Examples of Ontario innovation
There are world-class scientific breakthroughs taking
place in our own backyard. Breakthroughs that will
undoubtedly help build our economy and improve the
quality of life throughout our province.
Over twenty stories of Ontario research innovation have
been chronicled in Using Our
Heads. And the organizations behind these
stories, continue to push forward - exploring new
opportunities and taking on new challenges - each and
every day.
Using Medical Imaging For Detection
Robart's Institute: www.robarts.caRotman Research Institute: www.rotman-baycrest.on.ca
Examining The Structure Of Proteins
Structural Genomics Consortium: www.thesgc.com
Looking Deep Inside A Mine With Virtual-Reality
Software
Mining, Innovation, Rehabilitation and Applied
Research Corporation (MIRARCO): www.mirarco.org
Solving The Secrets Of The Universe
SNOLAB: www.snolab.ca/
Aiding The Aerospace Industry Through Space
Instrumentation
CRESS: www.cress.yorku.ca/oru/
Discovering A Better Way To Build Safer Homes
Institute For Catastrophic Loss Reduction:
www.iclr.org
Utilizing 3-D Software For Land Use Planning
The PrAgMatic Project: www.oit.on.ca/Pages/SStories/StoryNiagaraVR.html
Developing More Advanced Intelligent Transportation
Systems
Intelligent Transportation Systems Centre:
www.civil.engineering.utoronto.ca/infoabout/research/transport/subpages/ITS.htm
Making It Easier To Clean up Polluted Groundwater
American Petroleum Institute: http://api.org/
Building A Hospital For A Different Kind Of Patient
Toronto Centre for Phenongenomics: www.phenogenomics.ca/
Aiming For A More Individualized Form Of Medicine
Centre for Applied Genomics: www.tcag.ca/Toronto General Research Institute: www.uhnresearch.ca/institutes/tgri/index.htm
Searching For Gene-Based Vaccines
McMaster's Centre for Gene Therapeutics: http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/cgt/
Understanding The Biology Of The Brain
Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative
Diseases: www.utoronto.ca/crnd/research.htm
Going Where DNA Has Never Gone Before
Genesis Genomics: www.genesisgenomics.com
Exploring Stem Cells and Gene Therapy
Ottawa Health Research institute: www.ohri.ca/home.asp
Investigating A Gene That Produces Cancer-Fighting
Proteins
Apoptosis Research Centre: www.cheori.org/research_arc.html
Performing Intricate Calculations Using
High-Performance Computing
Sharcnet: www.sharcnet.ca/
Facilitating Technological Innovations Through
Quantum Computing
Institute for Quantum Computing: www.iqc.ca/
Cataloguing a World of Species with the Barcode of
Life
Institute for Quantum Computing: www.barcoding.si.edu/
Establishing a Facility Where Academia Meets Business
MaRS: www.marsdd.com/MaRS-Home.html
Building An Environment That Attracts Leading Minds
Perimeter Institute: www.perimeterinstitute.ca/
Finding the Right Talent to Find a Cure
Ontario Institute For Cancer Research: www.oicr.on.ca/
Building a Generation of Science Literates
Let's Talk Science: www.letstalkscience.ca
Q Let's start out with an extremely blunt question. How
good is Canadian research?
A The short answer is, extremely good. Canada, with
about 0.5 per cent of the world's population, produces
2 per cent of the world's GDP. But at the same time
Canadian science creates 4 per cent of Earth's global
knowledge. Papers, patents, citations - the research
measurables.
Research activity across Ontario universities has
increased dramatically over the past 10 years.
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