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ORION in the Community & Press Kit

September 22, 2016

As Ontario’s backbone of innovation, ORION connects big ideas, big thinkers and big data through an ultra high-speed fibre optic network dedicated to enabling research, education and innovation (RE&I) in Ontario.ORION provides high-speed connectivity to its connected institutions, linking them to each other and to a global grid of research, education and innovation networks, which enables ongoing learning and collaboration.Mandate and BackgroundLogo (with tagline or without tagline JPEG)Bio of Anne Sado, Chair, ORION Board of Directors (PDF)Stories of ORION's impactPress releasesAreas of expertise / Recent speaking engagements:Arctic Broadband Summit - Chief of ... Continue Reading

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ORION and CENGN partner to enhance Canada’s innovation economy

ORION Staff

August 15, 2017

ORION and CENGN are proud to announce a new 10Gbps private peering connection that will open more opportunities and services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to test and validate their innovations. This new collaboration builds on a history of ... Continue Reading

ORION presents the 2017 ORION Leadership Award Winners

May 24, 2017

TORONTO, May 24, 2017 – ORION is pleased to present three exceptional leaders in Ontario’s research, education and innovation community with the 2017 Leadership Awards at a ceremony today at ORION’s annual THINK Conference. These outstanding leaders leveraged ORION’s unique digital ... Continue Reading

ORION launches shared CISO to improve security for Ontario education institutions

April 25, 2017

(Toronto) —ORION is proud to announce the launch of a shared Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) pilot initiative together with eight Ontario higher education institutions. Introduced in response to demand from the research and education community, this two-year pilot project will ... Continue Reading

THINK: Open – Press Kit

February 21, 2017

THINK:THINK is an annual conference hosted by ORION, bringing together Ontario's innovative ecosystem of scientists, students, educators, clinicians, entrepreneurs, politicians, citizens, and more. Communities around the world are embracing the strength of multidisciplinary teams to fuel solutions to intractable problems. ... Continue Reading

Ontario participates in the fastest, long-distance academic big data transfer in Canada

November 17, 2016

For Immediate ReleaseSalt Lake City, November 17, 2016 – Today, ORION joined several leading Canadian and international organizations in successfully testing a next-generation, ultra-fast data transfer at SC16, the world’s largest supercomputing conference.In partnership with Compute Canada, Compute Ontario, CANARIE ... Continue Reading