Organization: Institut national de la recherche scientifique

The Short Report – May 8, 2019: Cannabis R&D, fuel cell demo, accelerator funding

With the goal becoming a mainstream healthcare company, Smiths Falls, ON-based Canopy Growth Corp. has spun off a new division – Spectrum Therapeutics – to oversee the company’s commercial medical and clinical research operations including Spectrum Cannabis, Canopy Health Innovations, and recently acquired Germany-based C3Cannabinoid Compound Company, which develops cannabinoid-based medical therapies. – Canopy Growth…

IDRC and granting councils fund climate change research

The International Development Research Centre and Canada’s three federal granting councils have joined forces to fund five research teams under the International Research Initiative on Adaptation to Climate Change. Five projects will each receive $2.5 million over five years for a total of $12.5 million to conduct research in Canada and in developing countries across…

Laval’s $250-million Biotech City opens for business

Quebec’s latest special tax jurisdiction to encourage the creation of technology clusters has opened. Biotech City, also known as the City of Biotechnology and Human Health of Metropolitan Montreal, has opened in the Montreal suburb of Laval with commitments totalling $250 million over five years. The one million sq-m jurisdiction in the Laval Science and…