The Toronto-based MaRS Discovery District innovation hub has hit the “pause button” on expanding to Calgary after more than a year of discussions with the University of Calgary and other players in Calgary’s innovation ecosystem. However, MaRS says it will continue working with and supporting Alberta companies during the scale-up stage from its Toronto base.
Topic: nanotechnology
New partnerships help nanotech startups access Japanese market
A new partnership between the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology and Landing Pad Tokyo will help Canadian startups accelerate the development of their technologies and break into the Japanese market—the world’s third largest national economy.
CMC Microsystems and global partners team up to help stranded students continue research
CMC Microsystems and partner organizations in the Global MNT group have launched an initiative to help students stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic continue their research in advanced microelectronic and nanotechnologies.
Canadian Bank Note Company poised for further diversification with $220-million nanotechnology R&D project
The Canadian Bank Note Company (CBN) has secured $40 million from the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) to launch a $220-million, five-year R&D project to commercialize technology underpinning atomically precise manufacturing.
Renewed funding for nanoelectronics research in Europe sends a message. Is Canada listening?
For researchers and organizations in Canada’s micro-nano R&D space, recent renewed funding to the nanoelectronics research community in Europe sends an important signal about working together to advance research and innovation in this vital sector.
New $1.62M collaboration in Nova Scotia will advance light-manipulation research
Dalhousie University, Metamaterials Technologies and Mitacs launch $1.62M research collaboration on advanced materials for light manipulation.
Alberta Budget 2018: Alberta looks to diversification to grow economy
Alberta’s NDP government tabled its 2018 Budget on March 22 by reiterating a long-standing objective of diversifying its economy, both in its traditional strengths in energy and in emerging sectors, including life sciences, clean technology and health innovation.
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