Canada's commitment to Kyoto -- What will it mean scientifically? or Everything you always wanted to know about climate change and were afraid to ask. Andrew Weaver is one of the world's leading experts on climate dynamics, ocean circulation, and the role of the oceans in climate change and instability. He has been interviewed by […]

Dr. Thorleifson is a scientist with Natural Resources Canada who, over the past 12 years, has made major contributions to the science that supports diamond exploration. He was recently named a 1998/99 Distinguished Lecturer of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. Dr. Thorleifson will explain how diamonds were discovered in Canada. This is […]

Paul Corkum, National Research Council Canada Thursday, October 8, 1998 We listen to music read by laser light, our telephone conversations are carried on laser light, laser light reads the product codes when we shop and we all have friends who have had their eyes reshaped by lasers. What next? --- all optical operating rooms? […]

Elizabeth Cannon, University of Calgary Thursday November 5, 1998 There are currently millions of users of the satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS) and the global market for GPS devices is expected to exceed $30 billion by 2005. To help capture more of these opportunities for Canada, the federal government has just launched a new Network […]