November 2010


College president Anne Sado new ORION board chair
Anne Sado, president of Toronto's George Brown College, is the new chair of the ORION board of directors.
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Hamilton Public Library first library to connect to ORION
Hamiltonians will soon have access to the global grid of research and education networks as the Hamilton Public Library connects to ORION later this fall.
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Ontario connects with global community
Looks to expand ties with neighbours

Looking to expand ties, ORION connected with international colleagues at the recent Internet2 Fall Conference and met with neighbouring state networks to explore opportunities to collaborate over the border.
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ORION's collaboration service provides robust alternative to fading Google Groups
Research and education groups concerned about the fate of their Google Groups should consider ORION's O3 Collaboration as a robust alternative to the service that Google is scaling back in the New Year.
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York University embraces O3 Collaboration
More than any institution in Ontario, York University and its staff and faculty have embraced ORION's O3 Collaboration, as the university's research and project groups flock to the online service to manage projects in a private, secure environment.
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CONII endorses O3
Vanessa Williamson, Executive Director at the Colleges Ontario Network for Industry Innovation (CONII), talks about the benefits of using O3 Collaboration to share information between its members in the Ontario college community.
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  • ORION engineers begin network upgrade
  • A common voice for advanced networks across Canada
  • Canadian leaders meet at CANARIE Users' Forum
  • Study calls for more investment in Ontario colleges
  • ORION collaborates with MaRS to stream TEDxYouth to schools
  • Ontario government to invest $15M for new Ontario Brain Institute
  • People News
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