Judith Anderson, Operation Dialogue, Toronto on October 4, 2007

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Thanks for the information about bee stings. It has been two days of staring at my arm swell, become red, and my fingers begin to feel funny. Wrapped white vinegar around my arm and my arm began to feel better. My fingers weren't feeling funny and now I'm able to make myself a glass of bourbon and diet coke. The combination of smells may be troubling but the result has been nothing but satisfying.

Michele Austin, Industry Researcher, Preston Manning's office on March 28, 2007

We have been looking for a good source for general science information in Canada. Sadly there is no Popular Science equivalent...[but] we have your book and it is a great source. We hope to make science an important agenda item for the government over the next 4 years. Thanks for the book - great source.

doug eneberg on March 20, 2007

Your statistics page did not have the information I was seeking... How many scientists does Canada have? [EDITOR: As of May 2006, which are the latest numbers available, Canada has about 1.2 million people employed in the natural sciences. About 21% are female.]

France Boissonneault on March 20, 2007

All the French pages need to be revised. They are full of errors. [Editor : we are using machine translation for many pages until we can get volunteers or grants to pay for translation of much of the site. If you wish to help out, please email info@science.ca to volunteer or to make a donation. In the meantime, please visit the Major Profiles pages which have been translated by a professional translator.]

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Anas on April 13, 2006

I was wondering how did you establish the Popularity "star-based" mark for each scientists. This popularity thing is at bottom of the left hand tab of each profile. [Editor replies: Thanks for asking. We track the number of unique hits to a scientist's page at www.science.ca. We make sure that it's not a returning visit from the same IP address. So the individual's hit counter is only incremented if there is a unique visit from a new person. Of course there is some time limit, so if the same visitor comes back to the site every day, that WOULD increase the hit count artificially. But at least you cannot increase a scientist's hit count by clicking the page refresh button a hundred times. When it comes time to draw the stars, here's how it's done. This all happens in a few milliseconds every time a scientist's page is drawn on screen: 1. The list of all the scientists listed at science.ca is sorted in order of hit count, in ascending order. 2. The list is examined to see where the current scientist ranks in that list. So we start at the bottom and say, for example, out of 500 scientists the person is the 200th one. 3. The ratio of the person's rank to the total number is then multiplied by 5 to get the number of stars. So the ratio would be 200/500 = 2/5, if you multiply that times 5 you get 2 stars.]

Patricia Ferguson, Ontario Librarian on March 20, 2006

I'm currently taking a course in electronic information sources through the Southern Ontario Library Service and came across your web site while doing one of the assignments. I must say I am very impressed and will certainly be suggesting science.ca to the students that come to me with questions regarding Canadian scientists. We are a relatively small library and don't always have ample print material available for some of the research questions asked. Keep up the great work!

Anonymous, Vancouver, BC on December 24, 2005

Are you accepting new scientists to your listing and if so, how would I get my name added to the list? [Editor: scientists can be nominated by anyone, preferably peers who can provide solid reasons why the individual is truly outstanding in their area of research.]

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A.P.Mitra,FRS on October 28, 2005

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Brett Kessner, Teacher in Australia on October 4, 2005

Thank you for your excellent answers. You have explained it very well and it makes perfect sense.

Tom Gladman on September 26, 2005

I was looking for biographical information on several prominent astronomers in Toronto --Dick Bond, Ray Jayawardhana, Peter Martin-- and didn't find any of them on your list. Hope you will be able to significantly expand your listing soon. [We're working on it, Editor.]