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2007 Archives – NCEs in the News

1. Advanced Foods and Materials Network (AFMNet)

  • Sacramento Bee – October 15, 2007; Toronto Star – October 13, 2007 – AFMNet Theme II Leader Dr. Ahmed El-Sohemy is quoted in an article that looks at how genetics may define the diets of the future.
  • Southland Times – August 29, 2007; Red Deer Advocate – June 12, 2007; Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, Calgary Rush Hour, Calgary Sun, Canoe.ca, CBC.ca, CTV.ca, City News.ca, Canada East.com, Edmonton Sun, Guelph Mercury, Halifax Chronicle Herald, Halifax Daily News, Hamilton Spectator, HFX News.ca, Kingston Whig-Standard, London Free Press, Nanaimo Daily News, National Post, Ottawa Sun, Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Sault Ste. Marie Star, Toronto Star, Toronto Sun – June 11, 2007; Canadian Press – June 6, 2007 – A study conducted by AFMNet Researcher Dr. Ahmed El-Sohemy shows that there is a genetic basis for caffeine-seeking behaviour. Dr. El-Sohemy recently shared his findings at the Queenstown Molecular Conference.
  • BNN TV, Owen Sound Sun Times, Sherbrooke Tribune – June 5, 2007; Canada.com, Canoe.ca, CBC Radio, La Presse, Le Soleil, Toronto Star – June 4, 2007; CBVE-FM, Cyberpresse.ca, La Presse Canadienne, Toronto Sun – June 3, 2007; Brantford Expositor, Guelph Mercury, Halifax Chronicle Herald, Hamilton Spectator, Kingston Whig-Standard, Moncton Times & Transcript, Peterborough Examiner, St. Catherines Standard, Sudbury Star, Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo Record – June 2, 2007; Canadian Press, CBC.ca – June 1, 2007 – Media coverage from the AFMNet Annual Conference, including interviews with AFMNet researchers Alejandro Marangoni, Heather Boon, André Marette and Timothy Caulfield about their research projects.
  • Walnut News – June 2007 issue – AFMNet Scientific Director Dr. Rickey Yada's "Letter to the Editor" from the June 2007 California Walnuts newsletter for dietitians.
  • CBC News – May 9, 2007 – According to AFMNet Researcher Bruce Holub, who has tested hundreds of pre-packaged foods, consumers who scan nutrition labels for fat content might be surprised to learn that some of the information may not be accurate.
  • Canadian Living Magazine – April 2007 issue – AFMNet Researchers Gregor Reid and Lisbeth Truelstrup-Hansen are quoted in an article about probiotics.
  • Winnipeg Free Press – May 4, 2007 – AFMNet Researcher James Friel and his team are studying breast milk to find the molecule he believes can act as a natural anti-inflammatory to treat adult diseases.
  • News Release – April 24, 2007 – AFMNet researcher and CoaGel™ Corporation's scientific advisor Alejandro Marangoni introduced CoaGel™, a shortening alternative containing 50 per cent fewer calories than ordinary shortening, no trans fat and no imported palm fat.
  • Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo Record – July 28, 2007; www.guelphinnovation.com – April 23, 2007; Guelph Mercury – April 16, 2007; University of Guelph Research News – March 30, 2007– AFMNet Scientific Director Dr. Rickey Yada and Network Researcher Alejandro Marangoni are part of a team that identified an enzyme called pyruvate decarboxylase in a potato from North Dakota, that prevents the browning of chips made from cold-stored tubers.
  • FASHION magazine – April 2007 issue – AFMNet Theme II Leader Dr. Ahmed El-Sohemy is quoted in an article entitled, “Diet: Gene Cuisine – The latest designer diet is tailor-made for your DNA.”
  • Guelph University news release – March 28, 2007 – AFMNet researcher Dr. Ming Fan is the Principal Investigator for a study, published in the The Journal of Nutrition, that found that tailor-made dietary fiber may be able to flush artery-clogging cholesterol from the body.
  • CBC News – March 26, 2007 – AFMNet researcher Dr. Robert Hancock is the Principal Investigator for a study, published in Nature Biotechnology, that shows that a certain chain of amino acids, or peptide, could provide a powerful weapon in fighting “hospital superbugs” that are immune to antibiotics.
  • Le Devoir – March 14, 2007 – AFMNet researcher Dr. David Jenkins is part of a team that helped launch the Loblaws-Provigo President's Choice Blue Menu.
  • Bakers Journal – January/February 2007 – An article features two AFMNet scientists Derick Rousseau and Alejandro Marangoni and how their research is used in the art of baking.
  • Toronto Star – February 27, 2007 – AFMNet researcher Heather Boon is quoted in an article about a study, published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, that found that garlic has no impact on human cholesterol levels.
  • University of Guelph News Release – February 22, 2007 – AFMNet researcher Dr. Jacek Lipkowski is among 10 Canadians who have received the prestigious Killam Researcher Fellowship. The award will enable him to devote himself to research full-time over the next two years.
  • CBC Radio One – February 16, 2007 – Several University of Guelph professors involved in swine research, including AFMNet researcher Cecil Forsberg, were interviewed for a special program about 2007 being The Year of the Pig.
  • FoodProcessing.com – November 2006 – AFMNet Scientific Director Rickey Yada is quoted in an article about nanotechnology.
  • Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo Record – March 31, 2007; C-Health – February 19, 2007; CTV-Canada AM, CBC Newsworld – January 25, 2007; University of Guelph Newsletter – January 24, 2007 – An international research team headed by AFMNet researcher Alejandro Marangoni has developed an alternative to artery-clogging trans fats.
  • ExpressNews – January 19, 2007 – AFMNet investigator Dr. Lorne Babiuk has been named Vice-President (Research) of the University of Alberta effective July 1, 2007.
  • Bio Business Magazine – Winter 2006/2007 – An article featuring AFMNet researcher Dr. Gary Leppard.

2. Allergy, Genes and Environment Network (AllerGen)

  • Hamilton Spectator – May 26, 2007; Pharma Sentry Web site, TherapeuticsDaily.com, CHML 900, Hamilton Spectator – May 25, 2007– Coverage of the announcement of AllerGen's International Partnership Initiative including an interview with AllerGen Board Chair Mr. Lynton Wilson.
  • Global News – May 24, 2007 – AllerGen trainee Dr. Bruce Urch is interviewed about smog and adverse health effects of air pollution.
  • Homemakers Magazine – May 2007 Issue – AllerGen Principal Investigator Dr. Louis-Philippe Boulet is interviewed on the question of why more women are developing asthma.
  • Toronto Star – May 3, 2007 – Principal Investigator Dr. Susan Waserman speaks about anaphylaxis.
  • McMaster Times Alumni Magazine – Spring 2007 Issue – AllerGen Programme Leader Dr. Susan Elliott speaks about AllerGen and its role in research collaboration.
  • Now Magazine – April 12, 2007 – AllerGen trainee Dr. Bruce Urch speaks about using ventilation masks.
  • Allergic Living magazine – Spring 2007 issue – AllerGen Scientific Director Dr. Judah Denburg and AllerGen Principal Investigator Dr. Louis-Philippe Boulet are quoted in an article about prevention strategies for asthmatics.
  • Allergic Living magazine – Spring 2007 issue – AllerGen Principal Investigator Dr. Malcolm Sears is quoted in an article about AllerGen's Birth Cohort project.
  • Allergic Living magazine – Spring 2007 issue – Laurie Harada, a collaborator on a new AllerGen project, writes about children with food allergies who are being bullied.
  • CBC News – March 21, 2007 – AllerGen investigator and Research Management Committee member Jeff Brook was interviewed for a feature about pollution in arenas.
  • Hamilton Spectator – February 14, 2007 – AllerGen researcher Dr. Malcolm Sears is quoted in this article about the much-anticipated Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) study, which might have to be scaled down due to a funding shortfall.

3. ArcticNet

  • La Presse – October 7, 2007 – ArcticNet Scientific Director Dr. Louis Fortier is mentioned in an article about climate warming.
  • Le Soleil – September 28, 2007 – ArcticNet project member Dermot Antoniades discusses findings from a study conducted in Ward Hunt Lake that shows changes in the aquatic environment are due to climate warming. The findings are published in the September issue of Geographical Research Letters.
  • Regina Leader-Post – September 22, 2007; Montreal Gazette – September 21, 2007; Montreal Gazette – September 20, 2007; Montreal Gazette – September 19, 2007; Victoria Times Colonist, Montreal Gazette – September 17, 2007; St. John's Telegram, Edmonton Journal – September 16, 2007; Victoria Times Colonist, Windsor Star, Montreal Gazette, Calgary Herald – September 15, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator David Barber and ArcticNet project members Josée Michaud and Ian Church are mentioned in articles covering the ArticNet 2007 Expedition, a 15-month mission aboard the CCGS Amundsen.
  • Globe and Mail – August 31, 2007 – An article looks at the career of Mary Simon, Co-Chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, and her involvement in ensuring Aboriginals benefit from any new approaches to mental health, inspired by the federal commission in which she will be taking part.
  • Embassy – August 29, 2007 – An article written by Mary Simon, Co-Chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, provides an understanding of the importance of the seal hunt to the Inuit.
  • Epoch Times – August 23, 2007 – ArcticNet Board Director and President of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada), Duane Smith, is quoted in an article about the approach used in dealing with the Inuit. ArcticNet Network Investigator, Michael Byers, is also quoted on the need for a policing presence in the Arctic.
  • National Geographic News – August 23, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator, Ted McDorman, is quoted in an article about the claims to the North Pole and that these claims have not been fully articulated.
  • Embassy – August 22, 2007; Financial Times – August 21, 2007; Inter Press Service – August 20, 2007; Cowichan Valley News Leader – August 18, 2007; CBC News – August 14, 2007; Toronto Star – August 12, 2007; BBC News – August 11, 2007; CanWest News Service, 940 News, AlJazeera – August 10, 2007; CanWest News Service – August 9, 2007; Embassy – August 8, 2007; National Post – August 7, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator, Michael Byers, is quoted extensively on the issue of Canadian sovereignty, the Russian trip to the North Pole, and recent Canadian government announcements for a new port and military training school in the Arctic.
  • CBC News – August 22, 2007 – ArcticNet Board Director and President of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada), Duane Smith, is quoted in an article on the lack of consultation with the Inuit by Canada and U.S. leaders in making decisions about Arctic sovereignty.
  • CBC News – August 15, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator, Derek Muir, and two ArcticNet graduate students, Igor Lehnherr and Jane Kirk, are quoted in separate articles about rising levels of mercury measured in lakes in the North.
  • Ottawa Citizen – August 17, 2007 – ArcticNet Theme Leader Gordon McBean is quoted in an article about a study, published in Science, which disputes the claim that global warming is causing the slowing of the Gulf Stream.
  • Washington Post – August 7, 2007; CanWest News Service, Trumpet.com – August 6, 2007; CTV.ca – August 5, 2007; CanWest News Service, Times Colonist, National Post – August 4, 2007; Nunatsiaq News, Independent Online – August 3, 2007; Globe and Mail, National Post, Ottawa Citizen, CTV.ca – August 2, 2007; Embassy – August 1, 2007; Montreal Gazette – July 31, 2007; Winnipeg Sun – July 28, 2007; CBC News – July 27, 2007; Calgary Sun, CanWest News Service – July 26, 2007; National Post – July 25, 2007; Globe and Mail – July 24, 2007 – Mary Simon, Co-Chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, and Michael Byers, ArcticNet Network Investigator, have been quoted in several articles on the issue of Canadian sovereignty, the importance of Canada’s commitment to the North and the role of Inuit in asserting sovereignty following the Russian expedition to the North Pole for the purpose of symbolically claiming the Arctic.
  • Nunatsiaq News – August 3, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers was quoted in an article on Nunavut’s need for two deep-water ports, one for the military and one for everyone else.
  • Independent Online – August 2, 2007 – ArcticNet Executive Director Martin Fortier is quoted in an article that discusses the potential vast oil reserves to be found under the Arctic Ocean and what increased navigability will mean for jurisdictional claims to this region as the ice melts.
  • Toronto Star – July 29, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers was the author of an article that looks at securing Canada's rights in the Arctic and how it will require a serious investment of money and personnel.
  • Nunatsiaq News – July 27, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Dr. Wayne Pollard was quoted in an article on the dramatic loss of exposed permafrost on Ellesmere Island, with rates of retreat measured as fast as one metre per week.
  • The Charlatan – July 26, 2007 – An article featuring ArcticNet Ph.D. candidate Paul Smith, one of five Canadian graduate students awarded $40,000 scholarships as the 2007-2008 recipients of the Garfield Weston Awards for Northern Research.
  • CanWest News Service – July 26, 2007; Toronto Star – July 25, 2007; Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Associated Press – July 24, 2007 – An ArcticNet project, focused on addressing northern concerns or knowledge gaps related specifically to climate change and globalization, co-led by Network Investigators Dr. Chris Furgal and Martin Tremblay, is featured.
  • Nunatsiaq News – August 17, 2007; CBC News – August 8, 2007; Nunavut News – August 6, 2007; WebWire – August 3, 2007; Northern News – July 9, 2007; Nunatsiaq News – July 6, 2007; Nunatsiaq News – May 11, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Dr. Grace Egeland is leading the Nunavut Health Survey. Her team will visit Nunavut communities and test hundreds of adults and children to gather detailed information about Inuit health.
  • National Post – August 8, 2007; Montreal Gazette, National Post, CanWest News Service – June 28, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers is quoted in an article on Russia's claim a 1.2 million-square-kilometre expanse of polar seabed.
  • Le Soleil, Calgary Herald, Windsor Star, Montreal Gazette – July 27, 2007; Radio-Canada – July 26, 2007 – ArcticNet Scientific Director Louis Fortier and ArcticNet Network Investigators David Barber and Grace Egeland are quoted in an article about the 2007 ArcticNet Expedition onboard the CCGS Amundsen.
  • Epoch Times – July 12, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers is quoted in an article on melting sea ice creating a situation where ships may sail through the Northwest Passage without asking Canada's permission, a situation which could undermine Canada's claim to sovereignty over Arctic waters.
  • Winnipeg Free Press – July 12, 2007; Toronto Star, CTV, The Winnipeg Sun, Winnipeg Free Press – July 11, 2007 – ArcticNet Theme Leader David Barber and Network Investigator Steven Ferguson are quoted in articles about the Circumpolar Flaw Lead (CFL) System Study and a marine mammals project, part of the International Polar Year initiative.
  • Vancouver Province – July 11, 2007; National Post, Toronto Star – July 10, 2007; Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Province – July 9, 2007; Victoria Times Colonist – July 8, 2007; Victoria Times Colonist – July 6, 2007; CanWest News Service – July 5, 2007– Network Investigator Michael Byers is quoted in articles leading up to and following the Prime Minister's recent announcement to spend $3 billion on new ships to patrol the Arctic.
  • Globe and Mail – July 5, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Martin Sharp is quoted in an article on the recent finding that during the past 80,000 years the southern part of Greenland was covered by boreal forest.
  • Weatherwise – July/August 2007 – An article by ArcticNet Postdoctoral Fellow James Ford observes the impacts of climate change in the Nunavut community of Igloolik and how it deals with environmental change in the context of social, economic, and political changes.
  • Toronto Star – May 30, 2007 – An article by ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers discusses the leadership required by Canada on the world stage with respect to the climate change issue and the need for Canada to use the technologies and resources it has available to overcome the threat of climate change.
  • Canadian Press – May 29, 2007 – ArcticNet Research Management Committee (RMC) member Stephanie Meakin is quoted in an article about a conference that brought together representatives of six circumpolar Aboriginal groups, including Canada, with representatives of small island governments.
  • Canadian Underwriter – May 29, 2007 – ArcticNet Theme Leader Gordon McBean is quoted in an article about the need for the federal government to increase funding for research on the impact of global warming and particularly the need for policy research.
  • CBC Iqaluit, CBC News, CBC News North – May 28, 2007; La Presse, Le Soleil, Le Droit, Montreal Gazette – May 26, 2007; Presse Canadienne Française – May 25, 2007 – Coverage of the announcement of the ArcticNet International Partnership Initiative including a quote from ArcticNet Scientific Director Louis Fortier and an interview with ArcticNet Executive Director Martin Fortier.
  • The Economist – May 24, 2007 – Mary Simon, Co-Chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors and President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, is quoted in an article that addresses the fact that the real victims of climate change in the Arctic are people.
  • Globe and Mail – May 25, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Reinhard Pienitz and his team visited the Pingualuit Meteorite Crater near the Hudson Strait in the hopes of unlocking clues about climate change dating to the last interglacial period 120,000 years ago.
  • CanWest News – May 19, 2007 – ArcticNet RMC member Douglas Bancroft is quoted in an article on the Ayles Ice Shelf, a massive ice shelf, that could soon be on the move due to extraordinary ice conditions in the Canadian Arctic.
  • CBC News, Globe and Mail – May 3, 2007; Canadian Press – May 2, 2007 – Under the leadership of ArcticNet Network Investigator and ArcticNet Board Director Yves Begin, a network of eight research stations will be put in place to study the impact of climate change and other issues on the environment and people of the Canadian Arctic and sub-Arctic.
  • Ottawa Citizen – May 2, 2007 – ArcticNet Theme Leader Gordon McBean is quoted in an article about the prediction that greenhouse gas emissions are going to climb “like a rocket” and the need for national leadership to reduce these emissions.
  • CBC News – April 25, 2007 – ArcticNet Scientific Director Louis Fortier and Network Investigator Yves Bégin are quoted in an article about a new northern research network that will extend from the southern limits of the boreal forest up to Ward Hunt Island off northern Ellesmere Island, in an effort to study changes to ecosystems as the climate warms.
  • The Labradorian – April 23, 2007; Globe and Mail – April 2, 2007 – Articles that discuss Arctic sovereignty quote ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers.
  • RDI (CBC-TV National News) – April 23, 2007; CBC (Radio-Canada – radio) – April 20, 2007 – ArcticNet Executive Director Martin Fortier was interviewed on climate change, the Northwest Passage and the Arctic.
  • CBC News – April 23, 2007; Edmonton Journal – April 21, 2007 – Mary Simon, Co-Chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, is quoted in articles about the ”epidemic” suicide rates in Aboriginal communities and the need for Aboriginal communities to do more themselves to combat high rates of suicide and depression among their youth, such as training their own counsellors.
  • The Tyee – April 13, 2007 – An article quotes ArcticNet Network Investigators Greg Henry and Martin Sharp on the changes they have observed and monitored over many years in the Canadian Arctic as a result of climate change and its impact on, among other things, glaciers, the terrestrial environment and wildlife.
  • Kawartha Media Group – April 11, 2007 – Chris Furgal, ArcticNet Network Investigator and lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II report, is the subject of an article on his contributions to the report's Arctic chapter and its findings.
  • Globe and Mail – April 10, 2007 – Mary Simon, Co-Chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors and President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, wrote an Special to the Globe and Mail update on the importance of seal and seal hunting to the Inuit culture and livelihood.
  • National Geographic News – March 30, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Bruno Tremblay is quoted in an article about how climate warming caused by human activity may change the seasonal ice system and dramatically speed up the loss of ice in the Arctic.
  • Whitehorse Star – March 30, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers is quoted as saying the disappearance of sea ice in the Canadian Arctic has economic benefits and environmental and security implications, and that climate change is real and must be addressed if Canada intends to maintain its sovereignty.
  • Vancouver Sun – April 10, 2007; CBC News – March 29, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator and Theme Lead Gordon McBean is quoted in an article on the need for a strategy that recognizes the climate is changing.
  • InnovationCanada.ca, Issue 27 – March-April 2007 – Articles featuring topics related to ArcticNet and ArcticNet Network Investigator David Barber and Schools on Board participant high school teacher Janet Nadeau.
  • Globe and Mail – March 29, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers is quoted in a article in response to a Senate report on national security concerns over Canadian waters, including the Arctic.
  • USA Today – March 26, 2007 – ArcticNet Research Associate and recently graduated master's student Tristan Pearce is quoted in an article on the race for resources with global warming in the Arctic.
  • Global Television (Global Currents) – March 17, 2007 – A documentary entitled "Thin Ice – Saattuq" featured several ArcticNet Network Investigators, including David Barber and Greg Flato among others, as well as former ArcticNet Board member Sheila Watt-Cloutier.
  • CanWest News Service – March 16, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator David Barber is quoted in an article regarding the dramatic change in Arctic sea ice over a very short time.
  • McGill Reporter – March 15, 2007 – The research efforts of ArcticNet Network Investigators Wayne Pollard and Bruno Tremblay, to study and understand the terrestrial and marine Arctic environments, are profiled.
  • Whitehorse Star – March 21, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Dr. Michael Byers delivered a lecture at Yukon College to address climate change.
  • Nunatsiaq News – March 9, 2007; Nature, Volume 446 – March 8, 2007; Le Monde – March 3, 2007; Toronto Star, Nunatsiaq News – March 2, 2007; CBC News, Sun Media, Winnipeg Free Press, CNN, International Herald Tribute, MSNBC News Service, CTV News, canada.com, The Scotsman (UK), Reuters Canada, Independent Online (South Africa), Sun Media, Toronto Star, CanWest News, International Herald Tribune, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, CNN – March 1, 2007; Up Here Magazine – March 2007 Issue – Several articles focusing on the International Polar Year funding announcement mention and/or quote ArcticNet Investigators and Theme Leaders David Barber, Martin Sharp, Greg Henry and Grace Egeland; ArcticNet Scientific Director Louis Fortier; Network Manager Martin Fortier; and ArcticNet Board Members Mary Simon and Duane Smith.
  • Le Soleil – March 7, 2007 – Even though the polar bear population seems to be increasing in the Arctic, ArcticNet Scientific Director Dr. Louis Fortier says they cannot adapt to life on land and will eventually be in danger if the Arctic sea ice continues to melt at its current rate. The network is conducting a study on the economic impacts of the decreasing polar bear population.
  • CBC News – March 1, 2007 – An article quotes ArcticNet Network Investigator Steve Blasco about mysterious bubbles of methane seeping out of volcano-shaped hills on the bottom of the Beaufort Sea and the research to determine how much methane is escaping into the sea and what it might mean for the oil and gas industry.
  • London Free Press – February 24, 2007 – An article on Canada's defensible claim to the Arctic, that could be undermined by long-time neglect, quotes ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers.
  • Nunatsiaq News – February 23, 2007 – ArcticNet graduate student James Ford conducted, in collaboration with residents of Arctic Bay and Igloolik, Nunavut, research that examined the challenges communities are facing as a result of climate change. Policy suggestions from his research may be incorporated in the Government of Nunavut's forthcoming climate change adaptation strategy.
  • Geowissenschaften – February 21, 2007 – An article examines ArcticNet Network Investigator Barry Smit's research to bridge the gap between scientific and traditional knowledge to better understand the impacts of climate change.
  • Whitehorse Star – March 5, 2007; Winnipeg Free Press, Regina Leader-Post, Toronto Star – March 2, 2007; Windsor Star – March 1, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator David Barber is quoted in an article about the government's funding announcement of $150 million towards two-year polar region projects that are part of International Polar Year.
  • Globe and Mail, Montreal Gazette – February 21, 2007; Canadian Press Wire – February 20, 2007 – ArcticNet Scientific Director Dr. Louis Fortier has been appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada by the Governor General of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honorable Michaëlle Jean.
  • National Post – February 5, 2007 – An article quotes ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers on the importance of a deep-water port in Canada's Arctic for economic and government strategic reasons.
  • L'Actualité – March 1, 2007 Issue; Monsters and Critics, Edmonton Sun, Toronto Star – February 3, 2007; Financial Post – January 27, 2007; RDI, AFP – January 25, 2007 – Several articles that discuss the impacts of climate change and the year-long opening of the Northwest Passage mention ArcticNet Investigators and Theme Leaders including, among others, David Barber, Barry Smit, Gordon McBean and Greg Flato, and ArcticNet Scientific Director Louis Fortier.
  • EastOttawa.ca – January 26, 2007 – Janet Nadeau, an Ottawa high school teacher who participated in the 2006 Schools on Board program, is putting the knowledge she gained from ArcticNet Network Investigators on climate change and the Arctic environment to start a program called Operation Snowball, aimed at encouraging today's youth in getting involved in protecting the environment.
  • Toronto Star – January 21, 2007 – ArcticNet graduate student Lisa Loseto is showcased in an article regarding a recent report she published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology on her research on the Beaufort Sea Beluga.
  • Edmonton Journal – January 18, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Grant Gilchrist is quoted in an article about the potential listing of the Ivory Gull, an Arctic species, on the endangered list.
  • Edmonton Journal – January 27, 2006 – ArcticNet Network Manager Dr. Martin Fortier is quoted in an article about the melting of the Arctic Ocean's pack ice and the oil and gas rush that could result from it.
  • Vancouver Sun – January 20, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers discusses his 13-day trip aboard the CCGS Amundsen in late October 2006.
  • Science, Vancouver Sun, Edmonton Journal, National Geographic, Montreal Gazette – January 12, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Connie Lovejoy was part of an international team of researchers that discovered a new life form in the ocean, a tiny plant micro-organism they called picobiliphytes.
  • Canadian Press, CTV News Online – January 19, 2007; Nunatsiaq News – January 12, 2007 – ArcticNet PhD student Jeff Higdon was quoted in an article about the increased number of killer whales being observed in the Canadian Arctic, which is thought to be a result of a decrease in sea ice.

AUTO21

  • Windsor Star – August 28, 2007 – AUTO21 Scientific Director, Dr. Peter Frise, has been named the 2007 winner of the Ontario Professional Engineers (OSPE) Award in Research and Innovation.
  • Windsor Star – August 21, 2007 – AUTO21 Scientific Director Dr. Peter Frise is quoted in an article about the new Centre of Engineering Innovation to be built at the University of Windsor.
  • Montreal Gazette – July 18, 2007; Edmonton Journal – July 6, 2007; Victoria Times Colonist – June 29, 2007; Ottawa Citizen – June 22, 2007; Globe and Mail, Charlottetown Guardian – June 14, 2007; Le Soleil – June 11, 2007; Toronto Star – June 8, 2007; Charlottetown Guardian – June 7, 2007; CBC Radio – June 6, 2007; CBC TV; BNW, L'Acadie Nouvelle – June 5, 2007; Presse Canadienne Française, CHYR 96.7FM, CKLW AM800 – June 4, 2007 – A study by AUTO21 researcher Dr. Anne Snowdon shows that almost three-quarters of Canadian children who should be in booster seats are being strapped in with seatbelts alone.
  • Windsor Star – June 19, 2007 – AUTO21 Scientific Director Dr. Peter Frise is quoted in an article about trade policies.
  • Windsor Star – June 13, 2007 – A research team headed by AUTO21 researcher David Checkel has found a way to build a variable valve timing engine without cams.
  • Windsor Star – May 9, 2007 – AUTO21 Scientific Director Dr. Peter Frise is quoted in an article about the possible establishment of the new corporate head office of Azure Dynamics Corporation, a developer of hybrid electric and electric power trains, in the Windsor-Detroit area.
  • Toronto Star – May 7, 2007 – AUTO21 is mentioned in an article about globalization and its effects on the auto industry in Canada.
  • Globe and Mail – March 8, 2007 – AUTO21 researcher Dr. Jerry Sokolowski was featured in an article about his research on the development of new aluminum casting technologies.
  • Le Soleil, CanPlastics.com – March 5, 2007; Simcoe Reformer, Whitehorse Daily Star, Ottawa Citizen, Presse Canadienne, Canadian Press Wire, Calgary Herald, Kingston Whig-Standard, Le Quotidien, Le Droit, Charlottetown Guardian, Winnipeg Free Press, CJAD Radio, Peterborough Examiner, St. Catherines Standard, Timmins Daily Press, Orillia Packet & Times, Halifax Daily News, The New Glasgow Evening News, Kamloops Daily News, Guelph Mercury, Fort McMurray Today, Cranbrook Daily Townsman, Alberni Valley Times – March 2, 2007 – Coverage of the presentation given by AUTO21 Scientific Director Dr. Peter Frise on Parliament Hill about the major trends in automotive innovation in safety, materials and manufacturing, powertrains and intelligent systems. Bacon and Eggheads is a series of breakfasts with Parliamentarians, scientists and engineers to "bridge the gap" between policy makers and experts in a variety of fields. The series is open to members of the Senate, House of Commons, interested media, the Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE), NSERC and invited guests.
  • CBE-AM – February 19, 2007 – AUTO21 Scientific Director Dr. Peter Frise is interviewed about automotive research projects at the University of Windsor.
  • CBC-The Fifth Estate – February 7, 2007 – An episode on Road Rage features AUTO21 researcher David Wiesenthal.
  • Ottawa Citizen – February 9, 2007; National Post – January 26, 2007 – An article on the use of reinforced plastics, or composites, in the auto industry quotes AUTO21 Scientific Director Dr. Peter Frise.
  • Globe and Mail – January 25, 2007 – AUTO21 Theme Coordinator and researcher, Dr. Anne Snowdon is interviewed on the program she developed to educate parents about using boosters seats.

Canadian Arthritis Network (CAN)

  • Medical Post – November 6, 2007; Press Release – October 3, 2007 – Dr. Claire Bombardier, CAN's Interim Scientific Director, has been appointed first holder of the Pfizer Chair in Rheumatology.
  • The Medical Post – October 16, 2007 – An article about hip fracture therapy quotes CAN Investigator Dr. Rick Adachi.
  • The Medical Post – October 16, 2007; CanWest News Service, National Post – October 5, 2007 – CAN Clinical Associate member Dr. Vivian Bykerk and CAN Investigator Dr. Walter Maksymowych are quoted in separate articles concerning the withdrawal of Prexige from the Canadian marketplace.
  • CTV (Halifax) – October 13, 2007; CBC Radio Canada – October 12, 2007; Global TV (Halifax) – October 11, 2007 – Coverage from the Canadian Arthritis Network’s Annual Scientific Conference.
  • Vancouver Sun – October 12, 2007 – CAN Investigator and Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium (CRRC) member Dr. Walter Maksymowych is part of a team that discovered a simple blood test to identify arthritis in its early stages.
  • Toronto Star – October 6, 2007 – CAN Investigators Drs. Mary Lynch, Michael Salter and Allan Gordon are quoted in an article that looks at what is being done to deal with the growing number of people who suffer from chronic pain.
  • Maclean’s – September 10, 2007 – CAN's former Scientific Directors and CEOs, Drs. John Esdaile and Jane Aubin, and CAN Investigator Dr. Jolanda Cibere are quoted in this supplement on osteoarthritis.
  • Canadian Press – October 2, 2007 – CAN is mentioned in an article about the Arthritis Society’s announcement of its commitment toward its Research and Development Program.
  • Rehab & Community Care Medicine – Fall 2007 – CAN Investigator Dr. Aileen Davis was profiled about her research on osteoarthritis.
  • Reuters Health – September 25, 2007 – CAN Network Investigator Dr. Debbie Ehrmann Feldman was part of a study that found that children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis who adhere to an exercise program can improve their functional level.
  • Coquitlam Now – September 19, 2007 – CAN Network Investigator Dr. Carlo Marra was a presenter at the second annual Roundtable on Arthritis Research.
  • Moncton Times & Transcript – September 10, 2007 – A feature about arthritis sufferer Marg Elliott, a CAN volunteer who is helping to organise the Network’s Annual Scientific Conference.
  • Globe and Mail – September 5, 2007 – CAN Network Investigator Dr. Kathy Siminovitch is quoted in an article that looks at individual genome mapping.
  • Tri-City News, Metro Valley Newsaper Group – September 14, 2007 – Canadian Arthritis Network Investigator Dr. Monique Gignac is leading a study that is exploring the adaptations that individuals with arthritis disability make in order to manage their condition and remain employed.
  • Globe and Mail – August 27, 2007 – An article by CAN Investigator, Dr. Cy Frank, on hip and joint replacement.
  • Medical Post – August 7, 2007 – CAN Investigator Dr. Michael Dunbar is quoted in an article about the need for orthopedic surgeons to acquire new tools such as radiostereometric analysis (RSA) to evaluate subtle differences in the latest generations of knee implants.
  • Medical Post – July 24, 2007 – CAN Investigator Dr. Cy Frank is quoted in an article about a new care pathway for hip and knee replacement in Alberta.
  • MedicoNews.com - April 7, 2007; WebMD – April 5, 2007; Healthy Ontario.com, Medical News Today – April 4, 2007; www.reutershealth.com, Medpage Today, United Press International – March 30, 2007; www.ucsfhealth.org, Scientific American.com, KIROTV.com, NBC News, Epoch Times International – March 29, 2007 – CAN trainee Dr. Charles Ratzlaff is lead researcher of a study published in Arthritis and Rheumatism that shows being physically active outside of work may protect against work-related repetitive strain injury.
  • foodconsumer.org – June 16, 2007; FoodNavigatorUSA.com – June 8, 2007 – CAN Investigators Drs. Sheila Laverty and Marc Grynpas co-authored a study, published in the May issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism, which shows that people with arthritis supplementing their diet with glucosamine may slow their bone turnover and help build cartilage
  • The Medical Post – June 12, 2007; Globe and Mail – May 31, 2007 – CAN Investigator Dr. Michael Dunbar was quoted in an article that reports that patients who have surgery immediately following a broken hip tend to have better outcomes than those who wait longer for an operation.
  • Global TV – June 3, 2007 – CAN investigator Dr. Lori Tucker was interviewed during the BC Children's Hospital Foundation Telethon about arthritis as a disease that affects children and the importance of funding arthritis research.
  • May 31, 2007 – CAN Investigator Dr. Tony Cruz was honoured with the "Excellence In Clinical Research” award from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
  • Toronto Star – May 26, 2007 – CAN Investigator Dr. David Holdsworth is quoted in an article about hip and knee replacements.
  • seniorjournal.com – May 25, 2007 – An article about a new large-scale study, led by CAN Investigator Dr. Hyon K. Choi, and published in the June 2007 issue of Arthritis Care & Research, that examined the relationship between coffee and tea caffeine intake and uric acid levels.
  • North Shore News – May 11, 2007 – CAN Investigator Dr. Diane Lacaille has been nominated for the annual YWCA of Vancouver Women of Distinction Awards in the Technology, Science & Industry category.
  • Doctor's Guide – May 11, 2007; Newswise – May 10, 2007 – CAN Investigator Dr. Patricia Dobkin is quoted in an article about the benefits of psychological counseling and teaching skills for coping with pain to arthritis sufferers.
  • Halifax Daily News – May 2, 2007 – The Canadian Arthritis Network is mentioned in an article featuring CAN Consumer Advisory Council member, Meagan Hasek-Watt.
  • Healthtalk.com – May 10, 2007 – CAN Investigator Dr. Diane Lacaille participated in a webcast entitled "RA Guide for the Newly Diagnosed".
  • Medical News Today – May 4 & 2, 2007 – Dr. Edward Yelin, a member of CAN's Scientific and Medical Advisory Council, is co-author of two articles published in the May 2007 issues of Arthritis and Rheumatism and Arthritis Care & Research.
  • National Post – April 28, 2007 – Dr. Ed Keystone, CAN Investigator and Chair of the Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium and Dr. Earl Bogoch, also a CAN Investigator, attended the Brazilian Ball, a charitable fundraiser to benefit arthritis research.
  • Cambridge Times – April 27, 2007 – Dr. Robin Armstrong, CAN's Chairman of the Board, was inducted in the Preston High School Hall of Fame recently.
  • Globe and Mail – April 26, 2007 – CAN Investigator Dr. Kathy Siminovitch is quoted in an article about the rapidly growing and largely unregulated direct-to-customer genetic testing business.
  • Le Point – Winter 2006/2007, Volume 2, Number 4 – CAN Board of Directors member, Dr. Terrence Montague, mentions CAN in his co-authored article about health management.
  • Halifax Daily News – May 2, 2007; CBC.CA News, Canadian Press Wire – April 25, 2007 – The Canadian Arthritis Network and Arthritis Consumer Experts (ACE) have launched the survey "Help the Canadian Arthritis Network Create a World Without Arthritis." The online survey will ask people with arthritis and the public to tell them what areas of research are of greatest importance to them.
  • Radio 6X-London (Fanshawe College campus station); A Channel TV – April 18, 2007 – Johnathan Riley, Managing Director of CAN, was interviewed as part of a visit some CAN staff made to the University of Western Ontario, to meet with CAN members and share their latest findings.
  • The Medical Post – March 27, 2007 – CAN Investigator Dr. Robert Bourne is quoted in an article discussing joint replacement surgeries and wait times.
  • Vancouver Island News Group – April 18, 2007; MetroValley Newspaper Group – April 13, 2007; Alaska Highway News – April 11, 2007 – CAN's outgoing Consumer Advisory Council co-Chair Ms. Jay Fiddler is quoted in an article about the government of British Columbia's Conversation on Health program.
  • Pharmalive.com – April 2007 – CAN investigator Dr. Paul Haraoui is quoted in an article about ENBREL® SureClick,™ the first pre-filled autoinjector indicated for people who are affected by rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, plaque psoriasis and ankylosing spondylitis.
  • calgary.CTV.ca – March 20, 2007 – CAN investigator Dr. Jason McDougall was interviewed regarding his work on medicinal marijuana and cannabinoid use for arthritis pain relief.
  • National Review of Medicine, Volume 4, No.6 – March 30, 2007 – CAN investigator and former Scientific Director and CEO Dr. Jane Aubin is quoted in an article that discusses the importance of family physicians for good arthritis care.
  • The Globe and Mail – March 29, 2007 – CAN Scientific Director Dr. John Esdaile, CAN Clinical Associate Dr. Vivian Bykerk and CAN Investigators Drs. William Bensen, Alan Rosenberg, Dafna Gladman, Maria Fernandes, Sophie Roux, Frank Jirik, Jolanda Cibere, and Gillian Hawker are quoted or mentioned in a six-page arthritis supplement for the Arthritis Society. The Alliance for the Canadian Arthritis Program (ACAP), of which CAN is an important member, is also mentioned.
  • Whitehorse Star – March 26, 2007; Canadian Press Newswire – March 25, 2007; The Globe and Mail, Winnipeg Free Press, The Toronto Star – March 24, 2007 – CAN Investigators, Drs. Michael Hayden and James Henry were quoted in a story about research into people who do not feel pain.
  • NOW, Vol. 26, no. 27 – March 8 to 14, 2007 – CAN Board member and Clinical Associate Dr. Carter Thorne is quoted in this article about how to management rheumatoid arthritis pain.
  • HealthTalk Webcast – March 8, 2007; Tri City News – March 7, 2007 – A Webcast on Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) that was held on March 8, between 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. (PST), featured new Consumer Advisory Council (CAC) member Delia Cooper; as well, an article discusses a self-help course that she will be facilitating in Coquitlam, British Columbia.
  • CAN Investigator Dr. Henri André Ménard recently received the 2007 Distinguished Investigator Award from the Canadian Rheumatology Association to recognize his contribution to the Discipline of Rheumatology and Arthritis Research.
  • Medical Post – February 27, 2007 – CAN Investigator Dr. Robert Bourne is quoted in an article discussing a new knee replacement designed for female patients being advertised directly to consumers in the U.S. Though it doesn't necessarily lead to better outcomes for women, the clever marketing and higher cost has some orthopedic surgeons in the U.S. and Canada upset.
  • Meetings and Incentive Travel Magazine – January/February 2007 – CAN's Manager of Research and Training Programs, Christine Bergen, was quoted in an article about the tough competition for meeting space.
  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research – February 2007 Issue – An article by CAN investigators Drs. David Goltzman and Jonathan D. Adachi entitled, "Changes to Osteoporosis Prevalence According to Method of Risk Assessment" appears.
  • Medical News Today – February 2, 2007; Science Daily, Montreal Gazette – February 1, 2007; Post Chronicle, eMaxHealth.com – January 31, 2007 – CAN investigators Drs. Sasha Bernatsky, Ciaran Duffy and Ann Clarke have concluded a study on the cost of juvenile idiopathic arthritis that appears in the February issue of Arthritis Care & Research.
  • Globe and Mail, CBC, Associated Press, Canadian Press, National Post, CTV, NBC, ABC, CBS – January 22, 2007 – A study, led by CAN investigator Dr. David Goltzman, suggests that antidepressants decrease bone mass and may be linked to bone fractures in older adults.
  • Toronto Star – January 18, 2007 – CAN investigator Dr. Gillian Hawker is quoted in an article about osteoarthritis.
  • CBC Radio – January 15, 2007 – CAN investigator Dr. Jason McDougall was interviewed about his research on cannabinoids and the potential benefits of medicinal marijuana for the control and treatment of chronic pain.
  • Laboratory Product News Online, e-source Canada.com Business News Network – January 12, 2007 – The appointment of Dr. John Esdaile, as CAN's new Scientific Director and CEO is announced.
  • Saskatoon Star Phoenix – December 8, 2006 – CAN investigator Dr. Alan Rosenberg says the vast majority of adult diseases may have their start in prenatal or childhood periods.

Canadian Design Research Network (CDRN)

  • thecoast.ca, canadianarchitect.com, dexigner.com – September 2007 – Coverage of the ACADIA 2007: Expanding Bodies international conference, presented by the Canadian Design Research Network.
  • Canadian Architect Magazine – June 2007 – A special issue entitled, "The New World of Design" explores CDRN ideas, with articles by several CDRN members including Scientific Director Rob Woodbury and Executive Director Douglas MacLeod.
  • Globe and Mail – August 3, 2007; CBC Radio One – July 31, 2007 – An article featuring Future Wood, a CDRN-funded exhibition organized by CDRN member Oliver Neumann.
  • CBC.ca – May 25, 2007 – An interview with CDRN Board member and president of the Canada Green Building Council Kevin Hydes.

Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations (CIPI)

  • Le journal Les Affaires – March 17, 2007 – CIPI President Robert Corriveau was interviewed for a feature on knowledge transfer. CIPI is quoted as an example of a proactive organization that encourages know-how and photonic technology transfer in Canada.
  • March 15, 2007 – During the FIDEIDES Ceremony, CIPI was honoured with an award in the Public Parapublic category for its outstanding achievement and contribution to economic development.
  • News Release – January 11, 2007 – CIPI, FQRNT and NSERC signed a partnership agreement to award Industrial Innovation Scholarships that will benefit students enrolled in master's or doctoral programs in the field of photonics at any Quebec university who want to acquire practical skills and experience.

Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network

  • St. John's Telegram – October 7, 2007; Hamilton Spectator – October 3, 2007; London Free Press, Edmonton Sun, Calgary Sun, Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo Record, Fredericton Daily Gleaner, Globe and Mail, Moncton Times & Transcript, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, Chronicle-Herald – October 2, 2007; Canadian Press NewsWire, Broadcast News – October 1, 2007 – A study conducted for the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network found that many classrooms have poor acoustics and inadequate listening conditions.
  • Calgary Herald, CanWest News Service – June 12, 2007 – George Fulford, keynote speaker at the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network annual conference, says schools must be better adapted to meet the need of aboriginal students.
  • L'Acadie Nouvelle – June 6, 2007 – Two University of Moncton psychology students, Joline Poirier and Josée LeBlanc will receive third-year student awards for summer research with the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network.
  • London Free Press – February 6, 2007; London Free Press – January 29, 2007 – Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network Communications Manager Lisa Willemse was awarded the 2006 International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Silver Leaf Award of Merit for the Network's 2004-2005 Annual Report.
  • St. John's Telegram – February 3, 2007; Whitehorse Star – January 31, 2007 – The Canadian Language and Literacy Network is mentioned in an article about teaching sign language to babies.

Canadian Obesity Network

  • Toronto Star, Toronto Sun – October 5, 2007; Le Quotidien, Journal de Montreal – October 4, 2007; Presse Canadienne – October 3, 2007 – The Canadian Obesity Network is urging more Canadians to make sure they ask their doctors to measure their waist circumference along with cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure and triglycerides.
  • Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal – September 18, 2007 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma in a feature about the challenges he faces in making Edmonton the “obesity capital” of North America.
  • The Province, Victoria Times Colonist, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Edmonton Journal, Windsor Star, Winnipeg Free Press, Calgary Herald – September 14, 2007 – The Canadian Obesity Network is mentioned in an article that looks at the trend toward increasing seat sizes in worldwide organizations and businesses, such as London’s Olympic Delivery Authority.
  • Victoria Times Colonist, Regina Leader-Post, Ottawa Citizen, Vancouver Sun, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Edmonton Journal, Montreal Gazette, Windsor Star, Winnipeg Free Press, Calgary Herald – September 10, 2007 – A leading American addictions expert says some forms of obesity are a mental illness and extreme cases should be classified as a brain disorder. Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in the article.
  • CTV News – September 3, 2007 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director, Dr. Arya Sharma, is interviewed in a segment about companies that offer employees incentives to lose weight.
  • La Presse – August 27, 2007 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director, Dr. Arya Sharma, is quoted in an article about the need for clinics and hospitals in Canada to acquired equipment to better treat obese patients.
  • Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun – August 11, 2007; Hamilton Spectator – August 10, 2007 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is moving his practice, and the network, to Edmonton from Hamilton.
  • Le Soleil – August 21, 2007; Hamilton Spectator – August 20, 2007; Toronto Sun, St. John’s Telegram, Hamilton Spectator – August 17, 2007; Presse canadienne française, Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, Hamilton Spectator, Toronto Star – August 16, 2007 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted on the need for more obesity funding across the country.
  • CTV News – August 20, 2007; CTV.ca – July 29, 2007 – Dr. Rena Mendelson, nutrition section head for the Canadian Obesity Network is quoted in an article about recent studies on an adenovirus, known as AD-36, have shown humans who test positive for the pathogen are more likely to be obese than those who test negative.
  • Montreal Gazette – July 24, 2007 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in an article about a U.S. study that found that drinking more than one soft drink a day – even a sugar-free diet brand – may be associated with an elevated risk for metabolic syndrome which is known to double the risk of heart attack and stroke.
  • Montreal Gazette – July 17, 2007 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in an article about the benefits of exercise and a healthful diet.
  • Vancouver.24hrs.ca – June 25, 2007; CNW Telbec, Canoe.ca – June 17, 2007; Ottawa Citizen – June 14, 2007; CanWest News Service, Ottawa Citizen, National Post, Le Droit, Ottawa Sun, Vancouver Province, Regina Leader-Post, Hamilton Spectator, Victoria Times Colonist, Montreal Gazette – June 13, 2007; Presse canadienne française – June 12, 2007 – A survey released by the Canadian Obesity Network shows that most Canadians are in denial about their weight and its effects. Canadian Obesity Network Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in some of the articles.
  • Windsor Star – July 12, 2007; Toronto Star – May 21, 2007 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in an article about the billion-dollar weight-loss industry.
  • Edmonton Sun – June 9, 2007; Moncton Times & Transcript – May 19, 2007; New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, Red Deer Advocate – May 16, 2007; The Globe and Mail, Le Quotidien, earthtimes.org, Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune – May 15, 2007; CBC.ca, Canadian Press – May 14, 2007 – An article about a specially designed vertical workstation that can be locked in place over a treadmill allowing people to work at a computer while walking on the spot. Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in the article.
  • St. John's Telegram – May 14, 2007; Charlottetown Guardian, Calgary Herald – May 8, 2007; Calgary Herald – May 7, 2007; Red Deer Advocate – May 5, 2007; Moncton Times & Transcript – May 4, 2007; Hamilton Spectator, Winnipeg Free Press, Fredericton Daily Gleaner – May 3, 2007; Calgary Sun – May 2, 2007 – CON Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in several articles covering the Western Obesity Summit held in Kananaskis Country May 6 to 8, 2007.
  • CTV News – May 6, 2007; Globe and Mail – April 28, 2007; Toronto Sun – April 26, 2007; St. Catharines Standard – April 16, 2007 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted and interviewd about the need for more gastric bypass surgeries in Ontario.
  • Osprey News Network – April 14, 2007 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in a three-part feature that looks at why obesity rates in Niagara are several percentage rates higher than the rest of Ontario.
  • Red Deer Advocate, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal – April 11, 2007; Moncton Times & Transcript, The Chronicle-Herald, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, St. John's Telegram, Regina Leader-Post, Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, Windsor Star, Toronto Star, Hamilton Spectator – April 10, 2007; La Presse Canadienne – April 9, 2007 – Canadian Obesity Network Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in an article that looks at new guidelines published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal – one being that waist size is becoming a standard measurement along with height and weight.
  • Kingston Whig-Standard – March 13, 2007; Red Deer Advocate – March 8, 2007; Calgary Sun, Toronto Sun, Le Soleil – March 7, 2007 – Canadian Obesity Network Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in an article about a study that shows that women who followed the Atkins diet lost more weight over a year that did those on three other popular diets.
  • Ottawa Citizen, Hamilton Spectator – February 3, 2007 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in an article about the Government of Ontario's announcement of funding for an additional 225 bariatric procedures each year.
  • Kingston Whig-Standard – January 27, 2007 – Canadian Obesity Network Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in an article about the role that drug companies play in education programs about obesity.

Canadian Stroke Network (CSN)

  • Lindsay Daily Post – September 4, 2007 – The Canadian Stroke Network is mentioned in an article about its research efforts to reduce high blood pressure at the community level.
  • CBC Radio Noon (Winnipeg) – September 13, 2007 – An interview with Canadian Stroke Network researcher Dr. Nancy Mayo about the network's annual public lecture on stroke, which is held in a different region of Canada each year and is named in honour of former Governor General the Rt. Hon. Ray Hnatyshyn, a founding board member of the CSN.
  • CBC.ca – August 21, 2007 – Teri Green, CSN researcher and co-chair of the National Stroke Nursing Council, is quoted in an article about the need for more awareness and education around the after-effects of a medically-termed “minor stroke” because it often results in hidden disabilities that significantly impair a stroke patient's full recovery.
  • Canadian Health Magazine – May/June 2007 – The Canadian Stroke Network is mentioned in a feature on the need to reduce dietary salt.
  • Canadian Health Magazine – July/August 2007 – Canadian Stroke Network Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim is quoted in an article about recognizing the signs of stroke.
  • Toronto Sun – July 29, 2007; Chronicle Herald – July 3, 2007; Moncton Times & Transcript – June 30, 2007; Calgary Herald – June 25, 2007; Victoria Times Colonist – June 18, 2007 – A study released by the Canadian Stroke Network and the Heart and Stroke Network shows that limiting salt intake to no more than 1 teaspoon per day would eliminate high blood pressure in one million Canadians.
  • L'Acadie Nouvelle, Fredericton Daily Gleaner – June 9, 2007; Moncton Times & Transcript, Prince George Citizen – June 7, 2007; Toronto Star, Brantford Expositor, North Bay Nugget, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, London Free Press, Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo Record, Kelowna Daily Courier, Kamloops Daily News, Halifax Daily News, Radio-Canada, CTV National News, Globe and Mail – June 6, 2007; Presse Canadienne française, Canadian Press – June 5, 2007 – Dr. Antoine Hakim, CSN Scientific Director, and Dr. Moira Kapral, co-leader of the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network, are quoted in articles about the new research that shows more women than men die of strokes.
  • Hospital News, Volume 20, Issue 4 – June 2007 – A feature about the National Stroke Nursing Council mentions the Canadian Stroke Network.
  • New York Times – May 28, 2007 – CSN research leader Dr. Vladimir Hachinski is quoted in an article about stroke.
  • Ottawa Life Magazine, Volume 10, Number 2 – May 2007 Issue – Canadian Stroke Network Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim is featured as one of Ottawa's Top 50 People.
  • Ottawa Citizen – May 25, 2007 – Canadian Stroke Network Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim has received an award to celebrate his "work on the investigation of biochemical, ionic, molecular and receptor events that affect cerebral vulnerability in stroke" from MEDEC, the national association of Canada's medical device industry, and from BIOTECanada, the country's biotech research industry.
  • Globe and Mail – May 25, 2007 – A supplement by the Canadian Stroke Network about stroke, stroke care and the Canadian Stroke Strategy.
  • Good Times Magazine – May 2007 Issue – A lengthy feature entitled, “Stroke: Take Stock of Your Risks” includes interviews with Canadian Stroke Network investigators Drs. Norm Campbell, Larry Chambers, Ashfaq Shuaib and Stephen Phillips. The feature includes a sidebar on the Canadian Stroke Network's community health awareness program, called CHAP, which works at the community-level to help people lower their blood pressure.
  • Canada NewsWire – May 17, 2007 – The Canadian Stroke Network is mentioned in an article about the link between high blood pressure and diet.
  • Citydesk TV – May 10, 2007 – Ottawa Citizen, hfxnews.ca, Regina Leader-Post, Canada.com, www.chinaview.cn, London Free Press, Le Devoir, La Presse, Halifax Daily News, Edmonton Journal, CanWest News Service, CTV National News, Global National, CBC Morning News, Canadian Press, Globe and Mail – May 8, 2007; Toronto Star – May 7, 2007 – A new study suggest that cutting the average Canadian's salt intake in half would dramatically reduce the toll – human and economic – that hypertension or high blood pressure exacts in this country. Such a move would result in one million fewer people developing hypertension according to Dr. Norm Campbell of the CSN, one of the study authors. CSN's acting Executive Director Dr. Kevin Willis was also interviewed on the subject.
  • Prince George Citizen – April 17, 2007; St. Catharines Standard, Winnipeg Free Press, Moncton Times & Transcript, Fredericton Daily Gleaner, Kingston Whig-Standard, Sault Star, Canadian Press, New Glasgow Evening News, Niagara Falls Review – April 12, 2007 – CSN CEO and Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim is quoted in an article about a study that suggest stroke victims should have different rehabilitation programs depending on their gender.
  • CBC Radio 1 Manitoba, CBC Radio 1 Winnipeg – April 23, 2007; Ottawa Citizen, Edmonton Journal, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, CanWest News Service, Winnipeg Free Press, Victoria Times Colonist, Vancouver Sun, Regina Leader-Post, National Post, Nanaimo Daily News, Montreal Gazette – April 20, 2007; Newstalk 1290 Radio (London) – April 12, 2007; Globe and Mail – April 11, 2007; CanadaAM, CTV.ca, CTV National News, CTV Newsnet – April 10, 2007 – The CSN's acting Executive Director Dr. Kevin Willis talks about the impact of consuming too much sodium on the development of high blood pressure, a leading cause of stroke and heart disease. The CSN has been pushing for a reduction in sodium levels in our food supply.
  • Hospital News, Volume 20, Issue 4 – April 2007 – Canadian Stroke Network Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim and CSN investigator Dr. Nancy Mayo are quoted in a feature article on the benefits of organized stroke care.
  • Canadian Nurse – April 2007 – The CSN's work to establish the National Stroke Nursing Council and to disseminate best practice guidelines for stroke care are featured.
  • Charlottetown Guardian – March 31, 2007 – Canadian Stroke Network's efforts to implement a provincial stroke strategy in Prince Edward Island are featured.
  • Globe and Mail – March 1, 2007 – CSN Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim's career in the field of stroke prevention and treatment is featured.
  • Metro Valley Newspaper Group – February 21, 2007 – The Canadian Stroke Network is mentioned in an article about the development of an improved stroke program in the Fraser Valley.
  • Globe and Mail, Le Droit, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette – February 21, 2007; Canadian Press Wire – February 20, 2007 – CSN Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim has been appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada by the Governor General of Canada, Her Excellency the Right Honorable Michaëlle Jean.
  • Le Droit, Radio-Canada (Telejournal Midi, RDI) – February 12, 2007; Laboratory Product News, Ottawa Citizen – February 7, 2007 – Canadian Stroke Network Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim is featured as “Personality of the Week” by le Droit and Radio-Canada for being awarded the American Stroke Association's Thomas Willis Award for outstanding lifetime achievement.
  • Le Soleil – February 6, 2007 – The Canadian Stroke Network is mentioned in an article featuring the new Canada's Food Guide.
  • Hanover Post – February 2, 2007; Owen Sound Sun Times – January 19, 2007 – The residents of the community of Grey-Bruce, Ontario will learn the best-known strategies for changing their lifestyles to reduce blood-pressure and the risk of stroke as part of a Canadian Stroke Network project called I-START.
  • Ottawa Citizen – January 12, 2007 – The Canadian Stroke Network was mentioned in an opinion piece about the need for better community services for those with chronic diseases.
  • Medical Post – January 9, 2007 – An article featured the CSN's "Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care.”
  • Santé canadienne-Canadian Health Magazine – January/February 2007 – A six-page article featured the Canadian Stroke Strategy, a joint initiative of the Canadian Stroke Network and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

Canadian Water Network (CWN)

  • Whitehorse Star – May 17, 2007 – Staff from first nations in the Yukon and Northern British Columbia will learn how to conduct stream bioassessment sampling at a one-week workshop held with the help of the Canadian Water Network.
  • The Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo Record – March 20 and 23, 2007 – Canadian Water Network Scientific Director Dr. Mark Servos is quoted in articles that discuss the federal budget and the Ontario budget.

Emerging Dynamic Global Economies Network (EDGE)

  • Ottawa Citizen – September 27, 2007 – EDGE Network Director Debra Steger is quoted in an article that looks at the ongoing debate about the role of the LCBO in Ontario.
  • Embassy – September 19, 2007 – Concerned about U.S. farm subsidies, especially on corn, Brazil and Canada are hoping to team up to tackle concerns that the Doha round of talks couldn't solve. EDGE Network Director Debra Steger is quoted.
  • Ottawa Citizen – June 15, 2007 – An opinion piece by EDGE Scientific Director Professor Debra Steger about the Canadian trade policy.
  • Business News Network (BNN.ca) – April 11, 2007 – EDGE Network Director Professor Debra Steger was interviewed about the world trade talks taking place in New Delhi.
  • Embassy – February 7, 2007 – An article that looks at how a challenge to U.S. corn subsidies could lead to a much larger trade dispute affecting all American agricultural support and the World Trade Organization's Doha negotiations. EDGE Network Director Debra Steger is quoted in the article.
  • Embassy – January 24, 2007 – EDGE theme leader for trade and investment John Curtis is quoted in an article about the cost of splitting Foreign Affairs and International Trade into two separate departments in 2003 and their re-amalgamation three years later.
  • CBC News – February 7, 2007 – EDGE Network Research Theme Leader Professor Jeremy de Beer was recently featured for his work on issues related to intellectual property, international development and access to knowledge.

Geomatics for Informed Decisions (GEOIDE)

  • St. John's Telegram – June 7, 2007 – GEOIDE researcher Rodolphe Devillers' project “GeoCod – Geomatics for the Sustainable Management of Fish Stocks.”
  • Delta Optimist – June 6, 2007; The Georgia Strait – April 19-26, 2007; City TV – April 25, 2007; The National (CBC) – April 2, 2007; Vancouver Province – March 29, 2007 – GEOIDE researcher Dr. Stephen Sheppard is interviewed about his work on visualizing climate change. Artciles on the project, situated in the Delta area, also quotes him.
  • Le Soleil – February 10, 2007 – Student Mathieu Rondeau is featured in an article about is work, under Dr. Michel Fortin, on the GEOIDE Project entitled “Geomatisation of the Archaeological Excavation Process: From Data Acquisition to Contextual Analysis.”
  • North Shore News – February 13, 2007;CBC Radio – January 23, 2007 – GEOIDE researcher Dr. Stephen Sheppard is interviewed about his Climate Change Project. An article also describes the project.

Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (IRIS) – Montreal Gazette – January 9, 2007 – IRIS and the NCE were mentioned in this article featuring McGill's Centre for Intelligent Machines.

Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures (ISIS Canada)

  • Kingston Whig-Standard – August 11, 2007 – ISIS Canada Project Leader Dr. Amir Fam is quoted in an article about using fibre-reinforced polymers instead of steel to build bridges.
  • Nova Scotia Business Journal – February 2007 – ISIS Canada is mentioned in an article about structural health monitoring (SHM), used to effectively monitor the safety of bridges, large buildings, roads and marine structures.
  • Construction Innovation (NRC) Newsletter, Volume 1, Number 4 – December 2006 – ISIS Canada's collaboration with Fyfe Co., BASF Building Systems, and NRC-IRC researchers is mentioned as it relates to the study of fire performance of reinforced concrete structures that have been wrapped with fibre-reinforced polymers (FRPs).

Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS)

  • Alaska Highway News – June 7, 2007; Vancouver Province, Victoria Times Colonist, M2 PressWire – June 6, 2007; Channel M Television, CanadaOne.com – June 5, 2007 – An article on the new $10 million funding for MITACS from the British Columbia Government for ACCELERATE BC, an expansion of the MITACS Internship Program.
  • Harbour City Star – June 6, 2007; CKNW Vancouver, AM770 Calgary, AM630 Edmonton, CJOB Winnipeg, AM640 Toronto, CHML AM900 Hamilton, CFPL AM980, AM940 Montreal, A-Channel Winnipeg – June 1, 2007; CBC Radio Edmonton, Vancouver Province – May 31, 2007 – An article featuring former MITACS intern, Rebeccah Marsh on the creation of a virtual liver during her internship with Calgary-based Computer Modelling Group.
  • CBC NewsWorld – June 3, 2007; Breakfast Television on A-Channel – June 1, 2007; CJOB Radio – May 30, 2007 – MITACS Scientific Director, Dr. Arvind Gupta, and former MITACS intern, Rebeccah Marsh discussed the many ways that mathematics affects the lives of Canadians.
  • Re$earch Money – May 31, 2007; 24 Hrs Vancouver – May 29, 2007; Vancouver Sun, Calgary Sun, Hamilton Spectator, CBC News Online, Nanaimo Daily News, Brandon Sun, Yahoo! News, Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, Sympatico/MSN News – May 26, 2007; 680 News Radio, CP Wire, CHML Radio, CKNW AM, CKNW AM980, Vancouver Sun, Backbone Magazine, Live @ Five – May 25, 2007 – Coverage of the announcement of the MITACS International Partnership Initiative.

National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE) – Calgary Herald – January 18, 2007 – NICE Network Manager Dr. Peter Donahue was quoted in this article that looked at the Network and its objectives.

Prionet Canada

  • innovations-report.de – August 20, 2007; Red Deer Advocate, Prince George Citizen, Sarnia Observer, Okanagan Saturday, St. John’s Telegram – August 18, 2007; CTV.ca, Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune, Halifax Daily News, Windsor Star, Ottawa Citizen, St. Catharines Standard, Canada.com – August 17, 2007; CBC.ca, EdmontonJournal.com, Canoe.ca, Canadian Press Wire – August 16, 2007 – PrioNet Canada Principal Investigator and Theme Leader Dr. David Westaway led a group of scientists that have discovered a new prion protein called Shadoo - the third prion protein to have been discovered – and increased insight into prion diseases such as mad cow disease (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. The findings were published in the August 16, 2007 Embo Journal (European Molecular Biology Organization).
  • The Outdoor Edge, Volume 17, Issue 4 – July/August 2007 – A feature on PrioNet’s chronic wasting disease research project led by PrioNet Principal Investigator Dr. Trent Bollinger and his two graduate students, Erin Sibernagel and Nicole Skelton.
  • Edmonton Journal – July 10, 2007 – PrioNet Investigator Mike Belosevic is quoted in an article that discusses whether water from slaughterhouses and rendering plants should be considered free of prions.
  • CBC Radio – May 3, 2007 – PrioNet Scientific Director Dr. Neil Cashman was interviewed about the recent BSE Case in British Columbia.
  • ScienceNOW Daily News – May 3, 2007 – PrioNet Scientific Director Dr. Neil Cashman was quoted in an article about the development by American researchers of a vaccine for animals, against prion diseases.
  • Edmonton Journal – April 24, 2007 – PrioNet Canada Scientific Director Dr. Neil Cashman is quoted in an article that discusses the discovery that patients with Type 1 diabetes who received islet transplants through the highly acclaimed Edmonton Protocol program may have been exposed during their procedure to prions that cause human brain-wasting disease.
  • Nature, Volume 446 – March 8, 2007 – An article about Yale University neuropathologist Laura Manuelidis' claim that a virus, not an infectious protein or ‘prion', causes neurological conditions such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in humans and Scrapie in animals quotes PrioNet Scientific Director Dr. Neil Cashman.
  • CTV.ca – February 7, 2007 – PrioNet Scientific Director Dr. Neil Cashman was interviewed during a newscast about the recent Alberta case of BSE.

Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network (PREVNet)

  • Globe and Mail – October 15, 2007 – PREVNet co-Director Dr. Debra Pepler is quoted in an article about the rising incidence of bullying and violence by girls.
  • CTV (Canada AM) – October 5, 2007 – PREVNet co-Director Dr. Wendy Craig is interviewed about violence among children.
  • Moncton Times & Transcript – September 29, 2007; St. John’s Telegraph – September 27, 2007; Kingston Whig-Standard – September 22, 2007 – PREVNet co-Director Wendy Craig is quoted in an article that looks at “The Vicious Circle,” a full-length film about bullying, written and directed by Nick Arnold, a teenager who was a victim of bullying.
  • National Post, Montreal Gazette – May 19, 2007; CBC News, CJAD Radio, Radio Canada, CBC Radio, CINW Radio 940, Info 690-AM Radio – May 18, 2007 – Coverage of the Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network Second Annual Conference held in Montréal on May 18 including interviews with co-Directors Drs. Debra Pepler and Wendy Craig.
  • Kingston Whig-Standard – June 16, 2007 – PREVNet co-Director Dr. Wendy Craig is quoted in an article about efforts to promote safe and healthy relationships among young people in Kingston, Ontario.
  • Montreal Gazette – May 19, 2007 – PREVNet co-Director Dr. Wendy Craig is quoted in an article that discussed how bullying left unchecked in the playground leads to severely maladjusted teenagers and adults.
  • Moncton TImes & Transcript – June 21, 2007; Hamilton Spectator – June 5, 2007; Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo Record – May 19, 2007 – PREVNet Scientific Co-Director Dr. Wendy Craig is quoted in an article about anti-bullying programs such as Playground Activity Leaders in Schools (P.A.L.S.).
  • National Post – May 5, 2007 – PREVNet Scientific Co-Director Dr. Debra Pepler is quoted in an article about a recent case of child abuse in Toronto.
  • Winnipeg Free Press – April 14, 2007 – PREVNet is mentioned in an article that features singer-songwriter Angela Nespiak and the anti-bullying performance she is taking into Canadian schools.
  • CTV News, CBC News, Toronto Star – April 6, 2007; Ottawa Sun – April 4, 2007; CBC Newsworld – April 1, 2007 – PREVNet Scientific Co-Directors Drs. Wendy Craig and Debra Pepler discussed three recent cases of cyberbullying and playground bullying.
  • The Chronicle-Herald – March 1, 2007 – PREVNet Directors Drs. Wendy Craig and Debra Pepler are mentioned in an article about bullying in schools.

Stem Cell Network (SCN)

  • Halifax Chronicle Herald – September 19, 2007 – Stem Cell Network Investigator Dr. Mick Bhatia was featured in an article on the use of hybrid embryos.
  • St. Catharines Standard – August 11, 2007 – Stem Cell Network Investigator Dr. Harry Atkins is mentioned in an article on stem cell treatments for multiple sclerosis.
  • Winnipeg Free Press – August 28, 2007; Toronto Star – August 27, 2007 – Stem Cell Network Deputy Scientific Director, Dr. Janet Rossant, is quoted in an article about a study, published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, that used human embryonic stem cells to repair damaged heart tissue in rats that had suffered cardiac arrests.
  • Globe and Mail – August 23, 2007; Globe and Mail – August 21, 2007 – Stem Cell Network Scientific Director Dr. Michael Rudnicki and SCN Investigators Dr. Mick Bhatia and Timothy Caulfield are quoted in articles about a controversial stem cell therapy in China.
  • Moncton Times & Transcript – July 14, 2007; Kingston Whig-Standard, Toronto Star – July 12, 2007; Canadian Press – July 11, 2007; Globe and Mail – June 20, 2007 – SCN Scientific Director Dr. Michael Rudnicki's work on the Oct4 gene was featured. SCN Investigator Dr. Mick Bhatia is mentioned in the article.
  • Red Deer Advocate, Edmonton Journal – July 3, 2007; Windsor Star, Calgary Sun, Calgary Herald, Winnipeg Free Press, CBC Radio, CFRA Radio (Ottawa) – July 2, 2007 – SCN Investigator Dr. Sam Weiss discussed his work on hormones in the brain of female mice causing brain regeneration.
  • Vancouver Sun, Calgary Rush Hour, Calgary Herald, Victoria Times Colonist, Ottawa Citizen, National Post – June 7, 2007 – SCN Scientific Director Dr. Michael Rudnicki is quoted in an article about a discovery by scientists in Japan and the United States, published in the journals Nature and Stem Cell, that embryonic stem cells can be made from mouse skin.
  • Toronto Star, Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo Record – May 28, 2007 – Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger disclosed a new project between the University of California at Berkeley and the International Regulome Consortium, led by Stem Cell Network Scientific Director Dr. Michael Rudnicki, to boost stem cell research.
  • L'Actualité – May 15, 2007 Edition – The Stem Cell Network and SCN Investigators Drs Jacques Galipeau, Guy Sauvageau, Jacques Tremblay and Denis Claude Roy are featured in this article about stem cell research.
  • Sudbury Star, St. Thomas Times-Journal – February 27, 2007; Globe and Mail, Canadian Press Wire, Brockville Recorder and Times – February 26, 2007 – SCN Scientific Director Dr. Michael Rudnicki and SCN Deputy Scientific Director Dr. Janet Rossant are quoted in an article about the anonymous donation of $5.1 million to the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children to fund a stem cell research program.
  • The National (CBC News) – February 22, 2007 – SCN Investigator Tim Caulfield was featured in a report on the state of cloning and the implications on society, on the 10th anniversary of Dolly the sheep.
  • The National (CBC News) – February 13, 2007 – A feature on the composition of the government's new Assisted Human Reproduction Agency of Canada (also known as Assisted Human Reproduction Canada [AHRC]), and it's implications to stem cell research in Canada, featuring SCN Scientific Director Dr. Michael Rudnicki and SCN investigators Drs. Mick Bhatia and Bartha Knoppers.
  • CBC Radio One (95.1 FM Ottawa) – February 4, 2007 – SCN Deputy Scientific Director, Dr. Janet Rossant discussed stem cell research issues and controversies in Canada, and issues around the Assisted Human Reproduction Agency of Canada (also known as Assisted Human Reproduction Canada [AHRC]).
  • Edmonton Journal – January 19, 2007 – SCN investigator Timothy Caulfield is quoted in an article about a new cancer drug that shrinks tumours in labs rats.
  • CBC Radio One, 95.1 FM (Ottawa), Radio-Canada website – January 14, 2007 – SCN investigators Dr. Jacques Galipeau and Bartha Maria Knoppers were interviewed on the subject of stem cells.

Sustainable Forest Management

  • Montreal Gazette – September 26, 2007 – SFM Researcher Sylvie Gauthier discusses her research into alternative forest practices to decrease losses in the old-growth boreal forest.
  • L'Acadie Nouvelle – May 17, 2007; Vancouver Sun – May 7, 2007; St. John's Telegram – May 5, 2007; Toronto Star – May 3, 2007 – Coverage of the announcement of funding to several SFM researchers over the next two years to advance innovative practices in support for our forests, the environment and the livelihood of forest-dependent communities across Canada.
  • Saskatoon StarPhoenix – April 10, 2007 – SFM Scientific Director Dr. Jim Fyles is quoted in an article about the Kyoto Protocol.
  • Montreal Gazette, Victoria Times Colonist – April 7, 2007 – SFM Scientific Director Dr. Jim Fyles is quoted in an article about the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
  • Fredericton Daily Gleaner – March 9, 2007 – An article about an SFM workshop held at the Hugh John Flemming Forestry Centre.

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