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Ottawa lays groundwork to establish autonomous vehicles cluster in western suburb
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Ottawa’s high-tech cluster hopes to regain some of its former luster by leveraging the region’s deep technological expertise and surging interest from global players to carve out a niche in the rapidly evolving field of autonomous vehicles (AV). The emerging AV cluster in the Ottawa west suburb of Kanata received a major boost last month with an announcement by Blackberry Ltd – at an event attended by prime minister Justin Trudeau – that it was investing $100 million to refocus its Kanata-based QNX division towards AV and establish a Blackberry QNX Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Centre with an emphasis on industry and academic partnerships.
Read MoreFusion energy roadmap pushing emissions-free energy onto political radar, Innovation Agenda
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Energy fusion research is back on the political radar with the release of a roadmap that calls for a national program and $250 million over five years to build capacity and position Canada as a global competitor.
Read MoreCFI awards support operations and maintenance of 12 major science facilities
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The Canada Foundation has awarded $328.5 million into 17 research facilities at 12 universities across the country, leveraging $492.75 million for a total of $821.25 million.
Read MoreInclusive innovation policy struggles to connect the dots
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By Kelsey Spitz and Tim Draimin
Over the past 20 years, the Canadian public’s understanding of a successful innovation ecosystem has evolved enormously to include social, technology, science, engineering, mathematics, arts and business innovation. From peacekeeping and palliative care to lacrosse and basketball, settler and Indigenous Canadians innovate from our unique cultures and contexts to solve problems or seize opportunities across sectors.
Read MoreCMC Microsystems cautiously optimistic as CFI awards $7 million for O&M of its National Design Network
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CMC Microsystems has been awarded $7 million over three years from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for operations and maintenance (O&M) of its National Design Network. But the money comes with some big strings attached.
Read MoreNRC-Compute Canada collaboration seeks to add value to ballooning astronomy data
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Compute Canada (CC) and the National Research Council’s astronomy and astrophysics facilities have teamed up to give astronomers greater computational power needed to process and analyze data from powerful telescopes around the globe.
Read MoreR$ Innovation Conversations: Q&A with Gilles Patry, President & CEO, Canada Foundation for Innovation
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R$ publisher, Dr. Jeffrey Crelinsten recently spoke with Dr. Patry about CFI, the challenges of being an entrepreneur in Canada and the government’s pending innovation agenda.
Read MoreDRDC’s new innovation strategy to create new institutes and adopt DARPA-inspired challenge approach to procurement
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Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) is preparing to unveil a DARPA-style approach to meeting the innovation requirements of the armed forces. Set to rollout April 1/17, the as-yet-unnamed initiative aims to tap a far greater share of academic research than it currently does and recognizes that its internal R&D capacity is inadequate to meet the full range of future needs.
Read MoreLatest beef research strategy seeks greater industry support to tackle sector challenges
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Cluster concept well received
The beef industry has developed an updated, multi-disciplinary research strategy to assist the sector in addressing a wide range of high-priority objectives and aligning the mosaic of geographically disbursed research funding agencies.
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