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A Word from the Academy Editor
Un mot du Directeur des publications de l'Acad�mie
May 2014
mai 2014
Fellows of the Academy of Science are scholars whose focus is primarily on their subject areas or core discipline. That is why the Bulletin of the Academy of Science is potentially so important; it reaches across the disciplines, and can bring important news about national activities to the broader scientific and scholarly community. Read the Note from the Editor>> 
Les membres de l'Acad�mie des sciences sont des universitaires qui s'int�ressent principalement � leurs propres domaine ou discipline fondamentale. C'est la raison pour laquelle le Bulletin de l'Acad�mie des sciences est potentiellement si important; sa port�e s'�tend � plusieurs disciplines, et ainsi, le Bulletin peut apporter � l'ensemble de la collectivit� scientifique et universitaire des nouvelles significatives sur les activit�s nationales. Lisez le message du Directeur des publications >> 
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Paul A. Demers, FRSC
In 2013, Health Canada proposed several revisions to SC6, to bring it in line with other international standards and to reflect new knowledge in the scientific literature.  At the request of Health Canada, the RSC convened an Expert Panel to conduct a review of SC6 (2013), specifically focusing on emerging evidence on the potential health risks of RF energy from wireless telecommunication devices, as well as other sources of RF exposure in the range of 3 kHz - 300 GHz. Read more >> 
Jim Drummond, FRSC
International Polar Year in 2007-2008 was a massive research effort by many nations to try to significantly increase our understanding of the polar regions - both the Arctic and the Antarctic. Canada was at the forefront of that effort and much was learned about polar regions and how they interact with the rest of the planet. Read more >>
D.W. Schindler, FRSC
Two years ago, the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced that it would be closing the Experimental Lakes Area as part of a budget-balancing move.  The government first announced that the ELA was no longer needed, and that similar science could be done at its other facilities. Never mind that the ELA had a license to perform whole-ecosystem experiments that were not possible at any other facility in the world, or that the station had the longest monitoring record for lakes and streams in Canada.  Read more >>




ThisSATURDAY, MAY 10TH 2014 over 6,000 of Canada's greatest innovators, researchers, engineers, and scientists from 80 partner organizations will open their doors and close city streets to present exciting demonstrations, hands-on activities, and explosive experiments. From the physics of rock and roll to the chemistry of ice-cream, Science Rendezvous has something for everyone!
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SAMEDI PROCHAIN, soit le 10 MAI 2014, plus de 6000 innovateurs du Canada, des chercheurs, des ing�nieurs et des scientifiques parmi les meilleurs, venant de 80 organismes partenaires, ouvriront leurs portes et profiteront de rues sp�cialement ferm�es  pour pr�senter des d�monstrations passionnantes, des activit�s pratiques et des exp�riences explosives. De la physique du rock and roll � la chimie de la glace, chacun trouvera son compte � Science Rendezvous!