Networks and Centres in the News

Some of the following hyperlinks are to sites of organizations or other entities that are not subject to the  Official Languages Act. The material found there is therefore in the language(s) used by the sites in question.

2010 | 2009 | 2008

---

2008

December 5^th to December 19^th, 2008

CON – Edmonton Journal Dec 5, 2008 - Bariatric specialists in demand

Globe and Mail- Dec 16, 2008- WEIGHTY ISSUE:TRUE CONFESSIONS
Enough already! So Oprah's 200 pounds - so what? By making her weight topic No. 1, she invites us to judge her by it. It's time she gives herself - and us - a break.

Globe and Mail- Dec 18, 2008 - The richer a man is, the greater his chances are of being fat, according to a report from Statistics Canada released yesterday. More than two-thirds of Canadian men considered to be overweight or obese belong to the country's upper-middle and high income brackets, the survey revealed.

Red Deer Advocate – Dec 18, 2008 - Poor policies keeping our kids fat?
Research project wins award for studying the institutional response to child obesity epidemic

 

ArcticNet – Ottawa Citizen Dec 6, 2008 - Arctic to see first ice-free summer in 2015
rush to exploit will make things worse: expert.

Le Soleil Dec 10, 2008 - 800 experts à Québec
Moreault, Éric
   Québec a damé le pion aux grandes villes du monde pour accueillir la conférence internationale Arctic Change 2008. Et ça, c'est en grande partie en raison du rôle de "leader mondial" de l'Université Laval en recherche sur l'Arctique. Alors que s'achève l'Année polaire internationale (API), Arctic Change regroupe cette semaine, au Centre des congrès de Québec, plus de 800 scientifiques, étudiants et experts de la recherche arctique en provenance de 16 pays. La tenue de l'événement à Québec démontre l'expertise et l'étendue du réseau de contacts d'Arctic Net, qui regroupe une centaine de chercheurs à partir de l'Université Laval. "Sans nous, le programme de l'API au Canada n'aurait pas eu la même gueule. La conférence en est la confirmation", soutient Louis Fortier, son directeur scientifique.

Le Soleil, Dec 10, 2008 - L'Arctique à l'aube d'une nouvelle ère.

La Presse Dec 10, 2008 - Les Inuits sont fatigués de se sentir comme des "rejets"

Globe and Mail, Dec 12, 2008 - CLIMATE CHANGE
Scientists predict seasonal ice-free Arctic by 2015

CSN - Stroke network's curbed campaign misses 'unique' holiday opportunity
Elizabeth McMillan, The Ottawa Citizen
   The Canadian Stroke Network spent more than $38,000 on advertising aimed at holiday shoppers, but no one will see the campaign because the advertising is on parked OC Transpo buses.

Advanced Foods and Materials Network / Canadian Obesity Network / Canadian Stroke Network –

Montreal Gazette – February 6, 2008; Simcoe Reformer – February 4, 2008; Cape Breton Post, Trail Daily Times – February 1, 2008; CBC.ca, Chronicle-Herald, Fredericton Daily Gleaner, Hamilton Spectator – January 31, 2008; Edmonton Journal, Toronto Star, Le Soleil, La Presse, Brantford Expositor, Kelowna Daily Courier, Vernon Daily Courier, Brockville Recorder and Times – Wednesday, January 30, 2008; Canada East Online, Canadian Press Newswire, Broadcast News, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Montreal Gazette, Regina Leader-Post, Presse Canadienne, Ottawa Citizen, Windsor Star, Winnipeg Free Press, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Calgary Herald, National Post, Nanaimo Daily News, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Canada East Online, CBC.ca, CBC Radio (Winnipeg), TV-A (Saskatoon), Radio-Canada International, Radio 940 (Montreal), CTV.ca, CBC-TV – January 29, 2008 – Three of Canada's Networks of Centres of Excellence awarded the first national "Salt Lick Award" to the A&W "Chubby Junior" Kids Meal, which contains 710 milligrams more salt than the recommended total daily intake for four- to eight-years-olds.

Advanced Foods and Materials Network (AFMNet)

• Good Fruit Grower, Vol. 59 No. 15 – October 1, 2008 – AFMNet researchers Louise Nelson and Peter Sholberg are solving the age-old problem of post-harvest fruit loss due to fungus decay. Their research is focused primarily on apples, but with an application to other fruits and vegetables as well.
• AgriSuccess Journal – September/October 2008 – An interview with AFMNet Scientifc Director Dr. Rickey Yada on nutrigenomics.
• www.farmcentre.com – September 15, 2008 – AFMNet Theme II Researcher Yoshi Mine has found that eggshell calcium has high bioavailability – a measurement of the amount of calcium absorbed by the body – and high food safety compared to other calcium supplements.
• www.farmcentre.com –– September 1, 2008 – AFMNet Researchers Drs. Robert Hancock, John Vederas and Santosh Misra are part of a team that will be looking at creating new antimicrobial agents for food safety.
• Ottawa Citizen – August 1, 2008; nutraingredients.com – June 23, 2008 – AFMNet researcher Gregor Reid is quoted in articles about probiotics.
• Globe and Mail – July 10, 2008 – AFMNet Theme III Leader David Castle, as well as former Theme III Leader Conrad Brunk, and Researcher Richard Gold were part of the scientific panel that published a report warning that products with nanomaterials, tiny substances in everything from sunscreen to diesel fuel, may be toxic.
• Guelph Mercury – July 4, 2008 – AFMNet Scientific Director Dr. Rickey Yada is quoted in this feature article on the Network.
• nutraingredients.com – July 1, 2008 – AFMNet Researcher Dr. Derrick Rousseau's study of controlled release of ingredients is featured.
• Rogers Television-First Local News (London) – June 30, 2008 – The research project of AFMNet HQPJamie Hemsworth and her advisor, AFMNet Researcher Gregor Reid is highlighted.
• nutraingredients-usa.com – June 25, 2008 – AFMNet Researcher Dr. Dérick Rousseau's study, published in the Journal of Nutrition, shows that fortified cheese is as good as supplements for vitamin D.
• St. Catherines Standard, Belleville Intelligencer, Sudbury Star, London Free Press, CanadaEast.com, The Canadian Press, Yahoo Canada – June 17, 2008 – Advanced Foods and Materials Network Theme II Leader Dr. Ahmed El-Sohemy comments on a study that shows regular coffee consumption is not associated with a higher death rate.
• Top Crop Manager – June 12, 2008 – Advanced Foods and Materials Network Researchers Dr. Nicholas Low and Dr. Mike Nickerson are developing a technology to create microcapsules made of pea and canola protein designed to hold droplets of flax oil.
• Science Daily, Chemical Science, Physorg.com, Science Centric – June 10, 2008 – Advanced Foods and Materials Network Researcher Dr. Dérick Rousseau led a team that studied the surface of chocolate as it aged in order to find a way to maintain its shiny brown appearance instead of becoming dull and white.
• Hamilton Spectator – July 9, 2008; Fresh Plaza.com – July 4, 2008; Simcoe Reformer , Calibre Macro World Online, Guelph Mercury, Kitchener Waterloo Record, Lethbridge Herald, NewsNow.co.uk, Brandon Sun, CBC.ca, Cornwall Seaway News, East Ottawa.ca, Medicine Hat News, MySask.com, MyTELUS.com, Orleans Star, Prince George Citizen, The Monitor.ca, West Island Chronicle, Westmount Examiner – July 3, 2008; Kelowna Daily Courier, Vernon Daily Courier – July 2, 2008; Prince George Citizen – June 28, 2008; Canadian Press – June 27 2008; Business News Network – June 12, 2008 – An interview with AFMNet researcher Louise Nelson about her research on how to eliminate post-harvest losses in the apple industry due to fungal decay.
• 570 Radio (Kitchener) – June 1, 2008; AM980 Radio (London) – May 30, 2008 – AFMNet researchers Barbara Moffatt and Gregor Reid were interviewed separately on their research projects.
• Pharmacy Post – May 2008 – AFMNet researcher, Dr. Heather Boon, is featured in an article on natural health products.
• YouTube.com – June 9, 2008; New York Times – May 20, 2008; Canadian Press, Le Devoir, CHCH (Hamilton) – May 15, 2008; CTV Newsnet, CTV News, CBC News, A-Channel News (CHUM - Barrie), Physorg.com, ScienceDaily, Genetic Engineering & Biotech News, Toronto Star, CTV.ca, Kingston Whig-Standard, St. Catharines Standard, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Sarnia Observer, Peterborough Examiner, Breitbart.com, Yahoo News, Canoe.ca, The Telegraph (UK), Halifax Chronicle Herald, Truro Daily News, Thaindian News, CBC.ca, Confectionary News, Hamilton Spectator, MSN News, Science Codex, Science Daily, EurekAlert, Newkerala.com, Newswise, Thecheers.org, Guelph Mercury, ScientificBlogging.com, foodnavigator.com – May 14, 2008; Bio-Medicine.org, Science Centric, Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal, MetroNews.ca, Freepublic.com, GeneRef.com – May 13, 2008 – AFMNet Researcher Dr. Ahmed El-Sohemy is the principal author of a study, published the journal Physiological Genomics, that found that a variation of the GLUT2 gene is linked to habitual consumption of sugar.
• nowtoronto.com – May 1, 2008 – AFMNet Reseacher Serguei Golovan is quoted in an article about PETA’s (the animal rights organization) announcement of a million-dollar incentive to the first group that can meet their criteria and produce in-vitro chicken meat.
• Guelph Mercury, UrbanCowboy.ca – April 28, 2008 – AFMNet Scientific Director Rickey Yada is mentioned in an article about the opening of the Alltech nutrigenomics centre in Kentuky.
• farmcentre.com – April 14, 2008 – AFMNet Scientific Director Dr. Rickey Yada and his team are conducting further studies into the enzyme that prevents the browning of chips made from cold-stored tubers in a potato from North Dakota. The team hopes to identify the genes responsible and eventually transfer them to Canadian potatoes.
• CBC TV – April 3, 2008 – AFMNet Theme II Leader Ahmed El-Sohemy is featured in a segment on nutrigenomics.
• heartandstroke.ns.ca – March 2008 – AFMNet researcher Dr. Roger McLeod’s is studying how the liver processes different kinds of fats, how metabolic changes lead to plaque formation in the blood vessels, and how the liver and fat tissue interact to affect metabolism and heart health.
• straight.com – February 28, 2008 – AFMNet researcher Dr. Robert Hancock's findings on the MRSA superbug are featured.
• The Portico (University of Guelph Alumni Magazine) – February 2008 – A feature about nanoscience mentions AFMNet researchers Drs. John Dutcher and Jacek Lipkowski.
• Globe and Mail – February 2, 2008 – AFMNet Theme III Leader David Castle is quoted in an article about the government's decision to terminate the National Science Adviser position.
• Toronto Star, TheStar.com – January 12, 2008 – AFMNet Theme I researcher Dr. Molly Shoichet is quoted in an article about the Canada Research Chairs program.
• GuelphMercury.com – January 9, 2008 – A feature on GoaGel Corp., part of AFMNet's Strategic Transition & Application of Research (STAR) program, mentions AFMNet researcher Dr. Alejandro Marangoni.
• REX Magazine – January 2008 – AFMNet’s Scientific Director, Dr. Rickey Yada, is quoted in an article that features several AFMNet projects.
• Bend Bulletin – January 3, 2008; Wall Street Journal – December 13, 2007 – AFMNet Researcher Dr. Ahmed El-Sohemy is quoted in articles about nutrigenomics.
• Edmonton Journal – December 22, 2007 – An article written by AFMNet Theme III researcher Timothy Caulfield.

Allergy, Genes and Environment Network (AllerGen)

• 570 News, Kitchener, 24 Hours, Toronto, 24 Heures, Montreal, Aliant.net, AOL Health, Barrie Examiner, Canadian Press, Canoe.com, CBC.ca, CFCF/CTV Montreal, CFTK, CH Morning Live, CHCH News at Noon, Chatham Daily News, C-Health (Canoe.ca), CHML Radio, Hamilton, CJAD Radio, Cyberpresse.ca, East Ottawa.ca, Fredericton Daily Gleaner, Globe and Mail, Guelph Mercury, Kamloops Daily News, KBS Radio, Kings County Record Online, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Marketwatch.com, Metro, Montreal, Metro, Montreal Online, Metro, Toronto, Metro, Toronto Online, Miramichi Leader, News 1130.com, North Bay Nugget, Northern Light.ca, Occupational Health and Safety Online, Orleans Star, Owen Sound Sun Times, Passeport Sante.net, Penticton Herald, Peterborough Examiner, Sarnia Observer, St. Catharines Standard, StreetInsider.com, Sudbury Star, Sympatico/MSN News, Telus News, Thestar.com, Toronto Star, Victoria Star, WAVE 94.7 FM, Welland Tribune, Yahoo Canada Health News – July 29, 2008; Moncton Times & Transcript – July 26, 2008; St. John’s Telegram, Winnipeg Free Press, Hamilton Spectator, Chronicle Herald – July 24, 2008 – AllerGen Researchers Drs. Ann Clarke and Susan Elliot are the leads in a new national survey that will try to determine how prevalent food allergies are among the Canadian population and the effectiveness of allergen warnings on food labels.
• Barrie Examiner, Canada East.com, Canadian Press, CanWest News Services, CBC.ca, CFTR/680 News Radio (Toronto), Chatham Daily News, CHCH-TV News, CHML Radio (Hamilton), CTV.ca, Edmonton Rush Hour, Hamilton Spectator, Kamloops Daily News, Kingston Whig-Standard, Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Medical News Today, Moncton Times & Transcript, North Bay Nugget, Okanagan Sunday, Prince George Citizen, Sault Star, Toronto Star, Toronto Star.com, Vancouver Sun – June 6, 2008 – Media coverage of the launch of the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development Study, which will examine environmental and genetic factors in allergies and asthma. The study of 5,000 children will begin while the babies are still in the womb and follow them through childhood and, if the funding is available, into adolescence.
• Moncton Times & Transcript – June 10, 2008; CTV.ca – June 9, 2008; Hamilton Spectator – June 7, 2008; Canadian Press Newswire – June 6, 2008 – AllerGen Scientific Director Dr. Judah Denburg is quoted about the launch of the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) study that will be led by AllerGen researcher Dr. Malcolm Sears.
• Allergic Living Magazine – Spring 2008 – AllerGen Board member Dr. Zave Chad was interviewed about anxiety in children who suffer from allergies.
• Allergic Living Magazine – Spring 2008 – AllerGen Investigator Dr. Jeremy Beach was interviewed about the side effects of allergic rhinitis.
• Globe and Mail, CityNews.com, Yahoo News, MedBroadcast.com – May 21, 2008 – AllerGen Principal Investigator Dr. Susan Waserman was interviewed about a new UK study looking at first-born children and their risk of developing allergy.
• Globe and Mail – May 8, 2008 – AllerGen Principal Investigator Dr. Malcolm Sears was interviewed about the safety of asthma medications for pregnant women.
• Fort Saskatchewan Record – April 22, 2008 – AllerGen Co-Investigator Dr. Piush Mandhane spoke to the increasing prevalence of asthma among Canadian children.
• Toronto Star – April 10, 2008 – Principal Investigator Dr. Malcolm Sears and his project, The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) Study, were mentioned in an opinion-editorial that spoke about the importance of improving the health of Canadian children.

ArcticNet

• MSNBC-The Today Show – September 26, 2008 – A television crew was onboard the CCGS Amundsen to report on climate change in the Arctic and the work of ArcticNet.
• On September 25, 2008, the ArcticNet Schools on Board program was presented with a 2008 Canadian Award of Excellence in Environmental Education by the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM) at their conference in Newfoundland.
• Thaindian Press – October 6, 2008; Thaindian Press, Edmonton Journal, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Victoria Times Colonist, Vancouver Sun, Regina Leader-Post, National Post, Vancouver Province, Montreal Gazette, Windsor Star, Ottawa Citizen – October 2, 2008; Victoria Times Colonist, National Post – September 17, 2008 – ArcticNet Scientific Director, Louis Fortier and ArcticNet Network Investigator and lead of the IPY Circumpolar Flaw Lead System Study, David Barber note that the ice loss observed in 2008 reflects the remarkable change occurring in the Arctic region and that were on a path that will see a seasonally ice-free Arctic sometime between 2013 and 2030.
• CBC News – September 15, 2008 – Mary Simon, Co-Chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, sent the five federal political party leaders an open letter presenting 12 questions related to Arctic and Inuit issues in an attempt to understand where the parties stand on issues crucial to the Canadian agenda.
• Nunatsiaq News – September 12, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Warwick Vincent is quoted in this article on the changes he has observed on the northwestern coast of Ellesmere Island where large sections of the Markham ice shelf have broken away.
• Nunatsiaq News – September 5, 2008 – Mary Simon, co-chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, says that after his four visits to the North, Prime Minister Harper now understands that Inuit need more money for education and economic development.
• The Canadian Press, CTV.ca – le 6 octobre 2008; Northern News Service – September 15, 2008; CBC News – August 11, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Grace Egeland leads this year’s Inuit health survey which expands to incorporate Inuit living outside Nunavut, including the Inuvialuit of the Northwest Territories and Inuit living in the Nunatsiavut region of Labrador.
• Le Soleil, Le Droit, The Associated Press, ABC Online (Australia), CBC.ca, Telegraph.co.uk – September 4, 2008; Radio-Canada Nouvelles, National Geographic News, CNN, Globe and Mail, InTheNews.co.uk, China Daily (China), Toronto Sun, eFluxMedia, RedOrbit (USA), Reuters (India), Scotsman (UK), USA Today, BBC News (UK), shortNews.com (Germany), Channel 4 News (UK), 3 News (NZ), National Post, Regina Leader-Post, Vancouver Sun, Windsor Star, Calgary Herald, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Victoria Times Colonist, Edmonton Journal – September 3, 2008; CBC News, Carbon Positive (Netherlands) – September 2, 2008 – ArcticNet Scientific Director, Louis Fortier, ArcticNet Network Investigator Warwick Vincent and ArcticNet member Derek Mueller are featured in a series of articles relating the further break-up and detachment of ice shelves on Ellesmere Island.
• Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Vancouver Sun, St John's Telegram – September 2, 2008; Canwest News Service – September 1, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Norm Catto is featured in an article about Canada’s shrinking coastlines due to rising sea levels and storm surges.
• Lebanon Daily Star – August 29, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator, Gary Stern is cited in this article written by one of the journalists invited by the World Federation of Science Journalists to join the scientific expedition onboard the icebreaker CCGS Amundsen.
• Canwest News Service; The Canadian Press – August 28, 2008 – Mary Simon, co-chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, says that if the Conservatives want to see the North develop, they will have to consider "the human dimension."
• Webwire – August 27, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Gordon McBean is cited in this article which announces that McGill is funding research from the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences that will provide decision-makers the scientific tools needed to face new challenges associated with climate change.
• Globe and Mail – August 22, 2008 – Mary Simon, co-chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, is mentioned in this article written by Canada’s former Foreign Affairs Minister, Llyod Axworthy, in which he proposes that Canada’s role in dealing with Arctic issues should be to persuade other Arctic nations to switch from a competitive model to one based on co-operation.
• Canwest News Service – August 22, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers is cited in this article featuring Operation Nanook, the biggest Arctic sovereignty exercise in Canadian history.
• Calgary Herald – August 18, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers expresses concern that Canada should be building its capacity to police and protect the Northwest Passage.
• Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette – August 16, 2008 – Mary Simon, co-chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, and Network Investigator Michael Byers are cited in this article relating the government’s stance on the Canadian Arctic.
• Globe and Mail – August 15, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Bruno Tremblay explains that a former research proposal to find Sir John Franklin's lost ships was refused, so he and other Arctic researchers pitched in as a spinoff of their own research.
• Radio Canada – July 29, 2008 – ArcticNet Scientific Director Louis Fortier spoke of how climate change is impacting the Arctic, his career path and his personal motivations.
• Globe and Mail – July 29, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Warwick Vincent and ArcticNet member Derek Mueller provide details on the four-square-kilometre chunk that has broken off the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, the largest remaining ice shelf in the Arctic.
• Le Soleil – July 28, 2008 – ArcticNet Scientific Director, Louis Fortier, is featured in this article as the laureate of the Le Soleil–Radio-Canada award and his newly obtained title of Officer from the Ordre national du Québec.
• The Canadian Press – July 24, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Gordon McBean is cited in this article featuring the upcoming release of Health Canada’s report on health forecasts related to climate change and the increased risk of injuries, illnesses and stress-related disorders brought on by more frequent extreme weather events.
• Canwest News Service – July 21, 2008 – Mary Simon, co-chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, denounced "third-world conditions" in some northern communities and asked the Prime Minister to invite aboriginal leaders to his next meeting with the premiers.
• London Free Press – July 18, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Gordon McBean says the city of London may not be an environmental leader yet, but it's on the right track path toward combating and coping with climate change.
• Globe and Mail – July 17, 2008; The Canadian Press – July 16, 2008 – Mary Simon, co-chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, said the time has come to address education as a key priority to preserve and enhance Inuit languages and cultures.
• EOS, Vol 89 No 28 – July 8, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Warwick Vincent is mentioned in this article featuring Margaret Munro, winner of the 2008 David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism for her article: “Ice Shelf Collapse Sends Chill,” which chronicles research conducted by ArcticNet researchers on the collapse of an ice shelf on Ellesmere Island.
• Nunatsiaq News – June 20, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Gilles Gauthier’s research on snowy owls in the Canadian Arctic is featured.
• Nature, News Feature, Vol 454 – July 17, 2008 – The research of ArcticNet Network Investigators David Barber and Yves Gratton is featured in this article describing the research conducted onboard the current CCGS Amundsen expedition, known as the Circumpolar Flaw Lead System Study. Christopher J. Mundy, ArcticNet Postdoctoral Fellow, is also featured in the article.
• CBCnews.ca – July 16, 2008 – Lucette Barber, co-ordinator of the ArcticNet Schools on Board outreach program, is cited in this article relating the task of Vincent Ho, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's composer-in-residence. Ho is currently onboard the CCGS Amundsen to compose a symphony inspired by his travels in the Arctic and experience onboard the research vessel, which is expected to debut at the opening of the 2010 Winnipeg New Music Festival.
• The Canadian Press – July 15, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Laurie Chan and his team found that levels of southern pollutants poisoning the traditional foods of northerners are decreasing and levels of toxic chemicals in many animals across the Arctic are dropping.
• The Canadian Press – July 14, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers is featured in this article that describes the work of Canadian scientists going to Devon Island to test a new generation of high-tech detectors, called CANDISS, intended to watch over the increasingly busy northern waters.
• Vancouver Province – July 20, 2008; Calgary Herald, Canwest News Service, Canada.com – July 17, 2008; Regina Leader-Post – July 16, 2008; The Canadian Press – July 12, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Gordon McBean encouraged ministers of the provincial municipalities to improve building codes to address concerns related to climate change.
• AlterNet, www.alternet.org – July 10, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers is cited in this article which provides an overview of the challenges the Arctic faces with its changing environment and emerging economic opportunities.
• London Free Press – July 3, 2008 – Gordon McBean, ArcticNet Network Investigator will be one of the speakers of the “North America 2030: An Environmental Outlook” conference and will cover some implications of climate change on Canada and the Arctic, and the northern U.S.
• Globe and Mail – July 2, 2008 – Michael Byers, ArcticNet Network Investigator, is cited in this article which relates the efforts deployed to map out areas that have long been disputed.
• CBCnews.ca – July 2, 2008; Canada.com, CanWest News Service – June 24, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Gordon McBean is interviewed regarding the open letter written by Canadian Climate Science Leaders to the prime minister, opposition leaders and premiers.
• CBCnews.ca – July 1, 2008; Reuters – June 28, 2008; elEconomista.es – June 27, 2008 – Mary Simon, Inuit leader and co-chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, wore a sealskin outfit on Canada Day to celebrate her Inuit culture.
• Globe and Mail – June 30, 2008 – Inuit leader and co-chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, Mary Simon is cited sharing the concerns of northern premiers on the proposed Liberal carbon tax plan.
• Montreal Gazette – June 28, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Martin Sharp is cited in this article which describes the glacier research conducted on the Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut.
• Globe and Mail – June 25, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers expects a federal advisory panel to recommend a sort of “national security test” as part of Canada's foreign investment review process when it reports to the federal government in the upcoming days.
• London Free Press – June 25, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Gordon McBean was honoured at a reception for his work on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This award is shared with former U.S. vice-president Al Gore and 200 Canadian scientists and about 1,000 scientists from around the world.
• Canada.com, CanWest News Service – June 23, 2008; National Geographic News – June 20, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator David Barber is quoted in these articles featuring predictions for an ice-free North Pole.
• Nunatsiaq News – June 20, 2008 – ArcticNet Board of Directors member Duane Smith is cited in this article describing plans for Inuit leaders from across the circumpolar world to gather in Kuujjuaq in November to respond to the race for territory and resources by Arctic nations.
• Nunatsiaq News, Indian Country Today – June 20, 2008; Saskatoon StarPhoenix, AFP, Nanaimo Daily News – June 16, 2008; Northern News Online, Canada.com – June 13, 2008; 980 CJME News Talk Radio (Saskatchewan), Nanaimo Daily News, Section15.ca, Toronto Star, Winnipeg Free Press, London Free Press, Globe and Mail – June 12, 2008; Ottawa Citizen, National Post, CBCNews.ca, Globe and Mail – June 11, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers wrote a commentary about the Prime Minister's apology on behalf of the nation for the residential school ordeal and Inuit leader Mary Simon, co-chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, spoke at the House of Commons after the Prime Minister's apology saying the event paved the way for healing and progress.
• Québec Premier's website, TVA, Nouvelles RDI – June 18, 2008 –
  ArcticNet Scientific Director Dr. Louis Fortier was awarded the title of Officer from the Ordre national du Québec, the highest distinction given by the Québec government.
• Nunatsiaq News – May 30, 2008 – Research conducted by an ArcticNet post-doctoral fellow, Émilie Counil, showed high levels of trans fats in the blood of 888 Nunavik residents.
• NPR news, Day to Day www.NPR.org – June 2, 2008; Le Devoir – May 31, 2008; Regina Leader-Post, Ottawa Citizen – May 30, 2008; The Canadian Press – May 28, 2008; Canwest News Service, canada.com – May 26, 2008; Toronto Star, thestar.com, The Canadian Press – May 23, 2008; Canwest News Service, Canada.com – May 21, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator, Michael Byers, expresses his views about the Arctic summit in Greenland, in several articles.
• Canwest News Service, canada.com – May 25, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator, Michael Byers, is mentioned in this article which discusses the results from a joint Canadian-Danish study of the Lomonosov Ridge.
• The Hill Times – May 19, 2008 – The role played by Michael Byers, ArcticNet Network Investigator, in the blocking of the sale of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. to an American firm is mentioned in this article.
• Winnipeg Free Press – May 16, 2008 – Joanne Keselman, member of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, was appointed to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
• National Post – May 15, 2008; Macleans.ca – May 14, 2008 – Mary Simon, co-chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, met with U.S. Interior Secretary, Dirk Kempthorne, and Canada's Environment Minister, John Baird, last week and they pledged to work together to ensure the polar bear populations thrive into the future.
• En.wikinews.org; Mensnewsdaily.com – May 14, 2008 – ArcticNet and its Scientific Director, Louis Fortier, are mentioned in this article which features the United States' listing of the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
• Northern News Services – May 12, 2008 – To date, Inuit are satisfied with the efforts of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Mary Simon, co-chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, is on the selection panel for the two commissioners who have yet to be chosen.
• Globe and Mail, www.theglobeandmail.com – May 2, 2008; Vancouver Sun – April 11, 2008; National Post, Vancouver Sun, Globe and Mail – April 10, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers is quoted in articles that discuss the government’s rejection of the sale of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.
• Salon.com – April 30, 2008 – Several ArcticNet Network Investigators are featured in this article which focuses on contaminants and how they make their way from the air, ice, and water up the food chain to Northern people.
• NERC Press – April 25, 2008 – Schools on Board, an outreach programme of ArcticNet, is featured in this article which recites the experiences of a student and her teacher from Liverpool, England.
• Le Devoir – April 24, 2008 – ArcticNet Scientific Director Louis Fortier is featured in an article about the melting Arctic ice cap.
• The Christian Science Monitor, csmonitor.com – April 24, 2008 – Network Investigator Dave Barber and ArcticNet collaborator Jody Deming are mentioned in this article which features Deming’s work onboard the Amundsen.
• Au fil des événements (Université Laval) – April 17, 2008 – Network Investigator Éric Dewailly and ArcticNet Post Doctoral Fellow Émilie Counil are featured in an article about Inuit health and the issue of trans fats in their diet.
• Northern News Services – April 17, 2008; CBC.ca – April 16, 2008 – Mary Simon, co-chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, is quoted in this article featuring the National Inuit Education Summit held in Inuvik.
• Toronto Star, TheStar.com – April 13, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Dave Barber is interviewed in this article discussing the multidisciplinary approach recently adopted by Arctic researchers.
• CBC.ca – April 16, 2008; Sudbury Star, Globe and Mail, TheStar.com – April 12, 2008; The Canadian Press – April 11, 2008 – ArcticNet member Derek Mueller is part of the patrol of Canadian Rangers that got an up-close look at the new cracks in the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, the largest remaining Arctic ice shelf.
• National Aboriginal News-First Perspective – April 11, 2008; CNW Group – April 9, 2008 – Mary Simon, co-chair on the ArcticNet Board of Directors, is cited in these articles relating the House of Commons' decision to pass a resolution endorsing the UN Declaration and to call on the Government to "fully implement the standards contained therein". According to Simon, “the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides a road map for the reconciliation of indigenous and non-indigenous peoples in Canada and around the world”.
• CBC.ca – April 13, 2008; Vancouver Sun, Straight.com – April 10, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers is featured in this article discussing the lack of affordable housing in Vancouver.
• Toronto Star – April 13, 2008 – ArticNet Scientific Director Louis Fortier and ArcticNet Network Investigator David Barber are quoted in an article about studying the Arctic onboard the Amundsen.
• Northern News Services – April 7, 2008 – Schools on Board, an outreach program of ArcticNet, is featured in this article which relates the experience of student, Alison Kopalie of Qikiqtarjuaq, and science teacher, Susie Hawkins, from Inuksuit school.
• Canadian Mining Journal – April 6, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Frank Duerden, ArcticNet research associate Tristan Pearce and ArcticNet postdoctoral fellow James Ford authored this article on climate change impacts on the Canadian mining sector.
• Toronto Star – April 5, 2008 – ArcticNet Investigator Christian Nozais is studying mesofauna, microscopic creatures living in and under the Arctic sea ice, with a Master's student, onboard the Amundsen.
• CBC News, CBC North – April 3, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Andrew Derocher is featured in this article relating the shooting of three polar bears that wandered more than 400 kilometres from their usual habitat on the Beaufort Sea.
• Au fil des événements (Université Laval) – April 3, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigators Warwick Vincent and Connie Lovejoy are featured in this article which describes the expedition Operation Nunalivut 08.
• Toronto Star, TheStar.com – March 31, 2008; Toronto Star, TheStar.com – March 30, 2008; Toronto Star, TheStar.com – March 21, 2008; TheStar.com – March 17, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Tim Papakyriakou is featured in these articles as the chief scientist onboard the Amundsen. ArcticNet Network Investigators Yves Gratton and Dave Barber are also mentioned in one article.
• Radio Canada-La Semaine Verte – March 30 and 29, 2008; CBC News-Toronto – March 27, 2008; CBC News-The National, TQS, Radio Canada-Le Téléjournal Québec – March 26, 2008 – ArcticNet Scientific Director Louis Fortier and ArcticNet Network Investigator Warwick F. Vincent were interviewed about the partial break-up of the Wilkins Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
• Toronto Sun – March 29, 2008 – Pita Aatami, member of the ArcticNet Board of Directors and President of Makivik Corporation, is mentioned in this article that discusses the recently approved Inuit land-claim deal.
• Radio Canada, Nouvelles – March 27, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Reinhard Pienitz is interviewed about potential solutions for the problem of blue-green algae in lakes surrounding the Québec City area.
• Toronto Star, thestar.com – March 26, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Yves Gratton heads the physical oceanography group, one of the 10 research teams involved in the Amundsen's current mission.
• The Globe and Mail, globeandmail.com – March 26, 2008 – Mary Simon, co-chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, wrote an article addressing the government’s lack of collaboration with the Inuit in the advancement of its plans for the development of the Arctic.
• National Post – March 24, 2008 – An article by ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers underscoring the importance and relevance of Canada conserving its RADARSAT-2 technology.
• CBC News-Tech Bytes – March 13, 12, 11, 10, 8 and 7, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Gary Stern and ArcticNet graduate students Dustin Isleifson and Gérald Darnis Stories are featured in these articles describing stories of research onboard the Amundsen.
• Découvrir-La revue de la recherche – Volume 28, No 5 – December 2007-January 2008 – ArcticNet Scientific Director Louis Fortier and ArcticNet Network Investigator Eric Dewailly are mentioned in this article which discusses the research conducted on Inuit health onboard to the Amundsen.
• National Post – March 11, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Dr. Michael Byers is mentioned in this article which warns of the increasing potential for an international conflict over Arctic resources.
• Winnipeg Free Press – March 8, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Dr. Dave Barber describes the lag between climate change modelling and climate change reality this past January.
• United Press International – March 7, 2008; National News, CD98.9 NewsCentre – March 6, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Dr. Gordon McBean is cited in this article referring to a soon-to-be released federal report written by more than 100 Canadian scientists.
• Winnipeg Free Press – March 5, 2008 – This article describing the research adventures onboard the Amundsen mentions ArcticNet Network Investigator Dr. Gary Stern.
• FrancVert, le webzine environnemental – February 20, 2008 –
  Several ArcticNet members are mentioned in this issue of FrancVert. PhD student, Julie Veillette, wrote an article on polar lakes. Christiane Dupont, MSc student, and Isabelle Laurion, ArcticNet Network Investigator, wrote an article on thermokarst ponds. Dominique Berteaux, ArcticNet Network Investigator, described the research he and his students conduct on the Arctic fox on Bylot Island.
• www.IlSole24Ore.com, www.guidoromeo.nova100.ilsole24ore.com, www.ipy-cfl.ca – March 4, 2008 – Guido Romeo is posting stories detailing his stay onboard the Amundsen and members of ArcticNet, such as Network Investigator Gary Stern and PhD student Brent Else, are mentioned. Romeo was one of the winners of the World Federation of Science Journalists' Amundsen Competition.
• The Ubyssey – March 4, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Dr. Michael Byers comments on a speech delivered by Sheila-Watt Cloutier at UBC's Life Science Centre where she speaks of the threats posed by climate change to the Inuit and their way of life.
• Winnipeg Free Press – March 4, 2008 – ArcticNet PhD students Brent Else and Frederic Brabant and ArcticNet Network Investigator Tim Papakyriakou who are conducting research, concerning greenhouse gas exchanges, onboard the CCGS Amundsen.
• Winnipeg Free Press – February 29, 2008 – ArcticNet research technician Louis Letourneau and ArcticNet PhD student Gérald Darnis are mentioned as participating in the collection of zooplankton samples.
• Winnipeg Free Press – February 28, 2008 – ArcticNet research technicians Louis Letourneau and Marie-Emmanuelle Rail are mentioned in this article which details the research conducted onboard the CCGS Amundsen thanks to the moon pool.
• Canadian Press NewsWire – February 27, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Dr. Michael Byers is quoted in this article relating the $720-million icebreaker announced in Tuesday's budget.
• Winnipeg Free Press – February 4, 2008 – ArcticNet is mentioned in this article which features the research of an ArcticNet Master's student, Justin Gilligan.
• Edmonton Journal – March 10, 2008; Ottawa Citizen – March 6, 2008; National Post, Canwest News Service – February 19, 2008 – A mock summit organized by ArcticNet Network Investigator Dr. Michael Byers, provided exemplary results and may offer insight and stimulate negotiation efforts between Canada and the United States over the future of the Arctic Ocean.
• Winnipeg Free Press – February 27, 2008; Winnipeg Free Press – February 26, 2008; The Bulletin (University of Manitoba) – January 10, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigators Drs. David Barber and Gary Stern and ArcticNet PhD student Matthew Asplin are featured in articles describing the research activities of the 2007-08 research expedition, organized in part by ArcticNet, onboard the CCGS Amundsen.
• Embassy, The Hill Times – February 20, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Dr. Michael Byers is interviewed in an article that discusses his popularity in the media and argues that academics do not share their views and knowledge enough with the public.
• BarentsObserver.com – February 18, 2008; Times Online, The Sunday Times – February 17, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Dr. Michael Byers is quoted in articles relating the potential changes that climate change could induce on the town of Churchill, Manitoba business.
• RedOrbit NEWS, www.redorbit.com – February 17, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Dr. Michael Byers and ArcticNet Board of Directors member Duane Smith are cited in this article that discusses Canadian sovereignty.
• CanWest News, canada.com – February 13, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Dr. Gordon McBean is featured in this article covering the special ceremony held on Parliament Hill to honour Canadian scientists who contributed to the international climate change report that won a share of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
• Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun – February 4, 2008 – ArcticNet Scientific Director Dr. Louis Fortier is quoted in an article relating the financial difficulties faced by major research infrastructure in Canada.
• Radio-Canada – January 25, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Dr. Reinhard Pienitz was interviewed on his paleo-limnological work in the Québec City area.
• Radio-canada.ca-Nouvelles – January 24, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator and Theme Leader Dr. Warwick Vincent is quoted in a news clip announcing the first important workshop on cyanobacteria that was held at Laval University.
• Canadian Press, ShortNews.com, Reuters Canada - January 23, 2008; Brandonsun.com, 680 News – January 17, 2008; Market Wire – January 16, 2008 – Mary Simon, Co-Chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, is quoted about disturbing statistics on Inuit health.
• Nunatsiaq News – January 17, 2008 – Mary Simon, Co-Chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, expresses her concern over the fact that more and more Inuit are leaving their communities to live in the South for a variety of reasons, including work, education and family.
• Newsbusters.org – January 12, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Gordon McBean is quoted in an article relating weather forecasting and the media's tendency to exaggerate facts.
• Canada.com – January 20, 2008; National Post – January 22, 2008; CBC News – January 16, 2008 – Mary Simon, co-Chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, shares her views on new statistics concerning the Inuit population and their living conditions and the declining use of the Inuit language, Inuktitut.
• CBC News – January 15, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator David Barber is quoted in an article about a massive ice fracture discovered near Banks Island in the Beaufort Sea.
• Energy Current – January 15, 2008 – An article featuring Canadian sovereignty and Arctic natural resources quotes ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers.
• Nunatsiaq News – January 18, 2008; AFP – January 15, 2008; New York Times, Reuters – January 14, 2008 – Mary Simon, co-Chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, and Duane Smith, member of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, disagree with environmentalists who ask the U.S. to declare the polar bear a threatened species because the researchers believe such a move may hurt the Northern economy and impede on Inuit culture and their use of resources.
• Toronto Star, TheStar.com – January 12, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers is listed as one of Canada's Five Best in Research in an article which features the program of Canada Research Chairs.
• CanWest News Service, canada.com – January 9, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Martin Sharp is quoted in an article featuring the melting of the oldest ice in Canada, the Barnes Ice Cap, on Baffin Island.
• Le Soleil, www.cyberpresse.ca – December 30, 2007 – Highlights research by ArcticNet Network Investigator Connie Lovejoy, who has identified a new species category called the picobilliphytes.
• The McGill Tribune – January 8, 2008 – The work of Dr. James Ford, ArcticNet Postdoctoral Fellow and NCE 2007 Young Innovator Award recipient, on climate change and Inuit adaptation is underscored in this article.
• CNW Group – January 7, 2008 – ArcticNet Board Member Pita Aatami is the 2007 recipient of the Public Life Award from Reader's Digest Canada.
• Le Soleil, cyperpresse.ca – January 5, 2008 – ArcticNet Board Member Pita Aatami is quoted defending Inuit views that the quota for beluga hunting should be augmented.
• Toronto Star, thestar.com – December 23, 2007; Toronto Star, thestar.com - December 16, 2007 – ArcticNet’s research is highlighted in several articles that provide excerpts of the network’s research presented at the 2007 Annual Scientific Meeting.
• Globe and Mail, globeandmail.com – December 22, 2007 – David Barber, ArcticNet Network Investigator, is mentioned in an article that features the story of an experienced Inuit hunter falling through ice.
• CBC News – December 14, 2007 – Gary Stern, ArcticNet Network Investigator, is mentioned in an article featuring ArcticNet research onboard the CCGS Amundsen.
• Grist.org – December 13, 2007 – Several ArcticNet researchers and students are mentioned in a brief article accompanied by a short documentary film describe research onboard the CCGS Amundsen.
• Trading markets.com – December 12, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigators Drs. Gordon McBean and Barry Smit are providing the McGuinty government with world-class scientific advice as part of its climate change plan.
• Canadian Press, globeandmail.com - December 7, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Steve Ferguson is mentioned in an article discussing the techniques researchers use to tag animals and obtain data from them.
• Nunatsiaq News – December 7, 2007 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michel Allard is featured in an article about climate change in Nunavik.
• BBC News – December 6, 2007; National Post, nationalpost.com – December 5, 2007 – Pita Aatami, member of ArcticNet’s Board of Directors is quoted in articles discussing Nunavik’s new creation of a form of self-government on their territory.

AUTO21

• Les Années Lumieres, 10.05.2008 - Profile of Safe Platform for Evaluating/Enhancing Driver Qualifications project, Dr. Denis Laurendeau, Université Laval

  Radio Canada news (Quebec), 10.21.2008 - Profile of Safe Platform for Evaluating/Enhancing Driver Qualifications project, Dr. Denis Laurendeau, Université Laval

  CBC TV Quebec, 10.29.2008 - Profile of Safe Platform for Evaluating/Enhancing Driver Qualifications project, Dr. Denis Laurendeau, Université Laval

• Winnipeg Free Press – October 3, 2008 – An article about the use of booster seats quotes AUTO21 Theme A Coordinator and Project Leader, Dr. Anne Snowdon.
• University of Windsor Daily News – September 8, 2008; Windsor Star – September 6, 2008; CBET-TV, CBC-AM, A-TV Windsor – September 5, 2008 – AUTO21 Scientific Director, Dr. Peter Frise, and AUTO Researcher Dr. Jerry Sokolowski are quoted in an article about the newly signed agreement between AuTO21 and RTIM Raufoss, a Norwegian technology institution, that will allow researchers easier access to knowledge transfer and exchange through joint projects in manufacturing and materials technologies.
• Toronto Sun – August 27, 2008 – An article about the new Automotive Centre of Excellence at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology quotes AUTO21 Researcher Dr. Greg Rohnauer.
• Nunatsiaq News – June 20, 2008 – ArcticNet Board of Directors member Duane Smith is cited in this article describing plans for Inuit leaders from across the circumpolar world to gather in Kuujjuaq in November to respond to the race for territory and resources by Arctic nations.
• Nunatsiaq News, Indian Country Today – June 20, 2008; Saskatoon StarPhoenix, AFP, Nanaimo Daily News – June 16, 2008; Northern News Online, Canada.com – June 13, 2008; 980 CJME News Talk Radio (Saskatchewan), Nanaimo Daily News, Section15.ca, Toronto Star, Winnipeg Free Press, London Free Press, Globe and Mail – June 12, 2008; Ottawa Citizen, National Post, CBCNews.ca, Globe and Mail – June 11, 2008 – ArcticNet Network Investigator Michael Byers wrote a commentary about the Prime Minister's apology on behalf of the nation for the residential school ordeal and Inuit leader Mary Simon, co-chair of the ArcticNet Board of Directors, spoke at the House of Commons after the Prime Minister's apology saying the event paved the way for healing and progress.
• Québec Premier's website, TVA, Nouvelles RDI – June 18, 2008 –
  ArcticNet Scientific Director Dr. Louis Fortier was awarded the title of Officer from the Ordre national du Québec, the highest distinction given by the Québec government.
• La Tribune – June 9, 2008 – Students from the Université de Sherbrooke won first prize in the AUTO21 annual HQP Poster Competition.
• London Free Press – June 23 2008; Exchange Morning Post – June 12, 2008; London Free Press, NewsDurhamRegion.com, Exchange Magazine – June 5, 2008; Peterborough Examiner, Le Droit, La Presse, London Free Press, Windsor Star, CKLW-AM, CHYR-AM, Rogers TV, Global TV, Fuel Cell Works – June 4, 2008; Presse Canadienne, London Free Press – June 3, 2008; CBC-AM, A-Channel – June 2, 2008 – Media coverage of the AUTO21 2008 Scientific Conference.
• Windsor Star – May 15, 2008 – AUTO21 Scientific Director Dr. Peter Frise has been named an officer of the Professional Engineers of Ontario order of honour.
• Ottawa Citizen – April 2, 2008 – An article about elderly driver training programs mentions AUTO21.
• Globe and Mail – March 6, 2008 – AUTO21 researcher Dr. David Andrews is interviewed about an AUTO21 research project aimed at developing methods to reduce the risk of injury in automobile workers.
• Windsor Star – March 4, 2008 – AUTO21 Scientific Director Dr. Peter Frise is mentioned in an article about the $315-million earmarked for university research announced in Tuesday's budget.
• Ottawa Sun – February 28, 2008 – AUTO21 Project Leader Dr. Heather Maclean's research is highlighted in this article.
• Globe and Mail – February 28, 2008 – AUTO21 researcher Dr. Edwin Tam is interviewed about his work in the Life Cycle Assessment of vehicles project.
• Globe and Mail – February 21, 2008 – AUTO21 researcher Dr. Ming Zheng is interviewed about his research.
• Windsor Star – February 5, 2008 – AUTO21 Scientific Director Dr. Peter Frise is quoted in an article about hydrogen-powered vehicles.
• Windsor Star – February 5, 2008 – AUTO21 Scientific Director Dr. Peter Frise is quoted in an article about the two-modes hybrid system showcased by General Motors at the North American Internationl Auto Show.
• Windsor Star – January 16, 2008 – AUTO21 Scientific Director Dr. Peter Frise is quoted in an article about a donation by Toyota Canada of the 2009 Corolla and Matrix cars to the University of Windsor for teaching and research purposes.

Canadian Arthritis Network (CAN)

• Ottawa Citizen, Nov 20, 2008 - Dr. Peter Tugwell, a CAN Investigator and leader of the Strategic Research Resource in Knowledge Translation and Exchange (SRR KTE), was honoured as Canada's health researcher of the year. 
  Read the full story here:  http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=c0d5f835-70db-4b59-b812-208572d0df92
• Ottawa Citizen, Nov 19, 2008 - Dr. Peter Tugwell acknowledged for ensuring equity in medical treatment. Read the full story here: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=a0535383-e5fc-45d5-9374-c7b1df6e7345
• November/December 2008 issue of Canadian Health - Dr. David Goltzman, a CAN investigator, talks about the risk of fractures from proton pump inhibitors.
• The Star Phoenix (Saskatoon), November 4, 2008 - For the fourth year in a row, Canada received a failing grade of D on its Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. CAN’s Dr. Jane Aubin comments.
  
• Le Soleil, La Presse Canadienne – September 18, 2008 – Former CAN Consumer Advisory Council co-chair and member, Jean Légaré is being honoured by the University of Laval with a doctorate for his work in advancing research into Rheumatoid Arthritis.
• Toronto Star – September 11, 2008 – Dr. Jane Aubin, CAN member and former Scientific Director and CEO, comments on an osteoarthritis and surgery study from the University of Western Ontario.
• MCT Regional News – September 15, 2008; News & Observer, MCT Regional News – September 12, 2008; MCT Regional News – September 8, 2008; HealthDay News, WebMD Health News – September 5, 2008; MSNBC.com – September 4, 2008; Los Angeles Times Online – September 3, 2008 – Dr. Joanne Jordan, a member of CAN's Scientific and Medical Advisory Council, is the principal investigator of a study published in Arthritis Care & Research that suggests that almost half of all U.S. adults and nearly two-thirds of obese adults will develop osteoarthritis of the knee by age 85.
• Globe and Mail – September 6, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. Rob Inman is mentioned in an article about fundraising for ankylosing spondylitis research.
• Toronto Sun.com – September 3, 2008 – CAN investigator Dr. Elizabeth Badley is quoted in an article that addresses the shortage of rheumatologists in Canada.
• Brockville Recorder and Times – August 13, 2008; Nelson Daily News, North Bay Nugget, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal – August 12, 2008 – Canadian Arthritis Network Investigator Dr. David Goltzman is mentioned in this article about a study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, that showed that long-term treatment with one class of drugs used to treat acid reflux and peptic ulcers has been linked to an increased risk of osteoporosis-related fractures.
• Edmonton Journal – August 10, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. Anthony Russell is quoted in an article about the Zin on the River arthritis fundraiser in Edmonton on August 27.
• The Medical Post – August 5, 2008 – According to CAN Investigator Dr. Cy Frank one of the findings from a randomized trial of centralized intake clinic for arthroplasty candidates is that the drive to reduce wait times sometimes caught patients off guard and had some of them requesting a slow down.
• The Medical Post – August 5, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. Robert Bourne is quoted in an article about the risks involved when using femoral nerve catheters to infuse local anesthetic for post surgical pain control.
• Hospital News – July 2008 – An article written by Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium (CRRC) Executive Director, Linda Bennett, about the new partnerships announced by the CRRC, quoted CAN Investigators Drs. Ed Keystone and Paul Fortin and Steering Committee of the Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (CAPA) member Louise Bergeron.
• The Medical Post – July 22, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. Jennifer Stinson was part of a team that presented research that used the e-Ouch pain diary, an electronic pain diary developed by the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, at the American Pain Society meeting.
• Leduc Representative – July 18, 2008 – An article about the launch of former Consumer Advisory Council member Cheryl Koehn’s website www.jointhealth.org.
• Fredericton Daily Gleaner – July 12, 2008; Waterloo Region Record – July 11, 2008; New Brunswick Telegraph Journal – July 10, 2008; Chatham Daily News, Prince George Citizen, Moncton Times and Transcript – July 9, 2008; Globe and Mail, Kingston Whig-Standard – July 8, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. John Antoniou is quoted in an article about knee replacement surgery.
• Coquitlam Now – July 11, 2008 – An article by CAN Investigator Dr. Jane Aubin on the importance of physical activity for good health.
• Globe and Mail – June 18, 2008 – A study by CAN investigator Dr. Jim Wright found doctors routinely deny hip and knee replacement surgery to deserving patients who may not have access to the services necessary to help them recover.
• EULAR Congress News – June 11-14, 2008 – The Canadian Arthritis Network is mentioned in an article about the Standing Committee on People with Arthritis/Rheumatism in Europe (PARE).
• CTV.ca – June 21, 2008 – Canadian Arthritis Network Researcher Dr. Carter Thorne is quoted in an article about a survey that shows 87 per cent of arthritis patients do not always take their medication.
• Calgary Herald – June 17, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. Walter Maksymowych is quoted about the decision from the province of Alberta to cover two drugs to treat ankylosing spondylitis, six months after it had declined to pay these cost.
• Canada NewsWire – June 16, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. David Goltzman and his team - along with colleagues from across Canada - have issued new recommendations to public health authorities about how to best cope with osteoporosis.
• HealthDay News, PharmaTimes, eular Congress News, U.S. News and World Report – June 12, 2008 – Dr. Edward Keystone, a CAN Investigator and Board Chair for the Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium, is quoted in an article about two new studies that show adding monthly injections of golimumab to weekly doses of methotrexate helped most people with rheumatoid arthritis.
• Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Times – June 17 2008; Vancouver Sun – June 4, 2008 – Articles written by Cheryl Koehn outlined the Government of British Columbia's acceptance of all the recommendations from the province's pharmaceutical task force. Ms. Koehn a former Consumer Advisory Council member still active with the Canadian Arthritis Network.
• City TV-News at Noon; Canadian Press, Canadian Health Reference Guide/Guide de référence santé – May 30, 2008; City TV-Breakfast TV, calibre.mworld.com, Canadian Business Online, Le Lézard.com, Individual.com, Argent Canoe Money – May 29, 2008 – Coverage from an arthritis press conference quotes Cheryl Koehn, a former Consumer Advisory Council member.
• Canadian Health – May-June 2008 – Emeritus member of the Consumer Advisory Council, Jean Légaré, is featured in an article about living with rheumatoid arthritis.
• Medical Post – April 22, 2008 – CAN investigator, Dr. Michael Dunbar, is quoted in an article about joint replacement surgery.
• Medical Post – April 11, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. Robert Bourne is quoted in an article about gender-specific knee and hip implants.
• Globe and Mail – March 27, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. Michael Dunbar is quoted in an article about the increase in joint replacement surgery.
• Globe and Mail – March 27, 2008 – CAN investigator and co-Scientific Director Dr. Monique Gignac, CAN investigators Drs. Walter Maksymowych and Alan Rosenberg and past Consumer Advisory Council member Catherine Hofstetter are mentioned or quoted in an arthritis supplement.
• Prince Rupert Daily News – May 5, 2008; Cariboo Press – April 2, 2008; Cariboo Press – March 17, 2008; Cariboo Press – March 16, 2008; Vernon Daily Courier – March 11, 2008; Vancouver Island News Group – March 7, 2008; Penticton Herald, Vernon Daily Courier – March 5, 2008 – CAN's former Scientific Director and CEO and current CAN Investigator Dr. John Esdaile is mentioned in this Letter to the Editor about the B.C. PhramaCare's decision to cover three drugs to treat ankylosing spondylitis.
• Horse.com – March 26, 2008 – A study, by CAN Investigator Dr. Sheila Laverty, was reported.
• Télé-Québec – January 31, 2008; CJAD Radio – December 12, 2007; CBC Radio – November 30, 2007 – CAN Investigator Dr. Henri Menard took part in several media broadcasts during an Arthritis Society awareness/fundraising campaign.
• Lloydminster Meridian Booster – March 21, 2008; Toronto Sun – March 16, 2008 – CAN Board member Dr. Carter Thorne is featured in this article about the importance of recognizing, and acting on, the early signs of arthritis.
• Miramichi Leader – March 14, 2008 –Cheryl Koehn, former CAN Consumer Advisory Council member is quoted in an article about the UCB Beyond Crohn’s Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis Scholarship Program. UCB is CAN industry partner.
• Vancouver Island News Group – April 10, 2008; The Province – March 16, 2008; Dawson Creek Daily News – March 13, 2008; CBC – March 11, 2008 – A study run by CAN's Partnerships and Sustainability Committee volunteer Dr. Jay Wortman.
• Reuters, Winnipeg Free Press – March 20, 2008; The News-Press, New York Times – March 18, 2008; The Cornwall Standard Freeholder , Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs – March 14, 2008; globeandmail.com, Canada.com – March 12, 2008; CTV.ca, Science Daily, WebMD, CBC, Canadian Medical Association Journal, Ottawa Citizen, TheStar.com, CTV News – March 11, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. Gillian Hawker was interviewed about a study run by one of her trainees that looked at gender bias among doctors in treating patients requiring surgery for arthritis.
• London Free Press – March 3, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. Patricia Morley-Forster is part of a three-year research project that will investigate the best way to treat neuropathic pain.
• Forbes.com, HealthDay News – February 29, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. Sasha Bernatsky is the lead of a study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, which found Methotrexate, a common rheumatoid arthritis drug, does not raise a patient's risk for blood cancer.
• Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Regina Leader-Post – February 22, 2008; CTV News – February 21, 2008 – Former Consumer Advisory Council members Wilson Quail and Cheryl Koehn comment on the Saskatchewan Party government's decision to expand drug coverage to treat ankylosing spondylitis, a form of chronic inflammation of the spine that can lead to a complete fusing of vertebrae.
• Chetwynd Echo – March 7, 2008; Victoria Times-Colonist – March 3, 2008; aptn.ca – February 29, 2008; Hamilton Spectator – February 21, 2008; Canadian Press – February 14, 2008 – Cheryl Koehn, a former Consumer Advisory Council member still active with the Canadian Arthritis Network and Dr. Dianne Mosher, a CAN Clinical Associate, are quoted about the growing crisis of arthritis in Canada’s aboriginal communities.
• Medical Post – February 5, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. Hyon Choi is quoted in an article about a study published in Arthritis and Rheumatism that found long-term coffee coffee consumption is assiciated with a lower risk of incidence of gout.
• The Globe and Mail – February 1, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. Hyon Choi is quoted in an article about a 12-year study that found that men who frequently consume sugar-loaded soft drinks, fruit juices or whole fruits are more likely to develop gout than those who ingest far more modest amounts.
• Rehab Community Care – Winter 2007 – CAN Investigator Dr. Cy Frank helped launch the Alberta Hip and Knee Replacement Pilot Project.
• Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) – March 9, 2008; ABC News – February 6, 2008; WRAL.com – February 5, 2008; MCT Regional News – February 2, 2008; Science News – January 9, 2008; United Press International – January 4, 2008 – A study, published in Arthritis Care & Research, and led by Dr. Leigh Callahan, CAN's Scientific and Medical Advisory Council Chair, found that arthritis sufferers who participated in a fitness program showed significant improvements in pain, fatigue and managing arthritis.
• Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal – February 3, 2008 – Edmonton Journal – January 31, 2007; Calgary Herald – January 27, 2007; Global TV – January 8, 2008; National Post – December 24, 2007; Edmonton Journal – December 21, 2007; National Post – December 19, 2007; Calgary Herald – December 17, 2007 – CAN investigator Dr. Walter Maksymowych is quoted and interviewed the decision from the province of Alberta not to cover two drugs to treat ankylosing spondylitis. Dr. Maksymowych is mentioned in subsequent letters to the Editor, of which one is written by Delia Cooper, co-chair of the CAN Consumer Advisory Council (CAC) and one by CAC member Marg Elliot.
• Vancouver Sun – January 25, 2008 – A letter from Jay Fiddler, past co-chair of CAN's Consumer Advisory Council in response to the Arthritis Consumer Experts (ACE) national report card that grades provinces across Canada on patient access to medically necessary arthritis treatments.
• Regina Sun – January 27, 2008; Vancouver Sun – January 22, 2008; Canada NewsWire – January 21, 2008 – Dr. John Esdaile, CAN Investigator and former Scientific Director and CEO and Cheryl Koehn, former Consumer Advisory Council member with CAN, are quoted in an article about the Arthritis Consumer Experts (ACE) national report card, that grades provinces across Canada on patient access to medically necessary arthritis treatments.
• Brockville Recorder & Times – January 17, 2008; Prince George Citizen, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Sun, Windsor Star – January 16, 2008; Canadian Press – January 15, 2008 – CAN Investigator and former Scientific Director and CEO, Dr. John Esdaile is quoted in an article about a study, published in the Journal of Rheumatology that shows that drugs used to prevent bone fractures or treat osteoarthritis may cause bone tissue to crumble and die in rare situations.
• Laboratory Product News – January 9, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. David Holdsworth has been named the first holder of the Dr. Sandy Kirkley Chair in Musculoskeletal Research at Western University.
• Medical Post – January 8, 2008 – CAN Investigator Dr. Monique Gignac suggests physicians need to play a greater role in helping arthritis patients identify and manage problems that may be keeping them from returning to work.
• Medical Post – November 27, 2007 – CAN Investigator Dr. Michael Hayden was the recipient of the Prix Galien research award.

Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations (CIPI)

• Researcher, Sophie Larochelle, appeared on a Quebec TV show this week. Watch her here: http://lecodechastenay.telequebec.tv/quebecscientifique.aspx?id=49
• Le Soleil – August 18, 2008 – CIPI member Réal Vallée is quoted in an article about the Centre of Optics, Phnotonics and Lasers, of which he is also Director.
• physicsworld.com – July 24, 2008 – CIPI Researcher Denis Brousseau explain his ferrofluid mirror.
• envue.insa-lyon.fr/ – Juillet 2008 – CIPI Researcher Vincent Aimez is mentioned in this article about the new “Laboratoire International associé franco-québécois”.
• cyberpresse.ca – August 18, 2008; Au fil des événements, Volume 43, Number 34 – June 19, 2008 – CIPI Researcher See Leang Chin's research is featured in this article.
• Découvrir, Volume 29, Number 3 – June–July 2008 – The research projects of CIPI researcher André Bandrauk are featured.
• Média Matin Québec – May 9, 2008 – CIPI Researcher Jean-Claude Keiffer and his team are developing new ultrashort laser pulses that could be used in the treatment of various diseases.
• Montreal Gazette, Vancovuer Sun, Victoria Times Colonist, Ottawa Citizen – March 18, 2008 – CIPI Researcher John C. Polanyi is the winner of the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, Canada’s most prestigious science prize.
• Montreal Gazette, Canadian Press Newswire, Victoria Times Colonist – February 21, 2008 – CIPI Researcher John C. Polanyi has been named one of the three world-leading scientists finalists for the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, that will increase the winner’s research funding to $1 million over the next five years.
• Sciencedaily.com – January 29, 2008 – CIPI researchers Drs. Christopher Backhouse and Paul Charrette are part of a team that have developed a reusable and portable microchip-based genetic testing system for point-of-care medical testing.

Canadian Obesity Network

• Vancouver Sun, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Regina Leader-Post, Edmonton Journal, Montreal Gazette, Ottawa Citizen – September 22, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in an article about a study that shows there is a great risk difference in terms of having a first heart attack if you are overweight or obese.
• Globe and Mail – September 13, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in an article about Wellspring Academy, a boarding school for overweight children.
• Saskatoon StartPhoenix, Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun – July 18, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director, Dr. Arya Sharma, is quoted in an article about a study, published in the journal Obesity, that showed that vital exhaustion can lead to obesity.
• Edmonton Sun – June 30, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma practices what he preaches by getting plenty of physical activity in his day such as cycling to work and taking stairs instead of elevators.
• Victoria Times Colonist, Edmonton Journal, Montrela Gazette – June 22, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in an article about a new association created by overweight men which is aimed at using humour to boost self-esteem.
• Victoria Times Colonist, Ottawa Citizen, Globe and Mail, Saskatoon StarPhoenix – June 19, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma comments on some of the Canadian Health Survey results.
• Edmonton Journal – June 16, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma writes about weight management.
• Montreal Gazette, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Winnipeg Free Press – May 26, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director, Dr. Arya Sharma, is quoted in an article about probiotics.
• Globe and Mail – May 23, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director, Dr. Arya Sharma, is quoted in an article about Nintendo Company Ltd.'s new Wii Fit video game.
• Edmonton Journal – May 15, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in an article about Capital Health’s Weight Wise Program.
• Medical Post – May 6, 2008 – A feature article about Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma’s blog, found at www.drsharma.ca.
• Edmonton Journal – March 31, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma answers the question “What is a healthy weight?” in the “Ask the Expert” column.
• Victoria Times Colonist – March 27, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in an article about a high-fibre supplement called PolyGlycopleX (PGX).
• Winnipeg Free Press – March 19, 2008 – The Canadian Obesity Network is mentioned in an article about a new four-year degree, aimed that training students to work with the obese, that the University of Guelph and Humber College are creating.
• Regina Leader-Post – March 10, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in an article about how obese patients have an edge in surviving critical illness.
• Calgary Herald – March 7, 2008; National Post – March 3, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in an article that looks at how childhood obesity has begun to influence custody judgments.
• National Post – February 21, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network researcher Dr. David Lau is quoted in an article that looks at the increasing rate of "super obese" patients in Canada.
• Ottawa Sun – February 13, 2008 – The Canadian Obesity Network is mentioned in an article about Ottawa being chosen Canada’s most sustainable large city by Corporate Knights magazine.
• National Post – February 6, 2008; Montreal Gazette – February 2, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted in an article about the body mass index classification system.
• Charlottetown Guardian – January 29, 2008; Hamilton Spectator – January 23, 2008; Canadian Press Newswire, Fredericton Daily Gleaner – January 17, 2008; Edmonton Sun – January 16, 2008 – Canadian Obesity Network Scientific Director Dr. Arya Sharma is quoted saying there is no cure for obesity.

Canadian Stroke Network (CSN)

• Ottawa Citizen – November 10, 2008 - CEOs plus MDs equals money for research.
• CBC Radio (Winnipeg) – September 17, 2008 – An interview with CSN researcher Dr. Vladimir Hachinski about the link between stroke and dementia.
• sciencedaily.com – August 8, 2008 – CSN researcher Dr. Martin O'Donnell is the author of a study, published in the online issue of Neurology, that shows people who have gastrointestinal bleeding after a stroke are more likely to die or become severely disabled than stroke sufferers with no GI bleeding.
• Edmonton Journal – July 28, 2008 – The Canadian Stroke Network research project entitled “Getting on with the Rest of Your Life After Stroke” and led by CSN researcher Dr. Nancy Mayo is featured.
• London Free Press – July 3, 2008; Globe and Mail, Ottawa Citizen – July 1, 2008 – Canadian Stroke Network Research Leader Dr. Vladimir Hachinski was honoured with an Order of Canada.
• Canadian-Health.ca, Globe and Mail – June 27, 2008 – The Canadian Stroke Network's new website, www.sodium101.ca, which provides useful tips for curbing your sodium intake, is featured.
• CTV NewsNet – June 12, 2008 – Canadian Stroke Network Deputy Director Dr. Mike Sharma was interviewed about the need for a national Stroke Strategy in Canada and the Canadian Stroke Network's efforts to promote an integrated approach to stroke prevention, treatment and recovery in all provinces and territories.
• Chatelaine Magazine – July 2008; Canada.com – June 17, 2008; Globe and Mail – June 13, 2008; Canada AM, Le Devoir – June 12, 2008; Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun, Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Windsor Star, Nanaimo Daily News, MarketWire, Winnipeg Free Press, Alberni Valley Times, Regina Leader-Post; Global TV – June 11, 2008; CanWest News Service – June 10, 2008 – CSN Director of Partnerships Dr. Kevin Willis and CSN researcher Dr. Norm Campbell are quoted in several articles following a CSN press release outlining the health effects of excessive sodium consumption.
• CBCNews.ca – June 6, 2008 – The Canadian Stroke Network's research into dysphagia is featured in a special report.
• Canadian Health Magazine – May/June 2008 – CSN Director of Partnerships Dr. Kevin Willis is quoted in a feature article entitled 'Add Years to Your Life'.
• La Semaine – May 20, 2008; Enfants – May 2008 – The Canadian Stroke Network's efforts to raise awareness about the health effects of over-consumption of dietary sodium are featured.
• Regina Leader-Post – April 18, 2008 – An interview with CSN's Dr. Mark Bayley and patients who are participating in the Canadian Stroke Network's SCORE-IT program, the largest of its kind to date in Canada.
• Chatelaine Magazine, Radio-Canada (l'Épicerie) – April 16, 2008 – CSN Director of Partnerships, Dr. Kevin Willis is interviewed about the Canadian Stroke Network's efforts to reduce sodium in the food supply and in the diet of Canadians.
• A-Channel (Ottawa) – April 7, 2008 – CSN Deputy Director Dr. Mike Sharma is interviewed about the Canadian Stroke Network's efforts to raise awareness about risks of over-consumption of sodium.
• Ottawa Citizen – March 17, 2008; National Post – February 21, 2008; CBC Ottawa, CBC-TV Ottawa, Regina Leader-Post, Victoria Times Colonist, Edmonton Journal, Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun, The Province, Winnipeg Free Press, Ottawa Citizen, Windsor Star – February 20, 2008 – Canadian Stroke Network Investigator Dr. Frank Silver is quoted and interviewd about an Ontario study that found that patients who had strokes while in hospital wait twice as long for a brain scan and for a clot-busting drug as people who go to an emergency room with a stroke.
• Red Deer Advocat – March 4, 2008; Regina Leader-Post – March 3, 2008; Moncton Times & Transcript – February 28, 2008; Regina Leader-Post, Saskatoon Star Phoenix – February 27, 2008; CKCK-TV (Regina), CFRE-TV (Regina), CFQC-TV (Saskatoon), Canadian Press – February 26, 2008 – CSN Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim and other representatives of the Canadian Stroke Strategy released the Saskatchewan Integrated Stroke Strategy in Regina.
• Edmonton Journal, Ottawa Citizen, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Calgary Herald – March 3, 2008 – Researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute are trying to identify a “salt gene” that would help doctors recognize when a patient is at risk of developing high blood pressure because of dietary sodium. The Canadian Stroke Network is mentioned in the article.
• Edmonton Journal – February 27, 2008; Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun, Windsor Star, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Ottawa Citizen, Winnipeg Free Press, Nanaimo Daily News – February 22, 2008 – CSN Director of Partnerships, Dr. Kevin Willis and CSN Network Investigator Dr. Norm Campbell are part of a Health Canada-appointed working group that will be charged with developing a strategy to reduce dietary sodium.
• Edmonton Journal – February 23, 2008; National Post, Victoria Times Colonist, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Nanaimo Daily News, Alberni Valley Times – February 22, 2008 – CSN investigator Dr. Gustavo Saposnik is quoted in articles about how organized stroke care can prevent nine out of 10 stroke deaths in hospitals.
• National Review of Medicine – Volume 5, No. 2 – February 2008 – Canadian Stroke Network Deputy Director Dr. Mike Sharma is quoted in an article about anti-clotting medication.
• Le Droit – February 6, 2008 – CSN Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim was honoured by Le Droit and Radio-Canada as one of its personalities of the year.
• Simcoe Reformer – January 1, 2008 – The Canadian Stroke Network data is used as reference material in a questions and answers section of the newspaper.
• Belleville Intelligencer – January 19, 2008; 98.9 radio (Simcoe Haldimand Norfolk), Flin Flon Reminder – January 18, 2008 – Canadian Stroke Network Scientific Director Dr. Antoine Hakim, Executive Director Katie Lafferty, Network Investigator Dr. Norm Campbell and Director of Partnerships, Dr. Kevin Willis are quoted and interviewed on the perils of sodium over-consumption.

Canadian Water Network (CWN)

• Waterloo Region Record – September 16, 2008 – Canadian Water Network Scientific Director Dr. Mark Servos plans a closed-door meeting with international water experts at the Grand River Conservation Authority’s annual water forum to talk about how much treated sewage rivers can handle and ways to cope with the problem.
• Burford Times – September 10, 2008 – Canadian Water Network Scientific Director Dr. Mark Servos and Researcher Dr. Rob de Loë are mentioned in an article that announces Environment Minister John Gerrestsen’s discussion on the state of Ontario drinking water at the 8th Annual Grand River Watershed Water Forum in Cambridge.
• Toronto Sun – March 25, 2008; Waterloo Region Record, Hamilton Spectator – March 24, 2008 – Canadian Water Network Scientific Director Dr. Mark Servos is the lead of a study, published in the Water Quality Research Journal of Canada, that found new evidence of drugs getting into drinking water.

Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) – Chronicle-Herald – February 19, 2008; London Free Press – February 16, 2008; Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Victoria Times Colonist, The Province, La Presse, The Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun, Hamiton Spectator – February 15, 2008; Presse Canadienne, Broadcast News, Canadian Press Newswire – February 14, 2008 – Coverage of the announcement of the 11 new Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR). For additional information please consult the news release at: www.nce-rce.gc.ca/Media-Medias/news-communiques/News-Communique_eng.asp?ID=37.

Geomatics for Informed Decisions Network (GEOIDE)

• GÉOinfo – September 2008 – GEOIDE Researchers Drs. Pierre Gosselin, Thierry Badard and Yvan Bédard have developed an interactive tool to help understand health risks linked to climate change.
• Baliz-Media.com – September 23, 2008 – GEOIDE Researcher Dr. Alain Vanasse is featured about his work on applying geomatics to the health care field.
• Baliz-Media.com – June 3, 2008 – A feature on GEOIDE and its research projects.
• Radio-Canada (Découverte) – March 30, 2008 – GEOIDE researcher Monique Bernier is interviewed in a segment on Canadian satellite RADARSAT-2 data, which also featured the research conducted by INRS-ETE on mapping of the ice river with radar images and discussed its importance in flood forecasts (FRAZIL Project).
• GlobalBC News – March 10, 2008 – An interview GEOIDE researcher Dr. Stephen Sheppard provided exclusive details on how climate change will affect the province of British Columbia's north shore.
• University of Calgary News – November 23, 2008 – GEOIDE Researcher Gerard Lachapelle, leads the Position, Location and Navigation (PLAN) Group that has developed an ultra-precise ultra-light weight navigation system that will provide skiers with significant training advantages.

Intelligent Sensing for Innovative Structures (ISIS Canada)

• L’Acadie Nouvelle – April 30, 2008; Broadcast News, Winnipeg Free Press – April 29, 2008; Presse Canadienne, Canadian Press Newswire – April 28, 2008 – ISIS Canada Scientific Director Aftab Mufti explains a study, being conducted by the Network, that will look at ways to keep the Parliament Buildings intact in the event of a major earthquake.
• Material Performance Journal – March 2008 – A special feature on ISIS Canada, structural Health-monitoring and the Golden Boy statue, which stands on the dome of the Manitoba Legislative building in Winnipeg.
• Globe and Mail – December 11, 2007 – ISIS Canada researcher Dr. Roger Cheng’s Structural Health Monitoring project is featured. ISIS Canada Scientific Director Dr. Aftab Mufti is quoted in the article.

MARS – Globe and Mail Nov 20, 2008 - BIOTECH INDUSTRY
Recession gives pause to innovation centre.

 

Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems (MITACS)

• Red Deer Advocate – August 22, 2008; Vancouver Province – August 18, 2008; Winnipeg Sun – August 17, 2008; London Free Press – August 15, 2008; Kingston Whig-Standard, New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, Orillia Packet and Times, Regina Leader-Post, Sarnia Observer, Sudbury Star, Cape Breton Post, Winnipeg Free Press, Moncton Times & Transcript – August 14, 2008; Canadian Press NewsWire, Canadaeast.com, Canoe.ca, CTV.ca, Global Health Reporting.org, Guelph Mercury, Hamilton Spectator, Macleans.ca – August 13, 2008; CBCL-FM (London), CBC.ca, CBW-AM/FM, CBC Radio (Winnipeg), Kitchener-Waterloo Record Online – August 12, 2008 – Drs. Abba Gumel and Troy Day and a team of Canadian graduate students traveled to Botswana with the MITACS Canada-Africa Biomath Summer School for a workshop that aims to teach students how to control the spread of AIDS and other infectious diseases through math equations and formulas.
• The Australian – July 30, 2008 – An article on a new Australian internship program, managed by the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute, modelled on the successful MITACS programs, ACCELERATE Canada.
• National Post – July 30, 2008 – MITACS sponsorship is mentioned in an article about an AIDS conference taking place in Second Life, an online social network.
• Red Deer Advocate, Burnaby Now – July 26, 2008; Nanaimo News Bulletin – July 23, 2008; Kamloops Daily News – July 22, 2008; Kelowna Daily Courier, Penticton Herald – July 21, 2008; 660-News (Calgary), AM-1150 (Kelowna), Bugle-Observer, Canoe.ca, CBC.ca, CFTK TV (Terrace), CJBK 1290-AM (London), Canadian Press, CTV BC, KBS Radio (West Kootenays), Kings County Record, MacLean.ca, Metro News Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver & Toronto, Miramichi Leader, Newstalk 610 CKTB (Niagara), Sympatico MSN News, Winnipeg Free Press – July 20, 2008; Channel M (Vancouver), Globe & Mail – July 17, 2008; 24 Hours (Vancouver), CBC Radio (Vancouver) – July 15, 2008 – The MITACS Industrial Math Summer School brings together 30 mathematics students from Canada and around the world to for a first-of-its kind “numbers” boot camp where they will be developing solutions to real-life issues being experienced by Canadian companies.
• Vancouver Sun – July 28, 2008; Vancouver Courier – July 9, 2008 – An article on MITACS' new Vice-President, Communications and Marketing, Daniel Fontaine.
• Burnaby Now, Kenora Daily Miner & News – July 9, 2008; IT Business – July 7, 2008 – Coverage of the year-old ACCELERATE BC internship program managed by MITACS.
• Ottawa Citizen – July 7, 2008; Backbone Magazine – July 2, 2008 – Coverage of the new MOU between MITACS and L'institut national de recherche en informatique et en automation (INRIA), the French national institute for research in computer science.
• Markham Economist & Sun – July 17, 2008; Windsor Star – July 14, 2008; Toronto Business Times – July 7, 2008; Kingston Whig-Standard – June 28, 2008; Hamilton Spectator – June 27, 2008; Exchange Morning Post, Kitchener Waterloo Record, Ottawa Business Journal – June 26, 2008; Canada News-Wire, Backbone Magazine – June 25, 2008 – Coverage of ACCELERATE Ontario, the new internship program managed by MITACS.
• Chronicle-Herald – May 28, 2008; freshplaza.com – May 21, 2008; Nova Scotia Business Journal – May 20, 2008; Nova News Now – May 16, 2008; CBC Radio (Halifax) – May 8, 2008; Farm Focus of Atlantic Canada – May 1, 2008; Nova Scotia Business Journal Online – April 30, 2008 – Graduate student Miriam Ferrer is helping Nova Scotia apple growers increase their yield thanks to the MITACS intership program.
• Moncton Times & Transcript – May 8 2008; Ottawa Citizen – May 2, 2008; 24 Heures – May 1, 2008; National Post, Research Money – April 30, 2008; Edmonton RushHour, National Capital Scan – April 25, 2008; Montreal Gazette – April 24, 2008; Montreal Tribune On-line, Montreal Gazette, Fredericton Daily Gleaner, New Brunswick Business Journal – April 23, 2008; Backbone Magazine, CJOB-AM (Winnipeg) – April 22, 2008; Laboratory Product News – April 21, 2008 – Coverage of the launch of the new internship program, ACCELERATE Canada, quotes MITACS Scientific Director Arvind Gupta.
• Moncton Times & Transcript – February 19, 2008; New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal – February 16, 2008 – A New-Brunswick study shows that students in co-operative education programs, including the MITACS Internship Program, are more likely to start careers in the province.
• CBC Radio One (Montreal and Quebec City), Metro Nouvelles Montréal, Québec Hebdo, AMEQ en ligne – February 4, 2008; IT World Canada, CJAD Radio (Montréal), CHRC Radio (Montréal) – January 30, 2008 – MITACS Director of Outreach Jean-Marie De Koninck’s new role, in which he will develop innovative programs to get Canadian children excited about math, is featured.

National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE)

• Niagara Falls Review, Welland Tribune, St. Catharines Standard, Owen Sound Sun Times – July 17, 2008; St. Catharines Standard – July 3, 2008 – One of the NICE founding members and former Board of Directors member Lynn McCleary is quoted in articles about Ontario’s nursing homes’ troubles.
• CBC Radio – July 15, 2008 – Judith Wahl, Deputy Chair of the NICE Board of Directors, was interviewed about the state of long-term care in Canada.
• Toronto Star – July 5, 2008 – A letter to the editor from NICE Scientific Director Lynn McDonald.
• Toronto Star, thestar.com – February 29, 2008 – National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly Director Dr. Lynn McDonald wrote a letter to the editor in response to Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman's comments about the quality of care in Ontario nursing homes.
• Ottawa Citizen – February 2, 2008 – National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly member Sandra Hirst is quoted in an article that looks at ways to help vulnerable seniors remain in their homes instead of in retirement homes.
• St. Catherines Standard – January 29, 2008 – National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly Member Lynn McCleary wrote a letter to the editor disproving some of the myths about aging, in response to an article.

Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) – The Walrus – May 7, 2008 – The Networks of Centres of Excellence program in mentioned in an article that looks at how commercialization is changing research in Canada.

Pan-Provincial Vaccine Enterprise (PREVENT) – SHAW TV – May 9, 2008; Radio-Canada Regina – May 6, 2008; Regina LeaderPost, Saskatoon StarPhoenix – May 3, 2008; Saskatoon StarPhoenix, Newswise, CBK-AM (Regina) – May 2, 2008; NewsBlaze, Canadian Business Magazine, Canada Newswire – May 1, 2008 – Media coverage of the official launch of the Pan-Provincial Vaccine Enterprise, one of the new CECRs.

PrioNet

• Edmonton Journal – September 14, 2008 – PrioNet Scientific Members Nat Kav and Michael James are trying to determine the nuances of the prion molecule's biochemical structure so that plant-based antibodies can be developed to fight prion diseases.
• Business Edge, Volume 8, Number 13 – June 27, 2008 – PrioNet Board Chair, Dr. Donald B. Rix, has recently been appointment as Chairman of the Vancouver Board of Trade.
• Victoria Times Colonist, Edmonton Journal, The Province, Montreal Gazette, Windsor Star – May 27, 2008 – PrioNet Canada Scientific Director, Dr. Neil Cashman, and his team announced that it has found a “safe pathway” for activating bone-marrow stem cells in ALS patients.
• Cision – May 20, 2008; Ottawa Business Journal – May 19, 2008; Western Producer – May 15, 2008; CFRA Radio (Ottawa), Laboratory Product News – May 12, 2008; Saskatoon Sun – May 11, 2008; Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, Ottawa 24 Hours, CINT Radio/Rawlco Radio (Saskatoon), CTV.ca, Woodstock Sentinel-Review, Global TV, Maclean’s.ca, Cattle Today, Bayshore Broadcasting, Canadian Meat Business – May 8, 2008; Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun, Ottawa Business Journal, CTV-TV Saskatoon, 630 CHED Radio (Edmonton), Saskatoon Star Phoenix, CBC.ca, Edmonton Journal, Today's Edmonton business news,Vancouver Sun, Global TV, Grainews, Alberta Farmer Express, Manitoba Cooperator, Canadian Cattlemen: The Beef Magazine, Western Edition – Country Guide, Canadian Press, Yahoo Canada.com – May 7, 2008 – Media coverage from PrioNet Canada’s recent announcement of the support of 19 canadian projects researching prion-related diseases.

Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network (PREVNet)

• Kingston Whig Standard – Nov 19, 2008 - Bullying essay earns school visit from TV channel.
• Globe and Mail – September 30, 2008 – PREVNet Scientific Director, Dr. Debra Pepler, suggests that boys may choose indirect aggression more often when it comes to bullying girls because of a chivalric code.
• Ottawa Citizen – September 8, 2008 – A letter to the Editor from PREVNet Scientific Co-Director, Dr. Wendy Craig, in response to an article about bullying.
• London Free Press – September 8, 2008; Winnipeg Sun, Calgary Sun, Edmonton Sun, Toronto Sun – September 2, 2008 – PREVNet Scientific co-Directors Drs. Wendy Craig and Debra Pepler have designed a software curriculum that let kids practice preventing bullying at their school, in the safety of an exciting virtual world.
• Hamilton Spectator – September 6, 2008 – PREVNet Scientific co-Director Dr. Debra Pepler is quoted in an article about hazing.
• London Free Press, Winnipeg Free Press, Moncton Times and Transcript, Chronicle-Herald – May 30, 2008; Broadcast News, Canadian Press Newswire – May 29, 2008 – PREVNet co-director Dr. Debra Pepler is quoted in an article about bullying in sports.
• Kingston Whig-Standard – May 15, 2008 – PREVNet Scientific Co-Director Dr. Wendy Craig was the special guest on a live phone-in program entitled Bullying: Breaking the Vicious Cycle, braodcast before the television premiere of the film The Vicious Cycle.
• Globe and Mail – April 29, 2008 – PREVNet Scientific Co-Director Wendy Craig is interviewed about cyber-bullying.
• CTV-W-Five – April 12, 2008 – PREVNet Scientific Co-Director Debra Pepler is quoted in an article about allergy-bullying.
• Toronto Star – March 27, 2008 – PREVNet Scientific Co-Director Debra Pepler is quoted in an article that looks at the growing rate of criminal charges laid against violent teen girls.
• Broadcast News, Toronto Star, Canadian Press Newswire, Globe and Mail – March 25, 2008 – PREVNet Scientific Co-Director Debra Pepler was the lead author of a study, just released in Child Development, on the development of bullying patterns from late elementary to the end of high school.
• Chronicle-Herald – March 13, 2008 – PREVNet is mentioned in an article about a new video game called Bully: The Scholarship Edition.
• Vancouver Sun – February 27, 2008 – PREVNet co-Director Dr. Debra Pepler is mentioned in an article about an anti-bullying campaign, Bullying Stops Here, that will examine bullying's impact on people and explore ways to stop it.
• Vancouver Sun – February 25, 2008 – PREVNet co-Directors Drs. Debra Pepler and Wendy Craig are mentioned in an article that looks at bullies.
• CTV-Canada AM – January 24, 2008 – PREVNet co-Director Dr. Debra Pepler is interviewed about rates of crime among women.
• Kingston Whig-Standard – January 11, 2008 – PREVNet co-Director Dr. Wendy Craig becomes the principal investigator of a new three-year study of children in support programs in three economically disadvantaged areas in Ontario.

Stem Cell Network (SCN)

• Toronto Star, Nov 21, 2008 - Toronto leads research after discovery of major stem cell alternative shook scientific world.
• Vancouver Sun – November 6th, 2008 - Obama victory in U.S. Presidential Election also a win for researchers, according to stem cell advocates.
• –MacLean’s, November 10, 2008 - Several SCN researchers as well as Michael Rudnicki were included in an article in Maclean’s – “How to reboot the human body”

Toronto Star, October 29, 2008 – SCN Deputy Scientific Director, Janet Rossant, and Network trainee Rosario Isasi are quoted in an article discussing the United Nations bioethics committee meeting in Paris. On the agenda is a discussion about lifting the ban on therapeutic cloning in order to help advance stem cell research in this area.

• The Australian – September 30, 2008 – The Stem Cell Network is cited as the preferred model for the restructure of the Australian Stem Cell Centre.
• Toronto Star, thestar.com – July 28, 2008 – Stem Cell Network Scientific Director, Michael Rudnicki, and SCN investigator Timothy Caulfield were quoted in an article about stem cell tourism and warning of misleading advertising by unregulated clinics overseas.
• Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune, Prince Rupert Daily – June 20, 2008; Cape Breton Post, Brockville Recorder & Times – June 19, 2008; News Canadian Press – June 18, 2008 – Stem Cell Network Scientific Director Dr. Michael Rudnicki is quoted in an article about the federal government ‘s announcement of the more than $100 million investment into cancer stem cell research in partnership with California.
• CBC Radio National, Toronto Star – April 24, 2008; CTV News – April 23, 2008 – Stem Cell Network Scientific Director Michael Rudnicki was interviewed about the potential benefits arising from the findings by Gordon Keller’s lab in Toronto which has found a way to direct the development of human heart stem cells.

Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) – CFRN-TV/CTV (Edmonton), 24 Hours (Edmonton) – January 9, 2008; Business in Vancouver – January 8, 2008; Edmonton Journal – January 3, 2008; Vancouver Sun – December 29, 2007; CBC-TV (Fredericton) – December 24, 2007; Vancouver Province, Edmonton Journal, Fredericton Daily Gleaner – December 19, 2007; New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal – December 15, 2007; CHMB Radio (Vancouver) – December 12, 2007 – University of British Columbia graduate forestry student Sarah Weber has placed first in a national student research competition organized by SFM. Coverage of the SFM student research poster.