Tag: ottawa
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Trudeau government proposes new cash to help Canada’s research catch up
The federal government took aim at gaps in funding for university labs and research on Tuesday, announcing what it described as the “single largest investment in investigator-led fundamental research in Canadian history.” The new funding, totalling more than $3 billion over five years, would address a series of concerns identified by a government-appointed panel that…
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We’re in a global innovation race’: Ottawa announces shortlist for ‘supercluster’ program
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Singh Bains .THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick The winning applicant from the Atlantic region is an industry consortium that would expand digital technologies in aquaculture, fisheries, offshore oil and gas, and clean energy Ottawa began rolling out the shortlist of companies to receive funding under its $950-million “supercluster” program…
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Ottawa must improve research funding – or risk losing the innovation race
Consider a breakthrough in machine learning that revolutionized voice and image recognition, a drug that turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable disease, or a biotechnology sector with revenues in the billions that employs thousands of people. These three very different achievements share a common origin: They each stem from discovery research conducted…
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A mais nova startup do Canadá é brasileira
Fernanda Santos – startupi O Brasil vem se firmando como um celeiro de ideias inovadoras para o mercado internacional. Um exemplo desse cenário é a TokenPet, startup voltada para o universo pet que foi lançada em Ottawa, no Canadá, neste mês. A empresa foi idealizada por Flávio Banyai, líder de inovação da Astéria, empresa brasileira…
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Canada will launch a competition to invest $ 800 million in innovation projects
Justin Trudeau Canada’s federal budget will launch a competition to pick about a half dozen research clusters that will receive hundreds of millions in government funding, people familiar with the plans say. Innovation and skills training will be a key theme of Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s second budget, due for release March 22 in…
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