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November 16, 2011, Northumberland, ON - Bear's Lair returns this spring

The Peterborough-Kawartha Lakes-Haliburton-Northumberland answer to the Dragon's Den returns next spring, when the Workforce Development Board brings the Bear's Lair back for a second year.


November 16, 2011, Waterloo, ON - Antvibes takes guesswork out of name pronunciation

Vigen Nazarian has borne a cross ever since he immigrated from Iran 30 years ago, His name is difficult to pronounce.


November 16, 2011, Peterborough, ON - Entries sought for second Bears' Lair Entrepreneurial Competition

It will all come down to the best pitch and the perfect sell as area entrepreneurs get ready for the second annual Bears' Lair Entrepreneurial Competition.


November 9, 2011, Ontario - Multiple-memory material garners Ontario entrepreneurship award

The Ontario Centres of Excellence gave the Martin Walmsley Fellowship for Technological Entrepreneurship award, totalling $50,000, to Innovative Processing Technologies Inc. The one-year fellowship supports Ibraheem Khan's company's application of multiple-memory material (MMM).


November 9, 2011, Waterloo, ON - Prestigious Mind to Market award for collaborative research efforts in commercialization given to unmanned aerial vehicle innovators

A passion for creating a business in unmanned flying aerial vehicles that involved key partnerships with university researchers and other Ontario corporations to advance the research, development and commercialization of a new technology, has garnered the team at Aeryon Labs Inc. the prestigious Ontario Centres of Excellence 2011 Mind to Market Award.


November 8, 2011, Toronto, ON - Aeryon Labs Inc. honoured with prestigious Mind to Market award for collaborative research efforts in commercialization

A passion for creating a business in unmanned flying aerial vehicles that involved key partnerships with university researchers and other Ontario corporations to advance the research, development and commercialization of a new technology, has garnered the team at Aeryon Labs Inc. the prestigious Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) 2011 Mind to Market Award.


November 7, 2011, Guelph, ON - PlantForm, University of Guelph named OCE Mind to Market Award finalist

PlantForm Corporation and the University of Guelph have been jointly named a finalist for the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) 2011 Mind to Market Award.


November 7, 2011, Toronto, ON - Seneca students win best project honours from Ontario Centres of Excellence

Communications Program students Wen Li, Ye Chi and Louel Abastillas won best project honours from the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Connections program for their work with BOOM Studio.


November 7, 2011, Toronto, ON - 'Popcorn and a movie' takes on a whole new meaning

When it comes to movies, forget about popped kernels of corn, and start thinking about Popcorn.js, a new way for web filmmakers to create videos with innovative interactive components.


November 4, 2011, Ontario - Centre for Commercialization of Research is Playing a Key Role Accelerating Commercialization in the Waterloo Area

The Accelerator for Commercialization Excellence (ACE) is a unique partnership between the Centre for Commercialization of Research (CCR), the University of Waterloo (UW), and the Accelerator Centre.


November 3, 2011, Ontario - Aerobic landfill proposed in Thornhill

How do you solve a problem such as landfill? Air. An aerobic landfill technology has been proposed to help speed up the decomposition of the former Sabiston landfill site in Thornhill, at John Street and Don Mills Road.


November 3, 2011, Ontario - How Nedlaw Living Walls Has Built A Company Around Its 'Living Walls' Of Lushious Plants That Filter The Air

When people say that academics make the world's worst businessmen, Alan Darlington can understand where they're coming from.


November 1, 2011, Ottawa, ON - Carleton Entrepreneur Makes His Mark on Real and Virtual Worlds

Once you first notice them, you start to see them everywhere. Small black and white grids, of seemingly random squares, QR codes are increasingly adorning newspapers, posters, signs and other everyday products.


November 1, 2011, Ottawa, ON - Carleton Grad Student helps Cities Give people a voice

Cities face tough decisions when trying to encourage economic development, whether it's deciding how best to develop an old stadium site or weighting strategies to encourage new businesses on a declining main street.


October 25, 2011, Ontario - Algae Trek: The Next Generation

For most occasional observers of the algal scene, the focus generally follows on major players such as Sapphire Energy, Algenol, Solix Technologies, Phycal, and Aurora Algae.


October 25, 2011, Waterloo, ON - Braking Availability Tester

Improving the understanding of the affect of contaminant, such as snow and ice, on aircraft braking performance is of keen interest to our industry stakeholders and they are working hard, together, to do something about this global challenge.


October 25, 2011, Ontario - 30 considerations for getting tech to market: Part III

While there will no doubt be the occasional post that will still fall into the Commercialization Ecosystem category, today marks the official end of this series with which we launched our new blog back in February.


October 19, 2011, Ontario - Giving businesses some success tips

New businesses are frequently missing out on funding and educational opportunities that are meant to help them succeed.


October 18, 2011, Toronto, ON - Toronto startup Komodo OpenLab helps people with mobility impairments to access smartphones

It's always a pleasure to share stories about how technology can change someone's life for the better. This story is truly inspiring and completely blew me away.


October 17, 2011, Toronto, ON - 3D Innovators Gather at X-Summit for Content Development, Research Session

As stereoscopic 3D becomes a more standardized feature in HDTVs, desktop displays and handheld devices, it's presenting new opportunities for content developers.


October 11, 2011, Cologne, Germany - Healthy Chocolate? Ontario Food Cluster Tastes Trade and Investment Potential With 150,000 Global Food Industry Executives at Anuga 2011 in Cologne

A week after Forbes Magazine rated Canada as the world's top country for business, the Ontario Food Cluster is bringing its business investment and innovation message to Anuga 2011 in Cologne, Germany.


October 7, 2011, Toronto, ON - York study finds music-based training improves preschoolers’ verbal IQ

A new study out of York University finds that music-based cognitive training offers dramatic benefits for young children, including improved verbal intelligence.


October 4, 2011, Ottawa, ON - IPeak Networks turns the Internet into a premium network for video, virtualization, and cloud applications

Ottawa-based IPeak Networks has developed a patented software product that brings MPLS-like performance and quality to uncontrolled networks.


October 3, 2011, Toronto, ON - Tapping public funds

Access to credit remains a challenge for many businesses, but government grants are playing an even bigger role in helping Canadian firms expand and hire more staff.


September 26, 2011, Toronto, ON - Market Readiness Grant Commercializes Innovations

Ontario Centres of Excellence has designed a program called Market Readiness to support the development of commercial applications for technology manufactured within Ontario's universities, colleges and research hospitals.


September 22, 2011, Waterloo, ON - Meet a Sandboxer: Josh Wright

Josh works in technology entrepreneurship and innovation. He has been lucky enough to identify his passion and commitment to this industry in Canada and internationally.


September 21, 2011, Ontario - Fixing Canada's innovation track record

Why Canada still has an average track record in commercializing innovation is a question that continues to vex. We know we have the talent, so what issues are holding us back and where do we go from here?


September 20, 2011, Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Post-Secondary Schools Launch Ottawa Young Entrepreneurs Program

A new local program that aims to foster entrepreneurship among young people has received $1 million from the Ontario Centres of Excellence.


September 15, 2011, Barrie, ON - Company scores $1.6 million in investment

Barrie's gShift Labs is receiving $1.6 million in prestigious venture capital today.


August 24, 2011, Waterloo, ON - Waterloo-built drones helping the rebel cause

As rebel forces in Libya continue trading fire with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, Canadian technology in the form of a drone is helping them learn where to shoot.


August 23, 2011, Waterloo, ON - Libyan rebels using Canadian-made reconnaissance drone

As rebel forces in Libya continue firing rounds at the headquarters of embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Canadian technology is helping them know where to shoot.


August 23, 2011, Waterloo, ON - Aeryon Scout Micro UAV Helps Libyan Rebels in March to Tripoli

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August 16, 2011, Toronto, ON - Soaking up science

Jeremy Friedberg is a physicist with a 3D vision of what learning should be. He's also an entrepreneur, who is dedicating his career to turning science education into something that speaks to senior level students in their own language.


June 3, 2011, Toronto, ON - Two Canadian universities in international Mars rover contest

Robotic rovers built by students at two Canadian universities pulled through some tense moments as they explored a Mars-like landscape as part of an international competition.


June 6, 2011, Toronto, ON - York University places 2nd in Mars rover contest

Toronto's York University placed second in an international competition to see who could best build and use a robotic rover on a Mars-like landscape.


June 3, 2011, Toronto, ON - IP Osgoode and Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) create groundbreaking IP clinical program

IP Osgoode has partnered with Ontario Centres of Excellence's (OCE) Centre for Commercialization of Research (CCR) to create a unique intellectual property (IP) clinical program that will match Osgoode law students with OCE-supported companies to help them secure and protect their IP en route to commercial success.


May 31, 2011, Toronto, ON - U of T spinoff poised to revolutionize our understanding of disease

What do you get when you cross a mass spectrometer with flow cytometry? Though it sounds like a joke that one scientist might tell another, it's a real question posed by a group of researchers led by Scott Tanner of chemistry.


April 25, 2011, - Building a better house … on campus

If all goes to pla,, Carleton will have a new residence hand-built by students in a couple of years. The difference is, it won't be a dormitory. It will instead be a demonstration of just how far energy-efficient technologies can go.


April 21, 2011, Kanata, ON - OCRI investment, commercialization success draws $2.25 million for new Regional Innovation Centre

Knowledge-based entrepreneurs across Eastern Ontario can now take advantage of a new Regional Innovation Centre backed by The Ministry of Research and Innovation (MRI) with a minimum of $2.25 million of funding over the next three years.


April 20, 2011, ON - Lean startup: It's the Canadian way

You would have to be living under a rock not to have heard about the billions in venture capital flooding into the Valley. Venture firms raised over $60 billion in Q1 2011 alone.


April 14, 2011, Orangeville, ON - Xogen closer to going global with wastewater treatment pilot plant

Xogen Technologies is expecting its new wastewater treatment pilot plant will generate a flood of interest.


April 11, 2011, London, ON - Funding to Support Renix Inc. in Commercialization of Innovative Uninterrupted Ion Exchange Technology

Renix Inc., a London-based organization commercializing the world's first uninterrupted continuous ion exchange technology, has announced that it has raised $650,000 in start-up investment funding.


March 31, 2011, ON - OCRI Investment and Commercialization Success Draws $2.25 Million for New Regional Innovation Centre Serving All of Eastern Ontario

Knowledge-based entrepreneurs across Eastern Ontario can now take advantage of a new Regional Innovation Centre backed by The Ministry of Research and Innovation (MRI) with a minimum of $2.25 million of funding over the next three years.


March 7, 2011, Kitchener, ON - Digital cinema startup attracts $1M in capital

Cineflow has raised $1 million in new investment capital and received orders worth more than $500,000 for its digital cinema workflow systems.


March 7, 2011, Toronto, ON - Trojan Technologies

Continuous innovation leads to over three decades of world-leading wastewater management.


March 7, 2011, Toronto, ON - LifeLike BioTissue

A University of Western Ontario spin-off is helping surgeons practise to make perfect.


March 3, 2011, Toronto, ON - Government-funded 3D gaming initiative enters new dimension

Ontario universities, game developers and associations to bolster S-3D game development.


February 24, 2011, Toronto, ON - Canada, Israel to help India address water issues

India is facing tremendous problems with water management, pollution abatement and infrastructure renewal and it is turning to Canada and Israel for solutions.


February 16, 2011, Windsor, ON - Renewable energy expert working to solve off-peak electricity storage issues

An engineering researcher and his colleagues are working with a Toronto firm on a plan that could see hundreds of marine salvage bags anchored at the bottom of Lake Ontario to store excess energy generated by the province's growing number of wind turbines.


February 14, 2011, Hamilton, ON - Funds Will Help Bring Made-in-Canada Bioactive Paper to Market

A research network developing Canadian-invented bioactive paper that can detect and ward off life-threatening bacteria and viruses such as E-coli and SARS has received $7.5 million from the federal government to help bring its products to market.


February 11, 2011, Toronto, ON - Paris Metro First to Use Made-in-Canada App

Anyone who has ever tried to navigate a foreign airport or transit system knows how daunting it can be. And for those with special needs, the challenges are magnified.


February 11, 2011, Toronto, ON - Quantum Dental Technologies

Drilling and filling cavities could soon be a thing of the past thanks to revolutionary new technology developed by Toronto dentist Stephen Abrams and U of T engineer Andreas Mandelis.


February 9, 2011, ON - New technologies turn wasted thermal energy into electricity

In Darwin, in Australia's remote Northern Territory, a large diesel generator powers a remote mine site. The generator is about 40 per cent efficient, meaning three-fifths of its energy is wasted as heat.


February 8, 2011, Markham, ON - A Markham company is providing an electronic companion for those in need

Imagine providing a senior with the chance to live independently for much longer.


February 8, 2011, Mississauga, ON - A Mississauga company harnesses the healing power of electricity

Infants with faulty heart valves used to require open heart surgery days after birth, and many of these "blue babies" didn't survive the risky operation. But, an innovation by Baylis Medical Company helped change that.


February 7, 2011, Toronto, ON - 3D screens of future may pack more punch, thanks to York U research

Can 3D images be made to look more realistic? York University vision researchers have discovered how to keep our eyes on the prize, so to speak.


February 5, 2011, Kitchener, ON - Robotics startup: A Clearpath to success

Matt Rendall can barely contain his excitement as he boards the plane at Pearson International Airport.


February 5, 2011, Toronto, ON - Researchers develop 'camera' that will show your mind

Among the great enigmas of human existence, few have proven so intractable as the human brain.


February 2, 2011, Waterloo, ON - Waterloo's VeloCity: creating the next-generation of entrepreneurs

Rezart Bajraktari was a second-year accounting and finance student when he applied to live at the Minota Hagey Residence at the University of Waterloo.


January 26, 2011, Ontario - How Profound Medical Created a Brand that Stands Apart

Profound Medical Inc. is revolutionizing the cure for prostate cancer with a new, non-invasive treatment.


January 26, 2011, Ottawa, ON - Technology CEO recognized for helping women

As one of Canada's few female CEOs, Suhayya Abu-Hakima said she is used to sticking out like a sore thumb.


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