Ecosystem News

Image: UNSPLASH/Israel Andrade < Shrinal Sheth Knowledge Specialist, Investors Industries, World Economic Forum Geneva > Venture capital is crucial in shaping the future of our people, planet and society. However, venture capital has been a laggard in considering environmental, social and governance aspects when making investments. The tide is now […]

Edmonton’s early and mid-stage innovators can expect elevated support from Innovate Edmonton with the launch of two new divisions, Scaleup Edmonton and Accelerate Edmonton, expanding on our well-established Startup Edmonton group. Head of Scaleup Edmonton Chloe Chalmers, Head of Accelerate Edmonton Dawn Newton, and Head of Startup Edmonton Christian Tokarski have joined Innovate Edmonton as program division leads. Together, they will steward current programs and develop future strategies to support innovation-intensive entrepreneurship at every stage of growth.  “Innovate […]

Amii’s Machine Learning Technician Certification prepares Albertans for roles of the future EDMONTON, AB (August 19, 2021) – The Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) is offering 20 scholarships for the Machine Learning Technician Certification, a nine-week program that empowers participants to gain new skills and abilities toward technical careers in artificial intelligence […]

UCalgary Industry Fair for postdocs is an hour-long, virtual event organized by the Postdoctoral Fellows Association of the University of Calgary (PDAC) on the occasion of the Postdoc Appreciation Week 2021. This event will take place on Monday, September 20th at 2pm MDT over multiple Zoom breakout rooms. The participation […]

Running for over 30 years, this multidisciplinary career fair is the University’s largest career event of the year. It is a great opportunity to connect with students and alumni from all disciplines including Engineering, Computing Science and Business. This year, the fair will be virtual and will be held on […]

Microfabrication tools will allow U of A and industry inventors across Western Canada to design and test precision medical devices at rapid speeds. In the world of precision medicine, really, really small is a really big deal. That’s certainly the case for western Canadian entrepreneurs who have big ideas for […]

Edmonton, AB, 8 July 2021— The Polykar Foundation today announced it has donated $50,000 to the University of Alberta to implement a pilot micro-credentials course in professional language and communication skills for the workplace. The signing ceremony was held this morning at Peter Lougheed Hall, on the University of Alberta’s […]

Edmonton, Alberta, July 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ernst & Young LLP (Canada) announced that Sam Prochazka, CEO and Founder of GoodMorning.com, Canada’s largest independent online mattress retailer, is a regional winner in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year® 2021 Prairies Program. After a rigorous months-long judging process, just seven regional winners were […]

Please note: Product Demonstration Program version 2.0 is currently underway, and is closed for new applications. Product Demonstration Program version 3.0 is launching in the fall with Expressions of Interest applications opening September 7, 2021.  Accelerating innovations to commercialization  The Product Demonstration Program is designed to de-risk the commercialization process […]

Alberta Digital Traction is a funding program of up to $50,000 for small-and medium-sized Alberta enterprises (SMEs) that have software development at the core of one or more of their products and/or services. Qualified candidates are those that intend to rapidly scale in the global marketplace to accelerate their revenue […]

Five new exceptional AI researchers are joining Canada’s thriving AI ecosystem. Appointed through the CIFAR Pan-Canadian AI Strategy, the Canada CIFAR AI Chairs are all affiliated with Amii, based in Edmonton, one of the world’s preeminent centres of AI, and will take up faculty positions at the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia (UBC). […]

LETHBRIDGE, AB. — Lethbridge College is showing how it is ready to meet the changing needs of the agriculture industry by launching its Bachelor of Agriculture Science program. The degree program, which is unique to Lethbridge College, begins in September 2021 and offers opportunities for career development, a path to further […]

Rich Sutton, a University of Alberta computing science professor, a fellow and Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii), and one of the founders of modern computational reinforcement learning, has been elected as a fellow of the venerable Royal Society, the world’s oldest national scientific institution. Sutton, who joined […]

NSERC and Mitacs are pleased to build on the success of their existing partnership with a new joint initiative that will support the R&D efforts of Canadian university researchers and their partners, while supporting highly qualified personnel including students and/or postdoctoral fellows.Through NSERC’s Alliance grants and Mitacs’s Accelerate, this new […]

According to the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) World University Rankings 2021-22, the U of A sits 81st in the world—up 20 spots from last year’s showing—and fourth in Canada.“Rankings are a measure of our reputation for excellence in education and research, and the impact that our students, faculty and […]

Alberta’s 2021 budget is placing an increased spotlight on the technology and innovation sector, setting it up to be a key player in the province’s efforts to stabilize after COVID-19. Much of the industry is calling the budget a step in the right direction but say the government could have done more […]

The Government of Canada turned to the private sector to find ways to improve the end-to-end traceability of the steel supply chain in Canada. By doing so, the government is using its advantage as the country’s single-largest purchaser of Canadian goods and services to support the growth of homegrown innovators […]