Artist rendering of National Institute for Nanotechnology (COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA).
Researcher checks sample in Scanning Tunneling Microscope at NINT (COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA).
Last month, the scientific research wing of Canada's Department of National Defense posted a contract to a government tendering website asking for private sector partners ready to create a healing tool for Canadian soldiers using the controversial science.
OTTAWA, CANADA--Citing violations of nuclear safety regulations, the government has blocked the use of radioisotopes for research at one of Canada's largest academic/medical hospital complexes.
http://www2.parl.gc.ca/CommitteeBusiness/CommitteeMembership.aspx Cmte=INST&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=37&Ses=3 [accessed: 6 September 2009] oThe research-based industry was represented by the President of Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (Rx&D), and one representative of Eli Lilly and Company.
Canada No ▪ Government of Canada ▪ Shannon, M. (2011).
Marc LePage, Consul General of Canada and representative of Genome Canada, introduced the need for scientists to move into nonacademic positions, and presented the wealth of science research opportunities available in Canada.
While undertaking water quality research in Eastern Ontario Canada, we observed an abundance of muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) in some waterways, and sought to determine their significance with respect to fecal pollution loads.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/10/101/prepub This research was supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute of Canada with funds from the Canadian Cancer Society (No. 016334).
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada President and CEO Paul Davidson thinks that research did quite well in comparison to other government programs.
Queen's is a publicly funded research university, and a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.
