Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Collaborative Research program spurs innovation by promoting research partnerships between Ontario's industry and academia. These long term collaborations, lasting from one to three years, develop commercially viable technologies while providing training opportunities for students, post doctoral fellows and other highly qualified personnel.
OCE's Collaborative Research program helps to foster an innovative research partnership between Ontario industry and academia. Typically lasting between one and three years, a collaborative project helps to develop a commercially-viable technology that can result in new revenues and high-value jobs Ontario.
In addition, the Collaborative Research program also facilitates the cooperation necessary for solving tough industry problems, while advancing innovative technologies critical in building and sustaining Ontario's innovation economy.
The program also greatly benefits students, post-doctoral fellows and other highly qualified personnel by providing real-world training opportunities where they can advance their skills and expertise.
To learn more about Collaborative Research call 1-866-759-6014.
Each year, Ontario companies benefit from OCE's Collaborative Research program. Listed below is a sample of industry and academic partners that participated in Collaborative Research over the past year.
Greater Toronto Area
Andec Manufacturing Ltd. (Toronto)
Attodyne Inc. (Toronto)
Bell Canada (Toronto)
Biosign Technologies Inc. (Toronto)
Broadband Wizard Inc. (Toronto)
Celestica (Toronto)
Certo Labs Inc. (Toronto)
Hydro One (Toronto)
Idee Inc. (Toronto)
Imperial Oil Limited (Toronto)
Ontario Power Generation (Toronto)
Peat Resource Ltd. (Toronto)
Peraso Technologies Inc. (Toronto)
Rimon Therapeutics (Toronto)
TELUS (Toronto)
Theralase Inc. (Toronto)
Zero Waste Energy Systems Inc. (Toronto)
Canadian National Railway Company (Toronto)
Custom Contact Lenses, (Scarborough)
Electrovaya (Mississauga)
Insception Biosciences Inc (Mississauga)
LUNARIS Inc. (Mississauga)
Nuvo Research Inc (Mississauga)
Xerox Canada Ltd. (Mississauga)
Drystill Holdings Inc. (Mississauga)
Environmental Geosolutions Inc. (Oakville)
Petro-Canada (Oakville)
Walsh Medical Devices Inc. (Oakville)
GeoDigital International Inc. (Burlington)
Canadian Solar Inc. (Markham)
IBM Canada (Markham)
Quanser Consulting Inc. (Markham)
Milton Hydro Distribution Inc. (Milton)
Messier-Dowty Inc. (Ajax)
General Motors Canada (Oshawa)
Metex Heat Treating Ltd. (Brampton)
SunOpta BioProcess Inc. (Brampton)
Therma Vault Systems Inc. (Brampton)
Gerdau Ameristeel Whitby (Whitby)
Spectral Applied Research Inc. (Richmond Hill )
Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. (North York)
Southwestern & Central Ontario
3M (London)
Modus Medical Devices Inc. (London)
TransForm Automotive (London)
Arcelor-Mittal-Dofasco (Hamilton)
Centurion Biofuels Corp. (Hamilton)
Dofasco Inc. (Hamilton)
Stelco Inc. (Hamilton)
Cleanfield Energy Corp. (Ancaster)
Canadian Bio-Pellet Inc (Kitchener)
Eco-Shift Power (Kitchener)
ARISE Technologies Corporation (Waterloo)
Energent Incorporated (Waterloo)
EnviroMetal Technologies Inc. (Waterloo)
Research In Motion (RIM) (Waterloo)
Sonic Environmental Solutions Inc. (Waterloo)
Prodyne Technologies Inc., St. Catharines)
Colville Consulting Inc. (St. Catherines)
Agri-Food Laboratories (Guelph)
Air Quality Solutions Ltd. (Guelph)
Hybrid Energy Inc. (Guelph)
CanDetec Inc. (Campbellville)
Polymer Technologies Inc. (Cambridge)
Union Gas (Chatham)
DaimlerChrysler Canada Inc. (Windsor)
Ford Canada (Windsor)
Tool-Tec Welding Inc. (Windsor)
Marzo Glove Company Ltd. (Rockwood)
Dow Chemical Canada (Sarnia)
Oneway Manufacturing Inc. (Stratford)
Walker Industries Holdings Ltd. (Thorold)
Blue-Zone Technologies Ltd. (Concord)
Enerworks (Dorchester)
Nextreme Thermal Solutions Ltd. (Durham)
Mold-Masters Ltd. (Georgetown)
Miller Cement (Gormley)
Aqua Treatment Technologies (Grimsby)
Gro-Bark Ltd (Hornby)
Bruce Power (Tiverton)
Eastern & Northern Ontario
Advanced Engine Technology Ltd. (Ottawa)
Cistel Technology Inc (Ottawa)
Distil Interactive Ltd. (Ottawa)
Ecovu Analytics (Ottawa)
EION Inc. (Ottawa)
eSight (Ottawa)
Frontline Robotics Inc. (Ottawa)
GasTOPS Ltd. (Ottawa)
Menova Energy Inc. (Ottawa)
Nortel (Ottawa)
Ottawa Health Research Institute (Ottawa)
PacketDNA Inc. (Ottawa)
Telewatch (Ottawa)
Transport Canada (Ottawa)
Aqua Terre Solutions Inc. (Nepean)
Mitel Corporation (Kanata)
OneChip Photonics Inc. (Kanata)
Tundra Semiconductor Corporation (Kanata)
Anchor Concrete Products (Kingston)
Octane Biotech Inc. (Kingston)
Pathogen Detection Systems (Kingston)
Transformix Engineering Inc. (Kingston)
Genopod Inc. (Peterborough)
Rosstech (Orillia)
Algonquin Forest Authority (Huntsville)
Elastovalve Rubber Products Inc. (Sudbury)
Hardrock Mining Products Ltd. (Sudbury)
Canadian Forest Service (Sault Ste Marie)
Delta Energy Co. Ltd. (Thunder Bay)
KBM Forestry Consultants (Thunder Bay)
MetalCORP Limited (Thunder Bay)
Kenora Biofuels Inc. (Kenora)
Universities
Algoma University
Brock University
Carleton University
Dominican University College
Lakehead University
Laurentian University
McMaster University
Nipissing University
Ontario College of Art and Design
Queen's University
Royal Military College
Ryerson University
Trent University
University of Guelph
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
University of Ottawa
University of Toronto
University of Waterloo
University of Western Ontario
University of Windsor
Wilfrid Laurier University
York University
Colleges
Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology
Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology
Centennial College
Collège Boréal
Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Conestoga College Institute of Technology
Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology
Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology
Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology
Fleming College
George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology
Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology
Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
La Cité collégiale
Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology
Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology
Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology
Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology
Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology
St.Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology
St. Lawrence College of Applied Arts and Technology
Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology
Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology