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June 1, 2011
Key to productivity is innovation, not invention
By 03 Admin Ali Abbas Mehboob Hirji in Innovation
TORONTO STAR: Canada's lacklustre innovation record hurts Canadians' prosperity - and governments recognize this. With our large public investment in R&D and in training new scientists, why aren't we an international leader in innovation?
The Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity released a report titled Canada's Innovation Imperative. In it, we conclude that public innovation policy is not working largely because our governments focus on driving invention, not innovation. They're…
April 6, 2011
ORION Research + Education News April 2011 - ORION Summit Edition
By Gary Hilson in ORION News
APRIL 2011 - ORION SUMMIT SPECIAL EDITION
Click on this link to view the entire contents of this newsletter:
http://www.orion.on.ca/current-news.html
- Leaders in research, education and innovation convene at the 2011 ORION Summit
- Purdue U's mobile social media apps for student engagement
- Digital pens enhance learning in the K-12 classroom
- It's all about teamwork! Exploring O3's online collaboration spaces
- Nurturing digital media research beyond the classroom
- Ontario…
Each year, we present the ORION Awards to innovators to recognize their achievements as champions of advanced technologies in research, teaching and learning. They are committed to driving innovation and next-generation research and education in Ontario.
December 16, 2010
CANARIE launches R&D testbed for ICT companies
By Advanced Networks Curator in Advanced Networks
CANARIE, Canada's Advanced Research and Innovation Network, is launching a research and development environment - Digital Accelerator for Innovation and Research (DAIR) - where Canadian firms can develop, test and demonstrate innovative information and communications technology (ICT) products, services and protocols.
The DAIR Program will allow small- and medium-sized ICT companies to create new, complex, large-scale products and demonstrate them to customers, without building a costly…
Now is the time to be recognized for leveraging innovative technologies - such as collaboration tools and advanced networks - for accelerating research and education.
ORION is now accepting submissions and nominations from Ontario researchers and educators who are leading the way in leveraging advanced networks to improve their research outcomes or enhance teaching practices to boost student learning.
Thirty-four organizations, projects and individuals have received the ORION Award since ORION launched the awards program in 2005. Last year, institutions and individuals involved in high performance computing, digital content for academic research, and…
Expanding footprint to three new PoPs
ORION is adding three Ontario communities to the network's official Points of Presence (PoPs), the first extension of the network's core backbone since ORION's launch in 2003.
Chatham, Orillia and Kirkland Lake are the new locations being added to the network, growing ORION's PoPs from 22 to 25. It is part of the recently announced $6.5 million network upgrade, jointly funded by ORION and CANARIE.
Site preparation has begun and the network equipment will be installed and turned up in the…
November 23, 2010
Ontario’s advanced network connects its first library
By ORION Services Curator in ORION News
Hamilton Public Library joins ORION
HAMILTON - Hamiltonians will soon have access to the global grid of research and education (R&E) networks, as the Hamilton Public Library - the first library to join - connects to the Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION), Ontario's advanced R&E network.
"Libraries are changing to become even more relevant to the customers we serve. Hamilton Public Library customers look to us for so much more than books and DVDs alone. Public computer usage is growing and we need to…
November 22, 2010
College president Anne Sado new ORION board chair
By 03 Admin Ali Abbas Mehboob Hirji in ORION News
The Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION) announced today that Anne Sado, president of Toronto’s George Brown College, has been elected chair of its board of directors.
TORONTO - The Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION) announced today that Anne Sado, president of Toronto's George Brown College, has been elected chair of its board of directors.
Ms. Sado, who first joined the board in 2004, replaces Maxim Jean-Louis, president and CEO of North, who steps down as chair after three years.
"As the new board chair, Anne brings exceptional leadership skills to ORION," said ORION President and CEO, Dr. Darin Graham. "Together with her…
November 18, 2010
Schools Test E-Reader Devices With Dyslexic Students
By Patricia Presti in eBooks and eTextbooks in Colleges and Universities
November 18, 2010 :: "Educators seeking new ways to personalize instruction for students with dyslexia and other reading disabilities are turning more and more to e-readers such as Amazon's Kindle, Apple's iPad, Barnes & Noble's Nook, and the Intel Reader. But the jury is still out on just how effective those digital tools are in helping struggling readers. And that's largely because educators only recently began testing the tools with students with reading disabilities..."
October 5, 2010
Ontario advanced network first to launch operational 100G network
By ORION Services Curator in ORION News
“Generational leap in capabilities”
TORONTO - ORION, Ontario's advanced research and education (R&E) network, today announced the first phase of a major technology upgrade, making it the first to deploy a 100G operational network in Canada and the first R&E network in the world to deploy a 100G production network to support research and education.
ORION made the announcement in Toronto today with the selection of Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco Canada to provide the project's next-generation optical transport and routing…
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