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OTTAWA, ON, May 14, 2021 /CNW/ - In communities across the country, Canadians are experiencing the impacts of climate change. The Government of Canada is investing in lowering emissions and increasing the resiliency of communities to create good, middle-class jobs and build Canada s clean energy future.
Today, the Honourable Seamus O Regan Jr., the Minister of Natural Resources, and the Honourable Catherine McKenna, the Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, announced that the Ottawa Community Foundation is launching the Ottawa Climate Action Fund (OCAF) as a member of the Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) network.
March 11, 2021
By Justin Wong
Simon Fraser University received multiple accolades at the 2021 BC Cleantech Awards, which was hosted online this year by Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre in February.
SFU was honoured as the 2021
Top Education Institute. Elicia Maine, special advisor on innovation to SFU’s vice-president, research and international; and the VanDusen professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at the Beedie School of Business, took home 2021
Top Educator honours.
Top Education Institute award recognizes SFU’s work championing a cleantech future.
For more than 20 years, SFU has established expertise in materials science and engineering, with a complementary investment in clean technology development.
Burnaby, BC, February 18, 2021 (T-Net)
Simon Fraser University announced that it is partnering with Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre to advance the cleantech industry in B.C. and beyond.
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) announced will focus on shared areas of opportunity in cleantech development through SFU Innovates.
The partnership will involve creating a new research program under the leadership of professor Mark Jaccard of SFU s School of Resource and Environmental Management, and professor Elicia Maine, special advisor on Innovation to SFU s Vice-President, Research and International, and the VanDusen Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
An
applied research study will help Canadian companies in emissions intensive trade exposed (EITE) industries transition to cleantech and help inform climate policy. The project is funded by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) with Foresight as the industry partner.
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Russell Hixson January 18, 2021 PROVINCE OF B.C. Simon Fraser University sits atop Burnaby Mountain in B.C. The school has been tasked with establishing a low carbon innovation centre as part of a national effort to reduce carbon pollution in major metro areas.
A new partnership aims to establish a series of innovation centres across the country to accelerate low carbon initiatives.
The Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) network is partnering with major cities and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for the project, which will create and connect centres in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax.