{"id":14778,"date":"2012-01-25T12:21:10","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T17:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=14778"},"modified":"2012-01-26T09:47:08","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T14:47:08","slug":"government-of-canada-invests-in-bio-manufacturing-business-development-in-niagara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2012\/01\/government-of-canada-invests-in-bio-manufacturing-business-development-in-niagara\/","title":{"rendered":"Government of Canada invests in bio-manufacturing business development in Niagara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal.dotm<\/o:Template> <o:Revision>0<\/o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0<\/o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1<\/o:Pages> <o:Words>621<\/o:Words> <o:Characters>3540<\/o:Characters> <o:Company>Brock University<\/o:Company> <o:Lines>29<\/o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>7<\/o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>4347<\/o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>12.0<\/o:Version> <\/o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG \/> <\/o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false<\/w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting \/> <w:PunctuationKerning \/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt<\/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt<\/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas \/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables \/> <w:DontGrowAutofit \/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables \/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx \/> <\/w:Compatibility> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"276\"> <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]>\n<mce:style><!   \/* Style Definitions *\/ table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0cm; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; \tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; \tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; \tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} --><\/p>\n<p><!--[endif] --> <!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<div id=\"attachment_14779\" style=\"width: 477px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14779\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14779     \" title=\"jan25-rickd-tbn\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/jan25-rickd-tbn.jpg\" alt=\"Rick Dykstra\" width=\"467\" height=\"263\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rick Dykstra, MP for St. Catharines, announces an $843,500 investment in Brock&#39;s Bioscience Incubator (BioLinc) on behalf of the Federal Government&#39;s Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The federal government has made an investment in Brock that will help it to partner with regional supporters to kick-start bio-manufacturing businesses in Niagara.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Rick Dykstra, Member of Parliament for St. Catharines, on behalf of Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), today announced an investment of up to $843,500 for Brock to create BioLinc, a new bioscience incubator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">These federal contributions through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feddevontario.gc.ca\/eic\/site\/723.nsf\/intro\">FedDev Ontario\u2019s<\/a> Prosperity Initiative will help build closer ties between leading bioscience researchers and local entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cOur government is proud to partner with institutions such as Brock University to increase business opportunities for entrepreneurs in bio-manufacturing,\u201d said Dykstra. \u201cToday&#8217;s investment is contributing to the creation of a knowledge-based economy in Niagara and across southern Ontario that will create new high-value jobs and sustain long-term growth for our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThis investment is great news for Brock as it will help to enhance the capacity of our new bioscience research complex to foster innovation,\u201d said President Jack Lightstone. \u201cThese funds will also enable us to advance one of our key strategic priorities, which is to partner with local businesses and business development agencies in Niagara to provide incubation services for the bio-manufacturing sector of our region\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">BioLinc will be housed in the soon-to-be-opened <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/cairns-health-bioscience\">Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex<\/a>. It will include office and lab space, as well as provide business development services for entrepreneurs, such as counselling, training and networking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The FedDev Ontario support will also provide seed funding for Innovates Niagara \u2014 an interactive web portal that will support entrepreneurs whose businesses are not physically located in the incubator. Innovates Niagara is in turn supported by a partnership that includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Brock University<\/li>\n<li>the City of St. Catharines<\/li>\n<li>nGen<\/li>\n<li>the Regional Innovation Centre<\/li>\n<li>the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThis partnership is the start of a collaborative approach designed to provide a suite of services for entrepreneurs and innovators that has been a missing part of Niagara\u2019s economic toolbox,\u201d said Mike Watt, chair of the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce. \u201cThe creation of a one-stop business development service of this kind will play a key role in bringing resources together to make it more efficient for businesses to grow in Niagara.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cIt is only by bringing together like-minded people and the necessary resources that innovative ideas can become commercial realities,\u201d said nGen CEO Jeff Chesebrough.\u00a0\u201cBioLinc will no doubt enhance our region\u2019s efforts to foster new business development and the organic growth of existing small businesses in Niagara.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThe City of St. Catharines recognizes that this initiative will encourage private investment, create new jobs and support our efforts to move into a knowledge-based economy, which, in turn, will help attract young professionals to our community,\u201d says St. Catharines Mayor Brian McMullan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<div id=\"attachment_14780\" style=\"width: 489px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14780\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14780    \" title=\"jan25-groupshot-tbn\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/jan25-groupshot-tbn.jpg\" alt=\"From left: \" width=\"479\" height=\"270\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BioLinc partners, from left: Jeff Chesebrough, CEO, nGen; Keith Cumming, Vice-Chair, Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce; Walter Sendzik, Interim CEO, Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce; Rudi Kroeker, Chair, Brock University Board of Trustees; Rick Dykstra, MP, St. Catharines; Jack Lightstone, President, Brock University; Gary Libben, Vice-President, Research; N&#39;ora Kalb, program co-ordinator, nGen; Brian McMullan, Mayor, City of St. Catharines; Gary Burroughs, Chair, Niagara Regional Council <\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\">FedDev Ontario\u2019s Prosperity Initiative is designed to encourage businesses, not-for-profit organizations and post-secondary institutions in southern Ontario to undertake projects that will result in a more productive, diversified and competitive economy. Applications for funding are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feddevontario.gc.ca\/eic\/site\/723.nsf\/eng\/h_00122.html\">being accepted<\/a> and assessed on an ongoing basis. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.feddevontario.gc.ca\"><\/a><\/span>Created in 2009, FedDev Ontario supports the southern Ontario economy by building on the region\u2019s strengths and creating opportunities for jobs and economic growth. 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