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Telefilm Canada is partnering with Vancouver’s CineCoup Film Accelerator, a reality-show style competition to provide a million dollars to fund a new feature film, as part of the funding agency’s newly minted New Ways of Discovering Canadian Talent marketing campaign. On Sunday, Telefilm presented CineCoup President of Distribution and Sales, Brad Pelman, to industry players and media during its Talent To Watch event at the Cannes Film Festival. Up next, Telefilm will partner with CineCoup to unveil the Top 5 films at the Banff World Media Festival in June, where filmmakers will pitch their projects in front of industry experts. Read the rest of this entry »

A major report released today by Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation Council (STIC) has concluded that Canada continues to tread water as a mid-level performer in science, technology, and innovation (STI) and is calling for Canada to aim higher and aspire for global leadership on key STI measures. The State of the Nation 2012 report, Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation System: Aspiring to Global Leadership - the third public report from STIC – charts progress from a baseline set in 2008 and compares Canada’s performance to global science, technology and innovation leaders. Read the rest of this entry »

Scientists, engineers and students at universities across the country will receive significant support from the Government of Canada through the Discovery Grants, scholarships and fellowships. The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology) announced 3,808 research awards that will advance research in a full range of fields in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Read the rest of this entry »

Markham’s new app provides instant mobile access to information on the City’s parks, recreation and library programs, waste collection programs and schedules, updates on major city projects, bikeway systems, culture and entertainment opportunities, our social media pages, and the City’s resident publication – Markham Life magazine. Additionally, the Apple application is enabled with emergency push notification capabilities. Read the rest of this entry »

Extensive upgrades to the Canadian Film Centre‘s (CFC) Windfields campus are one step closer to reality today, as federal, provincial and municipal representatives joined Centre staff to celebrate the construction of the Northern Dancer Pavilion, which will allow the Centre to expand its film, television, digital media, screen acting and music program activities and will provide additional event space for the Centre and surrounding community. The project also involves renovating seven heritage buildings at the Centre, and is helping to improve cultural infrastructure and create local jobs in Toronto. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund (CMF) congratulates all winners at the NUMIX Awards, which were presented yesterday evening at a gala held at Club Soda in Montréal. The NUMIX Awards recognize excellence in Québec-based multimedia productions and showcase the quality and creative talent of Québec’s digital media companies. The CMF, with its objective of promoting innovation in the digital media industry by providing financial support for productions with original content, was the event’s principal partner for the third consecutive year. Read the rest of this entry »

The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has transformed into an industry-focused research and technology organization. The refocused NRC will work with Canadian industries to bridge technology gaps, helping build a more innovative Canadian economy. For close to 100 years, NRC has been the primary federal vehicle for R&D performer and has engaged the world’s most pressing challenges. In the past, NRC researchers have brought forward breakthrough inventions like radar, the black box (used by the aerospace industry and beyond), canola and a vaccine for meningitis to the world. Now, NRC is refocusing in order to better serve Canadian businesses, helping them to compete in the global marketplace against the world’s most innovative companies. Read the rest of this entry »

The 2013 Canadian Telecom Summit is pleased to announce that The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry and Minister of State (Agriculture), will address The Summit on Wednesday, June 5. Minister Paradis has spoken at our past two events; we are honoured to have him return to deliver the conference closing keynote speech this year. He joins a cadre of 70 industry leaders addressing Canada’s most important gathering of the information and communications technology industries. Read the rest of this entry »

The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) is in Ottawa to advocate for improvements to the patent and trade-mark systems in Canada. On the occasion of World Intellectual Property (IP) Day, IPIC is calling on the government to make small but important changes to Canada’s IP laws to ensure that IP owners and Canadian innovators do not face the inadvertent loss of rights from events ranging from natural disasters to simple clerical errors in the application process. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canada Media Fund announced today that the Convergent Digital Media Incentive (CDMI) for English language projects is now closed due to a high number of eligible applications received. The CMF will no longer be accepting applications from applicants who wish to receive funds for their English language digital media component from this incentive. Applicants who are eligible to receive funds from the French Convergent Digital Media Incentive allocation can still apply.  Read the rest of this entry »