News Releases - 2008
July
| July 30 |
Edmonton... Do you have a vision for Alberta’s future in investment and technology? Would you like to share your knowledge and experience to help shape an independent corporation? Do you have a track record in early-stage, private equity investments? If so, you could be a candidate for the Alberta Enterprise Corporation Board.
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| July 30 |
Calgary... A $2.1-million investment in digital imaging research is helping physicians make more accurate diagnoses. Researchers have also written a related software application for the new iPhone 3G, allowing doctors to remotely receive medical images on their iPhones and to manipulate the images in three dimensions.
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| July 10 |
Edmonton... Distance learning and technology commercialization will be highlighted as Doug Horner, Minister of Advanced Education and Technology, travels to London, England, and Ireland, July 11-20.
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| July 4 |
Edmonton... Twenty-five current and future teachers will be awarded a total of $87,500 in scholarships and bursaries to enhance their language learning skills to benefit Alberta's Kindergarten to Grade 12 students.
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June
| June 27 |
Edmonton... Research projects studying CO2 sequestration, tumour progression, spinal cord injuries and wildlife protection were among the recipients of funding through the Alberta Government's Small Equipment Grants Program. The program enables new and established Alberta researchers to obtain equipment and tools necessary to create or continue their leading-edge work.
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| June 26 |
Edmonton... Edmonton will be home to the world's first industrial scale facility to produce biofuels from municipal solid waste. The City has signed a 25-year agreement with GreenField Ethanol, Canada's largest ethanol producer and Enerkem, a leading biofuels technology company.
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| June 19 |
Palo Alto, California... New treatments for cancer may originate in Alberta thanks to a three-year collaborative project by partners Advanced Education and Technology, the University of Alberta, Hewlett Packard Canada (HP Canada), Alberta Health Services, the Alberta Cancer Board, and an international partnership of pharmaceutical and computing firms.
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| June 17 |
San Diego, California... Alberta's technology business environment has led to a new partnership to bring an innovative new respiratory drug to market. Alberta will help commercialize a new application of AMPAKINE compounds through a partnership with California-based Cortex Pharmaceuticals, the University of Alberta, and spin-off company, Neurochemical Modulation Inc.
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| June 13 |
Edmonton... Alberta's advanced education system has a new tool for year-to-year planning. The Alberta Access Planning Framework was developed in consultation with publicly-funded institutions and provides common data on demographics and economic drivers that are needed to respond to capacity and demand needs faced by the post-secondary system.
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| June 11 |
Edmonton... Premier Ed Stelmach will lead a delegation to introduce Alberta's action plan, Bringing Technology to Market to A-list market players in California during a June 15 - 19 mission.
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| June 11 |
Edmonton... Increasing the number of new companies in emerging advanced technology sectors is the goal of Alberta's action plan Bringing Technology to Market. This $178-million plan highlights a range of coordinated actions - from a research and development tax credit to increased investment capital to technology-specific business supports and new technopreneurship projects.
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| June 09 |
Edmonton... More apprentices in Alberta will be rewarded for their achievements in technical training with the addition of two new scholarship categories - pre-apprentice and top apprentice - to the Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training (AIT) Board Family of Scholarships.
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| June 06 |
Edmonton... This fall, eight of Alberta's top students will pursue their high school educations in international settings from Italy to Singapore thanks to the scholarships from the Government of Alberta.
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| June 03 |
Edmonton... Adults learning to read English or improving their reading skills can get information about Alberta's human rights law and services in a new newspaper-style publication called Human rights in Alberta.
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| June 03 |
Edmonton and Waterloo... Funding to support the
development of Alberta's high school students who have been identified as top
performers, innovative thinkers, and future leaders continues to be invested
by the Government of Alberta.
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May
| May 26 |
Calgary... Alberta will be the world staging ground for an Olympic-style event symbolizing excellence in trades and technology, with provincial support of $24 million to date. Calgary will host the 40th WorldSkills Competition September 1 to 6, 2009 at its Stampede Park.
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| May 22 |
Edmonton... Innovators in Alberta and China working to bring more technology to the marketplace now have closer ties. Three Alberta agreements signed with Hong Kong and the Guangdong Province will mean stronger company collaboration on projects including commercialization of high-tech health-related solutions.
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| May 14 |
Edmonton... Three Alberta post-secondary institutions have developed a new approach to delivering the full range of advanced education programming, including apprenticeship and trades training, for students in
northwest Alberta.
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| May 13 |
Edmonton... Alberta companies now have even greater opportunities to get into the emerging field of nanotechnology through the $15 million nanoWorks program. This new Alberta nanotechnology industrial research partnerships program connects academic researchers with industry to develop market-driven nanotechnology products. The program, operated by Alberta Ingenuity, opens the door to innovative projects that build on Alberta's growing strength as Canada's nanotechnology centre.
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| May 13 |
Edmonton... Undergraduate students in Alberta's largest universities will be able to add nanotechnology to their course mix. $30 million in funding will support nanotechnology programming for Bachelor of Science in Engineering students at the University of Alberta and Bachelor of Science students at the University of Calgary as part of the province's $130 million strategy to make Alberta a centre of nanotechnology research and product commercialization.
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| May 9 |
Edmonton... High-tech companies looking to field-test new computer-based technologies in a customer or client setting now have ready access to more support from the new Precarn office opening in Alberta.
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| May 9 |
Edmonton... With a record number of more than 36,000 technical training seats available this year, Alberta's apprentices will have more options than ever on where, or when, to take their training.
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| May 9 |
Edmonton... Two new initiatives launched by the Government of Canada and Province of Alberta will create more opportunities for local firms to commercialize and export products or services to emerging international markets.
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| May 6 |
Edmonton... Alberta's scholarship program is expanding with a $7.3-million investment to the Alexander Rutherford Scholarship.
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April
| Apr 30 |
Edmonton... Alberta's post-secondary institutions will now have clearer direction on how best to work together to provide Albertans with accessible, affordable and quality advanced education.
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| Apr 29 |
Edmonton... Alberta students will head to their classes this fall with more money in their pockets thanks to a $13.4-million enhancement to Alberta's student financial assistance package.
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| Apr 24 |
Quebec... A network of research and technology organizations is
getting closer to piecing together a system that would fast-track Mother Nature's own greenhouse
gas recycling process in large volumes.
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| Apr 24 |
Alberta... Alberta has sent a signal to global investors by announcing the Alberta Enterprise Corporation Act, a cornerstone of Alberta's plan to diversify and sustain the provincial economy.
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| Apr 22 |
Alberta... Province commits more than $8 billion to enhance education and employment needs of growing economy and population
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| Apr 15 |
Edmonton... Martha Cook Piper, a national leader in research and post-secondary education, has been named chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT), the institute announced today.
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| Apr 14 |
Edmonton... A forward-thinking project from the Alberta Research Council Inc. and ARC Energy Trust of Calgary is getting closer to putting a lid on the gas stacks rising from the industries in Alberta's Industrial Heartland region, just outside of Fort Saskatchewan.
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| Apr 11 |
Calgary... Five new baccalaureate degree programs are being officially launched at Mount Royal College on a landmark day for Calgary's oldest post-secondary institution.
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| Apr 11 |
Edmonton... Alberta is co-hosting the first-ever Pan-Canadian educational conference to focus on literacy issues. It is a unique opportunity for people from the education and advanced education systems and community to discuss literacy issues and programming from a variety of perspectives.
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| Apr 11 |
Edmonton... With over 90% of the tenant space occupied, TEC Edmonton officially opened the doors of the TEC Centre, a lab and incubation facility for entrepreneurs, spin-off and start-up technology companies, located on the fourth floor of Enterprise Square.
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| Apr 11 |
Bonnyville... As part of an ongoing effort to encourage Alberta's junior and senior high students to consider a career in the trades, a panel of local employers and apprentices will speak with students and their parents during a trades career information session in Bonnyville on April 17.
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| Apr 10 |
Calgary... Dr. Wilsun Xu is on a mission to bring information technology and Alberta's power companies together to develop innovative solutions for Alberta's power grid. As the newly appointed NSERC/iCORE Alberta Power Companies Industrial Research Chair in Power Quality, his success is both recognized and strengthened.
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March
| Mar 28 |
Edmonton... Powering a robust economy in Alberta into the future is going to take some smart thinking and clear information on all the energy technology options. Alberta Research Council (ARC) is collaborating with a top American energy organization, Idaho National Laboratory, to research some of those energy options and provide the scientific and engineering information that will help guide industry and policy-makers through the maze of energy technology alternatives.
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| Mar 14 |
Calgary... Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC) and
the Alberta Energy Research Institute (AERI) are pleased to announce the
completion of the PTAC Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) study.
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January
| Jan 31 |
Edmonton... Alberta government funding of $7.6 million will enable NAIT to modernize and expand its power plant facility resulting in an estimated savings on utility expenses of up to $120,000 annually. This allows NAIT to direct more money to learning in priority areas such as increasing student access and purchasing new equipment.
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| Jan 31 |
Edmonton... Alberta's top apprentices, employers and instructors will be recognized at the 11th annual Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training Board Awards in Edmonton on February 8.
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| Jan 30 |
Grande Prairie... The Alberta government is providing $6.5 million to Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) to expand its L-Wing Building and upgrade its gymnasium facilities.
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| Jan 28 |
Edmonton... Fifteen leading edge projects that promote innovation, collaboration and participation in post-secondary education will benefit learners across Alberta thanks to $7.9 million from the province’s Innovation Fund.
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| Jan 28 |
Edmonton...Alberta's best and brightest high school students are on a record-setting pace for scholarships, with more than 10,000 students projected to receive $20.5 million in Rutherford Scholarships by the end of the school year.
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| Jan 23 |
Edmonton...Cutting-edge pharmaceutical labs and health research facilities will be added to the University of Alberta (U of A) as part of $168-million in funding from the Alberta government.
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| Jan 22 |
Calgary... Strategic investments of nearly $100 million by the Alberta government will help complete a new digital library and renew mechanical and infrastructure systems at the University of Calgary.
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| Jan 15 |
Edmonton... Enterprise Square, the University of Alberta's downtown centre of teaching, learning, research and innovation, officially opened today, breathing new life into a quiet block of downtown.
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| Jan 14 |
Edmonton... Pipeline wear is a significant cost to industry – both in unplanned production outages and maintenance costs. The Alberta Research Council (ARC), 3M Canada and Alberta Advanced Education and Technology (AET) are teaming up to develop liners that prevent corrosion and erosion and prolong pipeline life.
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