The Brookfield Institute and the Munk School of Global Affairs produce an online tool to monitor data and analysis of Canada’s inclusive innovation system; U of T and Denmark’s Novo Nordisk A/S invest $40 million on supporting healthier urban populations and finding solutions for chronic illnesses, and more.
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The Short Report, July 17, 2019: Frailty, electric vehicles, cloud computing
A new report by the Toronto Region Board of Trade’s World Trade Centre Toronto (WTC-T) argues that the Toronto region needs a better scaleup ecosystem to grow its small and medium enterprises. Titled ”Defying Gravity: Building a Scaleup Ecosystem,” the report claims that the region provides ample support to tech startups through its numerous accelerators…
Canadian Frailty Network to scale up efforts to improve health of older frail Canadians
The Canadian Frailty Network (CFN will use its second five-year cycle to expand the generation and dissemination of its research to achieve better outcomes for a highly under-recognized clinical syndrome in which people are afflicted with multiple health impairments.
MEOPAR and Frailty Network funding renewed
The Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program has announced $52 million in funding over five years to renew funding for two centres — the Marine Environmental, Observation, Prediction and Response network (MEOPAR) and the Canadian Frailty Network (CFN).