Organization: Western Economic Diversification Canada

Feds and Manitoba support icing research centre

Western Economic Diversification Canada is investing $13.4 million in a new Canadian Environmental Test Research and Education Centre (CanETREC) in Thompson MB. The facility is also receiving $9 million from the province of Manitoba in the form of a secured, repayable loan. The centre, which has been on the books for a number of years,…

Precarn to manage six Alberta projects

Six intelligent systems projects in Alberta have received $2.8 million from Precarn Inc, Alberta Ministry of Advanced Education and Technology and Western Economic Diversification Canada. The awards will see Precarn open its first satellite office to manage the projects under the leadership of Peggy MacTavish, VP for western Canada. The Alberta partnership is the latest…

Precarn heads Alberta fund for technology development

Precarn Inc is partnering with the Alberta and federal governments to launch a $3-million program for the development or implementation of intelligent systems technologies by Alberta-based companies. The program with be jointly funded by Precarn, Alberta Ministry of Advanced Education and Western Economic Diversification Canada. FMI: mactavish@precarn.ca….

SAIT Polytechnic establishes RFID research chair

SAIT Polytechnic (formerly the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology) has teamed with Hewlett Packard and Cicso to fund an applied research chair in radio frequency identification (RFID) applications development. The inaugural chairholder is Glen Kathler, a veteran of the telecommunications industry and a SAIT employee since 1997. He will work with the recently opened RFID…

WD invests in Alberta nanotechnology

Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) is investing $5.4 million in nanotechnology at the Univ of Alberta to create a Centre of Excellence in Integrated NanoTools, purchase new equipment for the NanoFabrication Facility and undertake applied research to develop cost-effective alloy materials. The new research capacity will allow the U of A to develop a critical…

Alberta Synchrotron Institute gets $5.1 million in funding

The Alberta Science and Research Authority (ASRA) and Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) and the Alberta Heritage Fund for Medical Research (AHFMR) are contributing $3.1 million, $1.5 million and $500,000 respectively over five years to help launch the Alberta Synchrotron Institute (ASI). A partnership of the Univs of Calgary, Alberta and Lethbridge, the ASI will…