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Dr. David Williams, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, will release a report which reviews the way the public health system responded to last year's listeriosis outbreak. Mention press conference at the MaRS Centre.

Dr. David Williams, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, will release a report which reviews the way the public health system responded to last year's listeriosis outbreak. Mention press conference at the MaRS Centre. April 16, 2009

Diamond Schmitt Architects will provide architectural design services for a new public health laboratory, along with office and support space, at the MaRS Centre in the Phase II development in Toronto.

Seniors are staying healthier and living longer. Dr. Jane Barratt, secretary general of the International Federation on Aging, believes only one in seven seniors needs to live in a long-term care facility. Even some quite frail elderly people can and should remain independent in their homes. A conference Tuesday and Wednesday at the MaRS Centre in Toronto explored the business of aging and looked at public policy solutions to issues such as brain health, health care and pensions. Dec 4, 2009

Canada's aging population is about to drive medical costs sky high. The The Business of Aging event happening at the MaRS Centre on Dec 1 & 2, 2009. This event will explore the business of aging and look at public policy solutions to issues such as brain health, health care and pensions. Nov 29, 2009

Google announces an addition to Google Labs - the Public Data Explorer. The purpose of the new tool, Google says on the new lab's page, "The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate

MaRS Discovery District Phase II construction is now underway and scheduled for completion in September 2013. Public Health Ontario and Ontario Institute for Cancer Research will be the anchor tenants in the Phase II development.

MaRS Discovery District Phase II construction is now underway and scheduled for completion in September 2013. Public Health Ontario and Ontario Institute for Cancer Research will be the anchor tenants in the Phase II development.

The Ontario Innovation Summit: The Business of Aging - Dec. 1-2, 2009 - will feature some of the world's top experts on the many issues that the aging of the global population poses for communities, governments, academic and health-care institutions, and businesses. The Summit's audience of technology, health care and business leaders will explore the profound public policy challenges as well as the growing opportunities associated with the aging demographic phenomenon. The Summit's Science & Technology Showcase will give organizations a unique opportunity for exposure to this influential audience. Nov 10, 2009

Using 21st-century Infonaut is using software to create maps - the containment of disease - by showing infection patterns that can be understood at a glance.

It's Net Change Week at MaRS and tech-biz thinker Don Tapscott is asking us to rethink how, well, just about everything operates. It's a new way of doing things, and Toronto's social innovators like Michelle Hamilton-Page at Toronto Public Health are helping lead the way.

A Netherlands publication, Ode's claim to fame is profiling interesting individuals and innovators before they are known globally (such as Patch Adams and Deepak Chopra) and making alternative media mainstream. Since 1995, Ode's goal has been to promote social, economic, and environmental ideas that change the world for the better. Available in Dutch and English, Ode publishes novel ideas, profiles interesting individuals that are making a change today, makes for a great social networking tool, and reports on people, culture, science and health, responsible business, and environment.

Innovators for the public.

Ashoka "strives to shape a global, entrepreneurial, competitive citizen sector: one that allows social entrepreneurs to thrive and enables the world's citizens to think and act as changemakers." Ashoka supports social entrepreneurship, promotes group entrepreneurship, and builds infrastructure for the sector. Fields of work include environment, health, human rights, economic development, education, and civil engagement.

MaRS Discovery District  announced that its Phase II construction and it is expected to be completed by 2013.