VANCOUVER – The Digital Technology Supercluster announced the completion of its $60 million investment in the COVID-19 Program, launched in April to contribute to Canada’s Plan to Mobilize Industry to fight COVID-19. Sixteen new projects were announced to round out the program, which addresses the biggest challenges presented by COVID-19.
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OTTAWA – L-SPARK, a leading Canadian business and technology accelerator, and TELUS have collaborated to launch a medical technology (MedTech) accelerator program with BlackBerry, Solace, and the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA).
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DEERFIELD, Ill. and VANCOUVER, BC – Baxter International Inc., a global innovator in renal care, and Ayogo Health Inc., a behavioral science-based digital health company, announced the expansion of their partnership to support the needs of patients with kidney disease through digital health solutions.
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KIBBUTZ SHEFAYIM, Israel and VANCOUVER, BC – Zebra Medical Vision, the deep-learning medical imaging analytics company, announced that it has entered a strategic collaboration with TELUS Ventures, one of Canada’s most active venture capital funds. This collaboration includes an investment that will grow Zebra-Med’s presence in North America and enable the company to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to new modalities and clinical care settings.
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TORONTO – Canada’s strong international competitiveness in AI and the quality of our healthcare are at risk if we do not develop a national AI for Health (AI4H) Strategy. This is among the key findings in a new report from the Artificial Intelligence for Health Task Force, a Canadian multi-stakeholder group convened by CIFAR.
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SASKATOON – A team led by University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher Dr. Khan Wahid (PhD) (pictured) has been awarded $250,000 from the federal New Frontiers in Research Fund to create a new pill-sized capsule that uses artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled sensing to diagnose gastrointestinal cancers and bleeding earlier and more precisely than is currently possible.
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SURREY, BC – As students head back to school in Surrey, the School District wants to know how families of their students are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. To do this, they are using the Back 2 School Readiness Assessment tool, created in collaboration with Tickit Health. The tool addresses families’ needs through an empathic interactive screening and support tool.
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VANCOUVER – Sixth Wave Innovations Inc. is pleased to announce it has entered into non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Neocon International Inc. of Halifax, NS to design and produce a face mask that incorporates the Company’s patent-pending virus detection technology (SmartMask) – currently under development.
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TORONTO and CHERRY HILL, N.J. – The TD Ready Challenge, an annual North American initiative which provides financial support to organizations tackling community issues, is now open and accepting applications until August 13, 2020. The TD Ready Challenge has a total of $10 million (CAD) in grants available to eligible organizations developing innovative and measurable solutions in response to the widespread impacts of the pandemic. New this year, grant amounts will range from $350,000 CAD to $1 million CAD.
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VANCOUVER – The Digital Technology Supercluster is investing in eight new projects to improve the health and safety of Canadians by supporting Canada’s commitment to address the COVID-19 outbreak, while building expertise and capacity to respond to future urgent situations. The funding is coming from a $60 million pool that was previously announced.
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