Organization: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Canadian college-industry research partnerships receive $45 million federal investment

Kirsty Duncan, the Minister of Science and Sport, has announced $45 million in investment for college-industry research partnerships through the College and Community Innovation (CCI) Program and the College and Community Social Innovation Fund (CCSIF). This investment reflects Budget 2018’s inclusion of $140 in additional funding for CCI over five years and $30 million a…

Science and tech gets a reboot for Canada’s 150

This article is from the July 2017 issue of Canadian Innovation News. You can read the full issue here. By Debbie Lawes No doubt, many of us would have read about Drs. Frederick Banting and Charles Best’s discovery of insulin nearly a century ago. But did you know that lamivudine, also known as 3TC, was…