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Note from Editor
Aug 15, 2008; ... Canada's role in international science must be improved if the country is to withstand the onslaught of globalization and rapidly expanding economies of nations such as India, China, Brazil and Russia. The federal government appears to recognize that Canada's stature and role on the world ...
International S&T collaboration gaining traction ISTPCanada punches above its weight with successful first year
Aug 15, 2008; ... A modestly funded program designed to stimulate bilateral R&D collaboration between Canada and several other nations is opening up a huge range of possibilities that could prompt the federal government to move aggressively on its Global Innovation Strategy (GIS). After little more than one ...
NAO targets commercialization funding gap: Increased angel investment key to unlocking potential of Canadian innovation
Aug 15, 2008; ... The National Angel Organization (NAO) is recommending the creation of a new credit for angel investors and an national angel co-investment fund as part of a package of initiatives to boost the single largest source of capital for seed and early-stage investments and overcome what it says is a ...
Funding for higher education sector declines for the first time since 1998
Aug 15, 2008; ... The era of dramatic funding increases in higher education R&D appear to be over. Statistics Canada reports that the total investment in the sector increased just 1.1% in 2006-07 to $9.6 billion. Of the six sectors contributing to higher education R&D, all posted moderate increases over ...
PAGES calls for more funds, greater alignment of international science
Aug 15, 2008; ... One of Canada's largest scientific associations is calling for a change in direction and funding increases for international science. Measures such as some type of risk capital and the establishment of an International Opportunities Fund would help to enhance Canada's reputation on the world ...
International experts gather in Halifax to examine regional innovation systems
Aug 15, 2008; ... Global expertise in translating regional strengths into innovative businesses and economic development is converging on Halifax next month for the first Canadian-based Technoopolicy Conference. The two-day event will examine best practices and policies for developing regional innovation ...
PEOPLE
Aug 15, 2008; ... Dr Louis Lamontagne has been appointed to the governing council of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Lamontagne is president and CEO of Painceptor Pharma Corp, a St Laurent QC-based, privately held biopharmaceutical firm focused on the treatment of pain. He led the creation ...
NRC telescope correlator passes first major test
Aug 15, 2008; ... The National Research Council (NRC) has successfully tested a high-performance supercomputer that will be part of the US Expanded Very Large Array telescope in New Mexico. The $20-million project of the WIDAR correlator is part of the telescope's expansion which is slated for completion in 2012 ....
SDTC funds 19 more clean tech projects
Aug 15, 2008; ... Another 19 projects have been approved under the SD Tech Fund of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), securing $57 million in investment. The twelfth round of the $550-million fund brings the total approved projects to 144 and a commitment of $342 million that has leveraged an ...
Precarn launches $500,000 T-Gap fund
Aug 15, 2008; ... Precarn Inc has allocated $500,000 towards a new fund that addresses the earlystage funding gap for small companies. The Technology T-Gap Assistance Program is aimed at very small firms requiring up to $60,000 to undertake activities such as engineering prototypes, refining ...
China and NRC to collaborate on canola research
Aug 15, 2008; ... The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences' oil Crop Research Institute has signed an agreement with the National Research Council's Plant Biotechnology Institute to conduct joint genetic research on improving the production of canola. The Chinese Academy will contribute $300,000 for the first ...
Sequenom certifies McGill genome innovation centre
Aug 15, 2008; ... San Diego-based Sequenom Inc has certified McGiIl Univ and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre as its first centre of excellence for genotyping technology. The certification will ensure high quality ...
MITACS applies expertise to infectious diseases
Aug 15, 2008; ... Two members of the MITACS Network of Centres of Excellence will hold a two-week workshop to teach Canadian and African grads on how to use equations and formulas to predict and ...
Calendar
Aug 15, 2008; ... November 3-4 in Toronto: Powering Innovation: A National Summit. Presented by CANARIE Inc and ORION. Discussion and showcase of new technologies used for research, collaboration, teaching and learning ....
What is the real return on our research investments in universities?
Aug 15, 2008; ... Policy makers, program evaluators and senior managers in the federal government (and several provincial governments) have, for some time, been pushing research funding organizations and public sector organizations that carry out research to demonstrate the commercial return on their research ...
Alberta's Foresight and the Need for Over-the-Horizon Thinking
Aug 15, 2008; ... Precisely 25 years ago, I co-wrote a report with Don LeRoy for Canada's leading research think tank - the Science Council of Canada - on the evolving role of the provincial research organizations and their mandates in support of technology and innovation for Canadian business and society. Among ...
Note from Editor
Jun 20, 2008; ... The release of the federal Expert Panel examining the feasibility of transferring government labs into the academic or private sectors has been one of the most eagerly anticipated developments for public R&D in years. Integrating federal S&T facilities and people with organizations ...
Government tags AAFC and NRCan labs for transfer to university sector
Jun 20, 2008; ... Two of five candidates to move forward The federal government will move forward on only two of the five federal laboratories identified by an Expert Panel as early candidates for collaboration with a range of academic, institutional and industry partners. The government response was ...
Alberta takes aim at province's high-tech sectors with aggressive action plan
Jun 20, 2008; ... $100 million to launch fund of funds Alberta has unveiled an integrated action plan to stimulate technology company creation and commercialization, highlighted by a $ 100-million contribution to seed a fund of funds through the recently created Alberta Enterprise Corp. The $178-million, ...
TD Bank tagged to manage Ontario venture capital fund targeting early-stage investments
Jun 20, 2008; ... The Ontario Venture Capital Fund (OVCF) has chosen a fund manager and boosted capitalization to $205 million as it prepares to begin making investments later this year. TD Capital Private Equity Investors has been selected to manage the fund of funds and TD Bank has invested $30 million to the ...