Press Releases | CANARIE

Canadian students, staff and faculty staying connected wherever they roam

[Ottawa, ON] During the first week of classes across Canada last week, students, staff and faculty used a powerful digital service that they probably weren’t even aware of. eduroam, the global wireless service offered in Canada through CANARIE’s Canadian Access Federation, enables staff, students and faculty to seamlessly join the campus wireless network when visiting […]

Date: September 16, 2016

CANARIE Announces Investment in New Software Tools for Scientific Research

[Victoria, BC] CANARIE is investing $2.3M in five Canadian research projects. The recipients will introduce new software and research tools to CANARIE’s ever-growing registry of research software, making them available to publicly funded researchers across Canada and maximizing the impact of publicly funded research. John Aldag, Member of Parliament for Cloverdale-Langley City made the announcement […]

Date: September 13, 2016

Addition of Next-Gen Graphics Processing Tools Gives Canadian Startups More Cloud Power

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced the addition of market-leading Graphical Processing Units (GPUs) to its DAIR cloud service. GPUs are specialized chips that massively accelerate software applications’ capabilities to manipulate, visualize and process images and complex algorithms. Over 700 businesses across a range […]

Date: July 7, 2016

Call for Applications for CANARIE 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 a volunteer position on CANARIE’s Board of Directors. Serving on the CANARIE Board is an opportunity to direct the evolution of a component of digital infrastructure that is critical to Canada’s future […]

Date: June 3, 2016

Canadian Startups Take to the Cloud

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced that over 600 Canadian startups across a range of industries have taken advantage of its DAIR cloud service. Cloud computing enables businesses to use virtual computing, network and data storage resources on an as-needed basis, with the flexibility […]

Date: February 24, 2016

Executive Director for Research Data Canada Appointed

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, and Research Data Canada, today announced the appointment of Mark Leggott as Executive Director of Research Data Canada (RDC). RDC is an organization dedicated to supporting Canadian innovation by improving the management of research data. RDC’s role is to bring […]

Date: December 10, 2015

Essential digital infrastructure extended and strengthened across Canada, to spur new scientific discovery and innovation

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE and its provincial partners in Canada’s National Research and Education Network (NREN) today announced the results of their collaboration to extend the reach and capacity of this powerful digital asset. Canada’s NREN is an ultra-fast fibre-optic network connecting almost 2,000 institutions across the country to each other and to global peers. The […]

Date: November 9, 2015

Technology Leader Joins CANARIE Board

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced changes to its 2015/2016 Board of Directors. Departing the Board is Alain Brisson, Vice President, Quebec and Western Regions, Bell Business Markets, Bell Canada. CANARIE thanks Mr. Brisson for his support and commitment to the organization during his […]

Date: October 13, 2015

CANARIE National Summit attracts leading lights in emerging technologies

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced the final speaker lineup for its National Summit, being held in Ottawa on September 23 and 24. The Summit will showcase a range of leading thinkers, doers and visionaries from business, academia, government and the not-for-profit sector to […]

Date: September 21, 2015

CANARIE Issues $3M Call Supporting Innovative Research Software

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s national digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced the first call of its Research Software Program (Research Software Call 1) for the 2015 – 2020 mandate, supported by an initial investment of $3M. CANARIE has been investing in the development of research software since 2007, […]

Date: July 7, 2015