Reducing
Risks, Gaining Benefits – Coping with Weird
Weather in a Changing Climate
Gordon McBean, Western University
Thursday April 18, 2013
Cybersecurity:
smartphones, software, the Internet and you
Paul C. Van Oorschot, Carleton
University
Thursday March 7, 2013
Putting Humpty together again: rebuilding peatlands
after resource extraction
Line Rochefort, Université Laval
Thursday February 7, 2013
Human Genomics and New Models for Drug Discovery
Aled Edwards, University of Toronto
Thursday November 22, 2012
Towards a More Sustainable and Diversified Aquaculture
Thierry Chopin, University of New Brunswick
Thursday October 25, 2012
Cities in the Sun: The Path Towards Smart Net-zero
Energy Solar Buildings and Communities
Andreas Athienitis, Concordia University
Thursday September 27, 2012
Alternate futures for the oil sands industry: from
the age of steam to the age of biology
Stephen Larter, University of Calgary
Thursday May 3, 2012
The
Lowdown on the Meltdown
Richard Peltier, University of Toronto
Thursday March 29, 2012
Geoscience as a Key to Canada’s Economic Competitiveness,
Wealth and Development
James Franklin, Franklin Geosciences Ltd.
Thursday March 1, 2012
Decision-making in an uncertain world
Daniel Krewski, University of Ottawa
Thursday February 9, 2012
Green forests, green dollars: rebuilding Canada’s
forest products industry leadership through innovation
Sophie D'Amours, Université Laval
Thursday November 24, 2011
Bringing
Power to the People - Smart Grids and the Future of
Renewable Energy
Liuchen Chang, University of New Brunswick
Thursday October 27, 2011
Switching to Green Chemistry
Philip Jessop, Queen's University
Tuesday October 4, 2011
The Amazing, Changing, Aging Brain
Allison Sekuler, McMaster University
Thursday March 3, 2011
Failure is not an option: lessons for making Canada's
buildings and bridges safer
Denis Mitchell, McGill University
Thursday February 3, 2011
Fisheries and global warming, and their impacts on
marine ecosystems and global food security
Daniel Pauly, The University of British Columbia
Thursday November 25, 2010
Understanding Biodiversity: the next Big Science Project
and how it will change politics
Graham Bell, McGill University
Thursday October 28, 2010
Turboscience
- Supercharging Discovery and Innovation
Eugenia Kumacheva, University of Toronto
Thursday September 30, 2010
Water prescriptions for a dry land - how the West
can prepare for drought
John Pomeroy, University of Saskatchewan
Thursday May 27, 2010
The ABC's of Quantum Magic
Gilles Brassard, Université de Montréal
Thursday April 22, 2010
The Science
of Bacon and Eggs
Marc-André Sirard, Université
Laval
Thursday March 25, 2010
Wrestling with phosphorus -- how new Canadian environmental
technology is helping address an urgent global problem
Donald S. Mavinic, The University of British
Columbia
Thursday November 26, 2009
Climate Change and Arctic Sea Ice: So what is all
the fuss about?
David G. Barber, University of Manitoba
Thursday October 29, 2009
Anticipating where the puck is going to be: using
advanced technologies to keep ahead in the evolutionary
struggle with the microbial world
Francis A. Plummer, University of Manitoba and National
Microbiology Laboratory (Winnipeg), Public Health
Agency of Canada
Tuesday September 29, 2009
The Violent High Energy Universe
Victoria Kaspi, McGill University
Thursday June 4, 2009
Hot prospects
in the cold: the new Geological Map of the Arctic
Marc St-Onge, Natural Resources Canada
Thursday May 7, 2009
When the canary dies
Bridget Stutchbury, York University
Thursday April 2, 2009
Life, Climate
and Vanishing Ice at the Top of Canada
Warwick Vincent, Université Laval
Thursday March 5, 2009
Are Batteries
and Fuel Cells ready for All-Electric Vehicles?
Jeffery Dahn, Dalhousie University
Thursday January 29, 2009
Understanding the plastic brain
Bryan Kolb, University of Lethbridge
Thursday May 8, 2008
Bionic Limbs - from science fiction to reality
Kevin Englehart, University of New
Brunswick
Thursday April 10, 2008
Preparing for the next pandemic: how we can gain
the upper hand
against new diseases
Eleanor Fish, University of Toronto
Thursday March 6, 2008
What are we flushing down the drain? Assessing the
hazards of pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Chris Metcalfe, Trent University
Tuesday February 5, 2008
Trading Water for Oil - Tailings Management in Surface-Mined
Oil Sands
Randy Mikula, Natural Resources
Canada
Thursday November 29, 2007
Can oil sands production and upgrading be sustainable?
Murray Gray, University of Alberta
Thursday October 25, 2007
The Ruse
and the Reality of Nanotechnology
Robert Wolkow, University of Alberta/ National
Institute for Nanotechnology
Thursday June 7, 2007
Fighting Cancer with Food
Richard Béliveau, Université
du Québec à Montréal
Thursday May 17, 2007
Ocean mapping
– a new tool for exploring and managing Canada’s
vast offshore resources
John Hughes Clarke, University of New Brunswick
Thursday April 19, 2007
Building
the car of the future, idea by idea
Peter Frise, AUTO21 Inc., University of Windsor
Thursday March 1, 2007
The changing face of Canada's Arctic
Marianne Douglas, University of Alberta
Thursday February 1, 2007
Managing Canada's Boreal Forests for the Future
Yves Bergeron, Université du Québec
en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Thursday October 26, 2006
From microwave
popcorn bags to polar bears – tracking the path
of fluoroalcohols through the global environment
Scott A. Mabury, University of Toronto
Thursday September 28, 2006
From the Bench to the Bedside to the Bank
David Dolphin, The University of British Columbia
Thursday May 18, 2006
Earthquakes and Bomb Blasts: How safe is our infrastructure?
Murat Saatcioglu, University of Ottawa
Thursday April 27, 2006
Safe
Disposal of Canada's High Level Nuclear Wastes
David Shoesmith, University of Western Ontario
Thursday November 24, 2005
Contaminated
Sites – How Clean is Clean?
Kenneth Reimer, Royal Military College of Canada,
Kingston
Thursday October 20, 2005
Wind Power
in a Carbon-Constrained World: Capacity, Cost, and
Environmental Impacts
David Keith, University of Calgary
Thursday September 29, 2005
Countering the hydrocarbon threat to Canada's groundwater
Barbara Sherwood Lollar, University
of Toronto
Thursday May 5, 2005
The
Barcode of Life Initiative - Checking Life in before
it checks out
Paul Hebert, University of Guelph
Tuesday April 12, 2005
Winning the infection
wars: by identifying bugs faster, doctors can save
lives and health care dollars
Michel Bergeron, Université
Laval
Thursday March 10, 2005
Coal
bed methane extraction
Marc Bustin, The University of British
Columbia
Thursday February 10, 2005
Globe
Watch: Remote Sensing, Surveillance, and Mapping with
"See Anywhere - Map Everywhere" (SAME) Technology
Vincent Tao, York University
Thursday November 25, 2004
When light
meets matter: implications for health and high technology
Tito Scaiano, University of Ottawa
Thursday October 28, 2004
Invasive species: coming soon to a lake near you
Hugh MacIsaac, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental
Research, University of Windsor
Thursday May 13, 2004
Getting
bridges to talk
Aftab A. Mufti, University of Manitoba
Thursday April 1, 2004
When cells choose the wrong time to die
Alexander Mackenzie, University of Ottawa
Thursday March 11, 2004
Gas hydrates - Canada leads research towards a cleaner
energy option for the future
Kirk Osadetz (for Scott R. Dallimore, Geological
Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada)
Thursday February 12, 2004
Fighting
climate change with biology...putting the " Green
Advantage" to work for Canada
David Layzell, Queen's University
Thursday, October 23, 2003
The Threat to the
World's Oceans – Measuring Canada's Options
Jeffrey Hutchings, Dalhousie University
Thursday, September 25, 2003
Forecasting
the Impact of a Melting Arctic
Louis Fortier, Université Laval
Tuesday, May 6, 2003
Things
are falling into place -- Gravity rules
Robin Riddihough, Natural Resources Canada
Tuesday, April 8, 2003
Mathematics:
The Engine of Scientific Innovation
Arvind Gupta, Simon Fraser University
Thursday, March 20, 2003
Can
biotechnology prevent another Walkerton? The future
for E. coli vaccines
Brett Finlay, University of British Columbia
Thursday, February 13, 2003
Pollinators
in a Genetically Modified World
Mark L. Winston, Simon Fraser University
Thursday, October 24, 2002
Speeding
up Drug Discovery
Jed Harrison, University of Alberta
Tuesday, May 7, 2002
Downwind
of the Big Smoke - the impact of air pollution from
the Greater Toronto Area on natural and agro-ecosystems
Tom Hutchinson, Trent University
Thursday, April 11, 2002
Fuel
Cell Technology - A Pathway to Clean Energy
Ned Djilali, University of Victoria
Thursday, March 14, 2002
Water
under Pressure: Research on Canadian Groundwater Resources
Alfonso Rivera, Natural Resources Canada, Quebec
Thursday, February 7, 2002
Water,
weather and climate change in Canada's vast Mackenzie
Region
Ming-ko Woo, McMaster University
Thursday, November 29, 2001
Report
Bommy Lee, Carleton University
Moving
Beyond the Visible Universe: Dark Clouds, Galaxy Collisions,
and the Origin of Stars
Christine D. Wilson, McMaster University
Tuesday, October 30, 2001
Report
Bommy Lee, Carleton University
Nanophotonics:
Illuminating the Quantum World
Edward (Ted) H. Sargent, University of Toronto
Tuesday, September 25, 2001
Report
Bommy Lee, Carleton University
Putting
learning on line:
How New Brunswick got to the front of the pack
Rory McGreal, TeleEducation, Fredericton NB
Thursday, June 7, 2001
Water Quality,
Climate Change, and Salmon Stocks:
Getting a clear view of the past...from mud!
John Smol, Queens University
Thursday, May 10, 2001 (originally Tuesday, October
31, 2000)
The Human
Genome Project,
Heading for payoff...
Thomas (Tom) Hudson, Montreal Genome Centre
Thursday, April 5, 2001
Exotic Canada:
Deep, Dark and Hot
A tour of hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor
Verena Tunnicliffe, University of Victoria
Thursday, March 15, 2001
Functional
Foods: Snake Oil or the Grande Elixir?
Peter Jones,McGill University
Thursday, Sept 28, 2000
The Human
Factors in Engineering... and Why They Matter
Kim Vicente, University of Toronto
Thursday, May 11, 2000
Farming
with the Biotech Edge - What
Fungi can do for the World’s Crops
John Cross, Philom Bios Inc., Saskatoon
Thursday, April 13, 2000
Earthquakes
and Tsunamis - Sleuthing
the 'Big One' on the West Coast
John Clague, Simon Fraser University
Thursday, March 16, 2000
From
Stonehenge to Gemini - A Venture Between Science &
Technology
Jean-René Roy, Université Laval
Thursday, February 10, 2000
Astronauts
and Grandmothers -- What's the Common Denominator?
Sydney Pugh, Millenium Biologix Inc., Kingston
Thursday, December 2, 1999
How is
our Atmosphere Impacting the Quality of Life in Canada?
A Review of Current Research Areas of Concern
Diane Michelangeli, York University
Tuesday, November 16, 1999
Viruses
- a new cancer-fighting tool?
Patrick Lee, University of Calgary Health Sciences
Centre
Thursday, October 21, 1999
Look out
for nervous circuits
Paul Jay, Nortel Networks
Thursday, May 27, 1999
Vitamin
E, Free Radicals and Your Health
Keith Ingold, National Research Council
Thursday, April 15, 1999
Outsmarting
insect pests: What the latest research is telling
us about how insects communicate, and how we can get
the message across to them - naturally
Jeremy McNeil, Laval University
Thursday, March 11, 1999
New
Materials for the Next Millennium
Mary Anne White, Dalhousie University
Thursday, February 11, 1999
The Robots
are Coming; Intelligent Systems are Part of Our Future
Pierre Bélanger, PRECARN Associates Inc., Ottawa
Thursday, December 3, 1998
Bringing
Space Down to Earth
Elizabeth Cannon, University of Calgary
Thursday November 5, 1998
Upcoming
Laser-Based Technologies: What Every MP Needs to Know
Paul Corkum, National Research Council Canada
Thursday, October 8, 1998
The Search
for Diamonds in Canada
Harvey Thorleifson, Geological Survey of Canada
June 4, 1998
The Science
of Global Climate Change
Andrew Weaver, University of Victoria
April 21, 1998
