Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) has completed a comprehensive inventory of federal programs aimed at supporting business innovation and clean technology. The inventory captured 20 organizations and 92 program streams (business-facing programs), with the top five accounting for more than two-thirds of the $2.379 billion total.
Organization: Univ of Waterloo
RBC funds Waterloo’s cybersecurity lab, privacy projects
The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is investing $1.78 million in Univ of Waterloo for a cybersecurity lab and to support research projects in cybersecurity and digital privacy. The fund will support projects in computer science, mathematics and the new cybersecurity lab for the financial sector in the William G Davis Computer Research Centre, as…
Ontario announces major new research funding
Ontario has announced $137 million in funding for 53 research projects in the latest round of awards from the Ontario Research Fund – Research Infrastructure.
Organizational bias is killing opportunities for diversity — some institutions are changing that
We process information all day long. If we had to think about each tiny decision carefully we would not be productive, so we make quick assumptions, often, to get through the day. These assumptions are often riddled with our individual “bias” and cause us to see the people around us through that lens.
Sushanta Mitra
Dr Sushanta Mitra has been appointed executive director of the Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology (WIN)…
Seeking New Director
The Univ of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing is seeking a new director, replacing Dr Raymond Laflamme who is leaving at an unspecified future date. The position is a five-year term with an option for a one-time renewal to provide IQC with leadership, the setting of overall strategic direction, cultivating external relationships and ensuring that…
Huawei and U of W sign research framework agreement
Huawei Technologies, Shenzhen China, has signed a strategic research partnership agreement with the Univ of Waterloo that will serve as a framework for future research and investment. The agreement, augmented by $3 million over three years from Huawei for research projects, builds on several 5G-related projects (R$, May 4/16). Areas of future research will include…
UWaterloo, Spectrum 28 support student ventures
The Univ of Waterloo‘s engineering department is partnering with Spectrum 28, Menlo Park CA, to launch a Student Venture Program to provide senior students with access to Silicon Valley industry expertise and faculty mentorship, as well as access to a $2-million venture capital fund. The idea for the entrepreneurship program came from Lyon Wong, who…
Rotman School presents inaugural awards
Two leading institutions and a financing pioneer were the first recipients of awards presented by the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) at the Univ of Toronto‘s Rotman School of Management. The Labour Award was made to the Univ of Waterloo‘s Engineering and Co-op program while the Ideas Award went to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.…
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…
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Building with CCNB-INNOV… Relationships that go a Long Way! CCNB-INNOV, the applied research and development arm of CCNB has adapted its range of services to better meet the unique needs of the regional shipbuilding industry.
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