CIO Governments Review staff

The Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC) has become a partner in the Lac Carling Congress, the respected e-government forum that brings officials from all three levels of government together once a year for a three-day exchange of news and views.

A $48-million project to unite four supercomputing installations at four universities in western Canada has been completed, WestGrid recently announced.

The University of Saskatchewan and IBM Canada Ltd. announced in March that they have teamed up in hopes of leveraging the school

The Banff Centre is partnering with Vancouver

Lucienne Robillard, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development, recently announced a $2-million repayable contribution to university research enhancement corporation, Gestion Valeo.

Ottawa-based GMC Guardian Mobility Corporation, which has developed a satellite communication technology that locates people or items across remote areas, announced last month that it is shipping its remote tracking and monitoring product to customers in Canada and the United States.

Burnaby, B.C.-based wireless firm Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. recently secured an $8.3 million research and development investment from the Government of Canada

The federal government last month announced an investment of $4.5 million for a series of projects from the Software Human Resource Council (SHRC), all funded under the Sector Council Program.