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Ontario innovation Hubs
OntariO innOvatiOn HuBs MARS DISCOVERY DISTRICT http://www.marsdd.com
The MaRS Centre is in the Discovery District, between the country’s leading teaching hospitals and three major universities. It is the home to start-ups, mid-size companies, multinationals, investors, researchers, professional, service firms and retailers. With 700, 000 square feet of lab facilities and offices, MaRS has intentionally assembled a powerful mix of organizations to provide the environment for success to stimulate connections, investment and innovation.
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OTTAWA CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION LIFE SCIENCES http://www.ocri.ca/lifesciences
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OCRI is Ottawa’s lead economic development agency. OCRI leads the city in sustained economic development to build wealth and enhance our quality of life by nurturing innovation and accelerating entrepreneurial organizations; connecting business, research, education, government and the community; developing and attracting world-class talent and skills; enhancing the quality of education in the region through innovative and collaborative programs; and marketing the region’s capabilities globally. With over 740 members including start-ups, SME’s, multinationals, research laboratories, academic institutions and government, OCRI promotes sustainable economic development to maintain our high quality of life. OCRI’s Life Sciences programs address the challenges that face innovative life sciences organizations by helping them advance life sciences and health care research to commercial development; by enabling strategic partnerships and knowledge transfer; and by accessing integrated global networks.
EASTERN LAKE ONTARIO REGIONAL INNOVATION NETWORK http://www.elorin.ca
ELORIN provides business assistance through training, peer-to-peer networks and connections with the right financial and Biotechnology Focus / May 2010
informational resources to reduce business risk and help accelerate growth for new and growing enterprises in Eastern Ontario
GREATER PETERBOROUGH INNOVATION CLUSTER http://www.innovationcluster.ca
The Innovation Cluster is a not-for-profit corporation with a mandate to facilitate an economic environment in which high paying jobs are created, wealth generated, and an increased quality of life established in the Greater Peterborough Area. The Innovation Cluster assists in advancing life sciences, environmental, DNA and other innovative research in the Peterborough, Ontario region to help promote and sustain a strong local knowledge-based economy.
RESEARCH INNOVATION COMMERCIALIZATION (RIC) CENTRE http://www.ric-centre.on.ca
RIC Centre helps new entrepreneurs and seasoned business people take the next great idea to market in the fields of aerospace, advanced manufacturing, life sciences and emerging technology sectors through defined strategic actions: proactively connect industry, academia and investment to gain meaningful results that support commercialization.
GOLDEN HORSESHOE BIOSCIENCES NETWORK http://www.ghbn.org
GHBN is focused on driving innovation, exploiting bioscience resources and strengths, and forging new partnerships that will create jobs and investment. Working within an urban population of more than 1 million, the network has been a main player in funding and piloting a medical-device clinical trials program in Hamilton, building an emerging bioproducts economic cluster in Niagara, and in creating a life sciences coalition in Ontario to support the vital biosciences industry.
ACCELERATOR CENTRE, WATERLOO RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PARK
http://www.acceleratorcentre.com The centre is a co-op consisting of the Federal and Ontario governments, the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, the City of Waterloo and the University of Waterloo. It is the site of a community-based initiative to foster innovation in the region.
SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO BIOPRODUCTS INNOVATION NETWORK http://www.sobin.ca
SOBIN’s mission is to strengthen the economy of Southwestern Ontario by cultivating new bioproducts, fostering energy conservation and expanding alternative energy sources. SOBIN envisions progressive companies leading the world in growing all facets of the bioproducts industry in Southwestern Ontario leading to a vibrant regional economy.
INNOVATION INITIATIVES ONTARIO NORTH http://www.iion.ca
The vision of IION is to firmly establish itself as the regional ‘go-to’ address for innovation and commercialization at the public-private sector interface, particularly but not entirely exclusively in the areas of Bioscience and Medicine as well as Bioproducts from renewable and sustainable sources.
YORKBIOTECH http://yorkbiotech.ca
YORKbiotech is a catalyst organization within Ontario’s Regional Innovation Network that harnesses the wealth of intellectual, technical and commercial resources in York Region to foster economic development in knowledge-based industries such as Advanced Health Technologies, Biotechnology, Clean-tech, ICT, Digital Media, Pharma Research and Advanced Manufacturing.
