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ORION in the Community & Press Kit

February 9, 2018

As a not-for-profit organization committed to actively supporting innovation in Ontario, 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.

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ORION’s last-mile service to improve connectivity for Ontario’s research and education community

June 24, 2019

TORONTO, June 24, 2019 – ORION, Ontario’s only provincial research and education network, is now providing dedicated point-to-point connections between ORION’s Points of Presence (PoPs) and end users’ sites. The last mile is the final stretch of fibre connecting a ... Continue Reading

ORION launches Ontario consortium to improve cybersecurity for research and education

June 10, 2019

TORONTO, June 10, 2019 – ORION, Ontario’s only provincial research and education network, announced the launch of its much-anticipated Ontario Cybersecurity Higher Education Consortium (ON-CHEC) today. This is designed to improve cybersecurity awareness and develop a strategy to manage cybersecurity ... Continue Reading

ORION presents 2019 Leadership Award winners

May 15, 2019

TORONTO, May 15, 2019 – ORION has recognized three parties for their contributions to Ontario’s research, education and innovation communities by awarding them with a 2019 Leadership award at the Advance Ontario conference. This award is presented to those who ... Continue Reading

Advance Ontario: Press Kit

April 11, 2019

Advance Ontario: Advance Ontario is a conference hosted by ORION, SOSCIP and Compute Ontario, bringing together the innovative ecosystem of scientists, students, educators, clinicians, entrepreneurs, politicians, citizens, and more. Communities around the world are embracing the strength of multidisciplinary teams ... Continue Reading

Network Outages: Service restored

April 10, 2019

UPDATE: As of 5:45pm tonight, research and education network service as well as commercial internet service have been restored for all constituents. Please contact ORION's Network Operations Centre at support@orion.on.ca or call 1-866-862-0554 if you have any ongoing issues, questions, ... Continue Reading