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Our Objectives
CANARIE is a critical component of Canada’s digital infrastructure for research, education, and innovation.
Core Purpose:
Advancement of Canada’s knowledge and innovation infrastructure
Values:
Service - Anticipate and reliably respond to stakeholder needs
Teamwork - Collaborate, respect and support
Innovative - Develop expertise and foster creativity
Quality - Strive for excellence
Integrity - Be ethical and transparent
Mission:
CANARIE designs, delivers, and drives adoption of digital infrastructure for research, education and innovation.
CANARIE’s objectives for the period April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2015 are:
- Network Operations | Continue to operate the CANARIE Network as essential research infrastructure
- Technology Innovation | Develop, demonstrate, and implement next-generation technologies to advance the CANARIE Network as a leading-edge research network
- Private Sector Innovation | Leverage the CANARIE Network to assist firms operating in Canada, and Canadian universities, to advance innovation and commercialization of products and services to bolster Canada’s technology innovation capabilities
NETWORK OPERATIONS
CANARIE will support the Network Operations objective by continuing to expand the network and increasing its capacity. This is important because research is more data-intensive and more collaborative than ever - and all indications show that it will not be slowing down! With the ongoing investment, CANARIE will enhance Canada's involvement in international networking and networking-focused collaborations. Activities under this objective include:
- Optical Infrastructure: extending the "owned" portions of our network to provide greater flexibility and lower costs for delivering greater bandwidth.
- Network-Based Services
- Legacy Infrastructure Extension Program (formerly the Infrastructure Extension Program)
- Network Alliance Programs: This includes the Network Alliance Infrastructure Program (formerly the ORAN Infrastructure Program) and the Network Alliance Development Program (formerly known as the ORAN Activities Support Program and the ORAN Communications Program)
TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION
CANARIE will support the Technology Innovation objective by developing software tools that will make it easier and faster than ever for researchers to access and use research data and tools. To find out more about this program, visit the Research Middleware section of our site. DAIR is also available to ICT researchers at universities and colleges across Canada.
PRIVATE SECTOR INNOVATION
The private sector innovation objective is supported by CANARIE's Digital Accelerator for Innovation and Research program, which aims to help small- and medium-sized businesses take advantage of cloud-computing technology to get their products to market faster.
"Canada's ability to rapidly identify a new disease outbreak and respond quickly depends on having laboratories such as the National Microbiology Laboratory and the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg connected to others throughout the country. The CANARIE Network enables us to access genomics and proteomics analysis in supercomputing centres in Canada, conduct training for operational staff and graduate students and, if necessary, establish secure and reliable emergency response communications."
Dr. Frank Plummer, HIV/AIDS Scientist, National Microbiology Laboratory