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Lobbying has already begun to seek ongoing operating funds for the NEPTUNE and VENUS underwater laboratories despite a two-year, $24 million reprieve for the facilities announced last December. The funding was secured through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) — Canada’s agency for research infrastructure support — even though the money will be used exclusively to meet operating expenses.

Focus on Waterloo, Part II

The Lang Tanning building in downtown Kitchener ON is currently a hulking brick shell but in three months it will be transformed into the key hub of the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN).

Focus on Waterloo

The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) is at once an anomaly in Waterloo and a striking example of how deep the roots of knowledge have permeated the region. In just 10 years, PI has exploded on the world of theoretical physics, becoming the largest centre of its kind on the planet.

The Ninth Annual RE$EARCH MONEY Conference

“Industrial R&D: Is Canada Really Lagging”
March 25, 2010 at the National Arts Centre

The large industrial research lab is no longer the norm. Multinational firms now globally distribute their R&D and collaborate with partners in public and private sector institutions.

By Debbie Lawes

The International Consortium on Anti-Virals (ICAV) hopes to secure $50 million under a new maternal and child health initiative which is expected to be the centerpiece of Canada’s development assistance and a priority for this summer’s G8 summit in Muskoka ON.

Science PAGES

A proposed new source of timely science information and analysis is seeking to enhance Canada’s capacity to help formulate policy on key S&T issues and train a new generation of science policy practitioners.

Statistics Canada has struck a working group to examine the accuracy and inclusiveness of its higher education R&D (HERD) survey, the benchmark indicator for R&D in post-secondary institutions. Revisions stemming from the working group would mark the first time in 10 years that the HERD indicator was the focus of a review and revisions.

Focus on Waterloo, Part I

“The patient is healthy.” That’s the consensus of Iain Klugman, president of Communitech, the unapologetic booster of all things high tech in the Waterloo region. With a handful of large, homegrown tech companies, the presence of several multinationals and a growing cadre of smaller firms, Waterloo’s tech sector is on a steep growth curve, with an accent on digital media and benefitting from a remarkable collaboration between key players.

CMC Microsystems has received $40 million to maintain and enhance its National Design Network, (NDN) effectively renewing its core funding for the next five years beginning in FY10-11. The funding was provided to CMC through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), which has supported the organization since its inception in 1984.

The Ninth Annual RE$EARCH MONEY Conference

“Industrial R&D: Is Canada Really Lagging”
March 25, 2010 at the National Arts Centre

The large industrial research lab is no longer the norm. Multinational firms now globally distribute their R&D and collaborate with partners in public and private sector institutions.