IBM invests to strengthen research and innovation in Newfoundland and Labrador; a framework to deepen links between the NRC and Canada’s AI research and industry ecosystem, an energy hub to connect modellers and policymakers, and more.
Organization: Alberta Innovates
The Short Report – May 18, 2022: Genome Canada’s climate-smart agriculture & food systems initiative, funding for critical minerals value chain development, CINUK’s Arctic climate research projects, and more
A genomics initiative supports climate change adaptation in Canada’s agriculture and food systems; Ottawa invests in critical mineral value chains; new projects selected for CINUK’s Arctic climate research program, and more.
The Short Report – May 4, 2022: An international AI lab kicks off in Montreal, a call for proposals for Ottawa’s new IP program, Alberta’s new hydrogen centre of excellence, and more.
A consortium of AI-focused research organizations launches in Montreal; François-Philippe Champagne opens call for proposals for the $90-million ElevateIP program announced in Budget 2021; Alberta commits $50 million towards clean hydrogen technology research, and more.
Alberta innovation strategy aims to strengthen tech sector, attract capital and diversify economy
The Alberta government’s new innovation strategy is eying emerging tech sectors like AI and quantum to diversify the province’s economy and fuel its post-pandemic recovery.
The Short Report – April 20, 2022: CPP Investment Board invests $536M in Indian tech platform; IP partnership for BC, Experimental Lakes get a funding boost, and more
The CPP Investment Board has invested $536 million in Google-backed Verse Innovation, B.C. business owners to benefit from better access to IP resources, the Experimental Lakes Research area gets a five-year boost from Ontario, and more.
The Short Report – March 23, 2022: Ottawa set to issue green bond, Ontario’s first-ever critical minerals strategy, $66 million for on-farm climate action projects, and more
Canada prepares to issue its inaugural green bond; Ontario positions itself as a critical minerals leader to support its plans for an EV supply chain; Prairie farmers get a boost to adopt sustainable management practices, and GOC and Maritime provinces invest in patient research.
The Short Report – Feb. 9, 2022: Quebec getting Canada’s first universal quantum computer, Canadian cleantech companies receive more than $52 million in SDTC funding, Ocean Supercluster announces largest project to date, public servants learn about AI, and more
The Short Report – Feb. 9, 2022: Quebec gets Canada’s first universal quantum computer, Canadian cleantech companies receive more than $52 million in SDTC funding, Ocean Supercluster announces largest project to date, public servants learn about AI, new VP of research programs at CIHR, and more.
Hybrid geothermal and natural gas power project launches in Alberta
Electricity from Canada’s first co-produced geothermal and natural gas power project from a legacy oilfield in northwestern Alberta should be available to the provincial grid in the second quarter of this year, says its chief executive.
The Short Report: Jan. 19, 2022: $550M in federal research investments, a review of Canada’s energy policies, COVID-19’s impacts on children, and more
Ottawa announces over $550 million in federal research investments, the International Energy Agency reviews Canada’s energy policies, an international study details COVID-19’s impacts on children, MDA wins a second contract for a 2023 moon mission, and more.
Canada has huge opportunity to innovate emissions-free products from the oil sands
Climate change gives Canada’s innovation ecosystem a huge opportunity, supported by a change in innovation policies, to create new greenhouse gas emissions-free products from the oil sands, Bert van den Berg, an Ottawa-based innovation policy consultant and former program leader with NSERC, says in an op-ed.