Press Releases | CANARIE

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

CANARIE Launches Open Call for Applications for its Board of Directors

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

Date: June 10, 2019

Partners in National Research and Education Network (NREN) complete first collaborative procurement initiative to strengthen cybersecurity for Canada’s NREN

Collaboration is the key to managing and responding to cybersecurity threats [Ottawa, ON] CANARIE today announced the successful conclusion of the first procurement for a national Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) infrastructure. The SIEM initiative involves a collaboration of 13 provincial, territorial and federal partners of Canada’s National Research and Education Network (NREN). The […]

Date: February 26, 2019

CANARIE Awards up to $3.2M in Funding to 9 Research Teams to Develop Research Data Management Software Tools

Funded software tools aim to strengthen Canada’s capacity to manage research data [Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced nine successful recipients of its Research Data Management (RDM) funding call, announced in May 2018. This new funding will enable research teams to develop software components […]

Date: November 27, 2018