Canadian universities are perceived as less vibrant and engaged generators of technologies with commercial value than their American counterparts, and such perceptions have driven science policy for decades. This paper shows that contrary to these prevailing views, Canada's largest university has a long history of experience in dealing with the technological gaps in national industry and in att...

An overview of the discovery of reaction intermediates and associated concepts in physical organic chemistry is presented. Particular attention is paid to chronology of ideas, frequency of occurrence of reaction intermediates in the library of organic reactions used in organic synthesis, and the lexicon of scientific terms used in the language of physical organic chemistry. General logic decisi...

Phatpackets is a term used to describe an open source initiative to reliably move large amounts of data more efficiently across the Internet. The Phatpackets protocol attempts to combine the best aspects of a variety of transport and control methods with the objective of developing a near optimal and robust protocol under a wide range of conditions and parameters. Here we discuss experimental r...

In 2006-07, approximately 25,000 people were engaged in science and technology (S&T) activities in federal laboratories located in all regions of Canada. These laboratories play a crucial role in the Canadian science and innovation enterprise, and account for more than $4 billion in annual investment by the Government of Canada. The scientific activities they conduct support two essential funct...

BACKGROUND At a time of increased need and demand for general internists in Canada, the attractiveness of generalist careers (including general internal medicine, GIM) has been falling as evidenced by the low number of residents choosing this specialty. One hypothesis for the lack of interest in a generalist career is lack of comfort with the skills needed to practice after training, and the mi...

In 1990, fearing that unsustainable production and consumption patterns were aggravating poverty and undermining prospects for future generations, university leaders issued the Talloires Declaration, committing their institutions to fostering sustainability, which the Declaration describes as “an equitable and sustainable future for all humankind in harmony with nature”. They pledged to work to...