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A new college-based innovation network has been created to help small to medium sized businesses (SMSB) improve their performance, problem solving and be able to stay competitive.
Peat Resources Limited (TSX Venture: PET) will collaborate with the Ontario Centre for Excellence for Energy (OCE), Lakehead University and other partners on a research program to examine peat fuel harvesting and processing systems.
Laurentian University faculty and students received more than $5.3 million in public funding in 2007 to conduct research projects.
Small-to mid-sized businesses across Ontario are solving technical problems faster, and moving products and services to market more quickly, with the launch of a new industry innovation network -- the first of its kind to focus on applied versus pure research, incremental technology and innovative solutions of a commercial nature.
Theralase Technologies Inc. (TSXV: TLT & OTC BB:
TLTFF) today announced financial results for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2007.
A University of Windsor professor is inventing a car collision warning system that he believes can be mass produced so inexpensively, it will be available in every car, instead of being only a pricey feature of luxury vehicles.
Algonquin College is partnering with nine other Ontario colleges in a new innovation network to help the province's small- to mid-sized businesses commercialize their products.
Tomatosphere: an educational project involving more than 9000 classrooms in Canada.
The NOEG, a non-profit project funded by FedNor and the Ontario Centres of Excellence, put on the session with partners the Small Business and Technology ...
November 6, 2007, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Today - Impact Leadership Conference
Today's youth are bringing new perspectives and approaches to business that will improve Canada's competitiveness in the global economy. Influential business leaders and entrepreneurs are getting a first-hand glimpse at some of Canada's future leaders at this year's Impact Leadership Conference.
Today's youth are bringing new
perspectives and approaches to business that will improve Canada's competitiveness in the global economy.
Two McMaster University engineering students are being applauded after grabbing the top undergraduate prize at a prestigious American inventors competition for their CPRGlove, the latest award for a device designed to help in the training and performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Researchers work on solar highway panels.
Illumination has changed very little since the incandescent bulb was invented over 100 years ago, and lighting has remained the last refuge of analog technology.
IBM announced its partnership with eight leading universities and the Ontario Centres of Excellence to establish a unique collaboration model that will advance the development of next-generation software services and applications, including Web 2.0 innovations.
The plot may be out of his control but a Ryerson professor is content adding a new dimension to the world of film-making.
Dimitri Androutsos, Ryerson’s electrical engineering program director, has partnered with IMAX in a pilot project that aims to make 3D movies at a discount.
IBM plans to create cyber-shopping centres you'll be able to visit
It is now possible to analyze large tissue samples for signs of malaria with much greater detail and accuracy.
Toronto startup plans to be ready when nanotech becomes 'The Next Big Thing'.
OCE is pleased to appoint Donald Wilford as Managing Director of OCE's Centre for Photonics.
OCE is pleased to appoint David Choat as Vice President, Human Resources, effective July 30, 2007.
OCE is pleased to appoint Bob Civak as Managing Director of the Centre of Excellence for Materials and Manufacturing
OCE is pleased to appoint Bryan Kanarens as Interim Director of the Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF). IAF is one component of the Ministry of Research and Innovation's $46 million Market Readiness Program.
When Philippe Pango had a six-figure salary in a senior position with a big corporation he admired, he did the only thing he could.
OCE is pleased to appoint Ann Holtby as Vice President, Marketing and Communications.
Unique house in Guelph is first in Canada to earn platinum rating, the top LEED certification.
Local dentistry start-up develops laser prototype to better detect cavities.
Ontario industry is one step closer to being more energy efficient with the launch of a new course designed to give professional engineers critical skills in energy management.
Giant tomatoes from outer space take over classrooms! Sounds like a bizarre sci-fi movie, but it's true - schools across Canada are growing tomatoes from seeds that have journeyed through space, surviving micro-gravity, radiation and temperatures of -80 degrees Celsius.
OCE is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Dan McGillivray as Managing Director of its Centre of Excellence for Energy.
Listen to a RealPlayer clip of CBC's "The Current" about alternative fuels and opportunities in northern Ontario to mine peat bogs. Interviewees included Dennis Brown, Mayor of Atikokan, who talked about the economic growth potential for Atikokan and the surrounding areas and the bioenergy work being done in his community.
Climate change is an environmental catastrophe for some, and a chance for others to make impressive profits.
A new graphics tool could dramatically speed up the building process, giving the construction industry a needed boost in productivity.
A local company has designed a new type of wind-turbine blade that mimics the aerodynamic performance of a humpback whale's flipper, allowing a turbine to capture more of the wind's energy at much lower speeds.
"Look to Ontario" is a three-part series describing Ontario, Canada's recent efforts to build upon the province's competitive advantages as a manufacturing center, including its highly skilled and educated workforce; attractive investment climate and central location; and reputation for high-quality production and innovation.
Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Inc. invested $250,000 of pre-seed funding in Sketch2 Corp., strengthening the company's ability to bring advanced technologies developed in Ontario research institutions to the marketplace.
Centennial College and REGEN Energy Inc. have formed a joint research initiative to evaluate REGEN's innovative load management device that will help large electricity users reduce their demand, saving both money and precious energy.
The Innovation Synergy Centre in Markham (ISCM) is receiving a total of $240,000 in funding from the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE).
Bruce Power is helping fund a University of Waterloo study of using electricity to make hydrogen and store energy.
More early-stage monies will be available to a wider array of companies, under a new two-pronged approach to be unveiled at the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE).
Canadian companies will be able to deduct 10 per cent more off the capital costs of their computer equipment based on measures in the budget introduced late Monday by the Federal Department of Finance.
Theralase(TM) Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce the successful completion of a biofeedback research project that can dramatically improve laser treatment by providing crucial information about the tissue characteristics of individual patients.
(...) Peter Visscher built several prototypes of a new suspension system that makes riding a snowmobile easier on the body and much more fun.
PCI Geomatics is committed to geospatial research and development and is pleased to donate its premiere software suite Geomatics to the University of Guelph.
Micromem Technologies Inc., a Toronto-based developer of magnetic random access memory (MRAM), would like to take this opportunity to update its shareholders on its progress over the past year and its plans for the current year.
Ground was broken Thursday as a local developer hits a milestone in building its first home to use a residential rainwater harvesting system.
Champion of health care innovation discusses how emerging technologies and growing collaboration by research and industry benefits all Ontarians.
These days, rain brings not frowns but smiles at Prof. Khosrow Farahbakhsh's house. That drumming on the roof means the new storage tank buried in his front yard will be topped up with a fresh supply of rainwater for use every time someone flushes a toilet, waters the garden or does the laundry - uses that account for about 40 per cent of water demand in the family home.
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The Chair of the Board of Governors of York University, Marshall M. Cohen, today announced the appointment of Dr. Mamdouh Shoukri as York's 7th President and Vice-Chancellor.
Ground was broken Thursday as a local developer hits a milestone in building its first home to use a residential rainwater harvesting system.
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