Author: Mark Henderson

Universities Canada urges feds to adopt Naylor report recommendations

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A pre-Budget submission from Universities Canada (UC) is urging the federal government to “lead in higher education, research and innovation … at a time of closing borders and closing minds” by implementing “all financial recommendations of the fundamental science review panel” headed by Dr David Naylor. UC is requesting that the government focus its “urgent…

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Thierry Weissenburger

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Thierry Weissenburger has been appointed to the newly created position of head of innovation at the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) at its Ottawa headquarters with Global Affairs Canada.  Weissenburger is a longtime executive with the TCS, most recently in Boston where he served as consul and senior trade commissioner. He managed the Canadian Technology…

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MDA signs contract with DRDC to advance hyperspectral imaging

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MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd (MDA) has signed a five-year contract with Defence Research and Development Canada to lead a team of five Canadian organizations to develop and validate airborne and ground-based hyperspectral imaging capabilities in ultraviolet, visible near-infrared and low-wave infrared spectral ranges. The project will help enable the detection of chemical and biological…

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Calendar: Waterloo Innovation Summit

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September 14-15, 2017 in Waterloo ON The Waterloo Innovation Summit Hacking the Future brings together influential speakers to discuss the disruptive and defining trends that are driving innovation. Speakers include Waterloo stalwarts Mike Lazaridis, managing partner and co-founder of Quantum Valley Investments and co-founder of Blackberry, Tom Jenkins, board chair of Open Text and Feridun Hamdullahpur,…

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Sunil Sharma

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Sunil Sharma has been appointed managing editor of Techstars Toronto, the first Canadian branch of the Boulder Co-based accelerator and focused on the GTA’s tech start-up community. Sharma comes to Techstars — a global ecosystem of founders, mentors, investors and corporate partners — from Extreme Startups and Extreme Accelerator and is credited with bringing the…

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Nova Scotia’s CarbonCure concrete technologies find new market in California

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Dartmouth NS-based CarbonCure Technologies Inc is partnering with Outback Materials to install its CO2 sequestration technologies at Outback’s Fresno CA plant to improve the environmental performance of its concrete making operations. The agreement opens up a vast new market for CarbonCure, which landed the firm in the semi-finals for the $20 million NRG Cosia Carbon…

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Dr Neil Bose

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Dr Neil Bose has been appointed VP research at Memorial Univ, succeeding interim VP Dr Ray Gosine who was appointed following the unexpected demise of Dr Richard Marceau. Dr Mark Abrahams will hold the position until Bose assumes the post November. Bose is currently principal of the Australian Maritime College at the Univ of Tasmania…

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Nipun Vats

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Nipun Vats has been appointed assistant DM of the science and research sector at the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, replacing Lawrence Hanson who moved to Transport Canada in June to become assistant DM policy. Nipun was previously DG at ISED’s strategic policy branch. Prior to joining ISED in 2015, he was executive…

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