Canada’s agri-food system can help the nation achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 by providing either a source of renewable energy or “negative” emissions, Adekunbi Adetona and Dr. (PhD) David Layzell say in an opinion leader column. Innovative approaches, incentives and supportive government policy will be needed to use residual agricultural biomass to help reduce emissions, they say.
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Opinion: Canada’s service sectors are poised for a tectonic shift
Canada needs to be prepared for the “tectonic shift” of intangibles powering new ways of delivering services that contribute more than three-quarters of Canada’s GDP, Bert van den Berg writes in an op-ed.
Canada’s automotive R&D ‘surging,’ despite GM’s Oshawa plant closing
Automotive R&D and innovation is growing in the Toronto-Waterloo technology corridor, despite General Motors Oshawa assembly plant closing.
Automotive Partnerships Canada funds 10 projects
Auto Partnerships Canada (APC) has announced 10 projects designed to stimulate collaboration between industry and academia. APC will provide $30 million, augmented by $22 million from industry and other partners. McMaster Univ was the big winner with three projects valued at $24.2 million or 46% of the total. Those projects will develop next-generation electrified powertrains…
Westport enters R&D agreement with GM
Westport Innovations Inc, Vancouver, has announced an R&D agreement with General Motors, Detroit MI, to develop advanced natural gas engine technology for the automotive market. As part of the agreement Westport will open a new Technical Centre in Farmington MI, expanding a facility where it already employs 15 people. Natural gas produces 15-20% less CO2…
Automotive partnership fund makes four awards
The Automotive Partnership Fund (APF) has invested $14.9 million in four university-based projects worth a total of $28.7 million. The largest award ($10.6 million) goes to a $16-million R&D project at McMaster Univ for a project entitled Network for the Engineering of Complex Software Intensive Systems for Automotive Systems in collaboration with General Motors Canada,…
UOIT receives major in-kind automotive investment
The Univ of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) has received a major infusion of in-kind investment to support its new General Motors of Canada Automotive Centre of Excellence. The contribution was made by the Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education (PACE), a corporate alliance that includes General Motors, EDS, Hewlett-Packard, Siemens PLC Software…
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