Organization: Univ of Calgary

Univ of Calgary receives $18-million donation

The Univ of Calgary has received the largest individual donation in its history to establish an Institute of Public Health. The $18-million donation from Dr Allan Markin, chairman of Canadian Natural Resources, will help to create an institute that focuses on health promotion and disease prevention. Dr Ron Zernicke, dean of the faculty of kinesiology,…

CSA and TPC funding new multi-purpose satellite

MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates Ltd (MDA), Richmond BC, is the prime contractor for CASSIOPE, a new $140-million multi-purpose satellite scheduled for launch in 2007. Funding is being provided by the Canadian Space Agency ($63 million) and Technology Partnerships Canada ($77.2 million). CASSIOPE is designed to undertake a variety of missions for research in the areas…

Alberta Ingenuity funds water research centre

The Alberta Ingenuity (AI) fund has awarded $7.5 million over five years to create the Alberta Ingenuity Centre for Water Research. The new Centre builds on water research expertise at the province’s three major universities in studies and applications related to the health of freshwater systems. The research is also expected to be of benefit…

NRC’s CBR named Sun Centre of Excellence

The National Research Council’s Canadian Bioinformatics Resource (CBR) has been selected as a Sun Centre of Excellence in Distributed Informatics, reflecting the Halifax-based facility’s long-standing relationship with Sun Microsystems of Canada Inc, Markham ON.The two organizations are creating a grid computing network powered by Sun technology, building upon CBR’s initial acquisition of Sun hardware and…

Nanotechnology institute names first staff members

The National Institute of Nanotechnology (NINT) – a joint venture between the National Research Council, Government of Alberta and the Univ of Alberta (U of A) – has appointed the first researchers to its staff. Six professors from the U of A have been cross-appointed giving them equal status at both organizations. And a professor…

CANARIE funds two e-learning projects

CANARIE Inc has awarded $5.5 million to two e-learning projects managed by Netera Alliance, Alberta’s broadband research network organization. CANARIE will provide $4.25 million towards eduSource, a $9.4 million pan-Canadian forum for the development of learning object repositories. The repositories will contain on-line teaching materials for use by all levels of the education system and…

CBDN signs deal with Novartis Animal Health

The Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network (CBDN) has signed license and collaborative research agreements with Novartis Animal Health Inc, Basel Switzerland, for a vaccine to prevent shipping fever in cattle. The vaccine is being developed by CBDN in conjunction with the Univ of Calgary, Univ of Guelph and the Veterinary Infectious Diseases Organization, Saskatoon. CBDN concluded…

iCORE helps fund wireless research appointments

Alberta has strengthened the research platform for unfolding information and communications technology (ICT) strategy with the appointment of three professors under its iCORE (Informatics Circle of Research Excellence) program. As part of a move to build critical mass in wireless internetworking, three professors have been appointed at the Univ of Calgary under the program: Dr…

CFI invest $9.6M in new opportunities projects

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has invested $9.6 million under its New Opportunities Fund for attracting and retaining Canadian talent. The awards cover 40% of eligible costs and will support 59 projects at 25 universities and involve 82 researchers. The big winner in the latest competition is the Univ of Alberta, which received 10…

NSERC makes first design engineering chair awards

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Council (NSERC) has unveiled the first recipients of its research chairs for design engineering. The $4.8 million in awards to establish five chairs were made following a national competition and announced earlier this month in Halifax. The winning universities are: Dalhousie Univ ($810,000), Univ of Sherbrooke ($1 million), École Polytechnique…