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CANARIE Seeks Community Feedback on Elements of 2020-2025 Mandate

Community webinars to provide feedback and guidance for 2020-2025 mandate [Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today invited stakeholders to participate in webinars to provide feedback and guidance on the proposed elements of its 2020 – 2025 mandate. CANARIE has received go-ahead to work towards a […]

Date: February 13, 2018

CANARIE Launches Community Consultation to Shape Funding Priorities for New Research Data Management Program

Community Consultation to Shape Funding Priorities for RDM Program [Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced the launch of a community consultation on research data management (RDM) that will support the identification of funding priorities for its upcoming call for proposals. The call for proposals […]

Date: January 10, 2018

CANARIE Issues $4.5M Call for Proposals Supporting Re-Use of Research Software

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE Issues $4.5M Call for Proposals Supporting Re-Use of Research Software CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced a second Call for Proposals that invests in research software teams to adapt their existing research platforms to support researchers from other disciplines. Additional funding is available to […]

Date: December 4, 2017

CANARIE Summit to Focus on the Interdependence of Science, Commerce and Security

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE Summit to Focus on the Interdependence of Science, Commerce and Security CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced the final program for its National Summit, being held in Ottawa on November 14 and 15, 2017. The Summit will explore the technological impacts and economic […]

Date: November 10, 2017

Canadian students on the move rely on eduroam one million times a day

[Ottawa, ON] Canadian students on the move rely on eduroam one million times a day CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced that Canadian higher education students, researchers, and staff used the eduroam Wi-Fi mobile roaming service an average of one million times per day during the […]

Date: October 23, 2017

CANARIE Announces Board Changes

[Ottawa, ON] Four new Board members elected at the CANARIE AGM: Gopi Chande; Bala Kathiresan; Petri Lyytikainen; and Dr. Larry Rosia. CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced changes to its 2017/2018 Board of Directors. Departing CANARIE Board members are Dr. Kim Matheson, Jim Pitt, Michel Vanier, […]

Date: October 11, 2017

CANARIE Awards $2M in Funding for the Evolution of Existing Research Software to Support New Disciplines

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE Awards $2M in Funding for the Evolution of Existing Research Software to Support New Disciplines CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced the recipients of funding who will adapt their existing research platforms (also known as Science Gateways or Virtual Research Environments) so that […]

Date: September 21, 2017

New, Free Tool Lets Canadian Small & Medium-Sized Businesses Forecast Cloud Usage and Cost

[Ottawa, ON] CloudTracker: New, free tool lets Canadian SMEs forecast cloud usage and cost CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced the launch of CloudTracker, a free and innovative metrics reporting tool that gives Canada’s tech small and medium enterprises (SMEs) the ability to accurately forecast what […]

Date: August 3, 2017

CANARIE Introduces New, Free DAIR Cloud Resources to Accelerate Canadian Startups’ Time to Market

[Ottawa, ON] Introducing New, Free Software Packages for Canadian Startups on the DAIR Cloud CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced the introduction of a catalogue of open-source software packages that give tech entrepreneurs some of the most common applications they need to begin developing cloud-based products […]

Date: June 14, 2017

Inaugural Survey of Canada’s Research Software Developers Highlights Opportunities for Collaboration and Innovation

[HPCS2017, Kingston, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced the results of its inaugural survey of Canadians who are employed to develop software to support scientific research. The study was undertaken in collaboration with the UK Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) to better understand the needs of […]

Date: June 8, 2017