Ontario to create ONE - Ontario Network of Excellence New MRI minister Milloy to lead
Hours after Ontario Cabinet ministers were sworn in to their new portfolios, outgoing Research and Innovation Minister John Wilkinson passed the torch to Training, Colleges and Universities Minister John Milloy, by announcing an ambitious new direction for the government's research and commercialisation programs. Read more...
Thunder Bay students connect to ORION
More Northern Ontario students and teachers will soon have access to the global grid of advanced research and education networks as Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board connects to ORION. Read more...
ORION issues call for nominations - Get ORION Award submissions in over the summer!
Now is the time to be recognized for leveraging innovative technologies - such as collaboration tools and advanced networks - for accelerating research and education. Read more...
SciNet unleashes Canada's most powerful supercomputer
It is about 30 times more powerful than the next-fastest supercomputer in Canada and the fastest outside the United States. Read more...
Ontario universities sign on to eduroam
Five Ontario universities are the latest to sign on to eduroam, a service that offers an easier, more efficient way for scholars to connect to wireless services and collaborate with one another.
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Lakehead breaks ground at new Orillia campus - Plans for major hub
Lakehead University recently broke ground at its new permanent Orillia campus where ORION is planning a new connection hub, able to link the campus and additional organizations to Ontario's high-capacity research and education network.
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SHARCNET awards fellowships Promotes HPC for humanities research
The Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network (SHARCNET) recently announced the recipients of the Round I competition for Digital Humanities Fellowships. Read more...
Ontario funding supports gaming technology research ORION Award winner leads team
Advanced research in gaming technologies, led by one of Canada's advanced networking and technology pioneers, is among the $94 million in new research funding recently announced by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty. Read more...
ORION in the north
New digital media research centre at Sheridan
Canada 3.0 calls for action plan
CANARIE announces $3M Call for Proposals in green IT
Archive of ORION-ABEL webcasts
Previous ORION Award winner elected to UK Royal Society