Interesting article in Scientific American about Net neutrality

Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality, by Tim Berners-Lee
"Several principles are key to assuring that the Web becomes ever more valuable. The primary design principle underlying the Web’s usefulness and growth is universality. When you make a link, you can link to anything. That means people must be able to put anything on the Web, no matter what computer they have, software they use or human language they speak..."

Security in Canada’s North - new report from the Conference Board

"Security in Canada’s North: Looking Beyond Arctic Sovereignty examines three dimensions of security in the North—Arctic security, Northern security, and community security—in order to provide a more comprehensive picture of the security challenges in Canada’s North."

All Conference Board reports can be accessed from here.

Library and Archives Canada - Canada at War

Library and Archives Canada has a wonderful collection of WW I photos and diary excepts. You can also visit the virtual exhibition Faces of War.

World Disasters Report 2010 available

The focus of the 2010 World Disasters Report is urban disasters.
From: Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Basic research skills lacking

From the University of Washington News: Study shows universities may be failing to sufficiently teach basic research skills
"The researchers found that although many students consider themselves fairly adept at finding and evaluating information, especially from the web, 84 percent were often stymied at the outset of a research assignment. They'd been asked to formulate a research question without understanding what the process entails or requires. Of all the steps necessary in a course research project, survey respondents had the most difficulty determining the nature, scope and requirements of the assignment."

Peer review and poor referees

From Physicsworld.com: Peer review highly sensitive to poor refereeing, claim researchers
"While the concept of peer review is widely considered the most appropriate system for regulating scientific publications, it is not without its critics. Some feel that the system's reliance on impartiality and the lack of remuneration for referees mean that in practice the process is not as open as it should be."