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May 19, 2021
OTTAWA – The government of Canada announced a one-year extension of the CAN Health Network project in Ontario, with an investment of $3.25 million in Trillium Health Partners through FedDev Ontario. This builds on the government’s previous $3.5 million investment in 2019, which launched the network in Ontario and supports 15 companies to bring solutions to market.
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May 5, 2021
TORONTO — The Ontario government is investing over $1.5 million, through the Ontario Together Fund, in Myant Inc. to help commercialize “connected wearables” that can sense, monitor and help detect various symptoms that may signal the onset of diseases, including those associated with COVID-19.
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April 30, 2021
TORONTO – Three levels of government – federal, provincial, and municipal – have thrown their support behind Sanofi Pasteur in building an “end-to-end” influenza vaccine manufacturing facility in Toronto. Together, the partners will invest nearly $1 billion to get the site up and running, which is expected by 2027. Read More
April 28, 2021
OTTAWA – The federal budget – delivered earlier this month by Finance Minister Chrystia Freedland (pictured) – includes significant funding for its tech superclusters, artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing and genomics. The current pandemic, moreover, has driven home the need for more domestic strength in the key technologies needed to detect and treat biological threats using advanced technologies.
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April 21, 2021
OTTAWA – The Honourable Patty Hajdu (pictured), minister of health, announced the signature of a bilateral agreement with Ontario to enhance the province’s virtual health services. Ontario will receive $46 million to expand its efforts on virtual healthcare.
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April 7, 2021
EDMONTON – Alberta is spending an additional $33 million this year on non-emergency CT scans and MRIs as a way of clearing a backlog of diagnostic imaging exams for non-emergency cases.
The money, included in the 2021 budget, will help pay for staffing required to do as many as additional 50,000 CT scans and 45,000 MRIs in the upcoming fiscal year. It is a one-time expenditure on top of the regular spending on diagnostic imaging.
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April 7, 2021
HAMILTON, Ont. – The federal government’s FedDev Ontario announced an investment of $6 million for Hamilton’s Innovation Factory, which will work alongside the Synapse Life Science Consortium to launch the Southern Ontario Pharmaceutical and Health Innovation Ecosystem (SOPHIE).
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March 3, 2021
TORONTO – The Government of Ontario announced $23.5 million in funding over the next five years for the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), powered by Baycrest. This funding will enable CABHI to continue its work as a world-leading solution accelerator driving innovation in the aging and brain health sector.
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February 17, 2021
KINGSTON, Ont. – The federal government announced an investment of $3 million for the city of Kingston, in partnership with Queen’s University, St. Lawrence College, Green Centre Canada, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, and the Kingston Economic Development Corp., to establish a health innovation ecosystem in the region.
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February 17, 2021
FREDERICTON, NB – The governments of Canada and New Brunswick have announced 39 applied research projects under the Healthy Seniors Pilot Project. The projects aim to better support seniors in their homes, communities and care facilities while promoting healthy aging.
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