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  • Brock University receives $1.5 million to help develop local businesses

    Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | By

    Thanks to the assistance of the Government of Canada, Brock University was able to expand its support of local businesses in Niagara.

    On November 12, 2010, St. Catharines M.P. Rick Dykstra announced that Brock would receive $750,000 from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario’s (FedDev Ontario) Applied Research and Commercialization Initiative (ARC).

    On April 17, 2012, St. Catharines M.P. Rick Dykstra announced that Brock would recieve an additional $750,000 from FedDev Ontario’s ARC extension.

    Many small companies do not have the research and development resources to meet their pre-commercialization needs. Through ARC, Brock worked with local businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees in areas such as product and process applied research, engineering design, technology development, product testing, proof of concept, piloting and problem solving to help them and accelerate getting their innovations to market.

    This represented a tremendous opportunity for Brock and its surrounding communities. It provided Niagara’s small and medium sized enterprises with the facilities and tools to develop their ground-breaking ideas and improve their economic competitiveness.  It allowed Brock researchers to build partnerships with the community, helped our students gain first-hand experience and, with the success of local companies, is leading to better career opportunities for young Canadians.

    Brock would like to thank the Government of Canada for their partnership and support. This rewarding collaboration with local businesses brought exciting developments and growth to Niagara.

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  • Brock BioLinc receives funding of $843,500 from FedDev Ontario

    Wednesday, January 25, 2012 | By

    Thanks in part to support from the Government of Canada Niagara has a new bioscience, biotechnology and biomanufacturing business incubator known as BioLinc.

    On January 25, 2012 St Catharines M.P. Rick Dykstra announced that Innovate Niagara, which includes Brock University, would receive $843,500 from Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario’s (FedDev) Prosperity Fund to establish the infrastructure for the BioLinc project.

    BioLinc, operated by Brock’s Goodman School of Business, is part of Innovate Niagara’s network of incubators. It includes both a physical incubation space, in Brock’s Cairn’s Family Health and Bio-science Research Complex, and a dynamic web portal. It leverages University expertise and community resources to assist entrepreneurs in establishing and developing their new ventures. The physical incubator is geared towards helping start-up companies in the health, bioscience and biomanufacturing sectors while the virtual incubator supports a broader range of companies.

    Through initiatives such as BioLinc, Brock University is cultivating innovation in Niagara by connecting innovators with the resources necessary to commercialize their research breakthroughs. It is helping to facilitate the transition of Niagara’s economy into a new knowledge and information based economy by promoting entrepreneurship, innovation, employment opportunities and growth.

    Brock would like to thank the Government of Canada for its support. Initiatives such BioLinc are helping to bring innovative research at Brock to the market and promoting prosperity through the creation of new jobs and a diversified local economy.

    Categories: Government Support

  • CCOVI receives $1.9 million from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

    Sunday, December 19, 2010 | By

    Brock University is extremely thankful for the Government of Canada’s investment in research that has supported the country’s grape and wine industry.

    On Dec. 19, 2009, Rick Dykstra, MP for St. Catharines, on behalf of Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, announced that the Grape Growers of Ontario and Brock’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) would receive $1.9 million to support industry-led science and technology projects.

    Of the total funding, $1.45 million came from the Government of Canada’s Developing Innovative Agri-Products program. The remaining funding came from the industry.

    This strategic investment between the Government of Canada, Ontario grape growers and Brock University provided a platform from which Brock’s world-class research was further extended into the country’s grape-growing and wine-making communities. By addressing the industry’s priorities, it helped to make the country’s grape and wine industry more innovative and competitive.

    Brock would like to thank the Government of Canada for their partnership and support. Through this project, Brock was able to develop new technologies and expand its services to support the growth of our grape and wine industry.

    Categories: Government Support

  • Province to provide $26.2 million for Brock’s Walker arts centre

    Wednesday, April 14, 2010 | By

    Thanks in part to support provided by the Government of Ontario Brock University will play a significant role in the artistic and cultural renaissance of St. Catharine’s downtown core.

    On April 14, 2010, St. Catharines M.P.P. Jim Bradley announced that the Government of Ontario, through its Open Ontario plan, would provide $26.2 million to support the construction of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.

    The School will see 500 full-time Brock students and faculty members relocated from their current quarters on campus to a new, energized downtown setting. It will also provide St.Catharines’ downtown core with a world-class arts facility that will showcase professional artists of local, national and international stature for the cultural enrichment of the greater Niagara community.

    The downtown fine arts campus is being built in partnership with the City of St. Catharines, which will build a civic Niagara Centre for the Arts on the other half of the downtown site.

    Brock would like to thank the Government of Ontario for their partnership and support. This project will promote and develop the arts in Niagara, and throughout Ontario, and help to spur economic activity in St. Catharines.

    Categories: Government Support

  • $111.4 million Cairns bioscience complex receives government funding

    Monday, May 25, 2009 | By

    Cutting-edge research and innovative teaching is now taking place at the Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex thanks, in large part, to the support provided by the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario, and the Niagara Region.

    On Feb. 14, 2008 St. Catharines M.P.P. Jim Bradley announced that the Government of Ontario, as part of their investment in strategic infrastructure, would provide $33.5 million to support the Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex.

    That same year, in September 2008, the Niagara Regional provided an additional $2 million to support.

    On May 25, 2009 St. Catharines M.P. Rick Dykstra announced that the Government of Canada would be investing $38 million in the project through Industry Canada’s Knowledge Infrastructure Program (KIP).

    The $111.4 million Cairns Complex is a 176,530-square-foot, state-of-the-art bioscience research facility located on the Brock University campus. The facility supports the work of leading researchers in the fields of biotechnology, plant pathology, green chemistry, and health and wellness. It also houses BioLinc, a bioscience, biotechnology and biomanufacturing business incubator, which supports the commercialization of the research occurring at Brock.

    The new labs advanced equipment and enhanced teaching and learning spaces have strengthened Brock’s research capabilities and the opportunities available to Brock students. It will also be a major asset to the Niagara community, supporting the growth of businesses and new jobs in emerging industry clusters.

    Brock would like to thank the Government of Canada, the Government of Ontario and the Niagara Region for their support and partnership. This partnership will build upon the University’s economic and research strengths to generate applied knowledge that will develop new and diverse industries and advance scientific capabilities in Niagara and beyond.

    Categories: Government Support

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