Person: Paul Dufour

Bill Pilkington

Bill Pilkington has been appointed senior VP and chief nuclear officer of the research and technology division of Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd (AECL). Working under veteran division president Dr David Torgerson, Pilkington will be responsible for safety, operations, health and the environment as they relate to meeting regulatory and operations requirements at the Chalk…

Len Dacombe

Len Dacombe has been appointed Director Manitoba Operations for TRLabs, replacing Jeff Rohne who becomes TRLabs’ VP and corporate secretary. A telecom specialist with a long career at Manitoba Telecom services, Dacombe will focus on expanding the R&D program for information and communications technologies and manage day-to-day operations….

Dr Fred Gault

Dr Fred Gault has been appointed a visiting fellow at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) for a one-year term. Gault joins the IDRC after a 24-year career at Statistics Canada in charge of the Science, Innovation and Electronic Information Division and its precursors. As a visiting fellow, he will assist the Centre in strengthening…

Dr Martha Piper

Dr Martha Piper has been appointed chair of the board of trustees for the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT), effective April 1st. She replaces founding chair Preston Manning. Piper has had a long career in the university sector as president and vice-chancellor of the Univ of British Columbia (1997 to 2006) and VP research at…

Paul Dufour

Of Dinosaurs, Slime Moulds and YouTube
By Paul Dufour

You would be mistaken in thinking that this is a commentary on current political discourse, or a screed about technophiles afflicted with CPA (Continuous Partial Attention).

Jeff Parker

Jeff Parker has been named consul general in Seattle WA, effective September/04. Parker has served as executive director of Technology Partnerships Canada since 2001 and held several senior positions at Treasury Board Secretariat, Department of Finance and Privy Council Office between 1993 and 2000….

Michael Fine

Michael Fine has been appointed consul general in Denver CO. Fine served as executive director of the Innovation Secretariat in 2003 before taking a position at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade…

Dr Xiaoyi Bao

Dr Xiaoyi Bao is the inaugural recipient of Univ of Ottawa Inventor of the Year Award. Bao holds a Canada Research chair in fibre optics and photonics. She is considered a world leader in remote sensing using photonics, specifically Brillouin scattering-based distributed fibre optic sensors and characterization using lasers and optical cable. The research is…

Correction

Correction A notice on the retirement of Dr William Bridger in the April 24/04 issue of RE$EARCH MONEY incorrectly stated the date in which he was appointed to the Alberta Ingenuity Fund as its president and CEO. Bridger joined the organization in September 2001.

Clarification

Clarification The May 10/04 issue of RE$EARCH MONEY carried an editorial containing an assertion that may have been misleading. The editorial discussed recent data from Statistics Canada showing that the number of industrial R&D performers has declined over the past seven years. The statement that many people have reacted to the data with shock and…