canada now inaugural issue (2009)
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The First National Magazine of University Research Parks A look at the stories, successes, and tenants of the 26 research parks across Canada.TRANSCRIPT
canadathe national magazine of university research parks
“scales of innovation”
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“scales of innovation” cover illustration and Canada NOW, the National Magazine
of University Research Parks Canada, designed by Two Blonde Chicks Inc.
Published and edited by Footprints Newspaper.
W E LCO M E L E T T E R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
R ES E A R C H PA R KS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 50
NOVA SCOTIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
NEW BRUNSWICK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 - 10
Education for the future. Change the
model. Change the assumptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
QUEBEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 - 23
ONTARIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 - 40
Innovation park at queen’s university.
Forging a new model for research and
commercialization collaborations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Trivaris Ltd. Making ideas reality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Google. Organizing the world’s information. . . . . 34
The bioindustrial innovation centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
MANITOBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 - 44
Cangene corporation: a legacy of saving
lives carries on and it all started with a
university of manitoba discovery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SASKATCEWAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ALBERTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 - 47
BRITISH COLUMBIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 - 50
Genologics. Making DNA research
make sense. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
T E N A N T D I R ECTO RY . . . . . . . 52 - 59
A D D I R ECTO RY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 - 67
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opportunities, the strong voices critical for championing the
ideas and research that drive innovation and the generation of
research opportunities to keep Canada’s minds stimulated and
in the country.
Anchored with three pillars, academia, industry and government,
the twenty-six research parks across Canada are already home
to over 950 high-tech companies, federal and provincial research
facilities and research centres. Companies range from multi-
national corporations like Google and AstraZeneca to small and
medium enterprises (SMEs) like GenoLogics and Pharmalytics.
Canada NOW magazine will introduce you to each of these
parks, all of which act as important engines within their
communities. Their work is helping Canada stay relevant
and at the table of change.
Dale Gann,
President, AURP Canada
“To promote the development and operations of research
that foster innovation, commercialization and economic
competitiveness in a global economy through collaboration
among universities, industry and government.”
AURP CANADA
AURP Canada Founding Board of Directors
Back L-R Austin Beggs, Innovation Park Alan Simms, SmartPark Laura O’Blenis, Knowledge Park Pierre Quirion, Biomed
Front L-R Carol Stewart, UW R+T Park Dale Gann, VITP
THE POWER OF PLACE
Welcome to the inaugural issue of Canada NOW
magazine, the magazine of the Canadian Association
of University Research Parks (AURP Canada)
membership. AURP Canada represents a collection of twenty-
six national research parks across Canada. This annual
publication brings together the collaborative interests of the
parks, government, business and academia spanning the
breadth of the country.
Opportunities live in the gaps that emerge during times of
change. As nations of the world shift their economic engines
to accommodate a tumultuous and ever-changing landscape,
each one looks to its best minds for the innovations and
discoveries that will keep their country in the game. Every
nation is searching for the tools and engines that can stimulate
a knowledge-based economy. Staying on top demands an
environment that encourages, supports and retains creative
thinkers while providing access to the business acumen
necessary to convert ideas into tangible enterprises.
Canada has a strategy for its technological future. An important
part of that plan, both federally and nationally, includes
university research parks. Canada’s parks play an integral role
in helping government meet its economic objectives.
The power of place matters. A fabric of research and
technology parks reaching from coast to coast provides the
nation focal points for technological innovation. These research
parks represent more than just buildings; each park provides
a playing field that melds the explorations of academia, the
interests of government and the market savvy of business.
The parks provide a physical place for the value-added activity
required to grow ideas into commercial entities and drive our
economy forward.
Each one of these research parks has charted its own roadmap
to success. Working together, the parks contribute to economic
growth by providing a constant stream of employment
L E T T E R F R O M
T H E P R E S I D E N T
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LOCATION
Bible Hill
NS
IDENTITYWEBSITE
www.agritechpark.com
AgriTECH Park is Atlantic Canada’s
“Bio-economy Village” serving
as the commercialization wing
of its neighbouring university, the Nova
Scotia Agricultural College (NSAC). The
Park’s mandate is to provide the fertile
environment necessary to grow and
develop innovative bio-economy products,
services & technologies within the agri-
food, marine & environmental sectors.
The park officially opened its door
for business in 1998. Located on a
65 hectare rural property, just minutes
from NSAC, the park offers flexible
leasing and business support services for
new bio-science enterprises and growing
businesses. The Park is also home to
public and private sector agencies that
have the resources and expertise to
support the growth and development of
promising new companies.
AgriTECH Park has existing infrastructure
as well as the opportunity for green
field development to support a thriving
bio-product community from input
production and research through to
finished products. Anchor tenants such
as AgraPoint International and Atlantic
BioVenture Centre offer a range
of scientific, technical and extension
expertise to new start-ups and
companies in expansion mode.
The park is located in Colchester
County, Nova Scotia, one of North
America’s most cost competitive
locations for business. It is close to two
international airports, rail service and
the port of Halifax. Clients at the park
have access to faculty and students
as well as the research infrastructure
at NSAC. The university has some
unique, first-class research centres such
as Atlantic Poultry Research Centre,
Bio-Environmental Engineering Centre,
Organic Agricultural Centre of Canada,
Wild Blueberry Research Centre and an
Aquaculture Research Centre.
The emerging bio-based economy
recognizes a fundamental shift from
primary production systems towards
generation of higher value products. The
bio-based economy can turn possibilities
that exist in nature into solutions for
application in areas of agri-food, health
and the environment. From nutraceuticals,
cosmeceuticals, functional foods and
other advanced food products, to bio-
degradables and bio-energy alternatives
— we are in the midst of a bio-products
revolution. AgriTECH Park is a key
player in helping to grow new bio-based
businesses in the region.
Together, the tenants of AgriTECH
Park are providing innovative solutions
enhancing the agri-food, marine and
environmental sectors. It serves as
the commercialization catalyst for its
neighbouring educational institute,
the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
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Meritus University diverges from public universities both in its
program development and delivery by marrying the academic
with the professional. Courses are centrally designed by
academically qualified experts who develop the core course
and curriculum. Once developed, the focus shifts to teaching
methods whereby the same curriculum is always delivered for
each course to provide a strong consistency level in course
content across multiple sections and over time. Faculty at the
institution are Canadians with professional experience that is
woven into the curriculum, adding the flavour and variance
of their own business expertise and acumen to the academic
content of the course. Meritus not only trains their own faculty,
they also monitor their instructors’ efforts ensuring faculty
provide the best education delivery possible for their students.
Provincial governments in Canada require private universities
to meet the same organizational and educational standards as
public universities. An affiliate of the Apollo Group, American’s
oldest and largest private-sector education organization,
Meritus not only meets these standards but works to surpass
them by rigorously monitoring and assuring quality to detect
potential problems and maintain high quality programs. The
exclusively online environment may be a relatively new
phenomenon, but the benefits are many. Because of the lack
of physical proximity, online universities tend to emphasize
high-tech high-touch environments that stress student services.
Meritus takes this to heart with a highly personalized approach
that includes multiple web and phone contact points.
Primarily targeting adults in professional fields, Meritus’
online programs provide a more convenient path to degree
completion or advanced degrees for those already in the
workforce. “A recent study which looked at data from
university graduates over a number of years showed an
interesting education pattern,” recounts Crossley. “Well over
half of all graduates were continuing to pursue additional
education within a handful of years of graduating. Post-
graduate learning is no longer an ‘if’ situation but a ‘when’.
New Brunswick recognized this fact and targeted education
as a sector for growth and employment potential. Their
investment in higher education paved the road for Meritus.”
Meritus is located in Fredericton’s Knowledge Park. The decision
to make the park their home base just seemed to make good
business sense. Crossley points out, “On a number of levels
this was the best location possible. The facility in general was
fantastic and the assistance we received from the park was
helpful right from the start. By being in the park, our neighbours
automatically include a compatible variety of companies and
associations. Another positive is the park’s connection to the
University of New Brunswick (UNB). Through the process of
getting Meritus going, we had already established a strong
working relationship with UNB. Being in the park makes the
potential to work even closer a definite reality.”
Although located in Canada, Meritus retains an international
focus and draws roughly 35% of its students from outside
the country’s boundaries. Courses are broad enough to attract
these students while providing resident Canadians an enviable
degree with international relevance.
“Over the last 25 years education has dramatically changed,”
explains Crossley. “Education has always been a highly specific
and stable part of the economy – but now it is starting to
diversify in response to market need. The results are a benefit
to students and our country’s economic well-being. I am glad to
be a part of this.”
education for the future change the model.
change the assumptions.
How do you start with a piece of paper
and end up with a university? Meritus
University President John Crossley
has lived the answer to that question. Crossley
left his post as Principal of Renison University
College at the University of Waterloo in 2008
to embark on an educational adventure.
Charged with the task of creating not only a
new university, but one based on alternate
teaching philosophies, under Crossley’s
tutelage Meritus University opened its doors
to student inquiries in July of 2008 and
launched its first class in October of 2008.
“When you change the model you
change the assumptions — that is when
you get to do some amazing things,”
explains President Crossley. “The
model for Meritus is very different — it
is a private-sector market-funded
institution that delivers education via
a web environment. Although for-
profit universities and online courses
have been around for years, the times
needed to catch up to the concept
before we could put these two elements
together in Canada. There is a market
for this now that does not impact public
universities. Rather, it fills a gap which
compliments more traditional education
delivery with programs designed and
delivered for working adult learners.”
John Crossley,
President, Meritus University
KNOWLEDGE PARK | Fredericton, NB
“Apollo Group’s decision to launch Meritus from New Brunswick
is a testament to our reputation for delivering quality education
that reflects changing academic, professional and industry
needs. Being the home of the oldest public university in North
America, and now the newest on-line degree granting university
in the world, speaks volumes about the progressive business
and education environment in New Brunswick. As we chart the
course toward self-sufficiency, we know how important it is
to create economic opportunities for the people of New
Brunswick. Meritus is a welcomed addition to the Fredericton
business community.”
Jack Keir,
Acting Minister of Business, New Brunswick
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The Biotech City represents a genuine health sciences biocluster.
Piggybacking on the thirty-some companies that are operating
in the Science Park, about sixty companies specializing in
the life sciences or providing other complementary services are
established around the Science Park and have made Laval a location
of choice in Greater Montreal. At Biotech City the fruits of university
research can work their way through all the development stages
from pre-clinical trials, to clinical trials and formulation, before
reaching the commercialization stage.
The park’s functional cluster includes a business incubator (Quebec
Biotechnology Innovation Centre), a dedicated facility with a specific
fiscal package (Laval Biotechnology Development Centre), The
National Experimental Biology Centre, the Doping Control Laboratory
of the International Olympic Committee, a University Research
Centre specialized in infectious diseases (INRS - Armand Frappier
Campus) and the Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, a McGill university
affiliated establishment with a world class virtual reality research
centre, and the Michael Feil & Ted Oberfeld Research Centre.
Amongst the resident companies, the park has service providers that
can deliver pre-clinical validations, clinical validations, synthesize
specialty chemicals, produce molecules using biological entities,
contribute to quality assurance and other needed critical functions
in drug development for market approval. The park also has
international pharma representatives and biotechnology companies.
Biotech City offers a 1,300,000 square meter area with a direct
access to a major highway, four direct bus lines linked to the
Montreal subway system and many protected woods that make it a
quality of life environment for the park residents. At this time, 25%
of the land remains to be developed.
Biotech City offers a cluster environment with a functional
infrastructure dedicated to reducing the technical and financial risks
associated with health sciences ventures. It is located in Laval, the
island city north of Montreal.
LOCATION
Montreal
QC
IDENTITYWEBSITE
www.citebiotech.com
B I O T E C H C I T Y
Situated on a broad sweep of the majestic Saint John
River, Fredericton, New Brunswick has transformed itself
over the last two decades from a pristine government/
university city to a simmering hub of groundbreaking
knowledge-based activity. That level of momentum was the
catalyst needed to spur government, research and development
and business to join forces in a unique partnership to launch
the province’s Knowledge Park. The explosion of growth
attracted multinationals, spawned home grown global
successes, fuelled the establishment of a plethora of university-
based research centres and resulted in Fredericton being
selected as the location for the National Research Council’s
first Institute for Information Technology (NRC-IIT).
Today, the Park is strategically located just minutes from
the University of New Brunswick’s internationally acclaimed
engineering, geomatics and computer science departments,
the National Research Council’s new research hub, world
recognized research at the Hugh John Flemming Forestry
Complex, the Research and Productivity Council, and the
Agricultural Research Centre.
Throughout the Park, modern architecture is juxtaposed with
a natural setting bordered by forests and links to the City’s
more than 70 km of groomed walking trails. Employees can
take advantage of the trails or dining options in one of three
nearby shopping complexes. At full build out, more than 4,000
knowledge workers will occupy 17 buildings on the 144 acre site.
The provincial economic impact will exceed $414 million annually.
Knowledge Park provides clustering opportunities for
companies engaged in research, development and application
of technologies related to such fields as information technology
(IT), biotechnology, education, engineering, health care,
forestry and agriculture. These and other technology fields are
areas of expertise found at the University of New Brunswick
that support the park’s other main objective: the facilitation of
technology transfer and other partnerships involving academia
and the private sector. Effects already felt by the park’s work to
date include the generation of several spin-offs in the region.
LOCATION
Fredericton
NB
IDENTITYWEBSITE
www.knowledgepark.ca
MORE ABOUT FREDERICTON
Named one of the world’s top seven
smart communities, two years in a
row (2008/2009) by the Intelligent
Community Forum, Fredericton is the
first free wireless city in Canada, is
listed as the Best City for Business
(by Canadian Business) and is one of
the top 10 North American cities of
the future (Foreign Direct Investment
Magazine). There is one business
for every fourteen people (KPMG’s
Competitive Alternatives Study) in
the city and over 70% of the province’s
knowledge based businesses are
located in Fredericton.
Fredericton is Canada’s greenest city
(2006 Canadian Council of Ministers
of the Environment (CCME) National
Pollution Prevention Award for
Greenhouse Gases Reduction and 2006
Environmental Leadership Award) and
is on track to achieve its goal as the first
city in Canada to reach its Kyoto targets.
In addition, Fredericton is home to the
University of New Brunswick, a first
class post secondary institution that is
responsible for over 80% of the total
research and development conducted
within the province.
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Bromont High Technology
Industrial Park is home to the
strongest concentration of
employment in the micro-electronics
sector in Québec. Offering 3,700
specialized high tech jobs, the
park is one hour’s drive from nine
universities and less than 30 minutes
from the US border. Bromont Park
promotes specialized niche markets
in microelectronics, nanotechnogy,
renewable energies, new materials, and
technology research and development.
The semiconductor manufacturing
wafer foundry now owned by DALSA
Semiconductor has been a resident of
the Bromont Park since the early 1970’s.
As a result of IBM and Dalsa, Bromont
is the semiconductor manufacturing
capital of Canada. The attraction that
dates back to early 70’s and continues
until now has: ready access to a highly
skilled workforce, ready access to an
ample supply of water and electricity
while being in reasonable proximity to
the chemical and gas suppliers on the
south shore of Montreal. In addition to
the challenging high technology work
environment, the park is able to attract
highly skilled employees from all over
the world due to the exceptional quality
of life enjoyed in the region. The fact
that the Bromont location is surrounded
by nature and in close proximity to
many sporting facilities during all four
seasons, makes the Bromont region an
excellent place to raise a family.
Bromont Park works to recruit
and support new corporations by
providing them with information about
business programs and assisting them
with development needs. Goals for the
park include:
Reinforcing industrial investments •
through planning and the consistent,
sustainable development of the
Technoparc Bromont
Recruiting and accompanying new •
corporations while supporting their
implementation and development
according to their needs
Providing the companies with •
information about business
development programmes and assisting
them with the application process
Helping industries in the park •
grow and prosper
LOCATION
Bromont
QC
IDENTITYWEBSITE
www.technoparcbromont.com
B R O M O N T H I G H T E C H N O L O G Y
I N D U S T R I A L P A R K
IDENTITY LOCATION
Boucherville
QC
WEBSITE
www.del.longueuil.ca
D É V E L O P P E M E N T
É C O N O M I Q U E
L O N G U E U I L
The mission of Développement
économique Longueuil (DEL)
is to increase the prosperity of
the agglomeration of Longueuil and
strengthen its role and economic
significance in the Greater Montreal area
by maintaining, developing and attracting
businesses and creating quality jobs.
The DEL team offers personalized
services to help companies reach
their goals of starting up, expanding,
relocating, exporting and innovating their
businesses as well as projects to improve
competitiveness, increase productivity,
protect technological innovations,
promote research, find funding solutions
for development projects and recruit
qualified personnel.
No matter what challenges each
company has to overcome in order to
grow, the DEL team has the expertise and
the network of partners and colleagues
required for success. The team strives for
results and client satisfaction.
By promoting and supporting local
business initiatives, DEL is working
toward its number one objective: To
foster the economic development of
the agglomeration of Longueuil and to
increase growth in the region.
Longueuil is the third largest
agglomeration in Quebec and is part of
the second largest metropolitan area
in Canada. Its proximity to downtown
Montreal and major road, sea, rail and
air corridors puts it in a favourable
economic position. The region’s industrial
parks and areas are home to over 2,000
manufacturing or service companies,
which employ some 66,400 people.
The agglomeration’s sectors of
activity include the transportation
and aerospace industries, the agri-
food industry and the fields of
logistics and added value distribution.
The region also hosts businesses
working in emerging sectors such as
nanotechnologies for new industrial
materials and information technologies.
The agglomeration of Longueuil
is also home to renowned teaching
establishments, including six
universities, two colleges and
four major research centres.
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IDENTITY LOCATION
Quebec City
QC
WEBSITE
www.parctechno.qc.ca
Q U E B E C
M E T R O H I G H
T E C H P A R K
The Quebec Metro High Tech Park is where people work, live, and create. It is a
place where minds meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. The park boasts
nearly one hundred business and research centres. The focus of expertise in the
park mainly encompasses optics, phototonics, electronics, life sciences, new materials,
environmental technology, information technology and wood technology.
The Quebec Metro High Tech Park offers a distinctive environment that fosters
R & D, as well as services and activities that meet the expectations of each individual
for whom this unique setting is part of daily life. The park’s professional environment
is more than a workplace; it is where everything becomes possible. It is a base of
operations from which its tenants can overcome barriers, push limits and transcend
borders. It is a meeting place for passionate people from every background. The park
offers a wide array of benefits and services developed for businesses and their staff.
With an advantageous location from every angle and a quality environment at the
heart of a strategic region, the park is the historical point of entry for North America.
One of the park’s major development partners, Universite Laval, contributes to the
development of business by providing educated and qualified graduates who are eager
to promote change and advance knowledge in the lively atmosphere of research and
development. The Universite Laval represents some of Quebec’s brightest innovators
who are all eager to contribute and make a positive impact within the technology
sector in Quebec and world-wide.
With the support of its partnerships, the Quebec Metro High Tech Park is able to
provide profound research and development services and support the development
of new and recognized organizations. Besides Universite Laval, which has been a
partner from the beginning, the park also has close ties to POLE Quebec Chaudiere-
Appalaches, a catalyst of economic development, to the cities of Quebec and Levis and
to Emploi Quebec, a partner in workforce development and employment.
The park has partnered with associations and organizations in both Quebec and
worldwide which expands its amenities and services. Many benefits are constantly
being developed for businesses and their staff. The centre offers a unique set up that
can be classified into three major categories:
The Sherbrooke Biomedical Park is devoted to innovative
companies in their research and development or
production and commercialization phases. The park’s
main mandate is the development of the Sherbrooke
Biomedical Park which is a 180 acre site of development
capacity adjacent to the Sherbrooke Health Campus. The
development is a private non-profit organization dedicated to
promoting innovative biotech and health related companies in
the greater Sherbrooke region.
The park acts as a catalyst for new start-up companies as they
provide a technological incubator for start-up companies with
an option to rent laboratories and offices with specialized
services. Among the wide range of state-of-the-art equipment
and highly specialized services, the park also offers contract
R & D and clinical trials I to IV. The Sherbrooke Biomedical Park
is committed to finding new ways to enhance its sectors of
expertise and provide innovative solutions in its field.
The park has partnered with several first-line contacts in the field
of biotechnology and human health businesses including Canada
Economic Development, Minister of Economic Development,
Innovation and Export Trade, Investissement Quebec, Solim,
Greater Sherbrooke Economic Development Corporation, and
Conference Regionale des Elus among many others.
The park conducts research in pharmacology, immunology-
inflammation, oncology, GI physiopathology, endocrine
physiopathology, pulmonary physiopathology and radiology.
The tenants at the park are dedicated to finding innovative
ways of enhancing each of these sectors.
Biomed Development is a private not-for-profit organization
focused on promoting innovative biotech and health related
companies in the greater Sherbrooke region. The 80,000 sq. ft.
Biotechnology Development Centre is devoted to biotech and
life sciences companies that are actively conducting innovative
research and development projects.
The Sherbrooke Health Campus has amalgamated facilities
of care, teaching and research at the Centre Hospitalier
Universitaire de Sherbrooke. The campus is populated with
nearly 5,000 people each day including patients, hospital staff,
students, private and academic researchers and visitors.
In the heart of the Sherbrooke Health research campus, the
centre offers state-of-the-art research infrastructure and
specialized services. In addition, the campus provides access to
a hub of experienced workers.
IDENTITY LOCATION
Sherbrooke
QC
WEBSITE
www.biomed.ca
S H E R B R O O K E
B I O M E D I C A L
P A R K
Research and development centres provide established and new organizations with •
the means for fundamental research and development.
High-tech product and service companies provide enhanced expertise evident •
through the product, service and development process.
Consulting firms are available to provide technical support to businesses in all aspects •
of technology as well as the needs of employees in the park.
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LOCATION
Trois-Rivières
QC
IDENTITYWEBSITE
www.technopolevsm.com
S T- M A U R I C E
VA L L E Y
T E C H N O L O G Y
P A R K
The Saint-Maurice Valley Technology Park (SVTP) is the
fruit of a regional dialogue. Its overall mission is to
support and promote technological innovation in Maurice.
The park was born in 1999 with the support of companies and
various government levels in order to contribute to industrial
diversification and ensure the technological turn of the area.
By supporting the emergence and development of the regional
technological poles, an accompanying project of technological
innovation, the park is integrally connected to the region’s
economic development.
SVTP supports and promotes technological innovation in
Trois-Rivières while also focusing on the development of new
responsive business practices that will positively impact the
area. Actions are guided through the support and development
of innovating companies, networking initiatives with key players,
contributions to the development of regional technological
procedures and the promotion of innovation within Trois-
Rivières. SVTP also provides assistance to researchers during
the vital steps of technology transfer.
The membership program of the park aims to obtain concrete
partner support with an ultimate goal to encourage and
enable the advancement of all development activity. The park’s
philosophy is to add value to the market potential of technologies
through an approach that aims to return results that fast-forward
companies in their pursuit of commercial viability.
vitp.ca
Where great ideas happen.
» A magnet for some of the brightest minds in the country
» An economic engine created by industry, academia and government
» An emerging technology park that will grow to 415,000 sq ft and offer 2,800 jobs
» A centre of excellence for ICT, Life Sciences, New Media, Wireless, Ocean-Tech & Fuel Cell Sectors
» The future home of North America’s fi rst Ocean Technology Park
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IDENTITY LOCATION
Saint-Hyacinthe
QC
WEBSITE
www.st-hyacinthetechnopole.qc.ca
S A I N T- H YA C I N T H E
S C I E N C E P A R K
Saint-Hyacinthe Science Park
has built solid foundations
in research, teaching and
services. The park’s stakeholders enjoy
an enviable reputation around the
globe. The park focuses on, veterinary,
agro-environment and biotechnology
and is the first and only North
American Technology Park exclusively
dedicated to these sectors. The park
boasts 150 businesses in agricultural
production and processing, equipment
manufacturing and distribution, and
specialized agri-food services.
The Science Park welcomes five
education institutions including
university, professional and continuing
education levels as well as the Faculty of
Veterinary medicine at the Universite de
Montreal. In conjunction with its state-
of-the-art equipment and educational
services, the park also hosts 200
internationally renowned researchers as
permanent staff dedicated to improving
and discovering innovative ideas.
The park is home to a hub of food
production in Canada. Its mission
is to power the growth of the food
transformation sector and stimulate
innovation in the food industry. Over
200 R & D institutions, including the
Food Research and Development Centre,
call the Science Park home.
This centre devotes its research to
bio-ingredients, neutraceuticals, plant
extracts, meat, dairy, bread, pastry,
quality, traceability, food preservation,
processing and engineering.
These industries boast some of the
strongest economic growth in Canada.
Investments, job creation and inter-
organization partnerships are the
catalysts for exceptional growth.
Year after year, Saint-Hyacinthe Science
Park produces spectacular economic
growth in their region.
There is a remarkable concentration
of over 150 research and academic
institutions, technological transfer
centres and industries specializing in
the agri-food sector propelling Saint-
Hyacinthe Science Park to the ranks of
elite world-class players.
LOCATION
Montreal
QC
IDENTITYWEBSITE
www.technoparc.com
Technoparc Montreal is Canada’s largest R & D park on
its St-Laurent site. It has achieved one of the highest
rates of growth in North America over the past few years.
Technoparc Montreal is also a strategic partner with the City
of Montreal and is helping bring to fruition Montreal’s vision
of being a world class knowledge-based city and a hub of
creativity and innovation.
Technoparc Montreal excels in urban planning and in the design
and construction of state-of-the-art facilities. These facilities
welcome scientific research centres and companies specializing
in advanced technologies. The St-Laurent site, adjacent to
the Montreal Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau Airport, is home to 35
knowledge-based companies active in aerospace, ICT and life
sciences. These companies generate some 5,500 highly skilled
jobs in 25 million sq. ft. of space.
Always at the cutting edge, Technoparc Montreal is pursuing
sustainable development and clean technologies in its
expansion of the Saint-Laurent site. Developed with a deep
respect for the natural environment, Montreal’s International
Eco-Innovation Zone, the largest of its kind in Canada, will
create a working community devoted to global life and
knowledge improvement. The 20-hectare zone will welcome
hybrid R & D teams working on green projects. Eight buildings
offering 750,000 sq. ft. of floor space will showcase new
construction technologies and new sustainable materials.
To encourage technology transfer, three buildings in the zone
will be granted with demonstration areas.
In addition to the Eco-Innovation Zone, Technoparc Montreal
is also involved in various projects in the new Montreal Health
District. This initiative offers the possibility to develop an
additional 900,000 sq. ft. of specialized space targeted to
T E C H N O P A R C M O N T R E A L
the life science, health sectors and medical technologies. This
project will capitalize on the economic potential of Québec’s
largest university health centre, the CHUM, and its public
research centre.
This location will offer the perfect environment for any company
wanting to carry out R & D activities while benefiting from the
advantages provided by the proximity of the CHUM. The grouping
of all these resources will create a unique public health campus
filled with a knowledgeable workforce and industry expertise.
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Developing leadership inbioindustrial technology
LOCATION
Rimouski
QC
IDENTITYWEBSITE
www.tmq.ca
T E C H N O P O L E
M A R I T I M E D U Q U E B E C
In North America, there is a place
where the Atlantic Ocean enters
the continent and melts with the
inland seas. In Maritime Quebec begins
the world’s longest inland waterway,
which is of strategic importance on an
international level. This vast land, whose
shores are washed by St. Lawrence,
embraces the Quebec regions of the Bas-
saint-Laurent, the Gaspésie, the Côte-
Nord, and the Îles-de-la-Madeleine with a
total coastline of some 3,000 kilometers.
This territory includes the largest
group of francophone and bilingual
institutions dedicated to ocean sciences
and technologies in America. Aiming
to anchor these treasures in an overall
economic development strategy, the
concept of a “technopole maritime”
gradually developed and an organization
was finally established under the name
Technopole Maritime du Québec (TMQ).
TMQ puts to profit Quebec Maritime
creativity by mobilizing its greatest
strengths: prestigious knowledge
institutions, wide-scale research
organizations, one-of-a-kind research
facilities and laboratories, dynamic and
innovative companies and, above all,
hundreds of men and women driven by
the spirit of daring to be at the forefront
of technological innovation.
TMQ is intent on creating a stimulating
environment for the sustainable
development of marine resources,
sciences and technologies by promoting
and reinforcing the capabilities and
competencies of the Quebec Maritime’s
institutions and industries.
TMQ plays a leading role in developing
the network by building bridges between
researchers, entrepreneurs, innovators
and experts to convert marine know-
how into value-added products, goods
and services.
TMQ works to increase the activity levels
of maritime research centres in order to
find solutions for technological problems
facing the maritime industry, train highly
qualified employees and foster business
growth and competitiveness, while
supporting the creation of long-term
quality jobs.
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QC
IDENTITYWEBSITE
www.ville.varennes.qc.ca
VA R E N N E S D É V E L O P P E M E N T
Varennes Développement is the catalyst of scientific
research in Quebec. The initiative has inextricably
linked the benefits of the new economy, research
institutions of the federal and provincial governments, as well
as the University of Quebec and private companies. More than
1,000 researchers work out of Varennes Développement. The
park directs its research to development, prospects, and the
reception of investments within the municipality.
A not-for-profit organization, Varennes is dedicated to providing
innovative solutions in the scientific, chemical, light industrial,
energy, telecommunications, nanotechnology and engineering
sectors. Numerous world-class corporations are currently
located in the development. Located just a few minutes from
Montreal, companies are drawn to Varennes Développement for
the quality of its infrastructure and its research centres.
The Town of Varennes offers diverse economic activity. Many
companies in the research and high technology, chemistry
and metal industries are located in close proximity to the
park allowing for substantial support and growth. The various
research efforts are focused on the chemistry of materials,
energy, nanotechnologies, telecommunications and lasers.
Varennes Développement’s mandate is to take care of the
economic development of Varennes by providing companies
with the necessary tools they require for success.
TECHNOLOGICAL VALUE
The Technopole de la region de
Thetford facilitates the development
of strategic partners by favouring
new research opportunities and
fostering new technological
development with the ultimate goal
to advance discoveries through
the commercialization process.
The park creates new possibilities
by collaborating with different
researchers, evaluating technological
transfer opportunities and protecting
the intellectual properties of
research discoveries.
The Science and Technological Park in
the region of Thetford Mines also makes
granting to industrial oleochemicals a
strong priority. This unexploited sector
has the ability to bring a multitude of
opportunities of valorizing sub-products
and innovations for the agricultural
world. These industries are part of
an important future in technological
developments. The park takes an active
role in oleochemistry development by
offering an innovating and attractive
environment for research activities and
for the establishment of companies in
the Thetford area.
LOCATION
Thetford Mines
QC
IDENTITYWEBSITE
www.technopolethetford.ca
T E C H N O P O L E
D E L A R E G I O N
D E T H E T F O R D
VISION
Support the emergence of bioproducts •
in order to contribute to sustainable
development.
Appropriate oleochemistry as a •
structuring industry.
Acquire a specialized knowledge •
economy in oleochemistry for the
Thetford area.
VALUES
Improve the environment.•
Sustainable development.•
Define a business prototype model.•
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STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPSOfficially launched in June 2008, Innovation Park is building
on the successes of Canada’s premier research parks and
is leveraging the region’s many assets to stimulate growth
in Eastern Ontario. With deep engagement from founding
partners Queen’s University, the Ontario Ministry of Research
and Innovation (MRI), and Novelis, the Park is emerging
as a vehicle that is well positioned to drive and accelerate
university-industry interaction.
Novelis, the world’s leading company in aluminum rolling
and recycling, is the industrial anchor for the Park and a
strategic research partner with Queen’s. By partnering with the
university, new entrepreneurial relationships have been formed
allowing for advanced access to cutting edge equipment,
resources and researchers.
Innovation Park is focused on attracting academic and
industry partners with interests and expertise in advanced
materials technologies, environmental and alternative energy
technologies, and medical technologies. Through the research
portfolio at Queen’s University, the Park’s community has
privileged access to faculty and students that conduct world-
class research in numerous complementary fields. These
include green chemistry, synthetic and organic chemistry,
environmental modeling, process modeling, chemical
engineering, geo-engineering, macromolecular process and
materials, biomedical technologies, fuel cell technologies, solar
energy technologies, wind energy technologies, bioenergy, and
nuclear technologies, among many others.
By encouraging the development of technology clusters and
through strategic partnerships with economic development
agencies such as the Kingston Economic Development
Corporation and innovation service providers such as PARTEQ
Innovations, the Park fosters synergy between ideas and
research, development and commercialization. With future
plans for dynamic research and innovation forums, the Park is
well on its way to achieving its ambitious goals.
ACCESS, INTERACTION & LOCATIONKingston is an area rich with the intellectual, financial and entrepreneurial resources
needed to build successful companies. With easy access to major transportation
corridors, Innovation Park is strategically positioned to excel in its mission.
The Park is being developed in two phases. Phase 1 will provide immediate access
to infrastructure, equipment and services through the Park’s partnership with
Novelis. The Phase 1 multi-tenant facilities accommodate faculty-led research projects
that have industrial partners, as well as small, medium and multi-national companies with
a research focus and a desire to collaborate.
Phase 2 includes the development of 50 acres of land adjacent to the current facility.
Founded on the principle of co-location and with its unique R & D and IT infrastructure,
the Park provides a portal for industry to establish or strengthen relationships with
businesses and the academic institutions in the region.
“There is a deep engagement of the founding industry partner,
governing principles of co-location and interaction, and access to
specialized resources. Combined with access to intellectual capital
and talented graduates from Queen’s, the Royal Military College,
St.Lawrence College and Loyalist College, focus on specific
technologies and the unique attributes of the Kingston region,
we believe we have a winning formula.”
Dr. Kerry Rowe,
VP Research, Queen’s University
“Innovation Park is great news for Queen’s, Kingston and Ontario. Our government’s
investment in this project is building on regional strengths that Kingston has — in both
talent and research — to accelerate the speed of innovation that will help to create
Ontario’s next generation of jobs and economic prosperity.”
John Gerretson,
MPP, Kingston and the Islands
innovation park at queen’s universityforging a new model for research and
commercial ization collaborations.
VISION FOR THE FUTUREInnovation Park at Queen’s University
has its eye on providing long-term
economic benefit to Eastern Ontario.
The groundwork is being laid for
Innovation Park to become the region’s
technology R & D hub and the location
for academic, industrial and government
researchers to interact and cultivate
ideas that fuel the region’s intellectual,
entrepreneurial and economic engines.
The vision for the Park is that of a
vibrant future where discoveries are
transformed, markets are shifted
and worlds are changed everyday.
Leveraging the strengths of Queen’s
University and three other premier
academic institutions in the region, as
well as those of an engaged innovation
community, the Park is focused
on building a robust community of
innovators and specialists to create
an environment of collaboration and
discovery. At a time when the economy
needs new opportunities for prosperity,
the vision and partners foster the
creative spirit necessary to drive
economic growth.
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IDENTITY LOCATION
Toronto
ON
WEBSITE
www.marsdd.com
M A R S D I S C O V E R Y
D I S T R I C T T O R O N T O
MaRS Discovery District
Toronto began with a vision
to create social and economic
prosperity through the creation of
successful global businesses for science
and technology in Canada. Much of
the ideas and innovations that have
emerged from MaRS since its inception
have stemmed from the collaboration
and exploration of like-minded people
sharing new ideas with new technologies.
Located in Toronto’s Discovery District—
two square kilometres designated as
the city’s centre of innovation—the
MaRS Centre is the gateway to Canada’s
largest concentration of scientific
research. This unique urban setting
not only connects MaRS to other
research and educational facilities in
the area, but also the financial district
and the multi-cultural, creative city
core through a direct link to Toronto’s
public transportation. MaRS extends its
community from this strong foundation
to other regions of Ontario and beyond
through people networks and an
advanced Web portal.
Designed to accelerate the
commercialization of Canadian
innovation, the centre unites the
disparate worlds of science and
technology with industry and capital.
The centre is anchored by major
teaching hospitals, the University of
Toronto and more than two dozen
affiliated research institutes. The MaRS
Centre is both a physical complex and
a dynamic hub for an extended virtual
community. MaRS connects these
worlds to social entrepreneurs with
business skills, networks and capital
to stimulate innovation and accelerate
the creation and growth of successful
Canadian enterprises.
The centre includes research facilities
for some of the area’s top scientists and
incubation facilities for new companies,
a cluster of professional services firms
and investors, technology transfer
offices, research and community
networking organizations and mid-
sized and established global companies.
MaRS offers business services, market
readiness programs and social
innovation programs to build a map
that will direct the bright minds of the
future in the right direction. MaRS also
offers a state-of-the-art conference
and multimedia facility as well as the
programming required to animate
shared spaces to maximize the impact
of cluster development.
MaRS has fostered strong ties with
a range of organizations focused on
research and innovation including,
discovery district organizations,
regional organizations, provincial
organizations, federal organizations and
industry associations. MaRS provides
the resources to ensure that critical
innovation happens.
IDENTITY LOCATION
Kingston
ON
WEBSITE
www.innovationpark.ca
I N N O VA T I O N P A R K A T
Q U E E N ’ S U N I V E R S I T Y
CMC MICROSYSTEMS
CMC Microsystems specializes in enabling microsystems
research across Canada and enjoys a long-standing relationship
with Queen’s University. CMC provides researchers with
industry-calibre design resources, access to state-of-the-art
prototyping technologies, tools for testing and support services
for numerous applications. The Park’s technology focus
combined with its mission to foster interactions and to enable
advancement and commercialization of new discoveries helped
CMC choose Innovation Park as its home.
QUEEN’S-ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE FUEL CELL
RESEARCH CENTRE
The Fuel Cell Research Centre (FCRC), headquarters of the
Ontario Fuel Cell Research and Innovation Network, is the
academic anchor for Innovation Park. With more than 20
industry partners and eight academic partners, FCRC is
Canada’s leading university-based centre for research critical
to the commercialization of fuel cell applications. Nearly 50
researchers are involved in efforts focused on the improvement
of fuel cell materials, design, manufacturing processes and cost.
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING VIRTUAL LABORATORY
High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPCVL),
one of Canada’s leading, secure high performance computing
(HPC) environments, is co-located with Innovation Park. HPCVL
encompasses a cluster of fast and powerful Sun computers,
providing resources and support for hundreds of researchers across
Canada. HPC plays an indispensable role in developing technology
by significantly accelerating the pace of research, reducing time to
perform critical analyses from years to weeks or even hours.
GREENCENTRE CANADA
GreenCentre Canada, to be located
at Innovation Park, is the first entity
of its kind in North America and will
bring together Canada’s leading
green chemistry researchers, industry
partners, and commercialization
professionals with a common goal to
develop cleaner, less energy-intensive
solutions for traditional chemical and
manufacturing processes.
NOVELIS
Novelis, the world’s leading company
in aluminum rolling and recycling, is
the industrial anchor for the Park. The
Novelis Global Technology Center is the
primary research and technology centre
for Novelis and focuses on aluminum
research and development, innovation,
and materials and process technologies.
PROCTER AND GAMBLE CANADA
The Park recently welcomed Procter
and Gamble Canada (P&G) to its growing
community of innovators and specialists.
A leading global consumer goods
company, Innovation Park is providing
P&G unprecedented access to strategic
partnerships with other industries in the
region and access to specialized services
including equipment and expertise.
KINGSTON PROCESS METALLURGY
AND KINGSTON METALS &
MATERIALS
Kingston Process Metallurgy (KPM) and
Kingston Metals & Materials (KM&M)
are Park role models for demonstrating
the power of interaction and innovation.
KPM offers expertise in lab scale
chemical process development for the
metallurgical industry, conducts contract
research for international companies,
and performs its own research which
has delivered intellectual property
and patents. KM&M prepares specialty
alloys and synthesizes/purifies specialty
materials for the electronics industry.
OTHERS ENGAGED IN BUILDING THE
PARK’S COMMUNITY INCLUDE:
Acumentrics Canada, The Eastern Lake
Ontario Regional Innovation Network,
The Greater Kingston Chamber of
Commerce, The Kingston Economic
Development Corporation, Lez Gaz
Speciaux, The National Research Council
Industrial Research Assistance Program,
Ontario Centres for Excellence, PARTEQ
Innovations, Pathogen Detection
Systems, Rio-Tinto Alcan, SWITCH-
The Sustainable Energy People, The
Sustainable Bioeconomy Centre, Veolia
Water Systems, and more.
PARTNERS AND TENANTS
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In 2002, four former employees of Westcam found themselves
debating their futures following the successful sale of the
company to L3 Communications. Each individual had been
intimately involved in growing the company and then taking
it public. A self-named band of ‘technogeeks’, they had spent
their entire careers bringing technical ideas to market and
navigating the challenges inevitable to the process. Now that
the company had been sold, they had the opportunity to reflect
on a new question: What next?
At Westcam, the four had learned that commercial success
involved much more than a great idea. With their combined
years of experience, they had managed to crack part of the
entrepreneurial puzzle; they understood the root causes of
commercialization failure and how to get around them. To
bring idea to market involves a well thought-out business
strategy, organization agility, wise financial investments and
bold leadership. They pondered that perhaps there might be
a business proposition wrapped in their collective expertise.
Three and a half years ago, two of the original backyard
thinkers, Ty Shattuck and Mark Chamberlain, went on to bring
that idea to market.
“The company is a bit hard to put in a box,” explains Ty Shattuck,
COO. “We believed there was a market for a hybrid entrepreneur
toolkit and that we had knowledge to put that together. What
we do at Trivaris is work with entrepreneurs to look at the whole
picture—from idea to product to market potential and then some.
Because of our technical backgrounds, we are able to assess
whether an idea is viable or not. If it is, we have all the tools
available to grow that idea into something big.”
Most budding entrepreneurs end up partnering with someone
at some stage of the game in order to move their ideas forward,
typically that is a single individual. Trivaris offers entrepreneurs
an alternate model, a partnership with a company. Trivaris can
act as an incubator, helping get an idea off the ground, or as
an accelerator, helping scale up a company, and even a venture
capitalist by providing financial funding. The methodology
provides an unparalleled depth and breadth of knowledge that
means companies don’t have to establish new relationships as
their business evolves.
“Depending on where you are with the idea we have options,”
says Shattuck. “We like to create an environment where the
entrepreneur can focus on the strategic essentials needed
to move an idea forward while we focus on the non-strategic
elements that feed the idea and business. We have tools to fit
where a company is when and the knowledge to help discern
those needs. We have employees with extensive experience
and business acumen, partnerships with banks, insurance and
marketing, and a network of connections with government,
academia and business. But we provide more than just the tools
and advice, we are also in the trenches during the early days side-
by-side helping with the heavy-lifting. Our ultimate goal is to do
everything possible to aim entrepreneurs in the right direction.”
To date, most of Trivaris business has come through referrals.
Currently, they have a dozen companies in their portfolio
employing over 150 individuals. Although most of the
companies began with individual entrepreneurs approaching
the company, they have come to life at Trivaris via some
alternate routes as well.
Shattuck explains, “Sometimes great ideas happen within
companies but are put on the shelf because the technology is
not a fit with organizational goals. Trivaris offers an alternative
to companies who are not in a position develop the idea
themselves, but also don’t necessarily want to see it languish.
So, they come to us to develop it. We also hold something
called Innovation Night. It’s sort of Karaoke for techies. It’s
held at a pub and entrepreneurs get five minutes to pitch their
technology ideas to us. It’s amazing to hear the off-the-wall
ideas out there. Interestingly, we picked up on one that has
since become one of the major companies in our portfolio.”
Located in McMaster Innovation Park, Shattuck is clear
the decision to be in the park was intentional. “The whole
research and development commercialization process is an
eco-system with the park at the hub. Together we are all
working to redefine the ‘hows’ and ‘whats’ for the technological
development that is happening here. People are building on
the strengths of the region and moving headlong into the next
evolution. Things are being redefined as we speak —we knew
we wanted to be in the core. At the park, we have planted
seeds with business, government and academia that extend far
beyond the region’s boundaries. We have ambitious plans for
Trivaris and we know it can happen here. That is very exciting.”
Most entrepreneurs blaze a trail
filled with trial and error, each
mistake a stopping place on the
path to success. But what might happen if
entrepreneurs had the opportunity to benefit
from the learning and expertise of others
while charting their own course? That is
the thought behind an interesting company,
Trivaris Ltd. Founded five years ago in a
backyard brainstorming session, Trivaris
emulates the very qualities attributable to
entrepreneurial patterns of behaviour.
“What makes an entrepreneur
successful? Although there are as many
answers to that question as there are
entrepreneurs, one factor holds true.
Entrepreneurs share a unique blend of
character traits that can move ideas
from concept to reality. They are naïve
enough to believe they can actually
change the world, possess the initiative
to give it a try, and are fuelled with the
perseverance to survive all the heavy
lifting and naysayers. Ultimately, they
are willing to try on something new,
break with convention, risk failure and
learn from their mistakes. Over and over
again if required.”
Ty Shattuck,
Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer, Trivaris Ltd.
trivaris ltd. making ideas
reality.
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IDENTITY LOCATION
Toronto
ON
WEBSITE
www.sunnybrook.ca
S U N N Y B R O O K H E A LT H
S C I E N C E C E N T R E
Sunnybrook Health Science Centre is committed to
providing healthcare for people across the Greater Toronto
area, throughout Ontario, Canada and the rest of the globe
with new treatments, education, training and patient safety.
The centre offers an incredible place to work, study, conduct
research and receive care. The 11,000+ staff, physicians,
volunteers and students there improve the lives of more than
one million people daily. The high standard of commitment at
the centre has resulted in an international reputation and a
vital role in the Ontario healthcare system. Apart from other
health science centres, the centre offers specialized services
that are unavailable in other communities.
The vision for Sunnybrook Health Science Centre is to transform
healthcare. Sunnybrook is dedicated to the creation of an
academic centre that, in partnership with its communities and
fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, will ensure a full
range of high quality, values-based, patient-centred services.
Building upon the foundations of women’s health, Sunnybrook
Health Science Centre emphasizes excellence, collaboration,
accountability, respect and empowerment.
Affiliated with the University of Toronto, the centre’s Sunnybrook
Research Institute is a hospital-based research institute in
Toronto that is dedicated to the advancement of medical science.
Scientists at the Institute are developing innovative approaches
to treatments that enhance and extend life and are also working
hard to understand and prevent disease.
Through partnership with the University of Toronto,
Sunnybrook Research Institute is able to provide hands-on
learning opportunities taught by scientists in the field of
medicine. Opportunities are provided to undergraduate
students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows through
research projects in molecular and cellular biology, clinical
epidemiology, clinical integrative biology and imaging.
The Institute also welcomes new research trainees like
engineers and physicists into the labs in order to refine skills
and apply knowledge to priority science questions.
Through partnerships within the industry, Sunnybrook Research
Institute is dedicated to leading world-class research and
ensuring that the results of that research lead to tangible
solutions. Continuously striving to achieve new and innovative
medical advancements to enhance the health care of Canadians
and global citizens, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre has
made their presence known and welcomed, and they will
continue to research and invent in order to preserve the
longevity of the human race.
IDENTITY LOCATION
Hamilton
ON
WEBSITE
www.mcmasterinnovationpark.com
M C M A S T E R
I N N O VAT I O N P A R K
Branching off of its existing reputation as a research
centre of excellence, McMaster University is in the
process of transforming vacant fields and warehouses
into a renowned research centre of excellence. McMaster
Innovation Park will be a place for connection, collaboration
and commerce involving people from the university, other
educational institutions, government and the private sector, and
an internationally recognized focal point for learning, creativity,
innovation and research excellence.
McMaster Innovation Park will develop and sustain an
environment that facilitates innovation, encourages successful
collaboration and is aligned with the research strengths of
McMaster University. Goals include a global reach resulting in
regional growth that educates the community about the exciting
role of the university in the innovation process and about new
developing technologies.
The McMaster Innovation Park will house laboratories, offices,
teaching training and conference facilities in support of
research and development. These facilities will kick-start the
commercialization of research into new and marketable products
and services and create new companies that will provide high-
paying, highly skilled jobs in the Hamilton region.
McMaster plans to build an infrastructure that encompasses all of
the necessary amenities to help distinguish the brightest minds
of the future. McMaster Innovation Park will meet all business
needs to reach high productivity as well as work and life balance.
More than just a provider of real estate, the park will provide a
support system to tenants and clients that will include specialized
training, technical services, business administration support
along with professional accounting, legal, financing, management
and marketing services and advice.
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IDENTITY LOCATION
Oshawa
ON
WEBSITE
www.research.uoit.ca
U N I V E R S I T Y
O F O N T A R I O
I N S T I T U T E O F
T E C H N O L O G Y
The University of Ontario
Institute of Technology (UOIT)
has developed a new strategic
research plan focusing on five primary
research themes: Community and Social
Wellness, Sustainable Energy, Applied
Bioscience Automotive, Materials and
Manufacturing and Information and
Communication Technology. As a young
institution in a highly competitive
research environment, its research
performance has been unprecedented.
With themes closely aligned with federal
and provincial research and innovation
priorities, UOIT is poised to contribute
vastly to the main sectors of the
Canadian economy as well as its social
wellness. The UOIT Act which created
the university specifies a market-driven
mandate which is physically carved in
stone in one of the university’s hallways.
UOIT’s research vision is to have the
university community committed and
engaged in research and scholarly
activities of national and international
standards, with the great potential to
have an impact on society by addressing
socio-economical issues of regional,
national and global significance.
UOIT’s Strategic Research Plan focuses
on advancing and supporting the
research and innovation momentum
successfully created over the university’s
first five years. UOIT will achieve this
by closely matching the knowledge
and training delivered on campus with
the advanced technology and skills
required by the Canadian economy and
by structuring institutional research
priorities to maximize the economic
and social benefits of the university’s
research results for the country.
UOIT is in the process of developing a
new Campus Master Plan. A community
stakeholder committee has been
active for two years to build consensus
around the vision for a research park
and to mobilize resources for the next
stage of planning. A consulting study
has confirmed rich potential for a
research park to be integrated tightly
into the UOIT campus and community.
As a result, the vision for developing
a research park has been directly
integrated into the Master Planning
process. The hope is to move ahead with
an exciting vision for a research park in
the coming months.
IDENTITY LOCATION
Guelph
ON
WEBSITE
www.uoguelph.ca/realestate/projects/RPSouth
U N I V E R S I T Y O F G U E L P H
R E S E A R C H P A R K
The University of Guelph Research
Park is anchored by three key
institutions, the first being The
University of Guelph, one of Canada’s
most acclaimed and research intensive
universities. It is within close proximity
to the provincial government business
complex and the new home for the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Affairs. Its other neighbours are
the regional office of Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Food
Inspection Agency. The location of the
research park gives it an international
scope of the agri-food industry.
The university’s research influence
partnered with provincial and federal
support has impelled strong and
manageable growth. Today, 26 clients
and their employees call the research
park their business home. Their interests
include medical and pharmaceutical
research and development, agriculture,
technical services, environmental services
and information technology.
The University of Guelph Research Park
was conceived as an academic initiative
to enhance research at the university and
foster cooperation with other institutions.
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Ranked as the best company to work for by Fortune Magazine, Google is well known
for its commitment to hiring the best and brightest. The search company based in
Mountain View, California recognizes the importance of having international offices to
meet the needs of their clients and employees.
“We want to hire the best people to create the best products for our users. That’s why
we’ve come to an area well known for developing great engineering talent,” said Alex
Nicolaou, a mobile engineering manager at Google Waterloo. “Waterloo is a globally
recognized leader in both the technology business and education. By being physically
located here we benefit from close proximity to the University of Waterloo and the
city’s tech sector.”
Google has worked to create an appealing work environment and culture. The
company fosters a strong sense of connectedness and encourages the open exchange
of ideas. It offers its employees opportunities to tackle the toughest problems in
computer science and develop innovative products in a collaborative environment.
As in all Google offices, Google Waterloo employees work in small, focused teams.
Google’s location at the Research Park provides exciting opportunities for Canadians
to advance the company’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it
universally accessible and useful. Google and the University of Waterloo both share a
passionate belief in the value of integrating education with on-the-job training. Being
located adjacent to each other will enable them to forge an even stronger bond over time.
The ‘Googlers’, or Google employees, based in the University of Waterloo Research
+ Technology Park concentrate on high-profile engineering projects, including
applications targeted at mobile devices, such as search and mobile GMail and tools for
advertisers. For some Waterloo Googlers, it starts with a co-op program that combines
dynamic work experience with a world-class education; for others, it is an easy
transition after university to simply move across campus to work at Google’s new office.
“It’s very important for us to develop a strong relationship with the University of
Waterloo and its talented students and researchers,” said Stuart Feldman, Vice
President of Engineering at Google. “We are actively recruiting top engineering talent
to join our current team in Waterloo. With Google, they will have plenty of opportunity
to work on innovative and challenging products.”
The Research + Technology Park facilities help foster a productive and supportive
workplace, with easy access to a fitness center, a dentist and banking. In Google’s own
office, catered food is brought in daily for lunch, which is eaten in the cafe adjoining the
Googler’s play space. In addition to creating a productive and fun work environment,
Google recognizes the benefits of situating itself in a city that offers a high quality of
life to its employees. With continued plans to grow in Waterloo, Google is committed to
the community and looks forward to being an important part of the city’s success.
Why did one of the world’s most
innovative companies set up shop in
Waterloo? In a word: Talent. google organizing the
world’s information.
UW RESEARCH + TECHNOLOGY PARK | Waterloo, ON
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IDENTITY LOCATION
Waterloo
ON
WEBSITE
www.uwrtpark.uwaterloo.ca
U N I V E R S I T Y O F W A T E R L O O
R E S E A R C H + T E C H N O L O G Y P A R K
The University of Waterloo is committed
to creating a unique community-
based Research + Technology Park
with a mandate to foster radical innovation.
The park is a $214-million project that is
supported by a comprehensive partnership
among the University, the Government
of Canada, the Province of Ontario, the
Region of Waterloo, the City of Waterloo,
Communitech, and Canada’s Technology
Triangle with active stakeholder involvement.
The Research Park provides a powerfully
supportive base for radical, high impact
research. It is a place for those who seek
commanding commercial advantage through
technological leadership-organizations with
the vision and drive to shift the ground under
their competitors. With close proximity to
the talent of the University community, the
park is surrounded by the world’s largest
co-operative education program and a
ready and willing grad population. Today
45 companies, housed in six buildings, call
the park home. Current notable tenants
include Sybase, Open Text, CGI, RIM, Navtech
and GOOGLE. Planning is underway for an
additional 200,000 sq. ft. of multi-tenant/
multi-use buildings.
Located on the University’s North
Campus, the Park is ultimately designed
to accommodate 1.2 million sq. ft. of office
space in Phase I. This includes plans for
thirteen buildings housing 6,000 employees
on 120 acres of land.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
The University of Waterloo is recognized as one of the most
innovative universities in North America. It has earned
that reputation by aggressively supporting research and
innovation in all its forms. In fact, more Canadian high-tech and
knowledge-based spin-off companies can trace their roots to
the University of Waterloo than to any other school. Over
250 spin-off companies have been forged in the assertive
culture of the University of Waterloo including companies
such as Research In Motion, Open Text, Dalsa, Maplesoft, and
Certicom. Today a total of over 500 technology companies call
the Region of Waterloo home.
ABOUT THE ACCELERATOR CENTRE
Technology start-ups are a rich source of innovation — the
Accelerator Centre’s dynamic space acts as a catalyst for new
organizations to disrupt the marketplace. In February 2009, The
Accelerator Centre was awarded the “Good Practices Award
2008” for Commercialization Excellence. Presented annually
by the Technopolicy Network (Netherlands) and Centre for
Strategy and Evaluation Services, (United Kingdom), the award
is part of a global competition involving business incubators.
The award recognizes excellence in “achieving faster exits (for
startups) by performing a gap analysis of the status of the
companies at the time that they enter the Accelerator,” and
helping the 20+ fledgling companies to attract critical financing,
hire employees and obtain customers. Once in the Accelerator
Centre, start-ups participate in programs and mentoring that
assist them in analyzing the marketplace, finding a revenue
stream, and setting up a solid governance system. Examples
of new companies that have graduated from the Accelerator
Centre include: Primal Fusion; Miovision; and TeraPac.
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bio-based products, be they energy molecules for combustion
or rubber for the soles of your boots.”
In 2008, the Bioindustrial Innovation Centre was awarded
$14.95 million over five years from the Government of Canada
under the new Centres of Excellence for Commercialization
and Research program. The federal government investment will
be matched with $5 million from other sources and leveraged
with over $30 million of additional funding from industry,
institutions, municipalities and provincial governments.
The physical facilities include over 50,000 sq. ft. of laboratory
and high bay pilot plant space, specially renovated to support
large scale commercial demonstrations of gasification,
pyrolysis, fermentation and other key technologies for
converting agricultural and forestry by-products into fuels,
chemicals, products and materials. Resources include a range
of specialized equipment for shared use by tenants and outside
clients. A variety of energy crops are being planted for use by
tenant projects and downstream processing of materials can
be performed at nearby Lambton College’s state-of the art
extrusion facilities, located adjacent to the Research Park.
There has already been significant progress towards achieving
the goals of the Bioindustrial Innovation Centre and its partners
to make Canada and the region a world leader in building a
sustainable economy. Over the past two years BIC has played
host to a variety of national and international workshops on
biomass conversion, energy policy, and commercialization.
The BIC has managed over 150 projects and accepted its first
tenants, including CENNATEK Bioanalytical, the Business
Development Bank of Canada (BDC), and an oil, gas, and
chemical testing facility for SGS Canada.
Nearby fully serviced industrial sites offer space for supported
projects to locate full scale production facilities. Size is no
limit. With up to thousands of acres available for the largest
potential bio-refineries, the strategy is working. The region is
now home to Canada’s two largest bio-fuel refineries, located
directly down the highway from the BIC, and has plans to add a
third similarly sized facility nearby, along with several smaller
plants. One of the largest solar farms in North America is under
construction about five minutes from the Research Park, and
the BIC has supported studies into converting the regional
power plant from burning to coal to agricultural biomass.
Another BIC project has supported the establishment of a
nearly 200 acre greenhouse designed to derive economic and
environmental benefits from waste heat and CO2 produced by
Terra Nitrogen’s neighboring fertilizer plant.
One of the first tenants, and a key proponent and partner of
the Bioindustrial Innovation Centre, is Sustainable Chemistry
Alliance (SCA). Headquartered at the Bioindustrial Innovation
Centre, the SCA serves the emerging new industry in Canada.
The alliance evolved from the former Ontario Chemistry Value
Chain Initiative, which had been implementing a strategy to
bridge the gap between biochemistry and synthetic chemistry.
As the founding president and CEO of the SCA, Dr. Murray
McLaughlin looks forward to helping companies overcome the
challenge of commercializing sustainable technologies. “This is
an opportunity for the Southwestern Ontario region and Canada
to become leaders in the development and commercialization of
sustainable technologies and processes,” says McLaughlin. “With
sustainability as our focus we will see new businesses created
and business values increase over the next few years.”
With initial funding from the Centres of Excellence for
Commercialization and Research, and from private sources, the
alliance will provide more than $5 million in funding over the next
five years. Funding will target the highest potential emerging
innovations and breakthroughs. McLaughlin says the SCA is now
working with private firms, government academic institutions,
research institutes, non-government organizations, communities
and farmers. It is active in sectors that include petrochemical and
refining, automotive, forestry, plastics and packaging.
The alliance plans to focus on areas where innovation in
science and engineering can bring about major advances in
sustainability. Sustainable chemistry plays an important role in
the development of solutions for the impacts of climate change,
peak oil, energy security, the need for safe water, and the use of
scarce natural resources.
McLaughlin is a well respected agricultural scientist and policy
maker who has extensive experience in business development
and venture capital financing. Other Board members include
representatives from the chemical, agricultural, and forestry
sectors, entrepreneurs along with current and former senior
executives from multinationals.
Working together with the Sustainable Chemistry Alliance,
the University of Western Ontario Research Park, and other
partners, the Bioindustrial Innovation Centre intends to
support over 100 projects over its first five years, launch one
or two start-up companies or new product lines each year,
and support up to 1,000 jobs in research and engineering.
The ultimate goal is to attract over $1 billion in new bio-based
investments to Canada by 2014.
In 2003, the City of Sarnia and County of
Lambton made a rather bold decision: they
purchased a 300 acre parcel of land and
a sprawling office and laboratory complex
originally built as the Canadian headquarters
for the Dow Chemical Company. In partnership
with the University of Western Ontario,
their vision was to establish the property as
the centerpiece of their broader economic
development strategy as the Sarnia-Lambton
Campus of the University of Western Ontario
Research Park.
Located on the border with Michigan, the Sarnia-Lambton
region has long been the home to Canada’s largest traditional
petro-chemical cluster. In fact, North America’s first commercial
oil was discovered in Lambton County in 1858. The area has
a track record of innovations ranging from a Nobel Prize
winning industrial researcher to the local industry association
pioneering the “Responsible Care” model, since adopted
globally by the chemical industry. It is also one of the most
fertile agricultural regions in Ontario and a leading producer of
soy, corn, and wheat.
With the steady rise in global competitiveness, and increasing
demand for sustainable alternatives to traditional fossil
fuels, the community recognized the need to diversify from
its traditional base with a deliberate strategy to leverage its
existing strengths in chemicals, energy, and agriculture in order
to attract new investment in industry biotechnology, including
biofuels and biochemicals. This approach has attracted interest
from hundreds of partners across the country and around
the world leading to the establishment of the $50 million
Bioindustrial Innovation Centre (BIC) at the University of
Western Ontario Research Park.
“Historically, all industrial products were bio-based”, notes Dr.
Don Hewson, Managing Director of the Bioindustrial Innovation
Centre, who previously spent 28 years as a chemist with Exxon
Mobile and Imperial Oil. “Petroleum started to sweep aside
some of the industrial products early in the 20th century when
organic chemists learned how to rearrange petroleum into a
wide range of things. But with petroleum prices on the rise, you
will see oil-based products increasingly being supplemented by
the bioindustrial innovation centreestablishing canada’s leading centre for the commercial ization of
industrial biotechnology at the university of western ontario research
park, sarnia-lambton campus.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO RESEARCH PARK | London, ON
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The University of Western Ontario
Research Park is home to a
growing number of innovative
tenant organizations, ranging from
venture backed start-ups to established
SME’s, from non-profit social enterprises
to the global research labs of large
multi-nationals, and including two
of Canada’s largest biotechnology
incubators: the Stiller Centre and the
Bioindustrial Innovation Centre.
The Research Park manages over 130
acres of development land and 600,000
sq. ft. of existing laboratory, office, and
conference space across 11 buildings
at two Campus locations in London,
Ontario (midway between Toronto and
Detroit) and Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario,
Canada (on the border of Michigan and
Ontario). The Research Park’s growing
roster of over 70 tenants and spin-offs
collectively employ over 2,000 people
and contribute over $100 million dollars
to the Canadian economy.
The Research Park’s London Campus
was established in 1989 and is located
just north of the University of Western
Ontario (www.uwo.ca), one of Canada’s
largest research intensive universities,
with over 30,000 students attending
12 faculties, including Engineering,
Science, Medicine, and the Richard Ivey
School of Business, one of the leading
international business schools in the
world. The Campus is also adjacent to
one the largest integrated teaching
hospitals in North America, and is
walking distance from the Robarts
Research Institute, a pioneering medical
imaging research centre.
Facilities at the London Campus include
a major Federal laboratory operated by
the National Research Council of Canada,
the Windermere Manor Hotel and
Conference Centre, and the Stiller Centre
for Technology Commercialization, a
50,000 sq. ft. biotechnology wet-lab
incubator. The Stiller Centre is home to
20 early stage life sciences companies,
ranging from medical devices to HIV
vaccines, and offers a variety of value-
added programs to its tenants and
clients. Over the past five years, tenants
have secured well over $50 million in
equity investments and have leveraged
a further $10 million in Federal and
Provincial research grants.
The Research Park’s Sarnia-Lambton
Campus was established in 2003 in
partnership with the County of Lambton,
City of Sarnia, and the University of
Western Ontario. The Sarnia-Lambton
Campus was formerly the headquarters
and research labs for Dow Chemical
Canada, and is located in the heart of
Canada’s largest petro-chemical cluster.
Between 2007 and 2008, the Research
Park has raised over $50 million to
expand the campus by 75,000 sq. ft. for
tenants such as the global engineering
giant WorleyParsons, and to establish the
Bioindustrial Innovation Centre, Canada’s
leading centre for the commercialization
of large-scale industrial biotechnology.
The London Campus is also expanding,
having attracted the global centre for
butyl rubber research for LANXESS
(formerly Bayer Chemicals), a world-
wide leader in specialty chemicals
with sales in 2007 of $9.7 billion and
about 15,200 employees in 21 countries.
LANXESS is locating a new multi-tenant
building constructed and operated in an
energy and environmentally responsible
approach for LEED certification by
the Canadian Green Building Council.
This 65,000 sq. ft., high-performance
building will provide industry with
access to one of the most sophisticated
and greenest laboratory buildings in
Canada and represents an investment
of more than $20 million in the region’s
advanced manufacturing sector. This
building also provides additional
collaborative spaces to support
Research Park programs and encourage
interaction between tenants and visitors.
IDENTITY LOCATION
London
ON
WEBSITE
www.researchpark.ca
T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F
W E S T E R N O N T A R I O
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CREATING NEW PRODUCTSCangene has expanded its product line in recent years to
include three more approved hyper immune products:
HepaGam B• ® — used to prevent reoccurrence of hepatitis B
infections in patients undergoing liver transplantation or to
treat acute exposure to hepatitis B virus;
VariZIG• ® — used to prevent chickenpox during pregnancy;
Vaccinia immune globulin — counteracts certain reactions that •
may accompany smallpox vaccination.
Cangene’s recent focus on infectious and the biodefense
sector has led to research and development of not only its VIG
product, but also products aimed at counteracting anthrax,
Ebola, Marburg, burkholderia, ricin and botulism products.
Cangene has delivered three products to the U.S. Strategic
National Stockpile making it one of the largest civilian
contractors to the U.S. government. Its botulism antitoxin
and anthrax immune globulin base contracts are valued at
approximately $500 million US over four years.
GROWTH OVER THE YEARS
Sales orders of this nature make Cangene Corporation one of
the largest companies in Smartpark, both in revenues and in
number of employees. In 2008, the company reported revenues
of $166 million and has more than 400 employees who work
out of Cangene Corporation’s 155 Innovation Drive facility.
The company also has a second facility in Winnipeg for its
biotechnology products, an office in Toronto and facilities in
four locations in the U.S.
“Being in Smartpark makes it easy for us to hire graduates and
alumni from the University of Manitoba”, said president Dr. John
Langstaff, a UofM alum himself. “It’s a good place to have a
technology-based enterprise.”
Cangene’s Smartpark facility itself has undergone two
expansions in recent years. Four years ago, a 77,000 sq. ft.
expansion was added on to the original Rh Institute building to
include more space for administrative offices and the packaging
area. Last year, a second 43,000 sq. ft. addition was completed
to make space for Cangene’s new product development.
CHOWN & BOWMAN
There are some individuals who change the world
irrevocably. Their diligent efforts, fuelled by questions,
concerns and curiosity, are the catalysts for scientific
discoveries. Two such individuals made a life or death
difference in the lives of children everywhere on the planet:
Dr. Bruce Chown and Dr. John Bowman, paediatric pioneers
whose legacy lives on.
Dr. Bruce Chown and Dr. John Bowman, both born in Winnipeg, pioneered treatment
for babies born with rhesus disease and eventually developed a vaccine that
prevented the fatal illness. The doctors gained worldwide recognition for their
development of WinRho.
Before WinRho was discovered, Rh-negative mothers who carried an Rh-positive
baby developed antibodies that could treat the fetus like an intruder in the mother’s
body. The mother would be able to carry a healthy first child to term, but following
pregnancies could be affected. Generally, the reaction would either cause a
miscarriage or would be fatal to the baby shortly after birth.
Chown and Bowman’s work put Winnipeg on the neonatal map. Rh-negative women
pregnant with Rh-positive babies travelled from around the world for treatment.
DR. JOHN BOWMAN
1968: Made an Officer of the
Order of Canada
1968: Founded the Winnipeg Rh Institute
1968: Co-developed WinRho
1971: Awarded the Karl Landsteiner
memorial Award
DR. BRUCH CHOWN
1961: Became clinical director
of the Rh Lab
1964: Completed the first successful
intrauterine transfusion in
North America
1968: Co-developed WinRho
1983: Made an Officer of the
Order of Canada
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cangene corporation: a legacy of saving lives carries onand it al l started with a university of manitoba discovery.
The discovery of Rh disease prevention is still talked about almost
40 years later in research circles at The University of Manitoba. In 1969,
two of the university’s researchers, Dr. John Bowman and Dr. Bruce
Chown, first discovered that Rho(D) immune globulin could be used to prevent
a pregnant mother’s Rh-negative blood from attacking her unborn child’s Rh-
positive blood, thereby preventing Rh disease (also known as hemolytic disease
of the newborn).
The Rh Institute, a precursor of today’s Cangene, was the first tenant of
Smartpark Research and Technology Park, before there even was a Smartpark.
The non-profit Institute was established to commercialize the Rho(D) immune
globulin discovery, trade named WinRho SDF®, to help millions of pregnant
women and their babies around the world.
Fast forward to 1984 when a publicly traded Cangene Corporation, a Mississauga,
Ontario company, amalgamated with Winnipeg’s Rh Pharmaceuticals (as the
Institute had already been renamed). The newly merged company continued under
the Cangene name and with Cangene’s listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
SMARTPARK | Winnipeg, MB
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Established in 1980, Innovation
Place is one of the most
successful university-related
research parks in North America.
Located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan,
the park is situated on 80 acres adjacent
to the University of Saskatchewan and
builds on the institution’s strengths in
agriculture, information technology, and
environmental and life sciences.
For more than 25 years, Innovation
Place has set the standard of excellence
through innovative leadership in design,
marketing and operations. Through
the pursuit of excellence in design,
operations and administration, along
with innovation in all encompassing
business activities and open and
accountable collaboration in all
partnerships, Innovation Place has
supported the growth and success of
the Saskatchewan technology sector.
Innovation Place’s goal is to enhance the
technology sector by contributing to the
growth of the parks’ clients, supporting
the establishment of new technology
companies and attracting new science
and technology activity to the province.
The park is home to a range of new
and value-added products, processes
and technologies. It is a place where
scientists and business professionals
alike come together, where exploration
and expertise go hand in hand. The park
is home to 146 clients, employing more
than 2,700 people in 19 buildings across
the park. Innovation Place is also home
to the renowned Bio Processing Centre,
providing custom processing for the
nutraceutical, cosmetic and agri-food
industries. With locations in Saskatoon,
Regina and Prince Albert, Innovation
Place research parks contribute over
$592 million annually to the provincial
economy.
The Innovation Place in Regina is one
of Canada’s newest university-related
research parks and home to 33 clients
and employs more than 1,000 people.
Located immediately adjacent to the
University of Regina, the park builds
on the strengths of the university
to develop knowledge clusters in
fields such as information technology,
petroleum and the environmental
sciences.
The Forest Centre, located in Prince
Albert is specifically designed for the
natural resources and forestry sectors.
It was the first in Saskatchewan to
be awarded the Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design Gold
Certification award for its commitment
to sustainability and environmental
responsibility.
Innovation Place continuously strives
for excellence while also supporting
the success of the technology sector
through the development and operation
of research parks.
LOCATION
Saskatoon
SKRegina
SKPrince Albert
SK
IDENTITYWEBSITE
www.innovationplace.com
I N N O VA T I O N
P L A C EMANITOBA’S SMARTPARK —
WHERE IDEAS BECOME REALITY
What was once a field where sheep
grazed beside the University of Manitoba
is now fertile ground for some of
the most dynamic and fast-growing
companies in Manitoba.
In just seven years, SMARTPARK
Research and Technology Park has
grown from three tenants in one
facility to 20 tenants in seven facilities
including a business incubator that has
seen explosive growth in just two years.
SMARTPARK’s tenants are involved in
broad research areas that match the
research expertise at the University
of Manitoba, including Information
and Communications Technology,
Engineering and Advanced Materials,
Health and Biotechnology
and Agricultural and Nutritional
Sciences. Tenants range from global
giants like Cangene Corporation and
Monsanto Canada to SME’s like RTDS
Technologies, DMT Development,
TRLabs and PM Canada.
THE EUREKA PROJECT
Technology innovation is a tough
business. That’s why emerging
entrepreneurs need a fast track to
commercial success. The eureka project is
SMARTPARK’s highly successful business
incubator where good ideas become
commercial success stories.
It’s a community of creators where
collaboration and networking are
nurtured. The incubator puts in place
support systems that not only facilitate
the birth of new ventures but also
accelerate the process of technology
commercialization. It oversees the
life cycle of exciting new businesses
by connecting them to government,
University and student researchers and
to the private sector success stories
already in the park. Most critical to the
growth of technology-based ventures
is the connection to the University of
Manitoba. By leveraging these synergies,
the eureka project has a track record of
transforming early stage entrepreneurs
into international competitors.
BUILDING COMMUNITY IS KEY
A sense of community is key to
developing a successful research park.
That’s why they offer programs that bring
all of the key sectors together. They have
an Interactive Breakfast Series, a Jazz
Innovators Series, a Kid-netic Energy
Series working in tandem with Women
in Science and Engineering (WISE), and
annual Community Town Hall Forums.
SMARTPARK is also a community where
creativity becomes part of the culture.
Case in point — a new 25,000 sq. ft.
expansion for a current tenant will be
an architectural first for the Province.
Currently under construction, the mirror-
clad facility being built over a retention
pond will blend seamlessly between water
and sky. An architectural icon in the
making — a first for the Province — an idea
turned into reality.
With widespread regional appeal and
expertise-specific sectors on the doorstep
of the province’s major research-intensive
University, SMARTPARK offers a Manitoba
model for how partnering research
and innovation with sound business
enterprises can work.
LOCATION
Winnipeg
MB
IDENTITYWEBSITE
www.umanitoba.ca/smartpark
S M A R T P A R K A T U N I V E R S I T Y
O F M A N I T O B A
SMARTPARK QUICK FACTS
Area: 100 acres 20 tenants and 9 eureka project clients
1,000 tenant employees $117 million in capital investment
7 buildings with a 25,000 sq. ft. facility now under construction
Tenant Mix by number of tenants
Health and Biotechnology15%
Information and Communications Technology25%
Engineering and Advanced Materials25%
Agricultural and Nutritional35%
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LOCATION
Calgary
AB
IDENTITYWEBSITE
www.calgarytechnologies.com
C A L G A R Y T E C H N O L O G I E S I N C .
Calgary Technologies Inc. (CTI) was developed to
assist entrepreneurs by helping accelerate the
success of their technology company. Through their
partnerships with the City of Calgary, the Calgary Chamber
of Commerce and the University of Calgary, CTI will discover
new opportunities and build connections with other companies
within sectors. CTI intends to accelerate the success of the
advanced technology community by helping companies to build,
grow and connect. CTI offers a range of programs, services and
resources for business commercialization and incubation.
With their unique set-up, CTI’s vision is to be known by their
clients as a business accelerator and to improve the excellence
in the commercialization process and leadership in the
advanced technology community. CTI owns the Alastair Ross
Technology Centre (ARTC), which is a full service business
centre for small to medium sized technology companies based
in Calgary. The ARTC is the headquarters for CTI and also home
to 50 resident technology companies and over 50 companies
that utilize its services. Companies that choose to make ARTC
their business address are gaining access to a variety of value-
added business services and resources that are not offered
through any other company.
The ARTC received BOMA Go Green Certification in 2006
in recognition of its efforts to reduce energy consumption
throughout its buildings and occupants, reduce operating costs
and improve waste management. In addition to receiving the
Go Green Certification, the ARTC is home to Alberta’s EcoRoof
“Green” Roof initiative which was developed to show the
advantages of green roof technology and to serve as a research
hub for a variety of initiatives.
The Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program is providing
knowledge and experience for new entrepreneurs in the
Calgary area. The EIR provides real-world business advice to
small or medium sized companies and is available to assist with
almost any business topic.
The ultimate goal for CTI, is to be innovative and flexible
in developing client solutions by emphasizing teamwork,
respect and value-add services. Through connections and
collaborations, CTI will help drive the Calgary region to better
serve its advanced technology needs.
The Edmonton Research Park is
set in a beautiful campus in south
Edmonton. The park is only 15
minutes from the centre of Alberta’s
capital city and the same distance from
Edmonton International Airport or the
University of Alberta, one of Canada’s
premier research universities. More than
1,500 people work for 35 companies in
the park. They are engaged in advanced
research in medicine, biotechnology,
electronics, telecommunications,
software, petroleum research and cold-
climate engineering.
The park appears at first to be a group
of greenhouses set into a grassy hill.
In a way, that’s what the Edmonton
Advanced Technology Centre is meant
to be - a light, airy greenhouse where
new companies sprout and grow. The
award-winning, 43,000 sq. ft. building
opened in Edmonton Research Park in
1988 as a business incubator for up to
33 start-up companies.
Established in 1980, the park was
designed to accommodate the smallest
to the biggest research companies.
Facilities include an advanced Technology
Centre incubator for start-up companies,
Research Centre One which provides
flexible lab and production space for
second-stage companies and other sites
which are available for larger companies
to build their own research and
development facilities.
Rents for offices and labs are flexible
and sustainable. Tenants must be
research-oriented start-ups who possess
a working business plan. Companies
have access to boardrooms and office
equipment such as fax machines and
photocopier. Tenancy is reviewed
annually and usually lasts from one
to three years, after which companies
often move to other quarters in the
Edmonton Research Park.
Research Centre One houses emerging
companies that have moved beyond
the incubator stage. Typically, a tenant
company is up and running and in the
process of developing a prototype
product. It may have outgrown its
first space in the nearby Advanced
Technology Centre. Often it needs
specialized space, such as wet labs
or small manufacturing facilities.
Research Centre One and the Advanced
Technology Centre are the only city-
owned buildings on the Edmonton
Research Park campus. Other owners in
the park include the Alberta Research
Council, Syncrude Research and Biomira.
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U.S. Department of Energy’s bioenergy
research centre in California. In late
2008, the firm signed a three-year deal
with Pfizer to provide their informatics
solutions to the pharma giant’s research
centers globally.
In 2003 GenoLogics moved to the
Vancouver Island Technology Park,
where space and networking with
Victoria’s technology community
expedited the firm’s expansion. The
University of Victoria’s Innovation
and Development Corporation helped
DeGreef put together an advisory board,
some of whom provided start-up capital.
To facilitate this transition in 2004,
DeGreef turned over GenoLogics’
leadership to Michael Ball, a member of
the executive at Creo, a Burnaby-based
software team whose sales he had
helped boost from $70 million to $700
million between 1995 and 2000.
Ball has led GenoLogics through three
“tranches” of venture-capital fundraising
in 2005, 2007 and February of this year,
each of US$5 million, and is leading
GenoLogics’ rapid business expansion.
DeGreef’s own role has evolved from
a jack-of-all trades start-up role in the
earlier days, to early-stage business
management, to his current role of vice
president market strategy, a crucial
job at this stage in the firm’s life. As
the research and clinical implications
of genomics rapidly expands, the
informatic needs exponentially evolve.
“We have to stay on the cutting edge
with our technology platform,” says
DeGreef. “Every customer is complex,
advanced, and drowning in data. I travel
a fair bit. We’re in a state of perpetual
entrepreneurialship and innovation to
meet our market’s rapid growth.”
- By Steve Weatherbe
door. The enterprise’s name was GenoLogics. The foot’s name
was bioinformatics, which is the processing and analysis of
information; the newly opened room into which the foot was
thrust was genomics and systems biology research.
Genomics, says Wikipedia, is the study of the genomes of all
living things, but the interest, and the money, is in human
genomes. The evolution of genomics quickly challenged the
new company by zooming in from genes to proteins and by
shifting its thrust from pure research to something more
applied. “Think of traditional medical research as a waterfall,”
says DeGreef. Pure research happens in labs and is tested
first on animals and then on humans. The treatment, if found
effective in enough cases, is approved over a multi-year FDA
clinical trial and then prescribed to everyone with the disease
(the waterfall), with the knowledge that with some it will fail.
Genomics research changes this waterfall approach, and
very quickly challenged the new company by moving its
thrust from pure research to a new kind of interactive
or “translational” research which links the fundamental
researchers more directly with diagnostics in hospitals and
clinics and personalized therapeutics with large pharmaceutical
companies. Cooperating physicians and pharmacologists are
testing treatments on patients while recording their genetic
information along with their response to the treatment and
their medical histories.
Genomics studies involving thousands of patients are becoming
common, all with a view to discovering genetic predispositions
to specific diseases, determining which treatments work
for people with which genetic characteristics. This can only
be effective if there is software to preserve and process the
vast amount of data. GenoLogics has grown, says DeGreef,
by identifying the need in general, and then addressing and
solving it for specific pharmaceutical companies and medical
research centres. The field of genomics had these attractive
features, he says: “There was little competition; the need was
growing and becoming pervasive; the data management and
analysis needs were bottlenecking highly valuable medical
research; and large research companies and institutions were
willing to pay a lot of money for this help.”
GenoLogics found clients with universities first, then
biotechnology and major pharmaceutical firms, then research
hospitals and cancer centres. In the past few months, for
example, its products have been adopted by the Toronto
Hospital for Sick Children’s applied genomics center, the
Welcome Trust’s Centre for human genetics in the U.K. and the
“By locating at VITP, we have been able
to situate ourselves in a supportive
and energetic environment that allows
GenoLogics to attract and retain highly-
skilled employees. The proximity to
other like businesses and the energy
within the park is both motivating and
gratifying for our people.”
James DeGreef,
Founder, GenoLogics
A University of Victoria Commerce graduate who went on into computer science,
DeGreef jokes that he was genetically predisposed to pursue the commercial
opportunities in genetics with his own company rather than pursue pure research for
someone else.
“My father and grandfather were both successful businessmen,” he says. “Moreover,
‘being master of my own destiny,’ had strong appeal then and still does.”
He and a friend from computer science discovered that a University of Victoria-based
research unit working on cutting edge proteomics studies needed specialist software
to track and correlate the immense volume of data produced by their research and
that of collaborating American and Canadian universities.
“We offered them a solution for $25,000. But if we’d known a competitive bid from
Applied Biosystem proposed to do it for half-a-million dollars,” DeGreef jokes, “we
might have bid a little higher.” Indeed, the two men’s solution did come in somewhat
over the original bid, but an enterprise was launched and the foot was truly in the
Without knowing where it would
take him, James DeGreef got the
inspiration for GenoLogics (and
ran with it) from the Human Genome Project.
This celebrated scientific effort undertaken
by American, British, Canadian and New
Zealand geneticists took from 1990 to 2003
to sequence the entire human genome,
representing about 25,000-plus individual
human genes. “Not knowing much about it,”
admits DeGreef, “is what made this new field
very interesting.”
This article was reprinted with permission from: Business Examiner Vancouver Island | www.businessexaminer.net
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VANCOUVER ISLAND TECHNOLOGY PARK | Victoria, BC
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The University of Victoria’s
Technology Parks have single
handedly transformed Greater
Victoria into one of British Columbia’s
largest technology centres. The
Vancouver Island Technology Park (VITP)
and the proposed Ocean Technology Park
(OTP) have created essential nodes for
the technology community to flourish on
Vancouver Island.
Located in Victoria, British Columbia,
the Vancouver Island Technology Park
is a major centre for technology activity
and is easily accessible from Vancouver,
Seattle, Portland, San Francisco
and other Pacific Rim locations. As
Canada’s first LEED Gold Project, VITP
concentrates on partnerships with
organizations such as the BC Innovation
Council, VIATeC, NRC-IRAP, and
universities and colleges to better assist
the high tech community.
The Vancouver Island Technology Park
continues to surpass expectations by
expanding the capacity of knowledge
transfer, creating a home to small
and medium sized companies, as well
as providing experiential learning
opportunities for students in their
partnering universities and colleges.
Home to thirty-two technology
companies and industry associations,
VITP is one of the region’s most
significant contributors to economic
growth and knowledge generation.
In 2007, VITP generated in excess of
$358 million to the economy of Canada
(including $51.4 million in tax revenues)
— an increase of 13% since 2005.
VITP continues to be an employment
powerhouse, generating well over 2,100
direct and indirect jobs in the region. In
addition to creating significant economic
benefits, VITP is also a magnet for
attracting a knowledgeable workforce.
In 2007, 63% of VITP’s employees held
a university degree — three times more
than the BC provincial average.
With more than 191,000 sq. ft. of rentable
area in Phase I, VITP has designed a
Master Plan that will accommodate an
additional 250,000 sq. ft., which can
provide an ideal environment for growing
technology companies. The Park offers
wet lab capability, specialized electrical
and venting systems, and the latest data
transfer technology. Flexible designs
allow the park to meet the changing
requirements of existing tenants, as well
as the needs of new start-up companies.
VITP’s 35 acres house a modern research
and technology centre that enhances the
creativity and productivity of its tenants
by clustering fuel cell, new media, wireless,
life science/biotech, ocean technology
and ICT companies while providing
amenities such as a fitness studio.
In July 2007, the governments of
Canada and British Columbia made an
investment towards the planning and
development of a world class, first of its
kind, national scale Ocean Technology
Park on Vancouver Island. The proposed
Ocean Technology Park will encompass
a 300,000 sq. ft. facility dedicated to
ocean and marine sciences with the
addition of a 100,000 sq. ft. wave tank
facility. The Master Plan for this facility
will be completed by June 2009 and can
be viewed on the VITP website.
LOCATION
Victoria
BC
IDENTITYWEBSITE
www.vitp.ca
U V I C ’ S VA N C O U V E R I S L A N D
T E C H N O L O G Y P A R K &
O C E A N T E C H N O L O G Y P A R K
A University of Victoria Enterprise
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Centre d’expertise en analyse environnementale du Québec www.ceaeq.gouv.qc.ca
CLD de Québec www.clddequebec.qc.ca
Compétitivité Québec www.competitivitequebec.org
Copernic Incorporated www.copernic.com
Copie-info Logi-aide informatique
Corporation du Parc technologique du Québec métropolitain www.parctechno.qc.ca
Corporation scientifique Claisse www.claisse.com
Courtage BGL ltée www.bglbrokerage.com
Dectro International www.dectro.com
Dectronique Informatique www.dectronique.qc.ca
Doric Lenses Incorporated www.doriclenses.com
Emispec www.emispec.ca
Explora Technologies Incorporated www.explora-tech.com
Fier Succès Incorporated www.fiersucces.com
Folia Biotech Incorporated www.foliabiotech.com ForwardSim Incorporated www.forwardsim.com
FPInnovations - Division Forintek www.fpinnovations.ca
Gaz Métro www.gazmetro.com
GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals www.gsk-bio.com
Groupe JMA Incorporated www.groupjma.com
Groupe Qualiso
Hydro Technologies (Canada) Incorporated www.hydrotechnologies.ca
IC2 Technologies www.ic2tech.com
IKON Documents et efficacité au travail www.ikon.com
Rocand Incorporated www.rocand.com
Inno-Centre Est du Québec www.inno-centre.com
INO www.ino.ca
INRS - Centre Eau, Terre et Environnement www.inrs-ete.uquebec.ca
InSpeck Incorporated www.inspeck.com
Institut de recherche et de développement en agroenvironnement (IRDA) www.irda.qc.ca
intelligenceSanté www.intelligencesante.com
Irosoft
Laboratoire Bio-Médic de l’Est www.biomedic.cc
Laboratoire Dentec www.dentec.ca
Laboratoires EnvironeX www.labenvironex.com
Le Groupe conseil McDuff Incorporated www.mcduff.ca
Lexmark Canada Incorporated www.lexmark.com
Load Systems International (LSI) www.loadsystems.com
Lyrtech Incorporated www.lyrtech.com
Maxtech Manufacturing Incorporated www.maxtech-mfg.com
MCG3D Incorporated www.mcg3d.com
Medicago www.medicago.com
Medical Intelligence Technologies Incorporated www.medicalintelligence.ca
Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation (DLEAA) www.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca
Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation (CQIASA) www.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca
Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune (MRNF) www.mrnfp.gouv.qc.ca
Ministère des Transports du Québec - Service des matériaux d’infrastructures (MTQ) www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca
Myca Health Incorporated www.myca.com
National Research Council - Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) www.pari-irap.cnrc-nrc.gc.ca
Novalait Incorporated www.novalait.ca
Novell Canada www.novell.com/canada
Olympus Corporation www.olympusndt.com
Optel Vision www.optelvision.com
Optosecurity Incorporated www.optosecurity.com
Ordre des ingénieurs forestiers du Québec www.oifq.com
PESCA Environnement www.pescaenvironnement.com
Phasoptx www.phasoptx.com
Réseau Trans-tech www.reseautranstech.qc.ca
Scripto Québec Incorporated
Service d’expertise en matériaux S.E.M. Incorporated www.sem.qc.ca
SGS X-Per-X Inc www.xperx.ca
SIMCO Technologies Incorporated www.simcotechnologies.com
Smart & Biggar www.smart-biggar.ca
Solutions Carcajou
SOVAR www.sovar.com
Studio Virtuel Concept (SVC) www.svc.qc.ca
Systèmes Onca Incorporated www.onpower.com
TACT Conseil www.tactconseil.com
TeraXion Incorporated www.teraxion.com
Ungava Technologies Incorporated
XEOS Imagerie Incorporated www.xeosimaging.com
Saint-Hyacinthe Science Park
Abiasa Incorporated www.abiasa.com
ADM agri-industrie division de nutrition et santé animale www.admworld.com
Agri Conseils Maska
Agri-Spec Inc
Agrocentre Saint-Hyacinthe Inc
Aliments Brookside Inc
Aliments Kouri Inc
Aliments Nutrisoya Inc www.nutrisoya.com
L’Alliance Boviteq Inc www.boviteq.com
Association de gestion des engrais organiques du bassin de la rivière Yamaska (AGEO) www.ageo.qc.ca
Association de la relève agricole de Saint-Hyacinthe (L’)
Association des abattoirs avicoles du Québec www.aaaq.qc.ca
Atsenti Incorporated www.atsenti.com
Aux Douceurs de Daphnée
Barry Callebaut Canada Incorporated www.barry-callebaut.com
Bectrol Incorporated www.bectrol.com
Bio Biscuits Incorporated www.biobiscuit.com
Bioagral
BioEnvelop Technologie Corporation www.bioenvelop.com
Bioflo Incorporated www.bioflo.ca
Biovet Incorporated www.biovet-Inccom
Boss Technology Incorporated www.chem-a-co.qc.ca
Bouchard Magella agronome conseil
Boulangerie des Princes
CANARIE Incorporated www.canarie.ca
Centre d’insémination artificielle du Québec (CIAQ) www.ciaq.com
Comax Coopérative Agricole www.comax.qc.ca
Damafro Incorporated (Fromagerie Clément Incorporated) www.damafro.ca
Délimax Veaux Lourds Ltée www.delimax.com
Écolait ltée www.ecolait.com
Exceldor Coopérative avicole www.exceldor.ca
Fromagerie de Corneville (Agropur)
Fromages Saputo Limitée www.saputo.ca
Groupe Valentine 1994 Incorporated
Isoporc Incorporated
Jefo Nutrition Incorporated www.jefo.ca
L.G. Hébert et Fils ltée
NOVA SCOTIA
AgriTECH Park
Advocate Printing & Publishing Company Limited www.advocateprinting.com
AgraPoint International Incorporated www.agrapoint. ca
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada www.agr.gc.ca/index_e.php
Atlantic Bio-Venture Centre www.atlanticbioventure.com
Atlantic New Technology Development Incorporated
Azar Agriculture Incorporated www.azaragr.ca
Department of Health Promotion and Protection
M2 Horticulture
Pizza Me
NEW BRUNSWICK
Knowledge Park
CGI Group Incorporated www.cgi.com
LearnNB www.learnnb.ca
Meritus Univeristy www.meritusu.com
Mother’s Care Education Centre
Q1 Labs Incorporated www.q1labs.com
Skillsoft www.skillsoft.com
Wyndham Worldwide Canada Incorporated www.wyndhamworldwidecanada.com
QUEBEC
Biotech City
AccelLAB Inc www.accellab.com
Algorithme Pharma www.algopharm.com
Alpha Vision/Meduzarts www.alpha-vision.com www.meduzarts.com
Auto4S Synersoft Distribution Inc
Bellus Health www.bellushealth.com
Bio-K + International Inc www.biokplus.com
BioQuadrant Inc www.bioquadrant.com
BioSyntech Inc www.biosyntech.com
C.T. Consultants Inc www.ctcIncca
Centre de contrôle du dopage sportif
Centre québécois d’innovation en biotechnologie www.cqib.org
Chaichem Pharmaceuticals Inc
Charles River Preclinical www.criver.com
Chlorion Pharma www.chlorion.com
CNRC www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Colubris Network Inc www.colubris.com
Datacom www.datacom.com
Digidyne Inc www.digidyne.ca
Elucid Pharma Research Inc www.elucidpharma.com
Ethypharm Inc www.ethypharm.com
Evolio/Auto123.com www.evolio.ca www.auto123.com
Fondation Armand Frappier www.fondation-afrappier.qc.ca
Furtive Network www.furtivenetworks.net
Gestion Immobilière Dundee
GSK Biologicals www.gsk-bio.com
INRS www.inrs.ca
Instadesign www.instadesign.com
LAB Research Inc www.labresearch.com
Labopharm www.labopharm.com
Laboratoire Solartech
Laboratoires Dr. Renaud Inc www.ldrenaud.com
Laboratoires New World www.nwl.net
Lautopak Logiciels Inc www.lautopak.com
Les Services Informatiques Infolution Inc www.infolution.ca
LTRIM Technologies
MDS Nordion www.mds.nordion.com
Musée Armand Frappier www.musee-afrappier.qc.ca
PNP Canada www.canadavisa.com/provincial-nomination-program.html
Prometic Life Sciences www.prometic.com
Proteocell Biotechnologies Inc www.proteocell.com
Pyxis Technologies Inc www.pyxis-tech.com
Roche Diagnostics www.rochediagnostics.ca
Rocksoft Services Informatiques
Servier Canada Inc www.servier.com
Shimadzu Software Development Canada
Singraph
Technologie Biolactis www.biolactis.com
Technologies 20-20 Inc www.2020technologies.com
Tenrox www.tenrox.com
Tree Technologies Inc
ViroChem Pharma Inc www.virochempharma.com
Virtuo Solutions www.medisolution.com
Bromont High Technology Industrial Park
AAER www.aaer.ca
Dalsa Semiconducteur www.dalsa.com/semi
Exel www.exel.com
Fire Station www.bromont.com
GE Aviation www.geae.com
Gestion Immobilier Aquilon www.aquilonimmobilier.com
IBM Canada Ltd www.ibm.com
Odessa Canada Inc www.odessacanada.com
Olymbec www.olymbec.com
Quali-T-Tube
Quebecor World Bromont www.quebecorworld.com
Specialites Industrielles Canada Inc www.sic-cleanroom.com
Thomas & Betts www.tnb-canada.com
Unifix Inc www.unifixInccom
Quebec Metro High Tech Park
ABB Incorporated www.abb.com
AEterna Zentaris Incorporated www.aeternazentaris.com
Algosys Incorporated www.algosys.com
Allstream Incorporated www.allstream.com
Anapharm www.anapharm.com
APN Incorporated www.apnca.com
Atrium Innovations Incorporated www.atrium-bio.com
AVRH Incorporated www.avrh.qc.ca
Axxess International Incorporated www.axxessintl.com
BD Diagnostics - GeneOhm www.bd.com
Beaulieu Poulin et Robitaille (BPR) www.groupe-bpr.com
Bego Canada www.begocanada.com
BioCad Médical www.biocad.ca
Biogénie www.biogenie-env.com
Biopharmacopae Design International Incorporated (BDI) www.biopharmacopae.com
Biotanika Santé Incorporated www.biotanika.com
Bureau de normalisation de Québec (BNQ) www.bnq.qc.ca
Centre de la petite enfance « Les P’tits Papillons »
Centre de recherche et formation en implantologie (CRFI)
Centre de recherche industrielle du Québec (CRIQ) www.criq.qc.ca
D I R E C T O R Y research and technology park tenants
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Les Aliments Maple Leaf Incorporated www.mapleleaf.ca
Les Aliments Novali Foods
Les Breuvages St-Hyacinthe
Les Serres Rosaire Pion & Fils Incorporated www.serrespion.com
Les Viandes Lacroix www.viandeslacroix.com
Nutri-Oeuf Incorporated www.nutri-oeuf.com
Olymel S.E.C. www.olymel.com
Parmalat Canada www.parmalat.com
Produits Ronald Incorporated
Semico Incorporated
SoupExperts Incorporated
Spécialités M.B. Incorporated www.specialitemb.com
Spingola Frank & Fils ltée
St-Jude Medical Limited www.sjm.com
Zoo-Max Exotic Limited www.zoo-max.com
Sherbrooke Biomedical Park
Charles River Laboratories www.criver.com
Collaborative Research for Effective Diagnostics (CRED) www.cred.ca
Iaculor Injection, Inc
IPS Thérapeutique www.ipstherapeutique.com
Laboratoire de génomique fonctionnelle de l’Université de Sherbrooke (LGFUS) www.lgfus.ca/cgi-bin/mona/index.pl
Quidd Laboratories, Inc www.quidd.com
Tranzyme Pharma www.tranzyme.com
Ulysses Pharmaceuticals www.ulyssespharma.com
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) www.chus.qc.ca/Fr/index.htm
Étienne-Le Bel Clinical Research Centre www.crc.chus.qc.ca
Research Centre on Aging – Sherbrooke Geriatric University Institute (IUGS) www.cdrv.ca
Sherbrooke Pharmacology Institute (IPS)
Université de Sherbrooke Département de pharmacologie www.usherbrooke.ca/chimie/visiteguidee/ips.html
The Sherbrooke Biotechnology Development Centre www.cdbsherbrooke.ca
Université de Sherbrooke’s Faculty of Medicine www.usherbrooke.ca/medecine
Technoparc Montreal
Advantech Satellite Networks (EMS Technologies) www.advsatnet.com
Agilent Technologies Incorporated www.home.agilent.com
Alcatel-Lucent www.alcatel-lucent.com
AMDOCS www.amdocs.com
ART Recherches et Technologies Avancées Incorporated www.art.ca
Assistance Aéronautque et Aérospatiale (AAA) Canada www.aaa-aero.com
AstraZeneca R & D www.astrazeneca.ca
Aveos www.aveos.com
Belden Incorporated www.belden.com
Bombardier www.bombardier.com
CAE www.cae.com
Caprion Proteomics Incorporated www.caprion.com
EXFO www.exfo.com
Garderie K.I.D.S. www.kids-dc.com
Genetec Incorporated www.genetec.com
Hôtel Novotel www.novotel.com
JORDALE Technologies Incorporated www.jordale.com
Kiadis Pharma www.kiadis.com
Mecachrome Technologies www.mecachrome.com
MethylGene Incorporated www.methylgene.com
Nortel Networks www.nortel.com
Osprey Pharmaceuticals Limited www.osprey.com
PainCeptor www.painceptor.com
PharmAthene Canada Incorporated www.pharmathene.ca
Philips Healthcare www.philips.ca
Progress Software Corporation www.progress.com
Shire Canada www.shire.com
Smith & Nephew www.global.smith-nephew.com
Targanta Therapeutics Corporation www.targanta.com
Thales Group Canada www.thalesgroup.com
Thallion Pharmaceuticals Incorporated www.thallion.com
Theratechnologies Incorporated www.theratech.com
Technopole Maritime du Quebec
ABK Gaspésie
Aide au Développement des Ressources Aquatiques (ADRA) Groupe Conseil www.groupeadra.com
BESMarine Incorporated
BESlogic BSL www.beslogicbsl.com
Bleu Marine Services www.bleu-marine-service.com
Canada Economic Development (CED) www.dec-ced.gc.ca
Cégep de Rimouski www.cegep-rimouski.qc.ca
Centre Local de Développement (CLD) Rimouski-Neigette
Conférence Régionale des Élus du Bas-Saint-Laurent (CRÉ BSL) www.crebsl.org
Groupe Sygif Incorporated www.sygif.qc.ca
Groupe Trifide Incorporated www.groupetrifide.com
IDS Micronet www.idsmicronet.com
Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski (ISMER) www.ismer.ca
Institut Maritime du Québec (IMQ) www.imq.qc.ca
Interdisciplinary Centre for the Development of Ocean Mapping (CIDCO) www.cidco.ca
Marine Biotechnology Research Centre (MBRC) www.crbm-mbrc.com
Maritime Innovation (IMAR) www.innovationmaritime.ca
Maurice Lamontagne Institute (MLI) of Ficheries and Oceans Canda (DFO) www.qc.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/iml/fr/intro.htm
Ministère du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation (MDEIE) www.mdeie.gouv.qc.ca
Ministère de l’Alimentation, des Pêcheries et de l’Agriculture (MAPAQ) www.mapaq.gouv.qc.ca
Multi-Électronique Incorporated www.multi-electronique.com
Océanide Incorporated www.oceanide.ca
Ocean Incubation
Océanova Biotechnologies Incorporated www.oceanova.com
REFORMAR Incorporated www.reformar.ca
Société de promotion économique de Rimouski (SOPER) www.promotion-rimouski.org
St. Lawrence Global Observatory (SLGO) www.slgo.ca
Transport Canada Marine Safety www.tc.gc.ca/marinesafety
Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) www.uqar.qc.ca
Technolpole de la Region de Thetford
Prolab Technologies www.prolab-technologies.com
OLEOTEK www.oleotek.com
Conseil Québécois du Biodiesel (CQB) www.biodieselquebec.org
Centre de Technologie Minérale et de Plasturgie (CTMP) www.ctmp.ca
Varennes Developpement
Air-INS Inc www.air-ins.com
Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) Group www.abb.com
Axis Photonique Inc www.axis-photon.com
CANMET Energy Technology Centre www.cetc-ctec.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
Centre d’études Collégiales de Varennes www.cegep-sorel-tracy.qc.ca
GPCo Inc www.gpcoenergy.com
Groupe S.M. International www.groupesm.com
GSI Environnement Inc www.gsienv.ca
Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Quebec (IREQ) www.hydroquebec.com/ireq
Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) www.inrs.uquebec.ca
Maestro Technologie Inc www.maestro.biz
Marcotte Systèmes Ltée www.marcotte.ca
Patenaude-Trempe Inc www.patenaude-trempe.com
Plasmionique Inc www.plasmionique.com
Sanexen Sevices Environnementaux Inc www.sanexen.com
Solmers - Genivar www.solmers.ca
Transax Technologies www.transax.net
ONTARIO
Innovation Park at Queens University
Acumentrics Canada Limited www.acumentrics.com
Rio-Tinto Alcan Inc www.alcan.com
Analytical Services Unit www.queensu.ca/envst/asu
Canadian Microelectronics Corporation - CMC Microsystems www.cmc.ca
Cortec DNA Service Laboratories, Incorporated www.cortec.ca
Eastern Lake Ontario Regional Innovation Network www.elorin.ca
High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPCVL) www.hpcvl.org
Innovation Park at Queen’s University www.innovationpark.ca
Kingston Metals and Materials Incorporated www.kpm.ca/electronic.htm
Kingston Process Metallurgy www.kpm.ca
National Research Council - Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Novelis Global Technology Center www.novelis.com
PARTEQ Innovations www.parteqinnovations.com
Pathogen Detection Systems Inc www.pathogendetect.com
Procter & Gamble Incorporated www.pg.ca
Queen’s University - RMC Fuel Cell Research Centre www.fcrc.ca
Sustainable Bioeconomy Centre at Queen’s University www.queensu.ca/sbc
SWITCH - Kingston’s Alternative Energy Cluster www.switchkingston.ca
MaRS Discovery District Toronto
AIM Therapeutics Incorporated www.aimtherapeutics.com
Ambit Biosciences www.ambitbio.com
ApoPharma Incorporated www.apotex.com/ca
ArcticDX Incorporated www.arcticdx.com
AstraZeneca Canada Incorporated www.astrazeneca.ca
Axela Incorporated www.axelabiosensors.com
AXS Biomedical Animation Studio www.axs3d.com
Blue Sky Capital Corporation www.blueskycapital.ca
BioDiscovery Toronto www.biodiscoverytoronto.ca
BioFinance Canada www.biofinance.ca
BioQuest Innovations Incorporated www.bioquestinnovations.com
Biosign Technologies Incorporated www.biosign.com
The Biotechnology Initiative www.ontbi.org
Bioscience Managers Limited Canada www.biosciencemanagers.com
Canadian Biotechnology Education Resource Centre (CBERC) www.cberc.ca
Cascade Therapeutics Incorporated www.cascadetherapeutics.com
Cassandra Capital L.P.
Celtic House Venture Partners Inc www.celtic-house.com
Clera Incorporated www.clera.com
Constab Pharmaceutical Incorporated www.constabpharma.com
Critical Outcome Technologies Inc www.criticaloutcome.com
Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) www.cvca.ca
Diagnostic Systems Laboratories Inc www.dslabs.com
GlaxoSmithKline Incorporated (GSK) www.gsk.ca
The Health Technology Exchange www.htx.ca
The Innovations Group, University of Toronto innovations.utoronto.ca
iLOOKABOUT Incorporated www.ilookabout.com
Innovation Institute of Ontario www.iio.on.ca
Interface Biologics www.interfacebiologics.com
InVisage Technologies
In Vitro Drug Safety & BioTechnology intlhealth.med.utoronto.ca
Kanata Chemical Technologies Inc www.kctchem.com
Larial Proteomics www.larialproteomics.com
MaRS Landing www.marslanding.ca
The Martin Prosperity Institute www.martinprosperityinstitute.com
McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine www.mcmm.ca
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health www.mrcglobal.org
Merck Frosst Canada Limited www.merckfrosst.com
NeurAxon Incorporated www.nrxn.com
Ontario Cancer Biomarket Network (OCBN) www.ocbn.ca
Octopz Incorporated www.octopz.com
Ogilvy Renault LLP www.ogilvyrenault.com
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research www.oicr.on.ca
Ontario Genomics Institute www.ontariogenomics.ca
Ontario Innovation Trust www.oit.on.ca
Ontario Society for Excellence in Technology Transfer www.onsett.org
Ozmosis Research Incorporated www.ozmosisresearch.ca
RBC Royal Bank www.rbc.com
RBC Venture Partners www.rbc.com
Receptor Therapeutics Incorporated www.receptor.ca
Sigma Analysis & Management Limited www.sigmanalysis.com
Skymeter Corporation www.skymetercorp.com
Toronto Region Research Alliance www.trra.ca
Transition Therapeutics Incorporated www.transitiontherapeutics.com
University Health Network’s Technology Development & Commercialization Office www.uhnres.utoronto.ca
University Health Network www.uhn.ca
University of Toronto Asset Management Corporation www.utam.utoronto.ca
McMaster Innovation Park
Luther Holton Associates Inc www.LutherHoltonAssoc.com
National Research Council- Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) irap-pari.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ main_e.html
McMaster Industry Liason Office milo.mcmaster.ca
United Nations University- International Network on Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) www.inweh.unu.edu/inweh/
Prosensus www.prosensus.ca
Mentorship Wealth Management (Paul Lee-Chin, Investment Advisor) with Manulife Securities Inc www.mentorshipwealth.com
Trivaris Ltd. www.trivaris.com
Assante Wealth Management www.assante.com
University of Guelph Research Park
ACC Farmer’s Financial www.accfarmersfinancial.ca
AdFarm www.adfarmonline.com
Advanced Foods & Materials Network www.afmnet.ca
AGCare (Agricultural Groups Concerned About Resources and the Environment) www.agcare.org
Agricultural Adaptation Council www.adaptcouncil.org
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada www.agr.gc.ca
Agrigo
AgriTours Canada Inc www.agritourscanada.com
Bayer CropScience www.bayercropscience.ca
Beckhoff Automation Canada Ltd www.beckhoff.com
BioEnterprise Corporation www.bioenterprise.ca
Canadian Animal Health Institute www.cahi-icsa.ca
Canadian Food Inspection Agency www.inspection.gc.ca
Delta Guelph Hotel & Conference Centre
eBiz Professionals Inc www.ebpros.com
Elanco Animal Health www.elanco.com
Eleview www.eleview.ca
Foundation for Rural Living www.frl.on.ca
George Morris Centre www.georgemorris.org/GMC/Home.aspx
Geosyntec Consultants International Inc www.geosyntec.com
GranDi Company Ltd
Guelph Partnership for Innovation www.guelphinnovation.com
Institute of Agri-Food Policy Innovation www.iafpi.ca
International Credential Assessment Service of Canada Inc www.icascanada.ca
Ipsos Reid Corporation www.ipsos.ca
Lipid Analytical Laboratories www.lipidanalytical.com
Marketing911 www.marketing911.ca
MaRS Landing www.marslanding.ca
Miller Thompson LLP www.millerthomson.com
Monsanto Canada Inc www.monsanto.com
Nutrasource Diagnostics Inc
Nutreco
Ontario Agri Business Association www.oaba.on.ca
Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians www.oavt.org
Ontario BioAuto Council www.bioautocouncil.com
Ontario Canola Growers Association www.ontariocanolagrowers.ca
Ontario Corn Producers’ Association www.ontariocorn.org
Ontario Farm Animal Council www.ofac.org
Ontario Federation of Agriculture www.ofa.on.ca
Ontario Institute of Agrologists www.oia.on.ca
Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre www.gamblingresearch.org
Ontario Soybean Growers www.soybean.on.ca
Ontario Universities’ Application Centre www.ouac.on.ca
Ontario Wheat Producers Marketing Board www.ontariowheatboard.com
Public Health Agency of Canada www.phac-aspc.gc.ca
RKD Web Studios www.rkd.ca
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MANITOBA
SmartPark
Apptius Computer Solutions Inc www.apptius.com
BASF Canada Inc www.basf.com/basf-canada
BioMark Technologies Inc www.biomarktech.com
Biomark Technologies Inc www.biomarktech.com
Cangene Corporation www.cangene.com
Complex Games Inc www.complexgames.com
Composites Innovation Centre Manitoba Inc www.compositesinnovation.ca
Daemon Defense www.daemondefense.com
DMT Development Systems Group Inc www.dmt.ca
IDERS Inc www.iders.ca
Industrial Technology Centre www.itc.mb.ca
Invenia Technical Computing Corporation www.invenia.ca
Manitoba Education Research & Learning Information Networks www.merlin.mb.ca
Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council Inc www.mrac.ca
Monsanto Canada Inc www.monsanto.ca
Monteris Medical Inc www.monteris.com
PB&C Agri-Tech Solutions Inc
Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute www.pami.ca
ProfitMaster Canada Inc www.pmcanada.com
Project Whitecard www.projectwhitecard.com
Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals www.umanitoba.ca/research/rcffn
RTDS Technologies Inc www.rtds.com
SMT Research Ltd. www.smt-research.com
Sunpeak Foods www.sunpeakfoods.com
Telecommunications Research Laboratories www.trlabs.ca
The Information Forge Inc www.theinformationforge.com
TransGrid Solutions Inc www.transgridsolutions.com
Western Canada Testing Inc www.westest.ca
Wolf Trax Inc www.farmtested.com
SASKATChEWAN
Innovation Place
2020 IT Solutions Corporation www.2020its.com
2WEBDESIGN.com www.2webdesign.com
AdeTherapeutics Incorporated
Advance-Tek Consulting Incorporated www.advance-tek.ca
Ag-West Bio Incorporated www.agwest.sk.ca
Agriculture Council of Saskatchewan Incorporated www.agcouncil.ca
Allyn Development Group
AMEC Americas Limited www.amec.com
ASM Management Group www.asmgroup.ca
Associated Engineering Limited www.ae.ca
Axon Development Corporation www.axonsoftware.com
BASF Canada Incorporated www.basf.com
Bayer CropScience Incorporated www.bayercropscience.com
BHP Billiton Diamonds Limited www.bhpbilliton.com
Bio-Extraction Incorporated www.bioexx.com
Bioriginal Food & Science Corporation www.bioriginal.com
BlackNova Internet Services www.blacknova.ca
BlackSun Incorporated www.blacksun.ca
Blaq MAP Incorporated www.blaqmap.com
Boffins Club www.boffins.ca
Bourgault Industries www.bourgault.com
Bregma Materials Solutions Limited www.bregma.ca
Bretech Engineering Limited www.bretech.com
Business 2 Business E-Commerce Systems None listed
Business Mentorship Institute www.saskmentor.com
Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Operations & Programs www.inspection.gc.ca
Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Saskatoon Laboratory www.inspection.gc.ca
Canadian Grain Commission www.grainscanada.gc.ca
Canadian Wheat Board www.cwb.ca
CLAS Systems Incorporated www.clas.ca
Clevor Technologies Incorporated www.clevor.com
CLINICARE Corporation www.clinicare.com
Communities of Tomorrow www.communitiesoftomorrow.ca
CropLife Canada www.croplife.ca
Crown Investments Corporation www.cicorp.sk.ca
Dark Horse communications www.dhscommunications.com
Digital Planimetrics Incorporated www.planimetrics.com
Doosan Babcock Energy - HTC Purenery Inc www.htcenergy.com
Dow AgroSciences www.dowagro.com
Eaton Yale Company www.eatonelectrical.ca
Entrepreneurial Foundation of Saskatchewan www.efsask.ca
Environment Canada www.ec.gc.ca
Envision Sites Incorporated www.envisionsites.com
Executive Source Partners www.executivesource.ca
Farms & Families of North America Incorporated www.fna.ca
Fast Consulting www.fastconsulting.ca
Foragen Technologies Management Incorporated www.foragen.com
FP Innovations - Forintek Division www.fpinnovations.ca
FundNET Systems Incorporated www.fundnet.ca
Furman & Kallio www.furman-kallio.com
Fytokem Products Incorporated www.fytokem.com
Garven and Associates
GE Healthcare IITS www.gemedicalsystems.com
GENESIS Architecture & Engineering Incorporated
Genivar www.genivar.com
Genome Prairie www.genomeprairie.ca
Harvest Foods Limited
Hatch www.hatch.ca
Health Information Solutions Centre www.health.gov.sk.ca/hisc
Health Quality Council www.hqc.sk.ca
Imprimis Secretarial Services Incorporated www.Imprimisfirst.ca
Information Services Corporation of Saskatchewan www.isc.ca
Information Technology Office www.ito.gov.sk.ca
Innovation Place - Bio Processing Centre www.bioprocessing.ca
Innovation Place - Food & Event Services www.boffins.ca
Insightrix Research Incorporated www.insightrix.com
Integrated Designs Incorporated www.i-designs.ca
Intergraph Canada Limited www.intergraph.ca
International Plant Nutrition Institute www.ipni.net
IRON Solutions, LLC www.ironsolutions.com
ISM Canada www.ismcanada.com
K3 Kensulting Incorporated
Kinzel Cadrin & Associates Consulting Incorporated
Loose Foot Computing Limited www.lfchosting.com
Lorax Software Corporation www.loraxsoftware.com
Massage Therapy www.innovationmassagetherapy.com
McDougall Gauley LLP www.mcdougallgauley.com
McNair Business Development Incorporated www.mcnairbd.com
MDH Engineered Solutions Corporation www.mdhsolutions.com
Mera Group www.meragroup.net
Modern Digital Communications Incorporated www.mdci.ca
National Research Council - Centre for Sustainable Infrastructure Research irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/csir
National Research Council - Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) irap-pari.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
National Research Council - Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
National Research Council - Plant Biotechnology Institute www.pbi-ibp.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Northern Enviro Search www.envirosearch.ca
Novozymes BioAg Group www.philombios.ca
Numa Technologies Corporation www.numacorp.ca
Office of Energy Conservation www.oec.ca
One World Cafe
OneWorldNet.Com Incorporated www.oneworldnet.com
Pacific & Western Bank of Canada www.pwbank.com
PCS Incorporated Technical Services Pilot Plant www.potashcorp.com
Rothsay/Rothsay Biodiesel www.rothsay.ca
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
Semex Alliance www.semex.com
Soy 20/20
Strategic Research Associates www.sraresearch.com
Syngenta Crop Protection Canada Inc www.syngenta.ca
TD Canada Trust www.tdcanadatrust.ca
The Athletic Club www.theathleticclubs.ca
The Centre for Rural Leadership www.ruralleadership.ca
The Ontario Rural Council www.torc.on.ca
University of Guelph Business Development Office www.uoguelph.ca/research/bdo
University of Guelph, Office of Investment Management www.uoguelph.ca
Veterinary Skills Training and Enhancement Program www.vstepontario.org
Vets without Borders
Wellmark International www.wellmarkinternational.com
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board www.wsib.on.ca
University of Waterloo Research + Technology Park
Accelerator Centre www.acceleratorcentre.com
ARTsensing Inc www.ARTsensing.com
Avant GO www.avantgo.com
Bayalink www.bayalink.com
Canadian Innovation Centre www.innovationcentre.ca
Canadian Water Network www.cwn-rce.ca
CBET www.cbet.uwaterloo.ca
CellScale www.cell-scale.com
CertiChip Incorporated www.certichip.com
CGI Group Incorporated www.cgi.com
Columbia Lake Health Club www.columbialakehealthclub.com
Communitech www.communitech.ca
CREZ Basketball Systems Incorporated www.crezbasketball.com
CrossChasm Technologies www.crosschasm.com
DossierView www.dossierview.com
Education Credit Union www.ecusolutions.com
Energent www.energent.com
Frozen North Productions Incorporated www.frozennorth.net
Financial Fusion www.syabe.com
Google Incorporated www.google.com
iAnywhere Solutions www.ianywhere.com
Infusion Angels Microsoft Innovation Centre ic.infusionangels.com
Institute for Quantum Computing www.iqc.ca
Karos Health www.karoshealth.com
Kids & Company www.kidsandcompany.ca
Lantern Hill IT www.lanternhillit.com
LeedTek Inc www.leedtek.ca
LoyaltyMatch Incorporated www.loyaltymatch.com
M Plus 4 Corp
Mespere Lifesciences Inc
Miller Thomson LLP www.millerthomson.com
Nanotechnology Engineering www.nanotech.uwaterloo.ca
National Research Council - Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Navtech Incorporated www.navtechInccom
Ontario Centres of Excellence www.oce-ontario.org
Open Text Corporation www.opentext.com
ProductWiki Inc www.productwiki.com
Research In Motion (RIM) www.rim.com
Semacode Corporation www.semacode.com
SmartPatterns Incorporated www.smartpatterns.com
SparkMatrix Technologies Incorporated www.sparkmatrix.com
Suited Media www.suitedmedia.com
Sybase www.sybase.com
Tangam Systems Incorporated www.tangamsystems.com
TechTown Café www.techtowncafe.com
TechTown Dentistry www.techtowndentistry.com
T-Ray Science Incorporated www.t-rayscience.com
University of Western Ontario Research Park
Accufusion Inc www.accufusion.com
Advanced Mineral Technology Laboratory (AMTEL)
Axcelon Biopolymers Corporation www.axcelonbp.com
Basahi & Robinson Consults Inc www.brconsultantsInccom
CAMH- The Centre for Prevention Science www.camh.net
CANOE Study (Canadian Normoglycemia Outcomes Evaluation) canoestudy.ca
Centre for Addiction Mental Health (CAMH) www.camh.net
Centre for Studies in Family Medicine www.familymedicineuwo.ca
Click & Print Patient Education www.clickandprint.com
Colt Engineering www.colteng.com
Continuing Medical Education, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry www.schulich.uwo.ca/Education/CME
Critical Outcome Technologies Inc www.criticaloutcome.com
Dell Tech Laboratories Ltd www.delltech.com
Dow Automotive www.automotive.dow.com
Eating Disorders Foundation of Canada
Group for the Advocacy and Advancement of Medical/Dental Education Scholarship www.schulich.uwo.ca/Education/Games
Hands on Training Institute www.handsontraining.com
Health Management Clinic
Health System Intelligent Project
Human Islet Cell Transplant Program
ID Labs Biotechnology www.idlabs.com
Ignalum Inc www.ignalum.com
Industry Liaison Office, University of Western Ontario www.uwo.ca/industry
Integrated Strategic Alliances & Network www.lhsc.on.ca/isan
Intellectual Asset Management Inc www.iami.ca
LHSC ITS Department www.lhsc.on.ca
Medix Inc www.medix.com
Medtrode Inc www.medtrode.com
NRC Canada Institute for Scientific & Technical Information www.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ nis/london.html
National Research Council - Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) www.irap-pari.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Onco Screen Inc www.oncoscreen.org
Ontario Centre of Excellence for Materials & Manufacturing www.oce-ontario.org/Pages/COEMaterials.aspx
Ontario Telemedicine Network www.otn.ca
Ontech www.ontech.ca
PC Healthcare Communications Inc www.pchealthcare.info
Philip King Law Office
Plantigen Inc www.plantigen.com
REACH-ESA
Redox Technologies www.redoxtech.com
RIA Labs www.rialabs.ca
Science & Technology Integration Inc www.redoxtech.com
Sertonex Inc
Southwestern Ontario Medical Educational Network www.swomen.ca
Stiller Centre for Technology Commercialization www.stillercentre.com
Stroke Editorial Office stroke.ahajournals.org
TechAlliance www.techalliance.ca
Thames Valley Family Practice Research Unit www.uwo.ca/fammed/tvfpru
The Family Counselling Centre of Sarnia www.familycounsellingctr.com
The NCO Group www.ncogroup.com
TKX Inc - Your Knowledge Exchange www.tkx.ca
Viron Therapeutics Inc www.vironInccom
Voices.com www.voices.com
Volumetrics Medical Corporation
Windermere Manor Cafe www.windermeremanor.com
Windermere Manor Conference Centre www.windermeremanor.com
Windermere Manor Hotel www.windermeremanor.com
XLR Imaging www.xlrimaging.com
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Innovative Licensing & Promotion Incorporated www.2innovative.net
intellog.com www.intellog.com
The Investment Exchange Corporation www.theinvestmentexchange.com
ITRES Research Limited www.itres.com
Level Up Society of Alberta www.levelupsociety.com
Mobile Dexterity Inc www.mobiledexterity.com
MobilePay Corporation www.mobilepay.com
Nalco Canada Incorporated www.nalco.com
New Energy Corporation Incorporated www.newenergycorp.ca
NxGen Networks Incorporated www.nxgennetworks.com
O.G.C. Incorporated www.ogcIncca
Omnibus IP Incorporated
The Osborne Group www.osborne-group.com
Pragmatic Solutions Limited www.pragmatic-solutions.com
Preo Software Incorporated www.preosoftware.com
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP www.pwc.com/ca
Process Pathways www.processpathways.com
Protroleum Technologies Limited www.pvtprop.com
Psyko Audio Labs Inc www.psykoaudio.com
QuIC Financial Technologies Inc www.quic.com
Rad3 Technology www.rad3comm.com
Redwood Technologies Incorporated www.redwoodtechnologies.com
Resverlogix Corporation www.resverlogix.com
RightsX Incorporated www.rightsx.ca
RxWave International Incorporated www.rxwave.com
Smart Muffler International Incorporated www.smartmuffler.com
SMB Phone
Society for Technical Communication (STC Alberta) www.stc-alberta.org
Sparta Capital Limited www.spartacapital.com
Standing Stones Consulting Limited www.standing-stones.com
Synnovate International Incorporated
Taiga Bioactives www.taigabioactives.com
Tech Avenue Ventures www.taventures.ca
Technology Tax Credits Limited www.sredservices.ca
Telligent Corporation www.telligent.ca
The Calgary Science Network www.calgarysciencenetwork.ca
The Centre for Innovation Studies (THE CIS) www.thecis.ca
Tricon Solutions Incorporated www.tricon-pmservices.com
TSG Technologies www.tsgtek.com
UDAX Limited www.udax.ca
University Technologies International Inc www.uti.ca
Van Horne Institute www.vanhorne.info
Venture Alberta www.venturealberta.com
Wedge Networks Incorporated www.wedgenetworks.com
William Dean www.williamdean.ca
Wmode Incorporated www.wmode.com
Xtreme Technologies Corporation www.xtremetechcorp.com
Edmonton Research Park
ACAMP www.acamp.ca
Alberta Boilers Safety Association (ABSA) www.absa.ca
Alberta Research Council www.arc.ab.ca
Allantra Learning Technologies Corporation www.allantra.com
AVAC Ltd www.avacltd.com
Bently Nevada Corporation www.bently.com
Bioneutra Incorporated www.bioneutra.ca
Bramm Technologies Incorporated www.brammtech.com
C-FER Technologies Incorporated www.cfertech.com
Chartz Consulting
Clinitrust Global Incorporated www.clinitrust.com
Coole Immersive Incorporated www.cooleimmersive.com
CSA International www.csa-international.org
CV Technologies www.cvtechnologies.com
Dycor Technologies Limited www.dycor.com
EMD Serono www.emdserono.ca
Epsilon Chemicals Limited www.echem.ca
Fission Media Group www.fissionmediagroup.com
Frontech Solutions Inc www.frontech.ca
Gennux Microsystems Corporation www.gennux.com
HeadCount Corporation www.headcount.com
Helix Biopharma Corporation www.helixbiopharma.com
Ideaca Knowledge Services www.ideaca.com
Innovotech www.innovotech.ca
Intellimedia www.intellimedia.ca
Invisible Software www.attassa.com
J.A.R. Pharmaceuticals www.jarpharma.com
Kardiatech Incorporated
Labs-Mart Technologies www.labs-mart.com
Learn Energy
LogiCan Technologies Incorporated www.logican.com
META-FLEET International Corporation www.meta-fleet.com
Micralyne Incorporated www.micralyne.com
Obsidian Strategics www.obsidianresearch.com
ProGrid Ventures Incorporated www.progrid.info
Project 39
Q-Chuck Technologies Incorporated
QEST Quality Management
QSV Biologics Limited www.qsvbiologics.com
Quest PharmaTech Incorporated www.questpharmatech.com
Sapient Grid Corporation www.sapientgrid.com
Schlumberger Canada Limited - Oilphase DBR www.slb.com/content/ services/testing/reservoir
SciMed Technologies Incorporated www.scimedlab.com
Semantifind www.semantifind.com
SGS Canada Incorporated www.ca.sgs.com
ShirWin Knowledge and Learning Systems Incorporated www.shirwin.com
Sinoveda www.sinoveda.com
Syncrude Canada Limited www.syncrude.ca
Triple D Technologies Inc
VAR Systems Limited
Zedi Solutions Incorporated www.zedisolutions.com
BRITISh COLUMBIA
Great Northern Way Campus www.gnwc.ca
Vancouver Island Technology Park + Ocean Technology Park
Advanced Economic Research Systems Incorporated www.aers.ca
Alberta Research Council www.arc.ab.ca
Armada Pacific Strategies Inc www.armadapacific.com
Avocet 3D Images Incorporated www.avocet3d.com
BC Ambulance 911 Dispatch www.healthservices.gov.bc.ca/ bcas/index.html
BC Innovation Council www.bcic.ca
Boardwalk Communications www.bdwalk.biz
Cantest Limited www.cantest.com
Cisco Systems Incorporated www.cisco.com.ca
CloudBench Applications www.localgovernmentmanager.com
Compugen Incorporated www.compugen.com
Dream Access IT
EDS Advanced Solutions Incorporated www.edsadvancedsolutions.com
Geffen Gourmet Catering dba HardDrive Café www.geffencatering.ca
Genologics Life Sciences Software Inc www.genologics.com
Globalrecycle.net Limited www.globalrecycle.net
Great Northern Way Campus www.gnwc.ca
HeavyLifters www.heavylifters.com
ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Limited www.immuno-precise.com
JASCO Research Limited www.jasco.com
LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services www.lifelabs.com
Mk2 Business Solutions www.mk2solutions.com
Municipal Software Corporation www.municipalsoftware.com
National Education Consulting Inc www.neci-legaledge.com
National Research Council Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP) www.irap-pari.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Priority Automation Incorporated www.priorityautomation.com
Reprographics Lab - Ministry of Agriculture and Land www.gov.bc.ca/al/cont
Seekers Solutions Incorporated www.yoursprout.com
UVic Genome BC Proteomics Centre www.proteincentre.com
VIATeC www.viatec.ca
Vifor - Pharma Aspreva www.aspreva.com
Vigil Health Solutions www.vigil.com
Visually Speaking www.visspeak.com
Performance Evaluation Group Incorporated
Performance Plants Incorporated www.performanceplants.com
Petro-Find Geochem Limited www.gasandoilgeochem.com
Petroleum Technology Research Centre www.ptrc.ca
PharmaDerm Laboratories Limited
Pharmalytics Incorporated www.pharmalytics.ca
Phenomenome Discoveries Incorporated www.phenomenome.com
Phreedom Sante Incorporated www.phenomenome.com
Pioneer Hi-Bred Limited www.pioneer.com
Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) www.pami.ca
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA) www.agr.ca/pfra
Prairie Plant Systems Incorporated www.prairieplant.com
Profit Systems Incorporated www.eventpro.net
Quantum Genetics Canada Incorporated www.quantumgenetics.ca
Radiation Safety Institute of Canada www.radiationsafety.ca
Raum Energy Incorporated www.raumenergy.com
Ritenburg & Associates Limited www.ritenburg.com
Robert Prosser & Associates Incorporated
Rochon Associated www.rochonassociated.com
SAPONIN Incorporated www.saponin.ca
Saskatchewan Advanced Technology Association (SATA) www.sata.ca
Saskatchewan Alfalfa Seed Producers www.saspa.com
Saskatchewan Angel Investor Network (SAINT) www.saint.sk.ca
Saskatchewan Biofuels Development Council Incorporated www.saskbiofuels.com
Saskatchewan Cancer Agency www.saskcancer.ca
Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission www.saskcanola.com
Saskatchewan Canola Growers Association www.canola-council.org/ growing_scga.aspx
Saskatchewan Emergency Medical Services Association www.semsa.org
Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation www.shrf.ca
Saskatchewan Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation www.ir.gov.sk.ca
Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment www.environment.gov.sk.ca
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers www.saskpulse.com
Saskatchewan Research Council www.src.sk.ca
Saskatchewan Research Council - Analytical Laboratories www.src.sk.ca
Saskatchewan Research Council - Copy Centre www.src.sk.ca
Saskatchewan Telecommunications - Regina www.sasktel.com
Saskatchewan Veterinary Medical Association www.svma.sk.ca
Saskatoon Police Service - K9 Unit www.police.saskatoon.sk.ca
Schulte Industries Limited www.schulte.ca
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC Canada) www.saic.com
SED Systems Limited www.sedsystems.ca
Shane Resources Limited www.shaneresources.com
Shared Event Incorporated www.sharedevent.com
Solido Design Automation Incorporated www.solidodesign.com
SpringBoard West Innovations Incorporated www.springboardwest.ca
SunWest Food Laboratory Limited www.sunwestlab.ca
Synodon Incorporated
System Ecotechnologies Incorporated
Targeted Growth Canada www.targetedgrowth.com
Technology Management Corporation (TMC) www.tmctech.com
Telecommunications Research Laboratories www.trlabs.ca
Terrace Cafe
The Co-operators www.cooperators.ca
The Galleria Store
TinyEYE Technologies Corporation www.tinyeye.com
Titanium Corporation Incorporated www.titaniumcorporation.com
TRLabs (Telecommunications Research Laboratory) www.trlabs.ca
University of Regina - Canadian Plains Research Center www.cprc.uregina.ca
University of Regina - Centre for Studies in Energy and Environment csee.eenv.uregina.ca
University of Regina - Centre for Sustainable Communities www.uregina.ca/csc
University of Regina - Faculty of Engineering www.uregina.ca/engg
University of Regina - Faculty of Social Work cat.uregina.ca/socialwork
University of Regina - Johnson - Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy www.uregina.ca/gspp
University of Regina - Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative www.parc.ca
University of Regina - University Industry Liaison Office www.uregina.ca/uilo
University of Saskatchewan - Industry Liaison Office www.usask.ca/research/ilo
University of Saskatchewan - Neural Systems & Plasticity Research Group www.medicine.usask.ca/research
University of Saskatchewan - University Advancement www.usask.ca/advancement
Vantec Design and Manufacturing Incorporated
VEMAX Management Incorporated www.vemax.com
ViSens Incorporated
Viterra Incorporated www.viterra.ca
W. Shupe and Company www.shupeandco.ca
Western Ag Innovations Incorporated www.westernag.ca
Western Grains Research Foundation www.westerngrains.com
Western Information Management Incorporated www.westernIM.com
Willms Engineering Limited
ALBERTA
Calgary Technologies Inc
Advantage Insight Group Incorporated www.cti-advantage.com
Aksys Networks Incorporated www.aksysnetworks.com
Alberta Advanced Education and Technology www.innovation.gov.ab.ca
Alberta High-Speed Rail (2005) Inc www.albertahighspeedrail.com
Alberta ICT Council www.infoport.ca/albertaict
Antibe Therapeutics Incorporated www.antibe-therapeutics.com
Argon Venture Partners www.argoncap.com
Asequa Incorporated www.asequa.com
ASTech Awards Foundation www.astech.ab.ca
Avenir Software Incorporated www.avenir-software.com
Berry Worx Inc www.berryworx.com
Betach Solutions Incorporated www.betach.com
Blubrown Communications Inc www.blubrown.com
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) www.blgcanada.com
Calgary Cold Fusion User Group www.ccfug.com
Calgary Council for Advanced Technology (CCAT) www.ccat.org
Calgary Technologies Incorporated Toastmasters Club www.toastmasters.org
CANATEC Associates International Limited www.canatec.ca
CDL Systems Limited www.cdlsystems.com
CLINICARE Corporation www.clinicare.com
CMG Reservoir Simulation Foundation www.cmgroup.com
Codemiser Incorporated
Computer Modelling Group (CMG) www.cmgl.ca
Contract Laboratory, Incorporated www.contractlaboratory.com
Critical Path Business Consulting Limited www.criticalpathgroup.com
Digital Homes Canada Incorporated www.digitalhomes.ca
Digital Media Association of Alberta (DMAA) www.albertanewmedia.com
Earle & Associates Incorporated www.earleassociates.ca
EcDev Solutions Limited www.ecdevsolutions.com
Eli Lilly Canada Incorporated www.lilly.ca
Fame Biorefinery Corporation www.famebiorefinery.com
Genome Alberta www.genomealberta.ca
Graham Davies Geological Consultants Limited (GDGC) www.gdgc.com
Grey Fox Associates Incorporated www.greyfox.ca
Harvest Ventures Incorporated www.harvestvi.com
Hatsoft Incorporated www.hatsoft.ca
The Idea Garden www.ideagarden.net
ilearn Solutions Incorporated www.ilearnsolutions.com
Impac Services LLC www.impacservices.com
InfoTech Alberta www.infotechalberta.ab.ca
Inico Technologies Limited www.inicotech.com
D I R E C T O R Y research and technology park tenants
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Since 1987 PARTEQ Innovations has worked with university researchers to advance their discoveries to market. A proud partner in the Innovation Park at Queen’s University, PARTEQ looks forward to its third decade of transforming research opportunities into commercial impact.
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Dr. Perry Kim, PARTEQ Innovations, with Queen’s University inventor Dr. Robert Kisilevsky, whose research into amyloid-based diseases led to the development of the nutraceutical VIVIMIND™.
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Innovation Park at Queen’s University – transformingdiscoveries into technologies and products that willshape tomorrow.
Our highly collaborative approach engages thebrightestminds from academia, industry, governmentand the community to promote and acceleratediscovery in fields such as alternative energy,environmental technologies and advancedmaterials.
For more on how Queen’s is responding to thedemand for new ideas or to join our growingcommunity, visit queensu.ca/research.
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Been anywhere interesting lately?
We have. Our internationally recognized researchers take a journey of discovery every day.
Whether they’re tackling the health challenges of an aging society, working with Aboriginal communities, or improving the lives of people with disabilities, they arrive at some fascinating destinations.
Through the world-leading VENUS and NEPTUNE Canada ocean observatories, our scientists and engineers are expanding the boundaries of ocean exploration and placing Canada at the fore-front of ocean science and technology.
And through the new Paci�c Institute for Climate Solutions—hosted and led by the University of Victoria—our globally ac-claimed climate researchers will continue to help Canada and the world forge a new path toward a vibrant and sustainable low-carbon future.
UVic’s research activity puts it among the top comprehensive universities in Canada. Its technology parks and Innovation and Development Corporation help governments, private sector part-ners and others turn smart ideas into great businesses.
Join us on our journey. For more information, contact Dr. Howard Brunt, Vice-President Research, at 250-721-7973 or [email protected], or visit www.uvic.ca/goingplaces.
We’re going places.University of Victoria Research
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Our customers select AllSource due to our expertise in reducing the costs of operating their facilities, and our
ability to guarantee an industry-leading high level of service. AllSource has been providing facility services at The MaRS Centre since its inception.
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A B O U T A U R P C A N A D A
The Association of University Research Parks (AURP) is a North American
non-profit organization that represents university research parks across
the United States and Canada. In early 2007 Canadian members of AURP
determined that Canada’s 26 research parks required a national organization
to further unite them, and to work with provincial and federal governments to
support innovation within Canada.
On August 1st of 2007 AURP Canada became the first official chapter of AURP.
AURP Canada acts as the united voice of Canadian university research parks. AURP’s
goal is to build awareness in support of science and technology infrastructure and
enable all stakeholders to lay a foundation for growth.
www.aurpcanada.ca
RESEARCH PARKSASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY
ASSOCIATION DES PARCSUNIVERSITAIRES DE RECHERCHE
Creating Communities of Innovation
Creer des communautes d innovation
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Modern evolution melds the explorations of academia,
the interests of government and the market savvy of business.
These three pillars balance the scales of innovation, making
great things become possible.
ACADEMIA
Passion. Curiosity.
Discovery without limit.
The relentless pursuit
of what is not yet known
and stretching the
boundaries of what is.
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Research Parks.
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BUSINESS
Drive. Commitment.
Making ideas move.
The unmitigated tenacity
and bottomless persistence
to challenge every
resistance that
stands in the way.
GOVERNMENT
Steady. Sure.
Eyes on the horizon.
The wisdom to understand
what the times call for
and the insight
and vision to bring
the pieces together.
RESEARCH PARKSASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY
ASSOCIATION DES PARCSUNIVERSITAIRES DE RECHERCHE
Creating Communities of Innovation
Creer des communautes d innovation
CANADA
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