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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 and “Friend of Cleantech Commons“, Rainmaker Worldwide. “The Peterborough-based water technology company,” PKED writes, is…
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 assessment 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…
$4.8M Federal Investment in Cleantech Accelerator at Trent: Funding to support the Trent Enterprise Centre at Cleantech Commons – Education News Canada
Trent Enterprise Centre (TEC) – Research Money
FedDev invests $4.8 million to open cleantech accelerator at Trent University – Startup Around
Cleantech Commons gets $4.8M federal funding boost – Peterborough Linux Users Group
“Restart & Resiliency” – a support program for cleantech ventures from Foresight
As the world’s economies begin to recover, the demand for rapid commercialization and scaling up of sustainable energy and cleantech solutions will be increasing. Our friends at the Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre have launched a new program that provides support and opportunities for cleantech…
Research at Trent – Ten Trent University Researchers Awarded $1.6M
Ten Trent University researchers will receive a combined $1.6 million through Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants to explore a diverse range of topics including the impact of climate change on vulnerable sub-Arctic ecosystems, virus-host interactions in frogs, and supercritical water,…
Midweek MEMO: 29 July 2020
Final Peterborough city council meeting until September lasts nearly nine hours – Peterborough Examiner
“Friend of Cleantech Commons”, Aclarus Ozone, highlighted by Yahoo! Finance
In a recent Yahoo! Finance article, “20 Entrepreneurs Changing The Way Canadians Do Business“, a good “Friend of Cleantech Commons“, Aclarus Ozone, was highlighted and profiled. Congratulations! The article notes that while the Coronavirus has put a variety of businesses at a standstill, entrepreneurial…
Trent receives $4.8M federal investment for Cleantech Accelerator – Academica
The federal government is spending $4.8 million to establish a cleantech accelerator at Trent University – The Logic
$4.8M Federal Investment in new Enterprise Centre at Cleantech Commons
A key component of the Cleantech Commons research park at Trent University has received a $4.8-milllion boost from the federal government. The Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev) announced funding for a cleantech accelerator, to be known as the Trent Enterprise Centre…