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A unique joint project between McMaster Univ and the German-based Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (Fraunhofer IZI) has received $12 million in commitments from the Government of Ontario, City of Hamilton and McMaster.

Governor General David Johnston opened the Ontario Centre of Excellence’s Discovery 2014 conference May 12th with a compelling perspective on what makes Canada so innovative and why this country must embrace collaboration in all its forms and across borders to build upon a strong base of scientific excellence and education.

The Xerox Research Centre of Canada (XRCC) is joining forces with the world’s largest contract research organization to accelerate its strategy to open its facility and researchers to external collaboration and commercialization (R$, November 29/11).

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The ongoing debate on whether universities are graduating students with job-ready skills has prompted the Natural Sciences and Research Council to boost its support for a program that is attempting to change the training and mentorship culture for young researchers seeking careers in industry, government and academia.

Based on CRIAQ model

After 15 years and several failed attempts, Canada has a national consortium for aerospace research. Modelled on the highly effective Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec (CRIAQ), the Canada-wide Consortium for Aerospace Research and Innovation in Canada (CARIC) was launched April 17th in Montreal, bringing together several federal funding partners and industry with the intention of bringing the provinces to the table.

13th Annual RE$EARCH MONEY Conference

The next big opportunity for federal S&T support is the 2015 Budget — the year Canada returns to the polls and the national deficit is finally slayed. But after several years of anemic spending on S&T, the challenge to pull even with competitor nations will be steep and must be achieved through dramatically increased exports.

For the first time, the annual RE$EARCH MONEY Conference featured a one-on-one debate between two policy heavyweights with the audience voting on the outcome. The debate focused on whether future Canadian science, technology and innovation (STI) policy should focus on start-up firms.

Slashes time required for analysis

A novel project to help manage and manipulate petabytes of data generated by genomics cancer researchers while respecting the privacy of patients is receiving $7.3 million from a group of federal research funding organization.

Canadian policy makers are neglecting the potential of the service-producing sector by focusing primarily on the goods-producing sector and encouraging existing R&D performers to increase their spending, states a new report.