The University of Waterloo is expanding its internationally respected Velocity incubator with the opening of a new lab on campus and the addition of Velocity Start, a new space where any aspiring student entrepreneurs can develop their ideas. Velocity Science is tripling the size of its on-campus lab to more than 2,600 square feet, which […]

Toronto – A major contributor to Ontario’s prosperity gap is the small size of its firms. Aiming to close this gap, the Institute’s new Working Paper, A place to grow: Scaling up Ontario’s firms, assesses the factors that contribute to a business’s size. Given the diverse nature of Ontario’s business, the Working Paper found there […]

AJAX, Ont.—One of Ontario’s leading utilities is launching a project that will use residential solar coupled with Tesla’s new Powerwall energy storage unit to create two residential microgrids in Ajax, Ont. Veridian Connections, a utility that serves 119,000 Ontario customers east of Toronto, plans to launch the program in the second quarter of of 2016. […]

KITCHENER, Ont.—Canada’s federal government has launched a new program designed to help more small and medium-sized enterprises look beyond our borders. With just 2 per cent of SMEs currently selling their products or services abroad, CanExport will provide small businesses with as much as $100,000 toward export development costs. Read more at canadianmanufacturing.com.

WINDSOR, Ont.—Windsor International Airport will be home to southwestern Ontario’s newest solar project. Samsung Renewable Energy, Inc. and Connor, Clark and Lunn Infrastructure have announced the formation of a partnership that will fund a 50 megawatt solar farm located on the city’s airport grounds. “The Windsor Solar project, along with our other projects in the […]