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Volume 10, Issue 9
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Alberta - a home to innovation and entrepreneurial spirit
By Alberta Advanced Education and Technology and Tonya Costoff
Alberta Innovation Well known for its beautiful Rocky Mountains, its booming oil and gas industry and its entrepreneurial spirit, Alberta is also known for its strong advanced learning system, innovation and scientific excellence. The Alberta government is serious about planning for the future – a future that anticipates the necessary post-secondary training to build a workforce capable of: further developing value-added industries; undertaking focused and targeted research in areas of strategic importance to the province and creativity and capacity to commercialize technology. |
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Agricultural Biotechnology in Saskatchewan: Strong Roots and Prolific Shoots
By Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, with files from Ag-West Bio Inc
Within Canada’s bio-economy, Saskatchewan reigns as the undisputed leader in agricultural biotechnology. The Saskatoon-based cluster has achieved international status on par with many of its larger competitors. Its expertise includes biofuels and bioproducts, crop research and nutrition, health and wellness. Its accomplishments range from world-leading supplier of essential fatty acids to a unique proprietary metabolic analysis technology. |
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Self financing a company from the ground up
By Jon Yaneff
To possess the driving passion and commitment to continually advance life science internet software technologies in today’s society is outright impressive, but to self finance the company from the ground up with zero outside resources is indescribable. |
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Q&A: The Agricultural Biotechnology International Conference (ABIC) Has Come Home
Interview By Shawn Lawrence
Kicking off September 23 and running to the 26, the conference will take place at the TELUS Convention Centre in downtown Calgary with 'Harnessing Science for the Evolving Consumer: The Fit of Agricultural Biotechnology' as its theme. |
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Prescription for a Healthy Canadian Biopharma Industry - Part One and Two
By Dr. John Lawson and Pierre Bourassa
Canada is a big, big country. Its neighbour, the USA, is 5% smaller (even including Alaska) and yet holds 10 times the population. Eighty percent of Canadians live within 200 km of the US border, which, perhaps, says a lot about the attitude of Canadian economic dependence that exists. US GDP per capita in 2005 was $43,555 compared to Canada’s $34,273, which is indicative of the comparative value of the Loonie. |
