NCEs in the News
October 10 to November 3, 2007
Advanced Foods and Materials
Network (AFMNet) – Canada AM – October 29,
2007 – AFMNet Theme II Leader Dr. Ahmed El-Sohemy is interviewed
about the health benefits of dark chocolate.
Canadian Arthritis Network (CAN)
- National Post – October 25, 2007 – A letter to
the editor by CAN Clinical Associate member Dr. Vivian Bykerk,
in response to an earlier article concerning the withdrawal of Prexige
from the Canadian marketplace, in which she is quoted.
- Daily Telegraph – October 22, 2007 – Dr. Paul
Wordsworth, a former member of CAN's Scientific and Medical Advisory
Council, is quoted in an article about the discovery of two genes that
significantly increase the risk of a disabling form of arthritis, which
could lead to earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment.
Canadian Stroke Network (CSN)
- Ottawa Citizen – October 31, 2007 – A letter
to the editor from CSN Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim about
the link between cigarette smoking and stroke.
- Ottawa Citizen – October 31, 2007; CPAC
– October 28, 2007; Ottawa Citizen, CTV – October
26, 2007; La Presse – October 25, 2007– Coverage
of CSN Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim receiving the Order
of Canada by the Governor General of Canada, Her Excellency the Right
Honourable Michaëlle Jean.
- Ottawa Citizen – November 3, 2007; Regina Leader-Post,
Windsor Star – October 31, 2007; Orillia Packet &
Times, Ottawa Citizen, Windsor Star, FoodNavigator-USA.com –
October 30, 2007; Wave 94.7 Radio – October 29, 2007;
Red Deer Advocate, Moncton Times & Transcript – October
27, 2007; Winnipeg Free Press, Victoria Times Colonist, Edmonton
Journal, Ottawa Sun, The Chronicle Herald, Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald,
Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen, Whitehorse Star, Saskatoon StarPhoenix,
Kingston Whig-Standard, Windsor Star, CanWest News Service, Calgary
RushHour, Brantford Expositor, St. Catharines Standard, Niagara Falls
Review, Nanaimo Daily News, North Bay Nugget, Globe and Mail, London
Free Press, Peterborough Examiner – October 26, 2007; CanWest
News Service, Canadian Press NewsWire, CTV.ca, CTV National News, CTV
Newsnet, CBC News, Calgary Sun – October 25, 2007 –
Coverage of a CSN news conference at the National Press Theatre that
announced a National Sodium Policy statement, urging reductions in the
amount of sodium in processed and packaged foods.
Geomatics for Informed Decisions (GEOIDE)
– Branch Lines, Vol. 18, No. 2 – September
2007 – GEOIDE researcher Dr. Stephen Sheppard’s work
on visualizing climate change is featured.
PrioNet Canada – Regina
Leader-Post – October 18, 2007 – PrioNet researcher Dr. Carol
Amaratunga is quoted in an article calling for participants in a study
on the socio-economic impacts of BSE.
Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) –
Re$earch Money, Vol. 21, No. 15 – October 10,
2007 – NCE Associate Vice-President Jean-Claude Gavrel is quoted
in an article about the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and
Research competition.
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