Guelph ON-based Linamar Corp has received $49 million from the new Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) to develop its advanced manufacturing capabilities around artificial intelligence and 3D printing, and cleaner automotive technologies. The $1.26-billion fund was announced in Budget 2017 and bundles several existing programs to support a range of high-growth and innovative sectors – such…
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RBC funds Waterloo’s cybersecurity lab, privacy projects
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The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is investing $1.78 million in Univ of Waterloo for a cybersecurity lab and to support research projects in cybersecurity and digital privacy. The fund will support projects in computer science, mathematics and the new cybersecurity lab for the financial sector in the William G Davis Computer Research Centre, as…
Read MoreCanada, Germany to expand cooperation in more research areas
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The National Research Council (NRC) has forged an agreement with German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt or DLR) to further collaboration on aeronautics research and other research interests in the future. Rolf Henke, DLR executive board member responsible for aeronautics research, and Iain Stewart, NRC president, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on…
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It’s been a promising start to the New Year with several substantive announcements that are hopefully an indication of more to come with forthcoming federal and provincial budgets.
Read MoreFeds beef up clean tech support with $700 million in BDC assistance
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Details of the federal government’s $2.3-billion investment in clean tech – unveiled in the 2017 Budget — are emerging with an announcement by Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) of $700 million over five years to allow the federal banker to assume a higher risk profile in its loans to business. The BDC investment is…
Read MoreCanada is Missing an Important Trend: Design Research and the Role of Experimental Development
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To increase its capacity to innovate, Canada needs to move away from simple resource extraction in favour of valued-added design and the production of new products and services for global markets. Against a background of climate change, this pivot is essential: lowering carbon emissions is commensurate with moving to a green or even low- or no-growth economy.
Read MoreNarwhal List 2018: 2017 a good year as more tech firms on path to become unicorns
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According to Narwhal List 2018 of Canadian private companies in technology, 2017 was so successful in attracting VC money that 2018 might see a few “narwhals” possibly maturing to become “unicorns.”
Read MoreGenome Canada bets big on genetics and precision health research
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Up to $165 million is going to 15 large-scale projects in applied research in precision health. Another $93 million is going to support 10 technology platforms to support focus areas in genomics research.
Read MoreToronto only Canadian metro area to make it to Amazon’s HQ2 shortlist
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Toronto is the only Canadian city on the short list of 20 metropolitan areas that Amazon.com Inc is considering for its second headquarters in North America, dubbed HQ2.
Read MoreCanada to catalyze innovation in chemical sector
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Canada is investing $35 million in NOVA Chemicals Corp, which recently invested $2.2 billion in foreign direct investments to grow its chemicals and plastics manufacturing business in Ontario and Alberta. NOVA Chemicals is setting up a new polyethylene facility and expanding its existing ethylene production in Ontario, a project that is estimated to grow the…
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