Some OCE landmarks
In 2008 – 09 the Ontario Centres of Excellence:
• Invested $29.3 million in 635 projects and leveraged $44.7 million from industry partners in further investments
• Connected 4,500 researchers and students with 752 companies
• Engaged 713 researchers and co-investigators
• Involved 38 colleges, universities, research hospitals in OCE projects
• Launched 22 startup companies, bringing the total number of active OCE startup companies to 121
• Established 37 new technology licenses, with a total of 135 active licenses
• Counts 635 active projects, of which 64 are in energy technologies
• In 2009 the Connections program engaged 1,500 students from 20 universities and colleges across Ontario in more than 310 industry projects
— Excerpted from OCE’s 2008-09 annual report
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• Ontario research companies taking on the world
• Feature interview with Tom Corr, the new President of OCE
• Ontario Centres of Excellence - ready to respond
• Ontario’s burgeoning research infrastructure
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