North Bay’s Innovation Initiatives Ontario North is now part of the Ontario Network of Excellence (ONE) .
ONE consists of 14 regional innovation centres across Ontario. These centres help local entrepreneurs bring innovative ideas to the marketplace, such as new ways to treat disease, cleaner ways to produce power and next-generation digital entertainment.
The centres give entrepreneurs access to a broad range of experts, including researchers, academics, businesses, government and investors, who can help sell an idea and grow a business worldwide.
Supporting made-in-Ontario technologies is part of Ontario’s strategy to make innovation a driving force of Ontario’s economy, and supports the Open Ontario Plan to build new opportunities for economic growth and jobs.
QUOTES
“The strength of Ontario’s creative environment, diverse culture, highly skilled workforce, world-class education system, internationally recognized research community and proven entrepreneurs is second to none. In North Bay, ONE will take a thriving innovation community and connect it to a great network across the province, creating even more opportunity and jobs.”
— Glen Murray, Minister of Research and Innovation
“The people of North Bay have great ideas and entrepreneurial spirit. The new network will help our inventors, researchers and business people collaborate to create new companies and jobs for people in North Bay and area.”
— Monique Smith , MPP for Nipissing
"Innovation Initiatives Ontario North is proud to represent the Northern Technology Alliance network in North Bay with our key partners at Nipissing University, Canadore College and among funding and community stakeholders. Our focus is to encourage and nurture innovation with researchers, entrepreneurs, and growing companies, helping them to connect to the resources they need to grow and prosper."
— Rob Deline, Executive Director, Innovation Initiatives Ontario North
QUICK FACTS
In 2008-2009, Ontario’s local innovation centres helped our province’s technology-based entrepreneurs and companies: create and retain more than 3,400 jobs, protect over 1,300 new ideas through patents and copyrights, develop nearly 900 prototypes, bring more than 700 products and services to the market and sell to more than 3,500 new customers.
It is estimated that ONE will increase these numbers dramatically, by providing more coordinated, immediate and specialized help that is accessible across the province.
In North Bay, local thinking and support for innovation has already produced successful companies like WipWare Incorporated. Their image analysis equipment and software is used by mining, forestry, pulp and paper, explosives and aggregate companies worldwide to measure and record material size and shape to optimize production, save energy and reduce costs.
LEARN MORE
About North Bay innovation success stories.
About the Ontario Network of Excellence .
About Ontario's Innovation Agenda.
About the government’s Open Ontario Plan .
See also:
Backgrounder: Supporting Innovation and Creating Jobs Across Ontario
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