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Toronto tech firm offers secure alternative to Zoom
Iotum is trying to raise the profile of its made-in-Canada competitor to Zoom, saying it could offer Parliamentarians and Canadian companies and a more secure platform for virtual meetings.
By the numbers: Saving Canada’s startups and SMEs from the economic impacts of COVID-19
Putting Ottawa’s grand rescue plan for Canadian SMEs in context
Canada’s innovation sector secures new federal emergency support for startups
The federal government is providing $1.2 billion in emergency funding to help startups and rural businesses survive the COVID-19 crisis. Participants in Canada’s innovation sector say government could also help by providing tax incentives, matching funding and loans for angel investment.
U15 launches search tool to support innovative collaborations between research and business
Cognit.ca enables researchers, non-profits, governments and businesses to easily connect with subject-matter experts and search public patent documents and university IP.
New collaboration platforms bring researchers together to fight COVID-19
Two national online platforms, CanCOVID and COVID-19 Resources Canada, have been launched in the span of a few weeks to help organize the research community’s unparalleled response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canadian researcher demonstrates experimental drug’s potency against COVID-19
In a recent paper, University of Alberta researcher Dr. Matthias Gotte has shown that the drug remdesivir — developed by Gilead Sciences to treat Ebola in 2014 — is highly effective at stopping SARS-CoV-2 from replicating.
“Tens of thousands” of Canadian SMEs could go under without faster government help, innovation and business groups warn
Some of Canada’s 12,000 Canadian-owned small tech and innovative companies have already folded while others are being bought at fire-sale prices by large U.S. companies. Unless the government takes stronger measures, things will get worse, business leaders say.
Dalhousie investigator’s hunt for COVID-19 biomarkers highlights need for domestic and international research collaboration
Dr. David Kelvin in Halifax is leading an international effort to identify biomarkers for predicting the severity of COVID-19 in patients, and spearheading a collaborative network of scientists for the sharing of resources, materials and ideas.
Health research community could face layoffs as clinical trials stall
The health research community is at significant risk of job losses and other setbacks—right at a time when its value to Canada’s health and prosperity is clearer than ever.
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