Boston, MA – February 19, 2013 - Northern communities are in the midst of a period of intense and rapid change brought on by modernization, industrialization and the realities of climate change. From preserving the means to hunt caribou to protecting stocks of arctic char - balancing development with a respect and preservation of traditional means of sustainability may be key to improving standards of living in the North.
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February 19, 2013
February 6, 2013
Massive amounts of data are being generated by genomics research across all life science sectors. The lack of efficient tools and methodologies available to effectively mine, rapidly access and efficiently analyse vast quantities of genomic information and integrate it with other data sets is a major challenge for the research community.
February 5, 2013
What does “big data” mean for researchers in the humanities and social sciences? Today, 10 international research funders are jointly announcing their participation in round three of the Digging into Data Challenge, a grant competition designed to spur computationally intensive research in the humanities and social sciences.
January 22, 2013
OTTAWA, ONT. — January 22, 2013 — The Government of Canada, through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), is investing in maintenance and operating support for Canada’s high-performing, internationally renowned research facilities. Canada’s synchrotron research installation, a national high-performance computing platform, and a world-class underground neutrino and dark matter physics laboratory are all receiving funding from CFI’s Major Science Initiatives fund.
January 15, 2013
BURNABY, B.C., January 15, 2013 — Canada’s university campuses, research centres and hospitals are receiving funding from the Government of Canada for advanced research infrastructure, helping them continue to compete in today’s global knowledge economy.
January 15, 2013
BURNABY, B.C., January 15, 2013 — British Columbia’s research-intensive universities are coming together to create a global hub for materials science and engineering. Simon Fraser University, the University of Victoria, the University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Institute of Technology have received $7.7 million in funding from the Canada Foundation of Innovation to create the Prometheus Project — a research hub for materials science and engineering innovation and commercialization.
December 13, 2012
A quick chord progression from “Winter Wonderland” can take even the sternest scrooge on a trip down memory lane. At this time of year, holiday music is piped into department stores, loaded onto iPods and printed into carol books, all with the intention making people feel festive.
Isabelle Peretz, Canada Research Chair in neurocognition of music and co-director of BRAMS, a Montréal-based research lab that studies how the brain reacts to music and sound, says that some of these feelings may actually be instinctual.
November 6, 2012
Calgary, Alta. – November 6 – In data presented today at the Canadian Science Policy Conference in Calgary, Alta., Janice Keefe, Director of the Nova Scotia Centre on Aging, pointed to the new and expanding role that informal caregivers have in supporting seniors.
According to Keefe, the availability of children to act as caregivers is declining over the long term and aging baby boomers are going to need new ways to cope.
November 5, 2012
Calgary, Alta. – November 6 - Year-long surgery wait times. Months-long waiting lists for nursing homes. Day-long emergency room holdups. These common (mis)perceptions of Canada’s health care system shape the public’s response to — and attitudes toward — developing sustainable health care policies.
Three of Canada’s top experts in the health care field will gather at this year’s Canadian Science Policy Conference to share their understanding of the reality of the Canadian health system and how we can create resilient policy options for this important sector of society.
November 1, 2012
From Ideas to Execution
Canada’s Innovation Challenge
With guest speaker:
Ms. Elyse Allan
President and CEO, GE Canada
Friday, December 7, 2012
8 to10 a.m.
FAIRMONT CHÂTEAU LAURIER
DRAWING ROOM
1 Rideau Street
Ottawa
RSVP by November 30, 2012
613-996-4426 or rsvp@innovation.ca
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