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Oil sands producers form new alliance

Canada’s oil sands production companies have established a consortium to improve environmental performance by scaling up and accelerating the discovery and development of environmental technologies and reducing the time between idea and implementation. Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) consists of 12 founding firms including BP, Imperial Oil, Total, Nexen, Shell, Suncor Energy and ConocoPhillips.…

CRC invests $275.6 million in 310 chairs

The Canada Research Chairs (CRC) program used its 10th anniversary celebrations to announce an investment of $275.6 million in 310 new and renewed chairs at 53 Canadian universities. The investment includes $13.4 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for research infrastructure associated with the new and renewed awards. The Univ of Toronto received…