Blueberry research gets a boost

July 21, 2011 | Food in Canada staff | Article (online)

Minto, N.B. – A federal investment in wild blueberry research will help producers grow their businesses by promoting the new health benefits of the popular...  More

$3.5 million to go to livestock research

January 19, 2012 | Food in Canada staff | Article (online)

...from $3.5 million in funding going toward livestock and forage-related research in the province. The funding, which comes through the Saskatchewan Agriculture Development...  More

Re-think food packaging for today’s consumer: research

November 01, 2012 | Food in Canada magazine staff | Article (online)

...accustomed to multi-tasking. But have food processors caught on? New market research from the Newberg, Ore.-based InsightFarm has found that when it comes...  More

Genome Alberta funds research

February 25, 2011 | Food in Canada staff | Article (online)

...Two scientists have been given the go ahead for their project to research a microorganism carried in cattle, which can result in human disease. This...  More

Potato research expands in P.E.I.

September 02, 2011 | Food in Canada staff | Article (online)

...new potato variety development and potato seed production is setting up a research facility in the province’s BioCommons Research Park. The company, HZPC Americas...  More

Sturgeon research gets a federal grant

September 27, 2011 | Food in Canada staff | Article (online)

...a $717,700 grant. The funding will be used to equip the research facility with an electrical generator, a freshwater recirculation system, and other components...  More

Research aims to grow healthier processed foods

June 05, 2012 | Food in Canada staff | Article (online)

...funded board-governed corporation, and seven other partners are investing in 13 research projects to stimulate new and healthier foods and food processing in the...  More

Egg Farmers to fund research chair at University of Guelph

May 24, 2011 | Food in Canada staff | Article (online)

...has been chosen to lead the first-ever Egg Farmers of Canada Research Chair in Poultry Welfare at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Agricultural...  More

Parsing Canada’s research tax credit boondoggle

April 15, 2011 | TODD HIRSCH, senior economist, ATB Financial | Article (online)

...could just as easily be asked of Canadian companies claiming to do research and development (R&D). In the balance hangs the future of the...  More

Research Income Growth Stalls at Canadian Universities

October 18, 2012 | Design Engineering Staff | Article (online)

Toronto - According to Canada's Top 50 Research Universities List 2012, released by Research Infosource Inc., total research income for Canada's leading research universities...  More

Crop research receives funding in Saskatchewan

January 15, 2013 | Food in Canada magazine staff | Article (online)

Regina, Sask. – A recent investment in crop research will help farmers in Saskatchewan become more productive and profitable. The federal and provincial governments have announced...  More

NSERC hands Synergy Award for Innovation to Autodesk Research and U of T

February 28, 2012 | Design Engineering Staff | Article (online)

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada Autodesk, Inc., has awarded a partnership between Autodesk Research group and the University of Toronto with...  More

Nissan opens research centre in Silicon Valley

March 08, 2013 | Canadian Automotive Review staff | Article (online)

SUNNYVALE, California—Nissan now has a new research centre in the heart of Silicon Valley. Company leaders said they plan to partner with other companies...  More

Feds invest in green agriculture research

June 07, 2012 | Food in Canada staff | Article (online)

...agriculture minister, Gerry Ritz, made the announcement on Tuesday at the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases meeting in Saskatoon. Ritz explained that Canadian...  More

Research shows butterflies mutated, ecology damaged by Fukushima leak

August 16, 2012 | The Canadian Press | Article (online)

...the Ryukyus in Okinawa, a member of the team that conducted the research, told The Associated Press. A separate study, released this week, found very...  More

Michigan university partnership promotes automotive research

January 18, 2013 | The Canadian Press | Article (online)

...performance and fuel economy with more than $300 million in auto-related research projects over a five-year period, officials with the state's University...  More

$15,000 available for freight transportation research

October 12, 2012 | MM&D staff | Article (online)

WOODSTOCK, Ontario—The Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF) wants to see more research conducted into freight transportation issues, so it created (and funded) a program...  More

Breakfast cereal company funds cereal research

January 12, 2011 | Food in Canada staff | Article (online)

Battle Creek, Mich. – Kellogg Company is funding research into the health benefits of cereal grains at one of Europe’s oldest universities. The breakfast cereal...  More

New research to improve food recalls

April 05, 2012 | Food in Canada staff | Article (online)

Calgary, Alta. – Genome Alberta’s latest research has uncovered a way to improve food safety recalls for the beef industry. Genome Alberta says the technology...  More

McMaster University gets $11.5M for auto research centre

August 24, 2011 | CanadianManufacturing.com Staff | Article (online)

...the federal government to create the McMaster Automotive Resource Centre (MARC) to research and develop green automotive innovations. The money comes from FedDev Ontario's...  More

Blue Diamond opens almond research centre

March 18, 2013 | Food in Canada magazine staff | Article (online)

Sacramento, Calif. – Research into almonds has been taken to the next level with the creation of a centre devoted to the nutritious nut. Blue Diamond...  More

NRC to be refocused on industrial research | Design Eng

May 07, 2013 | Canadian Press | Article (online)

OTTAWA -- The Harper government wants the National Research Council to focus more on practical, commercial science and less on fundamental science that may not have...  More

National Research Council moving away from basic science, focus on industry

May 07, 2013 | The Canadian Press | Article (online)

OTTAWA—The Harper government wants the National Research Council to focus more on practical, commercial science and less on fundamental science that may not have...  More

Feds fund research into more affordable bedding for dairy cows

March 11, 2009 | Food in Canada staff | Article (online)

The government of Canada is investing in research that could help dairy farmers on the East Coast find more affordable sources of bedding for their...  More