Innovation

VANCOUVER – TELUS has announced the launch of its new TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good, a $100 million social impact investment fund created to nurture ideas in new responsible and sustainable startup businesses. The fund will invest in entrepreneurs building solutions aimed at improving healthcare, furthering social and economic inclusion, ensuring sustainable food production, and reducing our environmental footprint. Read More

VICTORIA, BC – British Columbia is piloting a “hospital-at-home” project at the Victoria General Hospital, which is designed to treat some patients in their homes instead of in hospital beds. With funding of $42 million, the plan is to fine-tune the project in Victoria and Prince George, and to roll-out the solution to hospitals across the province this winter. Read More

KITCHENER-WATERLOO, Ont. – The University of Waterloo is planning to build a new facility in Kitchener that would focus on the incubation of medical technology companies, deep science technology and multi-disciplinary research. Read More

MONTREAL – Oncopole is proud to announce the winners of the Priorité patient Competition. Four research projects, aimed at improving the care of cancer patients in Quebec, will benefit from a total of $800,000 over two years. Read More

HAMILTON, Ont. – An innovative new app being developed at Hamilton Health Sciences could revolutionize care for people with chronic concussion symptoms. The MyHeadHealth mobile app is the brainchild of Dr. Gihan Perera (pictured), a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist who works at the Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) Regional Rehabilitation Centre at Hamilton General Hospital. The rehabilitation centre provides specialized care to patients recovering from a variety of conditions including traumatic brain injuries. Read More

VICTORIA, BC – StarFish Medical, Canada’s largest medical device design, development, and manufacturing service provider, announced that the Winnipeg Ventilator 2.0 has received a Health Canada COVID-19 Medical Device Authorization under an interim order. Read More

MONTREAL – A national R&D platform, powered by leading-edge AI, will now move forward with the support of up to $49 million from the federal government’s Strategic Innovation Fund, along with $159 million in cash and additional in-kind contributions from 97 consortium partners. Read More

OTTAWA – Joule is pleased to help boost innovation during the pandemic, supporting six recipients with its COVID-19 Innovation grant program. The grant program was launched in June to help physicians and medical learners scale up COVID-19 solutions. The recipients distinguished themselves from nearly 300 applications, and are sharing $1 million, the largest grant offering provided by Joule since its inception in 2016. Read More

SURREY, BC – The Health and Technology District in Surrey, B.C. is partnering with Halo Health, Canada’s first angel network for healthcare, on a new collaboration to expand and support health-tech innovations and entrepreneurs. Halo Health is a not-for-profit angel network of entrepreneurial medical doctors, physicians, healthcare graduates and medical students supporting and scaling health-tech companies that build and strengthen the future of healthcare. Read More

HALIFAX – MOBIA announced that it has received federal funding for SurgeCon, an Emergency Department (ED) flow solution app. The funding, through Innovation Solutions Canada, was awarded under the non-medical category of innovations designed to address public health challenges presented by COVID-19 and future public health emergencies. Read More