nGen, Niagara’s Interactive Media Generator, is pleased to announce the opening of its $3 million, state of the art facility designed for digital interactive media advancement. The new facility houses cutting edge digital interactive media technologies and will undoubtedly increase Niagara’s already growing reputation as a hub for digital interactive media. The expanded facility has [...]
International Science and Technology Partnerships Canada (ISTP Canada), the Department of Science and Technology (DST)/ Global Innovation and Technology Alliance or GITA (India), and the Department of Biotechnology or DBT (India) are hosting three Calls for Proposals (CFP) for Partnership Development Activities (PDAs) between Canada and India.
Canadian and Indian funding recipients are eligible to receive [...]
The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN), the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), CANARIE, Compute Canada, and the Council of Canadian University CIOs (CUCCIO), recently presented this submission, entitled Canada’s Digital Environment for Research, Innovation and Education to the Government’s Digital Economy Strategy consultation.
Preface
The foundation for a prosperous, sustainable and growing digital economy is a broad [...]
With the conclusion of Canada 3.0, what is the state of Canada’s global competitiveness in terms of intellectual property?
“Mind that bird”, Taiwan and other outliers
According to OECD, China had been innovating its way past competitors in the same fashion as “Mind that Bird” at the 2009 Kentucky Derby.
The biggest outlier, however, was Taiwan.
Canadian digital media innovation will be in the spotlight when leaders from around the world attend the G-8 and G-20 Summits June 25 – 27. The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) has attracted high-tech participants from CDMN-affiliated organizations across Canada to the Experience Canada marketing pavilion in downtown Toronto where they will showcase unique digital [...]
Justin Kozuch of 49 Pixels looks to digital industry professionals to help him define and quantify Digital Media in Canada as part of his Pixels to Product study.
A bill to amend Canada’s Copyright Act is being read in the House of Commons today. Here’s a list of the reactions so far. A good source of conversation and reaction can be found on the #C32 Twitter hashtag.
The Bill itself can be found here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/32401372/Copyright-Bill-C32
“Flawed but fixable” (video) by Michael Geist
The Problem with Bill C-32 [...]
Fact: Canada’s laggardly Internet speeds and adoption rates put the country at a competitive disadvantage on both a social and entrepreneurial plane .
Canada’s broadband speed is 1/100 to 1/1000 slower than 20 major competitors
The Chair of the new i-Canada Alliance, William Hutchison, has issued a call for a Declaration of Support to yank this nation [...]
The gathering of Canada’s digital media leaders in Stratford on May 10-11 2010 produced intense discussion about this country’s accomplishments, plans and capacity to expand our performance as a digital nation.
The collective ambition? Nothing less than to
Penticton, B.C. and Waterloo Region, ON (May 4, 2010) – The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) today announced that the Okanagan Research and Innovation Centre (ORIC), a BC-based non-profit organization providing high-tech business incubator and accelerator programs and facilities, has joined the CDMN. The CDMN is working to connect organizations such as ORIC in a [...]
