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Centre of excellence in vaccine commercialization and research to be led at VIDO
March 20, 2008 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – The University of Saskatchewan will lead a $25.5-million national Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research aimed at fast-tracking vaccine development for diseases of major public health concern such as pandemic influenza, whooping cough, chlamydia, “mad cow”…
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Dr Sheela Basrur honoured as new health agency unveils inaugural CEO
March 7, 2008 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Five years after the SARS outbreak, Ontario has reached a milestone in the overhaul of emergency health planning with the appointment of the founding president and CEO of the new Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion,…
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Carleton U gets $5M science facility upgrade funding
March 7, 2008 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – $5 million is being provided to Carleton University by the Ontario government in order to upgrade its science research facilities. The funds will be used to renovate the university’s 42-year-old chemistry building, modernize laboratories and bring equipment…
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$1M for equipment and infrastructure at University of Victoria
February 29, 2008 by Lab Canada Victoria, BC – The University of Victoria is receiving $1,036,400 in funding from the federal government to increase research capacity and support services for the advanced technology sector on south Vancouver Island. The money will go towards three projects: –…
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Brandon to get scanning electron microscopy facility
February 29, 2008 by Lab Canada Brandon, MB – An analytical scanning electron microscope facility is being established at Brandon University, and is receiving $338,500 in support funding from Western Economic Diversification Canada. The facility will give students and researchers access to new technologies and increased…
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New health sciences campus for Ontario
February 21, 2008 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – Ontario’s provincial government is providing $8 million in funding for a new health sciences campus for the University of Waterloo. The new Health Sciences Campus will be located in downtown Kitchener and will include a new School…
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$168M boost for health-related facilities and other upgrades in Alberta
February 4, 2008 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – Cutting-edge pharmaceutical labs and health research facilities will be added to the University of Alberta (U of A) as part of $168-million in funding from the Alberta government. “We’re committed to investing in Alberta’s post-secondary education system,”…
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Biomedical MRI research lab opens in Halifax
January 21, 2008 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – A biomedical magnetic resonance imaging research laboratory (BMRL) was officially opened last week by the IWK Health Centre and the National Research Council Canada (NRC). Research at the laboratory will focus on pediatric and adult diseases such…
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Saskatchewan lab first to produce new swine vaccine
January 21, 2008 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – A new swine vaccine, developed in Quebec, will be produced in Saskatoon by the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), beginning this month. The council says it is the first live animal vaccine in the past decade to be…
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Acoustic imaging research centre receives $5M funding
January 7, 2008 by Lab Canada Windsor, ON – A new centre devoted to acoustical imaging, called the Institute for Diagnostic Imaging Research, is to be established at the University of Windsor. The institute received $5 million in funding from Ontario’s government today. The institute will…
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$15M funding for new food safety and cattle vaccine facility
January 7, 2008 by Lab Canada Belleville, ON – Bioniche Life Sciences’ new $25-million animal health and food safety vaccine production facility in Belleville, ON, is receiving $10 in funding from Ontario’s provincial government and $5 million in funding from the federal government. The new facility…
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Design work and relocation plans underway for new materials technology lab
January 7, 2008 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – Detailed building design work is underway for the soon-to-be relocated CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory (CANMETMTL) from Ottawa to McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton. In addition, an 18-member advisory board that includes representatives from industry, academia and government…
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$6.5M supports advanced science technology facility
December 10, 2007 by Lab Canada Victoria, BC – A new quantum materials spectroscopy centre (QMSC) for the University of British Columbia is receiving $6.5 million in funding from the BC government. The facility will be located at the Canadian Light Source (CLS), the national synchrotron…
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New research centre will further environmental goals in Nova Scotia
November 26, 2007 by Lab Canada Halifax, NS – A new research centre focussed on environmental engineering is being built at Dalhousie University. The facility, the Nova Scotia Environmental Engineering Research Centre (NSEERC) laboratory will be built at the university’s Faculty of Engineering. The centre is…
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$600,000 funding supports new cereal testing facility
November 26, 2007 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – The Canadian International Grain Institute (CIGI) is establishing an advanced pilot cereal testing, training and demonstration centre with over $499,000 in funding through the Canada-Manitoba Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The Manitoba government is also providing $103,700 towards…
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NSERC to open regional office in Montreal
November 12, 2007 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) says it plans to open its fourth regional office in early 2008, in Montreal. The NSERC-Quebec office will have the same mandate as NSERC’s existing offices serving…
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Water research to be strengthened at Alberta hub
November 5, 2007 by Lab Canada Lethbridge, AB – $10 million in funding from Alberta’s government will help the completion of the University of Lethbridge’s new Alberta Water and Environmental Science Building. The facility will support research on watersheds, water ecology and commercial water use. The…
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$2M for horticultural research institute
November 5, 2007 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – Research into reducing both greenhouse gas emissions and the use of harmful pesticides in agriculture is being supported with $2.2 million in funding from the BC government. The funding will help construction of a 500-sq-m greenhouse at…
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Terry Fox Research Institute receives $30M to support HQ in Vancouver
November 5, 2007 by Lab Canada Vancouver, BC – BC’s provincial government is providing $30 million to the Terry Fox Foundation to fund the new Terry Fox Research Institute’s headquarters in Vancouver. The funding will support both the institute’s headquarters in the BC Cancer Agency’s building…
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Clinical research cord blood bank opens in Montreal
October 29, 2007 by Lab Canada Montreal, QC – The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) has opened a new clinical research cord blood bank. The new comprehensive tool will be used to collect and store umbilical cord blood which does not meet the collection standards of…
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Ontario university gains research access to population-based health data
October 29, 2007 by Lab Canada Kingston, ON – Ontario’s first satellite unit of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) has been opened at Queen’s University. “The creation of this facility opens up unprecedented opportunities for our researchers to undertake population-based health services research and…
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Air quality to be studied at new research facility
October 29, 2007 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – A new centre for studying air quality recently opened at the University of Toronto. Called Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric Aerosol Research (SOCAAR), the centre is an interdisciplinary focal point for research into poor air quality and…
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Innovation centre with nanotechnology commercialization focus opens
October 5, 2007 by Lab Canada Edmonton, AB – The NINT Innovation Centre, a part of the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) of the National Research Council, has official opened. The centre rents space to start-up and existing companies or to industrial collaborators that will benefit…
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Newly opened Centre for Phenogenomics set to model the future of human health
October 1, 2007 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – The Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics officially opened today. Located in the heart of Toronto’s Discovery District, the state-of-the-art facility will enable groundbreaking research and discovery, with the goal of advancing human health. Through modeling of disease, scientsts…
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$3.2M funding enhances biomedical research in Manitoba
October 1, 2007 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – Biomedical research in Manitoba has received a boost with $3.2 million funding under the Winnipeg Partnership Agreement. The University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Engineering will acquire state-of-the-art biomedical imaging and biosensing equipment to create an enhanced Bio-Engineering…
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Oil sands gets first applied research and training facility
October 1, 2007 by Lab Canada Calgary, AB – A new applied research and testing facility in Fort McKay will allow companies operating in Alberta’s oil sands to speed up technology testing – reducing testing costs and increasing operational efficiency. SGS, an inspection, verification, testing and…
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Animal reproduction lab opens
September 24, 2007 by Lab Canada Saskatoon, SK – A new laboratory devoted to research into advanced reproduction techniques for livestock had its official opening at the University of Saskatchewan. The Westgen Research Suite is one of two open-plan laboratories in the veterinary college’s new $8-million…
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Research park announces two new buildings
September 24, 2007 by Lab Canada Waterloo, ON – Two new buildings are being planned at the University of Waterloo Research + Technology Park. The two new buildings – the $8.4-million first phase of the UW Research Accelerator Centre and the $20-million InnoTECH building – will…
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$199M expansion to GlaxoSmithKline influenza vaccine manufacturing facility near completion
September 17, 2007 by Lab Canada Quebec City, QC – GlaxoSmithKline says it is nearing completion of a two-year, $199-million upgrade and expansion of its Quebec City influenza vaccine manufacturing facility. As a result, the facility is now a key global influenza vaccine manufacturing site, supporting…
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Further funding for molecular medicine research centre
September 10, 2007 by Lab Canada Thunder Bay, ON – Ontario’s provincial government is providing $14.7 million to support the new Molecular Medicine Research Centre in Thunder Bay. The centre says the funding will be used for administrative costs, equipment acquisition and other start-up costs. The…
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Swine research gets $200,000 funding for equipment
September 10, 2007 by Lab Canada Winnipeg, MB – New swine research facilities at the University of Manitoba’s National Centre for Livestock and the Environment is receiving nearly $200,000 in funding support from the federal government for equipment. The funding will be provided to the Manitoba…
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