Next generation researchers advocate for increased pay on Parliament Hill, an R&D collaboration assesses the potential of using hydrogen to decarbonize Canadian rail, the Alzheimer Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories launches competition with Campus Alberta Neuroscience, and more.
Organization: MDA
What if? Imagine Canada’s space industry if MDA’s space division had been sold in 2008
What if? Imagine the huge impacts on Canada’s space program and space industry had MDA sold its space technology division in 2008 to a U.S. firm.
The Short Report – June 8, 2022: Support for dozens of Research Chairs, a centre of excellence for sports and sports medicine, protocols for researchers and policymakers in the Arctic, and more.
Feds announce $102 million for new, renewed chairs at 35 Canadian research institutions; U of T receives a 20-million donation for research, innovations and clinical programs in sports and sports medicine, new protocols for Arctic research and policymaking from the Inuit Circumpolar Council, and more.
MDA’s big bet on commercial space stations
Canada’s high-profile space industry firm MDA has positioned its flagship product, the Canadarm, for installation on a new commercial space station to be constructed by the US firm Axiom.
Space company MDA supplies Ukraine with satellite imagery, announces new global headquarters
MDA has had a big week. After announcing involvement in Ukraine, the space company also reported it had been awarded a $269-million contract for the Canadarm3 project and announced a new global headquarters in Brampton, Ont.
The Short Report – March 16, 2022: Tri-funding agencies asked to freeze research ties with Russia, Carleton U approves fossil fuel divestment strategies, €76.3M for a German quantum computer, and more
Canada hits science ties with Russia, a report finds Canada losing the chance to lead in clean competitiveness investments, MDA is awarded a lucrative Canadarm3 contract, and more.
Collision tech conference bans Russian companies, aerospace and tech companies blocked from exporting to Russia
Russian companies have been banned from Collision, a global tech conference in Toronto, and many Canadian tech companies can no longer sell products in Russia as a result of Canadian sanctions in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Short Report – March 9, 2022: Sunsetting the Collaborative Health Research Projects program, $195M to support B.C. health research, Ontario’s first Genome Data Science fellowships, Lululemon founder invests $100M into muscle disorder research, and more
CIHR and NSERC terminate Collaborative Health Research Projects program, BC’s government invests in life sciences to boost health research, Ontario Genomics and CANSSI Ontario award inaugural postdoctoral fellowships in genome data science, Lululemon founder gives $100 million for muscle disorder research, a strategy to make Manitoba a leader in sustainable protein production, and more.
The Short Report – March 2, 2022: Ottawa commits $240M for semiconductor industry, $45M for post-secondary research infrastructure, a good month for the space sector, and more
Ottawa calls for “ambitious, transformative proposals” in manufacturing capacity as it boosts the semiconductor ecosystem, Canada’s post-secondary institutes receive $45 million for research infrastructure support, Canadian aerospace companies earn lucrative contracts, and more.
The Short Report – Feb. 16, 2022: Congruence Therapeutics raises $63M for rare disease drug discovery, a multi-billion dollar Euro tech fund, a Conservative cryptoasset bill, and more
Biotech entrepreneur Clarissa Desjardins secures funding to develop drugs for rare diseases, the EU creates a multi-billion dollar fund to reduce dependence on foreign tech giants, CPC MP Michelle Rempel Garner tables a private member bill to attract investment in cryptoassets, and more.
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