OCE In The News

• April 5, 2013 – Imprint, The University of Waterloo's Official Student Newspaper – Student-run banking initiative wins $20,000 social enterprise award
  After successfully pitching the judges at the Ontario Centres of Excellence’s Social Enterprise student competition March 21, the first student-run financial institution in Canada is one giant step closer to opening its doors.
  
• April 2, 2013 – Financial Post – Forget the cooking shows! Manufacturing is where it’s at for today’s grads
  

  As part of the 2013 federal budget, federal finance minister Jim Flaherty announced some much-welcomed support for Ontario’s manufacturing sectors, including a new $200 million Advanced Manufacturing Fund in Ontario. The question is: Will the supply of skilled labourers be able to meet demands of sectoral growth?

• April 2, 2013 – CBC Morning Edition Kitchener-Waterloo – First Canadian student-run credit union to open in Waterloo
  Releaf Financial is a burgeoning student-run financial institution that serves post-secondary students in Waterloo. The retail banking and financial planning service will help students manage the cost of their education.
• March 28, 2013 – Manufacturing Automation – OCE gives thumbs-up to funds for touchscreen coating
  Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) is investing $200,000 in a Queen's University innovation that could soon make smudgey touchscreens a thing of the past.
• March 27, 2013 – Ming Pao Toronto – Student designed bank project wins $20,000 award
  A non-profit bank for students at University of Waterloo was one of the winners of Ontario Centres of Excellence second Social Enterprise Student Competition.
• March 27, 2013 – Guelph Tribune – Family-friendly festival celebrates all things water
  The City of Guelph and partners including Ontario Centres of Excellence are teaming up to present the first-ever H2O GO Festival, a celebration of water, at city hall Saturday, March 23.
• March 27, 2013 – Greenhouse Canada – GIGAS veg crop unit undergoing field trials
  A major greenhouse robotics program in Ontario – this one with more of a vegetable focus and co-funded by Ontario Centres of Excellence – has been underway, the past few years, at the University of Guelph.
  
• March 27, 2013 – Toronto Star – Tweet teacher in #digitalskills class
  Ryerson University student uses social media course to help his new business venture earn a spot in the finals of Ontario Centres of Excellence's student social enterprise competition.
  
• March 27, 2013 – The Kingston Whig-Standard – Aiming for smudge-free phones, tablets
  A Queen's University innovation that could keep smartphones and tablet screens smudge free has received a $200,000 investment to bring it to the marketplace faster.

  The Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) is investing the money in a “smart” coating technology developed by Queen's chemists Dr. Guojun Liu and Dean Xiong.

• March 13, 2013 – IT Business Canada – Ontario SMBs offered access to high performance computing resources
  Could your business benefit from access to high performance computing (HPC) resources and collaboration with university researchers? If so, Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) would like to hear from you.
• March 6, 2013 – Therapeutics Daily – ScarX Finds New Uses for Old Drug in Dermal Scarring
  With funding from Ontario Centres of Excellence, ScarX Therapeutics, a 2012 Toronto-based start-up, is looking to introduce a topical anti-scarring product onto the market - a product that can be administered by the patient - to prevent scarring following surgical procedures.
• February 28, 2013 – Phys.Org – Researchers' smart coating makes super-protective surfaces possible
  Ontario Centres of Excellence is supporting a new technology, developed at Queen's University, that could see contaminants, ice, fingerprints and graffiti losing their grip on a wide range of surfaces.
• February 27, 2013 – AZoCleantech – Smart Grid Infrastructure for Electricity Systems of Ontario
  Rob Nolan, Manager, Investment Attraction for the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada and the Chair of the Ontario Clean Technology Alliance, talks to AZoCleantech about Smart Grid Infrastructure for Electricity Systems of Ontario and OCE's contributions.
• February 27, 2013 – Lexology – A Guide to Patent Funding in Canada: how do I get my invention off the ground?
  Several programs are available in Canada that encourage the commercialization of intellectual property.
• February 27, 2013 – Toronto Business Times – Experiential Learning Program helping fill the gaps for budding entrepreneurs
  Ontario Centres of Excellence took time to celebrate the success of its Experiential Learning Program in January.
• February 27, 2013 – TVO's The Agenda – The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Is Innovation History?
  A partnership between Osgoode Law School and OCE is highlighted in this broadcast of TVO's The Agenda at the 27 minute mark.
  
• January 30, 2013 – Globe and Mail – How to avoid being a one-hit product wonder
  OCE President and CEO Tom Corr weighs in with a handful of other experts on how start-up Magnet Forensics can best balance its desire to move forward on creating new products while continuing to improve on its core one.
  
• January 22, 2013 – Financial Post – Funding opportunities for the academic and research sector
  Academic and research institutions are crucial to driving Canada’s innovation economy—that’s why governments across the country offer over 2000 funding programs supporting this sector.
• January 7, 2013 – Hospital News – Greening our way into 2013 with support from Ontario Centres of Excellence
  In 2012, the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care reached more people and organizations than ever before and in 2013, with the support of OCE, will reach even more.
• November 28, 2012 – Globe and Mail – Why startups need to start putting customers first
  For a young firm, customer interaction during the early stages of development often leads to a successful product and a successful business. By Dr. Mario Thomas, special to the Globe and Mail.