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The Short Report – Jan. 12, 2022: Chair and vice chairs elected for standing committee on science, Order of Canada appointments, Health Canada’s 2021 cannabis survey, and more

OTTAWA Transport Canada has released updated guidelines for testing automated driving systems (ADS), which will apply to any organization conducting R&D trials of vehicles equipped with ADS. The guidelines are meant to clarify the roles and responsibilities of federal, provincial/territorial and municipal governments as they relate to trial organizations and to establish a baseline of…

Water innovation receives $12 million from Fed Dev

The Univ of Waterloo-based Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) has received $12 million to support up to 80 industry-academic water projects. The funding was provided by the Federal Economic Development Agency of Southern Ontario and is expected to benefit approximately 90 companies. SOWC’s Advancing Water Technologies program will work with the university’s Velocity Science, a…