Press Releases | CANARIE

CANARIE Issues Funding Call to Bolster Cybersecurity Across Canada’s Research and Education Institutions

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation today announced an innovative Call for Proposals that invests in universities, colleges, and research institutions to progress towards the development of an overarching, cohesive, and comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. As security issues become more complex, universities, colleges, and research institutions require […]

Date: February 27, 2017

CANARIE National Summit to Focus on How Canada Can Navigate Our Data-Driven Future

[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 Montreal on November 22 and 23, 2016. The Summit will showcase a range of leading thinkers, doers and visionaries from business, academia, and the not-for-profit sector to […]

Date: November 18, 2016

CANARIE Issues $2M Call for Proposals to Adapt Research Software for Reuse

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced an innovative Call for Proposals that invests in research software teams to adapt their existing research platforms to support researchers from other disciplines. Research Platforms (also known as Science Gateways or Virtual Research Environments) are complete software applications that […]

Date: November 1, 2016

CANARIE Announces Board Changes

[Ottawa, ON] CANARIE, a vital component of Canada’s digital infrastructure supporting research, education and innovation, today announced changes to its 2016/2017 Board of Directors. Departing CANARIE Board members are Kim Devooght, Dr. Michael Geist, and former Board Chair Dr. Howard Brunt. These members brought tremendous energy, insight and commitment to the Board, and CANARIE is […]

Date: September 28, 2016

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