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May 2, 2008, Parteq innovations - Queen's innovators highlighted at OCE Discovery Day

From fuel cells and computer-guided surgical tools to a new centre for nurturing innovation, Kingston's broad research base will be showcased in Toronto later this month.

April 14, 2008, - OCE and MaRS announce new appointments

OCE announces the appointment of Charles Plant and Bryan Kanarens, as Managing Directors respectively for the Business Mentorship and Entrepreneurship Program and the Investment Accelerator Fund.

April 3, 2008, Queen's Journal - Experimenting with scientific fun

National outreach program helps elementary and high school students understand the importance of science.

March 18, 2008, Toronto, ON - OCE partnership strengthens Canada's ties with China, India and Israel

Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), International Science and Technology Partnerships Canada (ISTPCanada) and The Canada-Israel Industrial Research and Development Foundation (CIIRDF) have formed a strategic partnership to grow international research and commercialization programs in Ontario and across Canada.

March 10, 2008, Toronto Star - Hair-like nanowires at root of solar's future

Microscopic slivers, a thousand times thinner than a human hair, are excellent at trapping light, scientists discover.

March 10, 2008, Toronto Star - The dance of the particles

Through support from the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), McMaster researchers are at the cutting edge of innovation in solar energy technologies.

February 18, 2008, PLANT Newspaper - OCE: Seeking the next big bang

If you are looking for sources of the next big bang concept, it's a real possibility it might come through the assiduous and continuing efforts of the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Inc. This could happen because of OCE's close-knit rapport between academia and industry.

February 16, 2008, The Ottawa Sun - Students set to send robot on its way

A group of students at Glebe Collegiate Institute will be working feverishly through the weekend to complete construction of a robot destined for an international competition.

February 14, 2008, - Government of Canada announces 11 new Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research Backgrounder

The 11 new Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) focus on priority areas in research and commercialization and are a key element of Canada's Science and Technology (S&T) Strategy.

February 11, 2008, Waterloo, ON - Six promising new clean-energy projects getting $28M from province

The Ontario Centres of Excellence, provincial government and industry partners are injecting $28 million into what they hope will be six groundbreaking clean-energy projects.

February 3, 2008, - ICFO and OCE team-up...

Research Collaboration between Catalonia and Ontario in the area of Photonics - the science and technology of light...

January 28, 2008, Queens University - PARTEQ partnership benefits students too

Randall North is Executive in Residence at PARTEQ and Business Development Manager for the Ontario Centres of Excellence.

January 25, 2008, London, ON - London technology sector to profit from new start-ups

Southwestern Ontario took a great stride forward in strengthening its technology sector with the creation of five new start-up companies, thanks to funding from the Ontario Centres of Excellece.

January 25, 2008, Hamilton, ON - Nanowires Hold Promise For More Affordable Solar Cells

The Department of Engineering Physics at McMaster University, Cleanfield Energy and the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) have formed a partnership to pursue the commercialization of nanowire technology in the production of solar cells.

January 16, 2008, Ancaster, ON - Cleanfield Announces Semiconductor Nanowire Photovoltaics Research Collaboration Agreement with OCE and McMaster University

Cleanfield Alternative Energy Inc. is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cleanfield Energy Corp, has developed a strategic partnership with McMaster University's Department of Engineering Physics by way of a research collaboration agreement between Cleanfied, McMaster and the Ontario Centres of Excellence.

January 2, 2008, CBC News - Lifesaving glove to get U.S. clinical trials

A U.S. university is going to begin clinical trials of a device invented by McMaster University students that shows users how to correctly perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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