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April 2009
Spread the word: ORION Awards
Help spread the word among your colleagues: ORION is now accepting submissions for the 2009 ORION Awards. We’re looking for Ontario researchers and educators who are leading the way in leveraging advanced networks to improve their research outcomes and/or enhance teaching practices to boost student learning. Submissions can be made in one of three categories: Discovery, Learning and Leadership. Visit www.orion.on.ca/2009awards.
OCAD receives digital tabletop display
Students and faculty at the Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) will have unprecedented access to a new, cutting-edge research and development tool, thanks to Microsoft Canada's donation of a Microsoft Surface unit and related services. Microsoft Surface is an interactive computing surface that allows individual or multiple users to access digital content with natural gestures and touch. In addition to the 30-inch tabletop display, Microsoft Canada will provide design and development tools and training to OCAD students and faculty. The donation will benefit the OCAD's new Digital Media Research + Innovation Institute (DMRII) and the university's existing leading-edge digital research. Read more at www.ocad.ca/news.
U of T investigation detects cyber espionage network
The Information Warfare Monitor - a joint effort of the SecDev Group (Ottawa) and the Citizen Lab (University of Toronto) - detected a cyber espionage network involving over 1,295 compromised computers in 103 countries. Investigators conducted field research in India, Europe and North America, including in the private office of the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan Government-in-Exile and several Tibetan NGOs. During the second phase of the investigation, the data led to the discovery of insecure web-based interfaces to four control servers. The interfaces allow attacker(s) to send instructions to and receive data from compromised computers. Read more at www.utoronto.ca/news.
McMaster confirms plan for Burlington campus
McMaster University signed an official agreement with the City of Burlington and Halton Region recently, confirming plans for the university's expansion into Burlington. The expansion includes the construction of the new Centre for Advanced Management Studies. The new campus will be home to the DeGroote School of Business MBA program and new executive offerings. The plan also includes the establishment of a regional family medicine resident program and medical clinic to be located in Burlington's downtown. A future affiliation between Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital and McMaster University is also planned. Learn more at www.mcmaster.ca/news.
New Queen's centre brings math, science & tech to kids
Queen’s University Faculty of Education recently launched a community outreach centre aimed at better integrating educational services with community groups and local schools, and helping researchers to better understand barriers students face while pursuing math, science and technology education. Queen's Community Outreach Centre will provide the school's Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Group with the capacity to act as a community resource, providing access to programs and curricula they develop, and allowing them to take those programs out into local area schools. Learn more at www.queensu.ca/news.
Queen's attracts solar panel company
Attracted by the interdisciplinary expertise of Queen's University researchers, a Toronto-based solar panel supplier recently chose Kingston as the location for its new $500-million manufacturing facility. Everbrite Solar, a division of Everbrite Industries Ltd., announced plans to build a highly specialized, robot-controlled plant using leading-edge technology in "thin-film" solar module production. The facility will be capable of generating 150 megawatts of solar power each year, and is expected to create more than 1200 "green collar" jobs in the Kingston area. The quality and interdisciplinary nature of the research team at Queen's was one of the key attractions for the company to locate in Kingston. According to Mechanical and Materials Engineering professor Joshua Pearce, "the potential to rapidly transfer these technological improvements from the Queen's laboratories to Everbrite's main factory line is unprecedented." Read more at www.queensu.ca/news.
OUCC right around the corner
The Ontario Universities Computing Conference takes place this year at Ryerson University, May 24 to 26. The theme is "Sustaining Innovation: Challenges & Opportunities for Technology Provision in Economic Downturn," with topics such as green IT, virtualization, security, and student engagement. Keynote speakers include Dr. David Suzuki and Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. Register at http://oucc.ca.
U Waterloo hosts SHARCNET Research Day
SHARCNET once again hosts its annual Research Day as part of SHARCFEST. Taking place this year at the University of Waterloo on May 21, the event gathers researchers, faculty and graduate students using SHARCNET to learn about each others' research projects enabled by high-performance computing. Learn more at http://www.sharcnet.ca/events/RDay2009/.
Advancing Learning: This Is IT! conference
Hosted by George Brown College this year, the Advancing Learning: This is IT! Conference, May 20 to 22, is geared to educators and dedicated to the use of instructional technologies such as wikis, blogs, simulations, gaming, online communities, and more. Register at http://liad.georgebrown.ca/THISISIT.
People News
David Agnew was recently appointed President of Seneca College, effective July 1. CUCCIO (Canadian Universities Council of Chief Information Officers) recently appointed Lori MacMullen, former Associate Vice-President Information Technology Services at the University of New Brunswick, as Executive Director.
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