2002 Archives – NCEs in the News
1. AquaNet (Network in Aquaculture)
- Moncton Times and Transcript – September 11, 2002
New Horizons for fish farms; Ongoing developments in aquaculture
science at Moncton gathering. Interview with Dr. William Driedzic,
AquaNet's Scientific Director, Mr. Ian Fleming, Chair of AquaNet's Board
of Directors, and other conference speakers and partners such as the
PEI Cultured Mussel Growers' Association, and the British Columbia Salmon
Farmers' Association during the network's annual scientific conference.
Topics included animal production, environmental integrity and social
and economic issues facing the aquaculture industry.
2. AUTO21 (Automobile of the 21st Century)
- Toronto Star – October 5, 2002 – Interview with
Dr. Robert Mann of the University of Toronto Public Health Department
and Project Leader of AUTO21 Anti-Social Behaviour and the Automobile
Research Theme.
- Hamilton Spectator – October 2, 2002 – Andrew
Hrymark, an AUTO21 and University of McMaster scientist, is doing research
on polymers, plastic that can be shaped into a variety of parts, as
a way of making cars lighter and more fuel-efficient without giving
up strength and safety.
- Globe & Mail Megawheels Section – September
19, 2002 – Interview with Mr. James Miller (Chair of
the Board of Directors of AUTO21) and with Dr. Peter Frise (AUTO21 NCE
Scientific Director).
- Kingston Whig-Standard –- August 21, 2002;
Kingston Whig-Standard, September 6, 2002 –
Interview with Dr. Peter Frise (AUTO21 NCE Scientific Director) about
Kingston Transit's proposal to replace the horn on Kingston Transit
buses by a press button horn near the driver's seat.
- CBE-AM "Morning Watch" – May 23,
2002 – Interview of Dr. Peter Frise (AUTO21 NCE Scientific
Director) and The Hon. Jim Flaherty, Ontario Minister of Enterprise,
Opportunity and Innovation about strategies to promote Canada's auto
industry.
- CBET-TV "Canada Now" – May 9, 2002
– Interview with Dr. Peter Frise (AUTO21 NCE Scientific
Director) about the visit that science and technology counsellors who
work in Canadian consulates abroad paid the AUTO21 network.
3. Canadian Arthritis Network (CAN)
- Canada NewsWire – October 28, 2002 – Dr.
Robin Poole, CAN’s scientific director, announced the development
of a blood test that will show the early presence of osteoarthritis
in the context of a study conducted by a U.S. researcher.
- Calgary Herald – September 27, 2002 –
Interview with Chris Nelson (President and CEO of CAN) and Tineke Meijers
(CAN'S executive director of research and development) during CAN's
annual scientific conference in Calgary. The article contains some interesting
facts about arthritis that affects four million Canadians.
4. Canadian Genetic Diseases Network
- Hamilton Spectator – December 4, 2002 – Article
about a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
The research was funded by the Canadian Breast Cancer Research Initiative,
the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (Ontario chapter), the Canadian
Genetic Diseases Network and the National Institutes of Health in the
United States. The study shows that using birth control pills before
the age of 30 puts women who carry one of the faulty breast cancer genes
at a higher risk of developing the disease. After 30, the pill poses
no risk for reasons not yet understood.
- Vancouver Sun – September 13, 2002 – Article
about WestLink technology commercialization internship program and the
placement of an intern with CGDN (Ventures) Inc., a company owned by
the Canadian Genetic Diseases Network.
5. Canadian Institute for Telecommunications Research (CITR)
– Canada NewsWire – December 11, 2002 – Samsung Electronics
and Bell Canada announced the funding of a research project at Queen's
University entitled “Smart Antennas for Wireless Communications
Systems.” The principal investigator is Steven D. Blostein, a professor
in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Queen's University.
He has been a project leader of the Canadian Institute for Telecommunications
Research's “Multi-Rate Wireless Data Access Project” since
1999.
6. Canadian Stroke Network
- Canada NewsWire – October 24, 2002 – A team of researchers
co-led by Dr. Michael Tymanski has developed a promising new drug that,
when given to animals, immediately stops brain damage caused by stroke.
Researchers are hopeful that the drug will serve as an effective treatment
for people who experience a stroke. The Canadian Stroke Network helped
support the study in part and in collaboration with other institutions.
- The Ottawa Citizen – October 13, 2002 – Dr. Moira
Kapral, co-manager of the Canadian Stroke Network Registry, is studying
gender differences in stroke. Why are women less likely than men to
get bypass surgery and why don’t they do as well after surgery?
Close to 5,000 patients have been enrolled in the Registry and investigators
hope to eventually recruit more than 60,000 patients, making it the
largest registry of its kind in the world.
- The Ottawa Citizen – October 11, 2002 – Drs.
Antoine Hakim and Paul Morley, respectively CSN’s scientific director
and deputy scientific director, are stressing the need to train more
stroke specialists over the next 5 to 10 years to deal with the growing
human and economic burden of stroke.
- Canada NewsWire release – September 24, 2002 – News release
about the Ontario Government stroke prevention and care programs across
the province. Mention of the funding provided to three telemedicine
pilots of the Canadian Stroke Network.
7. Canadian Water Network (CWN)
- New Brunswick Telegraph Journal – October 3, 2002 –
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed William Borland, chairman
of CWN and JD Irving's director of environmental affairs, to the National
Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.
8 Geomatics for Informed Decisions Network (GEOIDE) –
Les Affaires – October 12, 2002 – An overview of
GEOIDE’s research program and its funding strategy after its NCE
grant comes to an end.
9. Sustainable Forest Management Network (SFM)
- The Edmonton Journal – November 14, 2002 – Thomas
Brzustowski, president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council, was the keynote speaker at SFM’s annual conference. He
spoke of the government’s goal of raising Canada from 13th to
5th place worldwide in per capita spending on research and development.
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