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March 2010
Reminder - new offices for ORION
To accommodate more staff and resources, ORION will be moving to a new office location. As of March 1st, ORION will be located at 360 Bay Street, 7th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2V6. Phone and fax numbers will remain the same.
Students hone skills at Olympics
With the Winter Olympics on home turf this year, many Ontario students are in Vancouver getting the chance of a lifetime to hone their skills in their chosen fields. Among them are Ryerson University journalism and Radio & Television Arts students working as camera operators, field producers and reporters; students from Seneca College's School of Communication Arts who are working on CTV's online coverage, working as video and photo editors; and five Broadcast Television Production students from Confederation College who are working as associate directors and TV production assistants for the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.
More Ontario funds for SNOLAB
Ontario is investing more than $9 million through the Ontario Research Fund to support 120 researchers at Laurentian University and the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNOLAB). Recipients include SNOLAB researchers Dr. Mark Boulay and Dr. Mark Chen, who are leading research related to dark matter - tiny particles that are key to understanding the nature of the universe. Their research team will use state-of-the-art technology 2,000 metres below ground to advance our understanding of how dark matter affects the universe. Read more at www.news.ontario.ca/mri.
ORION looks at interactive media platform
ORION is exploring the feasibility of supporting a new interactive digital media platform service for postsecondary institutions and other agencies. The platform, which could support "YouTube-like" distribution and content sharing, would be provided as an ORION service with digital and social media service partners. It would address multiple types of content, including video, music, photography, animation, including lectures and potentially, content meta tagging and storage. A provincial steering committee and working groups, with representatives from colleges, universities and other institutions have met to map out requirements for a potential service. "Our institutions are looking for more than a content distribution platform," says ORION Director of Communications Andre Quenneville, and chair of the project steering committee. "They are also interested in being part of a shared content creation and collaboration workspace that can support academic assignments and digital asset management." ORION hopes to launch a pilot with Ontario schools later this year as part of the network's new suite of value-added services.
O3 reaches milestone
The new O3 Collaboration platform, ORION's online professional and social networking service for researchers and educators, has reached an important milestone with 50 Ontario organizations and institutions adopting the platform to support their work and research. Membership has now reached over 600 and continues to grow. Participating institutions represents a wide variety of projects and postsecondary institutions and schools, from York University, to George Brown College, to the Ontario Association of School Board Business Officials. O3 hosts several bloggers.
Learn about the capabilities of O3
Sign up for a free webinar to learn more about O3 Collaboration. Learn how it can help academic, learning and research teams stay connected and work collaboratively online using web 2.0 tools. Join O3 Community Manager, Gary Hilson, on any of the following three Thursdays: March 11, 18 and 25 from 1:30 to 2 pm. To sign up, visit www.othree.ca/webinars.
People News
Guy Bujold recently stepped down from his position as President and CEO of CANARIE, Inc. Board chair Jim Roche steps into the role for the interim. Dr. Ian Brindle recently became the new Vice-President of Research at Brock University, as Dr. Liette Vasseur steps down from the position. Former CIO Richard Gibson recently moved on from Conestoga College; Fred Woodhall has stepped into the position for the interim, effective immediately. Lakehead University recently appointed Brian J. R. Stevenson, current Provost and Vice-President Academic at the University of Winnipeg, as its sixth President and Vice-Chancellor, effective August 1, following the retirement of current President, Dr. Frederick Gilbert.
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