Organization: George Brown College

The Short Report, October 16, 2019: Ecocities, fintech adoption, animal testing

The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) opened an Ecocity Centre of Excellence for applied research and training in support of cities becoming ecologically sustainable. The Centre will be led by Dr. Jennie Moore, BCIT Director, Institute Sustainability, and founding coordinator of Vancouver’s EcoCity Network. – BCIT News Accounting firm Ernst & Young published a new fintech adoption…

The Short Report, July 31, 2019: Women-led businesses, medical technologies, autonomous greenhouses

Ottawa will invest up to $49.5-million into the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN) for the development of AI, robotics and precision agriculture, in order to reduce reliance on temporary labour and improve profitability for Canadian farmers. CAAIN is led by Alberta Innovates, Lakeland College, and the Vineland Research & Innovation Centre out of Ontario. – Lethbridge…

The Short Report, July 24, 2019: 5G, Indigenous health, John Knubley

Rogers Communications has partnered with Waterloo accelerator Communitech to open a 5G innovation lab, opening in September and focusing on smart city, IoT and enterprise applications. – Yahoo Finance Saskatoon-based software company Vendasta Technologies Inc. has raised $40-million in venture capital, the largest ever for a Saskatchewan tech company. – The Globe and Mail Ottawa calls it the largest…

The Short Report, June 26, 2019: Dementia, Ontario chief scientist, AI for travel

The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging is receiving $46 million over five years: $31.6 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and $14.4 million from partners, including the Alzheimer Society. Headquartered at Baycrest in Toronto, the second phase of CCNA’s research program will include a large-scale study to evaluate the effectiveness of new…

The Short Report, June 5, 2019 – McMaster endowment, AI, timber research, green jet fuel

BDC Capital has launched the $250-million Industrial Innovation Venture Fund to invest in early to late stage tech firms and entrepreneurs accelerating the transformation of core Canadian industries including ag-tech, advanced manufacturing, oil and gas and mining tech. Venture capital veteran Joe Regan joins as the fund’s managing partner. “Industrial sectors tend to be slow…

George Brown College Launches Canada’s First Blockchain Certification Program

Toronto’s George Brown College has launched its first comprehensive certificate program in blockchain technology. Addressing the shortage of blockchain developers in a rapidly growing market, the Blockchain Development Program, will make George Brown College the first Canadian school to provide a full-time blockchain-focused certification course, joining an exclusive academic circle which also includes MIT and…

Colleges get $6.3M boost from CFI

The Canada Foundation for Innovation‘s College-Industry Innovation Fund has awarded $6.3 million to projects at eight colleges across Canada. The recipients are: Cégep de Trois-Rivières (microstructural, mechanical and electrochemical characterization – $167,842); Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (food innovation and technology – $540,000); George Brown College (food and government SME product innovation…

SSHRC community social innovation pilot awards $6M

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council is providing $6 million to 27 research projects at colleges and polytechnics across Canada. The pilot Community and College Social Innovation Fund (CCSIF) is part of SSHRC’s Insight funding stream. It will dispense $15 million to support projects with funding of up to $200,000 over one to three…

FedDev invests in George Brown College and Forlani

Specialty food production in southern Ontario is receiving $10.1 million through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev). George Brown College will receive $7 million through FedDev’s Investing in Commercialization Partnerships initiative to expand the laboratories of its Food Innovation and Research Studio to support new food product launches. The studio is part…