Blog & Newsroom
“Future Cleantech Commons Tenant,” PKA SoftTouch, named a “Top Ten” by iCAN 2020 – set to revolutionize syringe marketplace worldwide
A “Future Cleantech Commons™ Tenant“, PKA SoftTouch Inc., has been awarded a “Top 10 Best Invention” award at the International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada (iCAN 2020) for their Micro-Needle Device. The award was the only one made to a Canadian company, and the invention…
Cleantech Commons Community – join the UPPlift ecosystem: bringing together companies, cities & global tech leaders to support smart technology adoption & growth
Calling all Cleantech and Smart City/ Technology Innovators! Are you looking for opportunities to connect with new customers, deploy your technology solution and verify its performance? Well, this is your opportunity to join the UPPlift® ecosystem for free! Through our relationship with the UPPlift® platform, created…
Aerial Footage of Municipal Servicing at Cleantech Commons: October 2020
“Cleantech can drive growth. Canada needs to buy into it or be left behind” – Shawn McCarthy, Toronto Star
By Shawn McCarthy | October 05, 2020 Note: This article originally appeared in the Toronto Star. Where a pessimist sees risk, an optimist perceives opportunity. Canada’s cleantech entrepreneurs are the ultimate optimists, trying to provide the world with solutions for its growing environmental crises.…
Trent University draft plan for Symons Campus land is now available for public review – Global News
Research at Trent – Trent Centre for Aging & Society
Since the pandemic began, Trent Centre for Aging & Society (TCAS) researchers’ momentum has continued, and in some cases pivoted, to focus on the intersection of aging and the COVID-19 pandemic. To celebrate this work, TCAS has launched a three-part video series, “Aging During…
“Cleantech Research and Development Important for COVID-19 Economic Recovery” – says “Friend of Cleantech Commons”, Noel Courage
Writing for highly regarded boutique IP law firm, Bereskin & Parr, Noel Courage and Suzie Suliman argue that Canadian “optimism for cleantech is shown by focused initiatives such as Cleantech Commons, a research and innovation park under construction in Peterborough.” You can read the…
Cleantech Research and Development Important for COVID-19 Economic Recovery – Lexology
Cleantech Research And Development Important For COVID-19 Economic Recovery – Mondaq
Midweek MEMO: 07 October 2020
Cleantech Commons: a picturesque location on the main campus of Trent University
Offering a picturesque location on the main campus of Trent University – right on the banks of the Otonobee River – Cleantech Commons™ is designed to be a point of convergence for academic and business partners driving innovation in clean, green, low-carbon, sustainable, and…
Building the foundations for a cluster of clean innovation
With a focus on researching, creating, and commercializing clean technology products, services, and technologies that aim to both increase performance and reduce negative environmental impacts, Cleantech Commons™ research park is creating a unique cluster of growth companies, spin-out, spinoff, and startup ventures, and corporate…
Tenancy at Cleantech Commons
Tenants at Cleantech Commons™ will be able to work with world-class and internationally-recognized researchers, students and facilities at Trent University’s School of the Environment, Water Quality Centre, Centre for Biomaterials Research, Inorganic Materials Research Laboratory, and The Emery Lab, as well as with Fleming College’s…
Aerial Footage of Municipal Servicing at Cleantech Commons: September 2020
Cleantech Commons Partners with Venture Summit Virtual Connect 3.0 – exclusive discount for members of Cleantech Commons Community
Cleantech Commons has partnered with youngStartup Ventures for the “Venture Summit Virtual Connect 3.0 – Where Innovation Meets Capital“, featuring a dedicated Cleantech Track, taking place as an online “digital edition” November 17th -19th, 2020. The Cleantech Commons community can take advantage of a…
The Evolution of Natural Products in the Animal Health Sector – by “Friend of Cleantech Commons”, Dr. Paul Dick
“Over the past few years,” says “Friend of Cleantech Commons™“, Paul Dick & Associates (PDA), “there has been a considerable increase in popularity when it comes to natural health products in the animal health space.” PDA is a full-service consulting firm for the human…
Green-tech to become a ‘pillar’ of Peterborough with upcoming business park – Peterborough This Week
Aerial Footage of Municipal Servicing at Cleantech Commons: August 2020
Dr. Cathy Bruce Appointed Acting Vice-President Research and Innovation at Trent University
On August 14, 2020 Trent president Dr. Leo Groarke announced the appointment of Dr. Cathy Bruce as the acting Vice-president Research and Innovation at Trent University. See: Dr. Cathy Bruce Appointed Acting Vice-President Research and Innovation. See also: Trent University Thanks Dr. Neil Emery…
Midweek MEMO: 19 August 2020
Peterborough water tech company, Rainmaker, sees major growth through pandemic – PKED
In an article titled “Peterborough Watertech Company Rainmaker Seeing Major Growth Through Pandemic“, our friends at Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development profile Peterborough-based air-to-water and water-to-water cleantech company, Rainmaker Worldwide. “The Peterborough-based water technology company,” PKED writes, is “further establishing the region as…
The Office of Research & Innovation at Trent University
The Office of Research & Innovation at Trent University works with local, regional, national and international members of the research community to promote and steward: Excellence in research (peer-reviewed, high caliber, with national and international recognition). A diversity of research (across a full range of…
Building the foundation for Peterborough’s cleantech innovation corridor – Cleantech Commons continues to show strong progress
We reported in our May 2020 “Community Update” on the progress being made in providing municipal services to Cleantech Commons, the new clean technology research park currently under development on Trent University’s East Bank. You can read how Cleantech Commons is anchoring Peterborough’s cleantech…
Research at Trent University
Despite being a smaller university, Trent University consistently produces high-quality research. (Click here to view Trent’s latest “Research News”.) This ambition is frequently validated by external assessments and reviews, such as Macleans, Re$earch Infosource Inc. and Higher Education Strategy Associates(HESA). In their most recent…
“Women Breaking Barriers” – an acceleration program for female founders
Recently, we announced that a key component of the Cleantech Commons research park at Trent University – a cleantech accelerator to be known as the Trent Enterprise Centre (TEC) – had received a $4.8-milllion boost from the federal government. Catch up on that good news story…