Press Releases | CANARIE

CANARIE Launches Open Call for Applications for its Board of Directors

[Ottawa, Ontario] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education, and innovation, today launched an open call for applications for a volunteer position on its Board of Directors. Serving on the CANARIE Board is an opportunity to direct the evolution of a critical component of Canada’s digital research infrastructure. CANARIE is seeking […]

Date: June 4, 2020

Investments in the National Research and Education Network boost Canadian researchers’ and students’ connections to each other and to the rest of the world

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced the completion of a number of projects that extend the reach of the National Research and Education Network (NREN) to new regions and institutions, and increase the network’s capacity and reliability. These projects were funded jointly by CANARIE […]

Date: April 30, 2020

CANARIE Launches Call to Fund Software Development Teams at Canadian Higher-ed Institutions to Directly Support Researchers

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital research infrastructure (DRI) ecosystem supporting research, education and innovation, today announced a Call for Proposals to fund local teams at Canadian higher-ed institutions to help accelerate scientific discoveries by simplifying researchers’ access to world-class software for research. Research increasingly relies on purpose-built software. However, many researchers […]

Date: January 30, 2020

CANARIE Announces Board Changes

Two new Board members were elected at the CANARIE Annual General Meeting [Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital research infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced changes to its Board of Directors. Dr. Catherine Middleton (who served as Past Chair, Chair and Vice-Chair) and Dr. Jonathan Schaeffer are departing the CANARIE […]

Date: November 5, 2019

CANARIE Launches New, No-Cost Cloud Resources for Canadian Startups

New DAIR BoosterPacks accelerate time-to-market with curated packages of expertise and cloud-based tools [Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced the launch of BoosterPacks to help Canadian entrepreneurs accelerate their learning of emerging technologies and take advantage of the efficiencies and agility of cloud computing. […]

Date: October 21, 2019

CANARIE Summit to Take a Deep Dive into Cybersecurity

The Summit will provide attendees with a multitude of perspectives on cybersecurity [Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced the final program for its Summit, being held in Montreal on October 1 and 2, 2019. The Summit will provide attendees with a multitude of perspectives […]

Date: September 25, 2019

CANARIE Launches Two Funding Calls that Invest in the Reuse of Software Tools and Research Data

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital research infrastructure (DRI) ecosystem supporting research, education and innovation, today announced two separate Calls for Proposals to fund software that supports the complete research workflow: data acquisition, storage, computation/processing, visualization, and data management. Elements of the research workflow are common across all research disciplines. Similarly, data […]

Date: September 5, 2019

CANARIE announces $2M in funding to CARL Portage and its partners to strengthen Research Data Management ecosystem in Canada

The ability for Canadian researchers to find and reuse research data accelerates discovery and innovation. [Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital research infrastructure ecosystem supporting research, education and innovation, today announced $2M in funding to support the Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Portage Network. CARL Portage is a national, library-based research […]

Date: August 27, 2019

Government of Canada invests $137M in CANARIE to renew its mandate for 2020-2024

“Canada produces some of the world’s best science and research” [Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital research infrastructure (DRI) ecosystem supporting research, education and innovation, today announced a Government of Canada investment of $137M to support its activities from 2020 – 2024. Announced in the penultimate year of CANARIE’s current mandate (2015-2020), […]

Date: August 7, 2019

CANARIE Issues Call to Strengthen Cybersecurity in Canada’s Research and Education Community

Up to 160 participating organizations will benefit from strengthened cybersecurity skills [Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital research infrastructure (DRI) ecosystem supporting research, education and innovation, today announced a Call for Participation that will invest in Canadian universities, colleges, and research institutions that participate in the Joint Security Project (JSP). Initially piloted […]

Date: July 30, 2019