CAE Healthcare announced the launch of NeuroVR™, a neurosurgery simulator that offers the world’s most realistic training environment for open cranial and endoscopic brain surgery procedures. Developed by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in collaboration with clinicians from teaching hospitals in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Asia, the simulator is currently in use … Read more
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has reached out to the National Research Council (NRC), Canada’s “go-to” research and technology organization, to help in their efforts to determine the cause of the failure of the Nipigon River Bridge, an essential connection of the Trans-Canada highway in northwestern Ontario and Ontario’s only cable-stayed bridge. The full … Read more
Guelph, Ont.-based Glysantis Inc. and the National Research Council of Canada are investigating the potential of the NanoGlys™ nanoparticle for biomedical applications. The Canadian life science company is taking advantage of the NRC’s expertise and preclinical models to study how NanoGlys™ could be used as a vaccine adjuvant, drug delivery vehicle, and medical imaging agent. … Read more
Canadian manufacturers will benefit from a new centre to be built in Mississauga that will help businesses to develop smart materials for the medical, automotive, aerospace and defence industries around the world. The government announced that the National Research Council of Canada will invest $25 million to build the new Advanced Materials Manufacturing Centre in … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice Robert Goguen (Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe, N.B.), along with Minister of State (Science and Technology) Ed Holder (London West, Ont.), announced $668,657 in funding for TRC Manufacturing, a division of TRC Hydraulics, towards two projects that improve upon existing tools for the mining, and oil and gas industries. The full release is available online. Call 613-991-1431.
Canada’s associate membership in EUREKA was renewed by John R. McDougall, president of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) during a ceremony in Lugano, Switzerland earlier this month, giving Canadian innovators access to the international network for market-driven industrial research and development until 2018. The signing took place July 1st, also marking EUREKA’s 30th … Read more
Funding that will provide Canadian entrepreneurs with the resources and expertise needed to develop their business plan, seek future financing and cultivate new international markets for products and services was announced by Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Gary Goodyear (Cambridge Ont.). The Government of Canada’s investment in Communitech … Read more
BioForest Technologies Inc. (Bioforest) will receive up to $160,000 in funding through the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) to research new biological organisms for innovative pest management of invasive species endangering trees in Canadian municipalities. The new organisms would pose minimal risk in environmentally sensitive areas and urban settings. The … Read more
The National Research Council of Canada and the Saskatchewan Research Council announced a partnership to provide the tools and expertise Canadian firms need to translate research and development from the lab to the marketplace, to help grow the local and national biotechnology and bio-manufacturing industries. The two organizations will leverage existing capabilities and infrastructure and will co-manage … Read more
On behalf of Minister of State (Science and Technology) Ed Holder (London West, Ont.), Conservative MP Lawrence Toet (Elmwood-Transcona, Man.) announced $60 million in funding to build a new facility in Winnipeg as part of the National Research Council of Canada’s Factory of the Future program. Toet made the announcement from Magellan Aerospace and was accompanied by … Read more
