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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.

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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.

MCMASTER INNOVATION PARKHamilton, ON

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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

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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

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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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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.

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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 vpr@uvic.ca, or visit www.uvic.ca/goingplaces.

We’re going places.University of Victoria Research

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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

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