Organization: Government of Canada

Grand Challenges Canada makes $12 million in awards

Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) has announced 65 projects worth $12 million aimed at confronting a range of health problems that kills millions worldwide each year. The awards were made ahead of a Toronto global summit this week on maternal, newborn and child health, organized by the Government of Canada. Four Canadian-based projects received GCC funding…

ICT mentoring program launched in BC

A new hands-on mentoring program for information and communication technology (ICT) has received nearly $2.9 million to strengthen technology commercialization in British Columbia The Technology Commercialization and Graduate Entrepreneurship Foundation — also known as The Alacrity Foundation — received $2.5 million from the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia through the Western…

Biggest IPY project to study flaw leads

The Circumpolar Flaw Lead (CFL) System Study — the largest research project approved under the International Polar Year program — has been launched with $25.5 million in funding. The project – led by Dr David Barber of the Univ of Manitoba – will generate scientific knowledge on the interactions between climate change and the ocean…