January 2008
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Recognizing Ontario's innovation leaders in research and education
2008 ORION Awards call for submissions
The 2008 annual ORION Awards program launches this month to recognize Ontario champions... Read more...



ORION and CANARIE team up to host national summit
Nov. 3-4, 2008
Mark your calendars: ORION and CANARIE, Ontario's and Canada's advanced networks, are teaming up this year to host a national research and education Summit in Toronto on November 3 and 4, 2008.
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Loyalist launches virtual design centre
More adventures in Second Life
Loyalist College, one of Canada's first higher education institutions to launch a campus within Second Life, has now leveraged its expertise to launch a new virtual design centre.
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U Waterloo residence to be new media incubator
A former residence will be transformed into a live-in incubator for collaborative new media projects developed by entrepreneurial students. Read more...


orionXchange Picks
Explore the most recent additions to the orionXchange, a mini portal recently launched on the ORION website where researchers, educators, students and technology experts can find links to resources, tools, applications, and other valuable sources of information.
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OCAD and ABEL partner to videoconference portfolio reviews
Getting the chance to have a portfolio critiqued by an art and design expert before application deadlines is a rare opportunity for most high school art students.
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• Last chance to submit: ORION FutureFlick Contest
• U Windsor gets $5M boost for new research institute
• OCAD offers distance learning to Dawson City art school
• CANARIE announces Cover to Cover contest
• U of T e-learning project wins Mellon award
• U of T scientists make quantum computing leap
• Lakehead hosts Research & Innovation Week
• Seneca videoconferences New World Symphony concert
• MaRS Landing videoconferences FFNHP workshop
• Registration now open: ELEVATE 2008
• Museums and the Web conference
• People News
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