Person: Adalsteinn Brown

The Short Report – Aug. 25, 2021: $100M to study safer railways, planning Canada’s first Mental Health Innovation Incubator, SSHRC Anti-Black Racism committee, and more…

FEDERAL ELECTION More than 200 Canadian tech and business executives are asking more of their peers to sign an open letter calling on federal political leaders to outline how Canada can achieve “prosperous, secure, equitable and sustainable” growth in a post-pandemic economy. Released Aug. 24, the letter stresses the need for Canada to adopt Canadian-made…

Anne Sado

Anne Sado has been appointed board chair of the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION), the province’s high-speed research and innovation network, replacing Maxim Jean-Louis, president and CEO of Contact North/Contact Nord who steps down after a three-year term. Sado is president of George Brown College in Toronto and first joined the ORION board…

Adalsteinn Brown

Adalsteinn Brown has stepped down as ADM research and strategic policy at the Ministry of Research and Innovation’s (MRI) science and research division after just six months. Brown was appointed acting ADM in July with a mandate to lead the renewal of the province’s innovation agenda (R$, July 19/10). He has accepted a position as…