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The Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) has approved the Canadian Stroke Network’s (CSN) application for a second cycle of funding and given it a hefty increase to expand the scope of its research activities and launch a national Canadian Stroke Strategy in league with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC).

By Debbie Lawes

Canadian universities, research hospitals and colleges will be in a better position to compete with large US academic institutions after receiving $14.25 million for 16 regional consortia focusing on technology and knowledge transfer.

By Roger Voyer

Metropolitan clusters of economic activity now have the attention of politicians. The supporting bureaucracies, including local economic development officials, are attempting to measure how Canadian communities are fairing vis-à-vis others, nationally and internationally.

Accepting two university posts

Today marks a new chapter in the career of Dr Tom Brzustowski –— a career that has taken him from management in academia to government and back into the university environment.

A compliance audit of the sunsetting Technology Partnerships Canada (TPC) program has found 11 recipient companies in apparent breach of their contribution agreements, paying nearly $2.4 in prohibited contingency payments.

The federal government has released another policy document intended to beef up its internal S&T capacity. The companion piece to its five-year-old Framework for Science and Technology Advice articulates the role of federal S&T, outlining a set of principles and commitments and identifying an appropriate supporting environment.

The Canadian Aerospace Partnership (CAP) is weighing three sets of preliminary recommendations designed to increase the industry’s R&D intensity, establish a national technology network, increase Canadian industrial participation in major international projects and encourage government procurement.

A Quebec-based aerospace research network is making an aggressive pitch to transform itself into a national organization and position itself as a leading contender for a proposed Canadian Aerospace Technology Network (CATN).

The Canadian Academies of Science (CAS) is quickly heading towards operational status with the final appointments to its 12-member board of governors, the selection of an interim president and a growing list of topics being considered for examination by expert panels.