Author: Mark Henderson

Upkar Arora

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Purpose Capital, an impact investment advisory firm, has appointed Upkar Arora as its CEO and new investor. Arora brings more than 30 years of experience in impact investing, most of which were spent with Illumina Partners, a boutique consulting firm focused on helping Canadian organizations succeed financially while creating social impact in communities. Arora is…

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Feds announce chairs of Economic Strategy Tables

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The federal government has appointed the chairs of four of the six Economic Strategy Tables that were announced in the last federal Budget as part of its new Innovation and Skills Plan. The industry leaders represent six high-growth sectors singled out by the government as having the best prospects for achieving innovative economic growth and…

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Dr Gilles Patry

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Dr Gilles Patry has been appointed executive director of the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities effective this week, replacing inaugural executive director Suzanne Corbeil, who is stepping down after five years. Patry recently completed seven years as president and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation. He was previously president and vice-chancellor of the…

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Yung Wu

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Toronto innovation hub MaRS Discovery District has named Yung Wu as its new CEO effective Nov 1. Wu is a pioneering entrepreneur, serial investor and chairman of NFQ Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in seed or early-stage funding. Wu will succeed outgoing CEO Ilse Treurnicht, who has been CEO since in 2005. MaRS…

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Dr Mona Nemer named Chief Science Advisor to PM, Science minister

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Prime minister Justin Trudeau on September 26 named Dr Mona Nemer as Canada’s new Chief Science Advisor (CSA) for a three-year term. Nemer is a medical researcher, professor and VP research at Univ of Ottawa. She held the latter role for 11 years before stepping down last summer. In her new position, Nemer will advise…

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Garth Gibson

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Dr Garth Gibson has been appointed president and CEO of the Vector Institute, effective January 2/18. The Canadian born Gibson is moving to Toronto to head up the recently created artificial intelligence (AI) non-profit organization after a 26-year career in the US as a professor and associate dean of computer science at Carnegie Mellon Univ…

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Canada promotes its innovation agenda, diversity and inclusion at G7 meeting

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Canada announced it would be highlighting its Innovation and Skills Plan (I&SP) at the G7 and ICT (information and communications technologies) ministers meetings September 25 and 26 in Turin Italy. The I&SP will be touted for its aim to position Canada as an “ideal investment destination” for global firms and foster the scale-up of Canadian…

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UQAT home to new international cold forest research lab

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The University of Quebec in Abitibi- Témiscamingue (UQAT) has launched an International Cold Forest Research Laboratory to facilitate the formation of an international research group to study the functioning of mountain and boreal ecosystems in the northern hemisphere. The new lab is located at the Research Station of the Duparquet Lake Teaching and Research Forest…

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Ontario and Quebec boost cooperation on artificial intelligence & 5G technologies

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The governments of Ontario and Quebec have signed a memorandum of understanding to further cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) with an emphasis on support for 5G technologies. The MOU builds on two existing bi-lateral initiatives — the Evolution of Networked Services through a Corridor in Québec and Ontario for Research and Innovation…

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Editorial – 30-9

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Kudos to the tri-agency Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) for finally doing the right thing and offering the prospect of renewed support to deserving networks beyond the current funding limits of three, five-year terms.

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