2005; Au fil des événements
(Université Laval) – June 9, 2005 – GEOIDE researchers
Bernard Moulin and Pierre Gosselin, and doctoral student Mondher Bouden,
have developed a simulator to track the progression of the West Nile
virus in Quebec.
- Canada Newswire – May 16, 2005 – Dr. Ken Jones, a GEOIDE
project leader, has been appointed Dean of Ryerson University’s
Faculty of Business, effective July 1, 2005.
- Au fil des événements (Université Laval)
– April 28, 2005 – GEOIDE researcher Donna Kirkwood supervised
a study suggesting that residues from asbestos mines could be used to
fight global warming.
- Canada NewsWire – April 20, 2005 – GEOIDE researcher Dr. Vincent
Tao will receive an NSERC grant to model interdependencies for emergency
management using geographic decision support systems.
- Canada NewsWire – March 22, 2005 – At the American Society
of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 2005 Annual Conference, GEOIDE
researchers Drs Yun Zhang and Vincent Tao were awarded the Talbert
Abrams Grand Award 2005 for their paper entitled "An Initial
Study on Automatic Reconstruction of Ground Digital Elevation Models
from Airborne IfSAR Digital Surface Models."
- Canada NewsWire – March 4, 2005 – Please see the press
release “PCI Geomatics
has been granted a licence for Smart Digitizer, a technology developed
by two members of the GEOIDE Network of Centres of Excellence”
on the NCE Web site.
- Canada NewsWire – March 3, 2005 – Please see the press
release “MacDonald,
Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. joins the GEOIDE Network of Centres
of Excellence as a corporate member” on the NCE Web site.
- Canada NewsWire – March 1, 2005 – An article about GEOIDE’s
new Scientific Director Dr. Nicholas Chrisman.
14. Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures (ISIS Canada)
- Winnipeg Free Press – October 22, 2005 – ISIS
Canada Scientific Director Aftab Mufti, the University of Manitoba,
and Vector Construction have been honoured with a 2005 NSERC Synergy
Award for Innovation. Their strong 10-year collaboration has set the
standard for innovation in the construction industry.
- Winnipeg Free Press – March 7, 2005 – Dr. Aftab
Mufti, President of the ISIS Canada Research Network, has been presented
with the 2005 Merit Award from the Council of the Association of Professional
Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of Manitoba (APEGM) during
a reception to celebrate National Engineering Week 2005.
- CKY Manitoba Moments – February 6 & 12, 2005 –
ISIS Canada’s structural health monitoring is discussed during
this half-hour documentary, “Building an Icon: The Story of the
Provencher Bridge.”
- The University of Manitoba Bulletin – January 27, 2005;
A Channel News, CJOB Radio – January 20, 2005
– The Province of Manitoba invests $600,000 in ISIS Canada Research
Network to continue local research to improve construction and repair
of transportation infrastructure.
15. Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems
(MITACS)
- Vancouver Sun – August 16, 2005 – MITACS is mentioned
in this article about the important role that universities play in Canada’s
knowledge economy.
- Edmonton Journal – September 7, 2005; Vancouver
Sun – August 13, 2005; Burnaby News Leader –
August 5, 2005; Alberta Business Edge – August 4, 2005;
National Post, Edmonton Journal – July 20, 2005 –
As part of the MITACS Internship Program, supporters from industry,
government and research in British Columbia and Alberta have allocated
a total of $2.3 million that will place more than 100 of Canada’s
top mathematical science students into western Canadian businesses over
the next two years.
- SqueezePlay-Report on Business Television – June 14,
2005 – MITACS Scientific Director, Dr. Arvind Gupta, discusses
how applied mathematics, specifically seismic imaging, is enabling the
energy industry to more accurately locate oil and gas reserves.
- Calgary Sun – May 12, 2005 – Members of MITACS
have developed a three-dimensional approach to re-creating the petroleum-bearing
earth and have gathered in Calgary for a workshop aimed at focusing
on enhancing the oil industry’s geographical capability, or mapping
the subterranean world.
- Canadian Security Magazine – May 25, 2005; RE$EARCH
MONEY – May 18, 2004, Volume 19, Number 8; Ottawa Citizen
– May 12, 2005; ITWorld Canada.com, IT Business.ca, Silicon
Valley North.com, Globe and Mail – May 11, 2005;
Oil and Gas Magazine – May 9, 2005 – MITACS has
joined forces with private- and public-sector partners to create the
Forum for Information Security Innovation. One of the group’s
first research projects will look at ways to improve Internet security
and tackle practical issues such as on-line identity theft, e-mail abuse
and spam.
- Ottawa Citizen – March 7, 2005; Victoria Times
Colonist – March 6, 2005; Globe and Mail, National
Post – March 4, 2005; Calgary Herald, Saskatoon Star
Phoenix – March 3, 2005 – Ryan, directed by
Chris Landreth, won an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film and Dr. Karan
Singh’s mathematical expertise as Software R&D Director for
the film contributed towards its success. Dr. Singh, the MITACS
project leader of "Mathematical Surface Representations for Conceptual
Design," hopes to extend the winning technology to other areas
that promise to benefit Canadians, such as the medical field or the
automotive industry.
16. PrioNet
- Science – December 16, 2005 – A report about
the largest international prion research conference held in Düsseldorf,
Germany on October 19, warns governments about the fact that cutting
prion diseases research would be a big mistake even though mad cow disease
cases have declined sharply, and public anxiety about the diseases has
diminished. Dr. Neil Cashman is quoted and the $35 million
Government of Canada investment in PrioNet Canada is mentioned.
- Please see the press release “Canada
zeroes in on prion diseases, including mad cow disease, with a $35 million
investment in a new Network of Centres of Excellence” on our
Web site. Additional coverage can be found in the following media: Re$earch
Money – December 9 and 19, 2005; Science, Le Téléjournal-CBUFT-TV,
CITY-TV, CKNW-AM, CFRY-AM, Almanac-CBU-AM, Vancouver Sun, Saskatoon
StarPhoenix, Globe & Mail – November 25, 2005; Calgary
Herald, CanWest News Service, Montreal Gazette, National Post, Ottawa
Citizen, Vancouver Sun, Windsor Star, Regina Leader-Post, Daily News,
Welland Tribune – November 24, 2005.
17. Protein Engineering Network (PENCE Inc.) –
January 25, 2005 – Helix BioPharma Corp. announced that it has entered
into an exclusive license agreement with Lumera Corporation for Helix’s
Biochip Technology. A portion of the Biochip technology has been licensed
to Helix from Pence Inc.
18. Stem Cell Network (SCN)
- Tabaret (University of Ottawa Magazine) – Fall 2005
– A feature article on stem cell research, the Stem Cell Network
and its Scientific Director Dr. Michael Rudnicki.
- CHQR (AM-770-Afternoons) – November 23, 2005 –
Stem Cell Network researcher Rosario Isasi was featured in this phone-in
radio show.
- Global-TV News – November 23, 2005 – The Stem
Cell Network’s research was featured in this special health report.
- Victoria Times Colonist, The Kitchener-Waterloo Record, New Brunswick
Telegraph-Journal – December 12, 2005 – Stem Cell Network
researcher Dr. Mick Bhatia has found that an experimental drug,
already being tested for diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, can boost
the number of stem cells from umbilical cord blood, allowing them to
regenerate the blood system more quickly. The findings are published
in the December issue of Nature Medicine. Stem Cell Network
Scientific Director Dr. Michael Rudnicki and SCN researcher Dr. Janet
Rossant are mentioned in the article
- Medscape – November 28, 2005 – An article by
two Stem Cell Network researchers, Jason Scott Robert and Françoise
Baylis.
- Calgary Herald – November 25, 2005 – Stem Cell
Network Scientific Director Dr. Michael Rudnicki is mentioned in
this article about the Canadian laws restricting experiments on human
embryos.
- Calgary Herald – November 24, 2005 – Some researchers
at the Stem Cell Network's annual conference questioned the value of
storing umbilical cord stem cells because there's no guarantee it will
offer a future cure for diseases like Parkinson's.
- The Kitchener Record – November 18, 2005 – Stem
Cell Network researcher Eric Jervis is developing a new system of imaging
and classifying stem cells based on their behaviour to be able to pick
out the useful ones.
- Regina Leader Post – November 12, 2005; Moncton
Times and Transcript, Red Deer Advocate – November 10, 2005;
The Ottawa Citizen, Winnipeg Free Press, Windsor Star, National
Post, St. John’s Telegram, The Province, The Hamilton Spectator,
Montreal Gazette, The Kitchener Record, The Kingston Whig-Standard,
The Charlottetown Guardian, The Victoria Times Colonist, The Saskatoon
StarPhoenix, The Ottawa Sun, The Vancouver Sun, The Edmonton Sun, The
Calgary Sun, The Edmonton Journal, The Calgary Herald – November
9, 2005 – Scientists in Ottawa have genetically engineered a mouse
that doesn’t get fat on a rich diet because it grows cells that
burn off excess calories instead of storing them. Stem Cell Network
Scientific Director Michael Rudnicki is co-author of the study, published
in Cell Metabolism.
- Globe and Mail – October 20, 2005 – Scientific
Director Michael Rudnicki and the Stem Cell Network are mentioned in
this editorial that calls for Parliament to revisit the issue of therapeutic
cloning in order to let Canadian scientists participate in work that
may be of important benefit to humanity.
- Radio Canada – October 19, 2005 – Sophie Chargé,
manager of Scientific Affairs and Training for the Stem Cell Network,
was interviewed about therapeutic cloning and stem cell research.
- Forbes.com – October 21, 2005; Medical News Today
(UK), Innovations Report (Germany), Science Daily – October
19, 2005 – A team of bioengineers, led by Stem Cell Network researcher
Peter W. Zandstra, has discovered a way to increase the yield of stem
cells from umbilical cord blood, which could broaden the use of these
cells.
- Globe and Mail – October 19, 2005 – Scientific
Director Michael Rudnicki is quoted in this article about the creation
of a new international consortium, World Stem Cell Foundation, that
will collect stem cells from cloned human embryos and sell to researchers.
- Globe and Mail – October 17, 2005 – Mick Bhatia,
a Stem Cell network researcher, is quoted in this article about the
discoveries, by U.S. scientists, of ways to harvest stem cells from
embryos without sacrificing a viable life in the process. The findings
are published in the journal Nature.
- Vancouver Sun, Victoria Times Colonist, Ottawa Citizen, National
Post – October 6, 2005 – Stem Cell Network researcher
Andras Nagy is featured in this article about the use of human embryos
for stem cell growth.
- Newsline Ottawa (CJOH CTV) – September 27,
2005 – Stem Cell Network investigator Dr. Valerie Wallace
is interviewed in this report about the research into the possible use
of stem cells to regenerate heart tissue.
- Kingston Whig-Standard, National Post, Saskatoon StarPhoenix
– September 19, 2005; Winnipeg Free Press, Toronto Star, Calgary
Herald, Ottawa Citizen,The Province, Edmonton Journal, Montreal Gazette
– September 18, 2005 – James Till and Ernest McCulloch,
two Stem Cell Network researchers who are credited with proving for
the first time the existence of stem cells, have received the 2005 Lasker
Award in Basic and Clinical Research. The award is the most prestigious
for science and medicine in the United States.
- Quest Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 2, Quarter 2 2005 –
Stem Cell Network Scientific Director Michael Rudnicki discusses the
network and the NCE program.
- CBC NewsWorld – August 14, 2005; The Moncton Times
and Transcript, St. John’s Telegraph – August 12, 2005;
CBC Radio-As It Happens, Globe and Mail – August 9, 2005
– Stem Cell Network researcher Mick Bhatia received three offers
to do research in the United States but chose to stay in Canada and
become the Scientific Director of the new cancer and stem cell biology
institute being built at McMaster University.
- Vancouver Sun – October 8, 2005; Edmonton Journal
– August 14, 2005; Montreal Gazette – August
1, 2005; Ottawa Citizen, Winnipeg Free Press – July 31,
2005 – An article about how the growing incidence of diabetes
in the world has several Stem Cell Network researchers looking at using
stem cells as a possible cure.
- CJOH-TV – August 9, 2005 – Dr. Jeff Dilworth,
a scientist at the Ottawa Health Research Institute, has become the
first recipient of the Muscular Dystrophy Canada-Stem Cell Network New
Investigator Grant. The award carries a value of $100,000 over two years.
- Ottawa Business Journal, Volume 10, Number 41 – July
18, 2005 – The Stem Cell Network is getting ready to launch a
new company that will join together a massive intellectual property
portfolio of Canadian stem cell research. Thanks to an innovative strategy
that will offer an ownership stake for principal investigators and the
universities that own the applicable intellectual property, those researchers
and facilities will become part owners and receive royalties once revenues
start to come in.
- The Ottawa Citizen – June 18, 2005 – Stem Cell
Network Scientific Director Michael Rudnicki is quoted in this article
that features SCN researcher Miguel Andrade and his work.
- CBC’s The National – June 9, 2005 – An
overview of Canada's role in stem cell research. This feature on CBC’s
The National, coincided with the announcement that Stem Cell Network
researcher Andras Nagy had developed Canada's first human embryonic
cell lines. The report by Kelly Crowe from CBC-TV at http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2005/06/08/stem-cells050608.html
features Ernest McCulloch and Jim Till, the two Canadian scientists,
and members of the Stem Cell Network, who discovered stem cells. It
also includes interviews with Michael Rudnicki, SCN Scientific Director,
and SCN Members Tim Caulfield and Andras Nagy.
- The Victoria Times Colonist, Vancouver Sun, The Province, Calgary
Sun, Windsor Star, Hamilton Spectator, The Globe and Mail,
Toronto Star, National Post, The Kingston Whig-Standard, Ottawa Citizen,
Montreal Gazette, Web India, Science Daily, Innovations Report, rxpgnews.com
– June 9, 2005; Red Deer Advocate, PR Direct.ca, Eurekalert!,
CBC National, Global National – June 8, 2005 – A team of
scientists, led by Stem Cell Network researcher Andras Nagy, has produced
Canada's first two human embryonic stem cell lines, a development that
should give researchers in this country and beyond ready access to material
needed to explore the vast potential of stem cells. Stem Cell Network
Scientific Director Michael Rudnicki is quoted in this article.
- The Globe and Mail – June 3, 2005 – An opinion
piece by Stem Cell Network investigator Timothy Caulfield about Canada's
stem cell legislation and how it compares to that of other countries.
- The Globe and Mail – May 28, 2005 – Stem Cell
Network Scientific Director Michael Rudnicki is quoted in an article
about a study published in the journal Nature that seems to
show that some old stem cells can be regenerated with young blood.
- Macleans – May 30, 2005 – The projects of several
Stem Cell Network researchers are featured in this article.
- Moncton Times and Transcript – May 23, 2005; Globe
and Mail – May 21, 2005; National Post, Globe and Mail
– May 20, 2005; CTV National News, Canadian Press – May
19, 2005 – The Stem Cell Network and several of its researchers
including Drs. Janet Rossant and Michael Rudnicki are mentioned
in an article about a study, by South Korean scientists published in
the journal Science, that offers first-hand evidence that doctors
will one day be able to grow patients’ spare parts from their
own cells and implant them without fear of immuno-rejection.
- Hospital News – May 2005 Issue – One of the research
projects that will be supported by the renewed funding of the Stem Cell
Network is CARE-NET, a multi-centre effort, led by Dr. Jacques Galipeau
of the Sir Mortimer B. Davis – Jewish General Hospital, to study
the use of adult stem cells as repair material for damaged lungs, hearts
and blood vessels.
- Eurekalert! – May 2, 2005 – Dr. Mick Bhatia,
a Stem Cell Network researcher, is part of a team that studied specific
genes that appear to be key players in the regulation of human-blood
stem cells. Findings of this study were published in the May issue of
Developmental Cell.
- Sick Kids News Release – April 29, 2005 – Dr. Janet
Rossant, Stem Cell Network Deputy Scientific Director, has been appointed
Chief of Research at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, effective
July 1, 2005.
- Canadian Jewish News – April 20, 2005 – Dr. Jacques
Galipeau, a Stem Cell Network investigator, will head a national study
of the use of adult stem cells to treat cardiovascular and respiratory
disease. The study, co-funded by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of
Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Federal Government,
will take place at the Jewish General Hospital and will involve scientists
from Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa.
- The Sunday Herald – April 10, 2005; Can West Publications
– April 7, 2005 – An article about the Terry Fox Run mentions
Dr. Connie Eaves, a Stem Cell Network researcher, and Dr. Allen
Eaves, a member of the Network’s Board of Directors.
- Radio-Canada – April 2, 2005 – Dr. Michael
Rudnicki was named Scientific Director of the Stem Cell Network, replacing
Dr. Ron Worton.
- Please see the press release “Stem
Cell Network to receive $5.3 million in annual research funding”
on our Web site. Related articles also appeared in the following media:
Canada.com – April 5, 2005; ChinaView.com, ObviousNews.com,
Moncton Times & Transcript – April 4, 2005; Calgary
Herald, Canadian Press, Charlottetown Guardian, CTV NewsNet, Edmonton
Journal, Edmonton Sun, Edson Leader, Globe and Mail, Halifax Chronicle
Herald, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Le Droit, Le Soleil, Le Journal de
Québec, London Free Press, Media Q (Ottawa), Montreal Gazette,
National Post, New Glasgow Evening News, Red Deer Advocate, Saskatoon
StarPheonix, St. Catharine’s-Niagara Standard, Toronto Star, Toronto
Sun, Trail Daily Times, Vancouver Sun, Victoria Times Colonist, Winnipeg
Free Press – April 1, 2005; CFCF-TV, CBC News,
Canada NewsWire – 31 March, 2005.
- CBS Evening News – February 24, 2005 – Stem Cell
Network ethics researcher Jason Scott Robert discussed part-human chimeras
in stem cell biology.
- Toronto Star, Hamilton Spectator – February 9, 2005
– An article on therapeutic cloning mentions the Stem Cell Network,
Scientific Director-designate Michael Rudnicki and researchers Janet
Rossant, Mick Bhatia and Tim Caulfield. A group of SCN trainees recently
traveled to the UK to take part in a workshop on stem cell research.
- Radio-Canada – February 9, 2005 – Dr. Jacques
Galipeau of the Stem Cell Network was interviewed on Radio-Canada
(based in Toronto). The live interview dealt with the state of
stem cell research in Canada, its potential and promise.
- Biotechnology Focus – January 2005, page 30 –
The Stem Cell Network’s Web site was rated as one of the Web’s
best science sites (four stars) in the January issue of Biotechnology
Focus magazine.
- Globe and Mail – January 12, 2005 – Stem Cell
Network’s Scientific Director-designate, Dr. Michael Rudnicki,
is quoted in an article about a clinical trial involving stem cells
to repair an incurable lung condition called pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Dr. Duncan Stewart, who is involved in a Stem Cell Network project,
is leading the initiative. The Stem Cell Network is also mentioned in
this article.
19. Sustainable Forest Management Network (SFM)
- Access Television Network – A Sustainable Forest Network
one-hour television documentary entitled “Harder than Rocket Science?
Sustaining Canada's Forests” will be aired by cable and satellite
nationwide on the following dates (all times in Mountain Daylight Time
[MDT]): Access Television Network on October 19, 2005 at 10:00 p.m.
and October 20, 2005 at noon.
- The Moncton Times and Transcript – August 3, 2005 –
An article about Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. mentions the
Sustainable Forest Management Network.
- The Fredericton Daily Gleaner – July 25, 2005 –
A new Fundy Model Forest (FMF) research initiative is being partly supported
by the Sustainable Forest Management Network .
- The Montreal Gazette – July 18, 2005 – SFM Scientific
Director Jim Fyles discusses controlled burning of forests.
- Edmonton Journal – June 15, 2005 – Sustainable
Forest Network researcher John Spence is quoted in this article about
the effects of global warming on the Canadian forest.
- The SFM Network was a lead sponsor for the 34th Annual Canadian Science
Writers' Conference, held in Jasper, Alberta, June 17-21, 2005. The
following SFM Network personalities participated:
- What makes for sustainable landscapes: Dr. Jim Fyles
(Scientific Director/ McGill University as panel moderator) and
Dr. Fiona Schmiegelow (U of A as panel member).
- Conserving the Boreal Forest: Why Does It Matter? luncheon
keynote provided by Mr. Gary Stewart, Ducks Unlimited.
- Creating Sustainable Communities: Dr. Cliff Hickey (U
of A as panel moderator).
- Health Links: Connections between individuals, societies and
ecosystems: Dr. Vic Adamowicz (U of A as panel member).
- Forests: A world of increasing fire: Dr. Phil Burton
(NRCAN/CFS as panel moderator). Drs: Peter Boxall (U of A), Mike
Flannigan (NRCAN/CFS) and Ed Johnson (U of C) as panel members.
- The following "pitched" a selected research result directly
to the media: Dr. Ed Johnson (U of C), Brock Simons and Piyangi
Jayasinghe (HQP/UBC), Eric Neilson (HQP/UNB), Kinga Uto (HQP/U of
A)
- Access Television Network, Canadian Learning Television Network
– A Sustainable Forest Network one-hour television documentary
entitled “Harder than Rocket Science? Sustaining Canada's Forests”
will be aired on the Canadian Learning Television Network and the Access
Television Network by cable and satellite nationwide on the following
dates (all times MST):
- Access Television Network on January 25, 2005 at 9:00 p.m. and February
20, 2005 at 2:00 p.m.
- Canadian Learning Television Network on February 22, 2005 at 6:00
p.m. and April 19, 2005 at 11:00 p.m.
20. Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE)
- TRENDS Magazine – September 29, 2005
– Networks of Centres of Excellence Program Director
Jean-Claude Gavrel took part in an interview for the Flemish (Belgian)
magazine TRENDS with some of Canada's innovation agencies:
Industry Canada, Canada Foundation for Innovation and Canada Research
Chairs. Belgium is comparing the strategies that Flemish companies adopt
to cope with increased competition to Canada's innovation strategy.
Mr. Gavrel is quoted about the NCEs and their role in marketing
the research that is being carried out in Canada. He said that since
their inception in 1989, NCE have spun off 111 companies.
- Re$earch Money, Volume 19, Number 10 – June 20, 2005
– An interview with Networks of Centres of Excellence Program
Director Jean-Claude Gavrel dispels the rumours that the NCE will not
be funding any new networks and will be cancelled, explains the New
Initiative and sets the stage for the evaluation and expansion of the
Program.
- Biotechnology Focus – June 2005 Issue – A feature
on NCEs located in Ontario; the Advanced Foods and Materials Network
(AFMNet), the Allergy, Genes and Environment Network (AllerGen), the
Canadian Arthritis Network (CAN), the Canadian Language and Literacy
Research Network, the Canadian Stroke Network (CSN), and the Stem Cell
Network (SCN). Also, the article quotes Drew Lyall, executive director
of the Stem Cell Network, and Kevin Willis, acting executive director
of the Canadian Stroke Network.
- Press Release – July 5, 2005 – Two Networks of Centres
of Excellence — The Advanced Foods and Materials Network (AFMNet)
and AquaNet (the Network in Aquaculture) — and the University
of Guelph's Aquaculture Centre came together during a recent workshop
on aqua bioproducts to generate network and research links for undertaking
bioproducts research that will enhance the competitiveness Canadian
fisheries and aquaculture sectors.
- Re$earch Money, Volume 19, Number 8 – May 18, 2005
– The Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program is launching
a new pilot program to help research groups develop new partnerships
with receptor communities. Budgeted at $1 million annually, it
targets research teams that already receive research funding. The first
competition is underway, with notices of intent due by July 25.
The NCE program will offer pre-screening services up until that date,
with formal applications due by September 12. FMI: Pierre-Francois
Le Fol at (613) 996-9825.
- CMA Management, Volume 79, Issue 2 – April 1, 2005
– An article highlighting the Young Innovators Award, created
in 2004 by the Networks of Centres of Excellence Program.
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