Organization: Ontario Centres of Excellence

Ontario and Alberta launch innovation program

The Alberta and Ontario governments have signed an agreement that will see up to $8 million invested in industry-led R&D projects in six priority areas than encompass energy, water, advanced materials, manufacturing, clean tech and information and communication technologies. The projects must have a strong economic focus and connect industry with academia in both provinces.…

OCE and OMERS launch big data accelerator

A new venture co-funded by OMERS Ventures and the Ontario Centres of Excellence hopes to position Toronto as a global leader in the so-called big-data economy. The OneEleven business accelerator offers “data-driven entrepreneurs” an opportunity to be part of a curated, peer community that includes venture capital, industry, academia and government. Ryerson Univ has signed…

OCE and OMERS launch big data accelerator

A new venture co-funded by OMERS Ventures and the Ontario Centres of Excellence hopes to position Toronto as a global leader in the so-called big-data economy. The OneEleven business accelerator offers “data-driven entrepreneurs” an opportunity to be part of a curated, peer community that includes venture capital, industry, academia and government. Ryerson Univ has signed…

OCE backs first ON-QC life science R&D projects

The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) has backed the first two projects to be approved under the Ontario-Quebec Life Sciences Corridor. The first is a partnership between the Quebec City-based National Optics Institute and McMaster Univ, Sunnybrook Research Institute, and optical systems specialist Spectral Applied Research, Richmond Hill ON. It is aimed at developing an…

Aerospace receives first OCE association voucher award

The Ontario Centres of Excellence has made its first award under the Voucher for Industry Association R&D Challenge (VIA) program to the Ontario Aerospace Council. Projects will begin in Ontario within a $2.5 million voucher envelope specific to aerospace. Vouchers can be up to $500,000 and are co founded by OCE (40%), the Natural Sciences…

Ontario launches new innovation vouchers program

The Ontario government has launched its Collaboration Voucher Program (CVP) with four distinct offerings, two of which are being delivered in partnership with federal R&D organizations, giving applicants access to federal funding. The program — budgeted at $8 million annually — was announced in the province’s most recent Budget (R$, May 9/13) and is being…

MEDI moves on voucher and exporter forums programs

The Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation (MEDI) is moving on two recommendations from the recent Jobs and Prosperity Council report (Advantage Ontario) with a pilot Commercialization and Innovation Voucher program and a new Global Exporter Forums program focused on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The voucher program will be administered by the Ontario…

CQDM and Ontario partners launch funding program

The Quebec Consortium for Drug Discovery (CQDM) and three Ontario organizations are launching the Quebec/Ontario CQDM Funding Program to support collaborative research projects and develop new tools for biopharmaceutical research. The program is seen as the first tangible realization of the emerging Ontario-Quebec Life Sciences Corridor, which was announced last year and accelerated with two…

Xogen deploys waste water treatment technology

Xogen Technologies is taking its patented waste water treatment technology to the global market following the successful deployment of a pilot plant in its home town of Orangeville ON. The company’s technology not only treats waste water to regulated requirements but it also removes pharmaceutical and personal care products to below detectable levels and generates…

Ontario highlights 3D technology development

A two-year industrial-academic partnership to expand capacity for 3D film production in Ontario is presenting its research projects in progress at an event on April 23 in Toronto. 3D FLIC will be unveiling prototypes of a 3D camera, a demonstration of 2D to 3D conversion and the science behind 3D perception and the geometry of…