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Explore Design Comes Back To Toronto and TreeHugger is There, curated a series of speakers under the heading Design for the Greater Good. The speakers were chosen for their ability to expose teenagers who are interested in design to fields they may not have known about, and who have interesting work that hasn't received a lot of exposure.Robert Ouellette, Columnist National Post & VP Special Projects Zerofootprint was a speaker. He recently consulted with Toronto's MaRS Innovation Centre on its "Smart Cities" industrial cluster stimulus strategy. Oct 13, 2009

Chris Flanagan talks about the benefits of moving to Toronto and the great work happening at the MaRS Centre. Mention of Martin transforming the Rotman School to a "world-class institution" ... that has "an innovative curriculum built around the fundamentals of design thinking." There is also a mention of the Martin Prosperity Institute spin off.

Chris Flanagan talks about the benefits of moving to Toronto and the great work happening at the MaRS Centre. Mention of Martin transforming the Rotman School to a "world-class institution" ... that has "an innovative curriculum built around the fundamentals of design thinking." There is also a mention of the Martin Prosperity Institute spin off. Oct 30, 2008

The Institute without Boundaries at George Brown College is a centre of research and learning focused on design innovation and inter-professional collaboration. The Institute comprises of a post-graduate program that teaches design collaboration to professionals from diverse backgrounds; a research division, which conducts applied research on global issues; and a think tank, which offers design consultation to clients.

VentureStart is a program designed for entrepreneurs that are prepared to launch a new venture and are located in Southern Ontario. The business funding grants program is offered by MaRS, an Ontario Regional Innovation Centres (RIC) and has been designed to increase the success rate of start-up ventures.

The iPod is a harbinger of a revolution in product design: innovation that targets customer emotion, self-image, and fantasy, not just product function. Read the hidden stories behind BodyMedia's SenseWear body monitor, Herman Miller's Mirra Chair, Swiffer's mops, OXO's potato peelers, Adidas' intelligent shoes, the new Ford F-150 pickup truck, and many other winning innovations. Meet the innovators, learning how they inspire and motivate their people, as they shepherd their visions through corporate bureaucracy to profitable reality. The authors deconstruct the entire process of design innovation, showing how it really works, and how today's smartest companies are innovating more effectively than ever before.

Privacy by Design: The Gold Standard is being held at the Toronto Board of Trade on International Data Privacy Day, January 28. Jointly sponsored with the Toronto Board of Trade, this is the Commissioner's second annual Privacy by Design (PbD) event marking the special day. Some of the exhibits will offer a look at the leading-edge, privacy-related work being done by a number of start-up companies working with Toronto-based innovation centre MaRS.

Review of "Ecology.Design.Synergy: Green Architecture & New Ideas from Germany" exhibit, located in the MaRS Atrium from June 23 - July 11

Five architects' have been chosen as finalists in the competition to replace the bland St. Lawrence north market with a combined market and courtroom complex. Adamson Associates, who designed the MaRS building, is one of the five respected firms.

"The enemy of innovation is the phrase 'prove it'," says Roger Martin, dean of UofT's Rotman School of Management. He says corporations are killing themselves with too much analytical thinking, and not enough creative, design thinking. "You can't send a 28-year-old with a calculator to solve your problem." Martin says of management consultants.

Jet Cooper announces the launch of the Design in Residence program with Montreal's FounderFuel, Waterloo's VeloCity and Toronto's MaRS Commons. The new program - slated to start in January - will provide early stage companies at some of Canada's top startup accelerators with user experience design mentorship, resources and education.

Canadian Patents and Copyrights

The mission of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) is to accelerate Canada's economic development by: * Fostering the use of intellectual property systems and the exploitation of intellectual property information; * Encouraging invention, innovation, and creativity in Canada; * Administering Canada's intellectual property systems (patents, trade-marks, copyrights, industrial designs, and integrated circuit topographies); and * Promoting Canada's international intellectual property interests. The web site includes comprehensive databases for trade-marks, copyrights, industrial designs, etc. It also has information that is useful for first time inventors, including a section for learning about IP, and a range of publications such as guides to trade-marks, copyrights, and patents.

The MaRS Centre, designed by Adamson Associates Architect, was one of the recipients who won the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) awards for design excellence.

Hovione announced the appointment of Dr. Colin Minchom as Vice President of its Particle Design Business Unit. Dr. Colin Minchom was a MaRS Discovery District Advisor.

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.

"Diamond Schmitt Architects will design research laboratory space for the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) at the MaRS Phase II west tower currently under construction in downtown Toronto." MaRS Phase II occupancy is slatted for 2013.

An exhibition on display recently at the MARS Centre hinted simply at what's possible today, and also how green architecture ranks among the most exciting now being produced. The show, Ecology. Design. Synergy., documented work done by Behnisch and Transsolar, a leading firm of German climate engineers

Mention of the Let's Talk Science All Science Challenge is taking place at the MaRS Centre, May 19. All Science Challenge - a science quiz competition for Grade 6, 7 and 8 students from over 15 schools in the greater Toronto area. Designed by students for students, it's a fun-filled day of competition and camaraderie that's part of a nationwide program to excite and inspire the next generation of scientists.

Net Change, June 8-12 presented by SiG@MaRS is a week-long event designed to explore how social technology can bolster social change.

Daniel Patricio's take on Net Change Week at MaRS. Net Change week is a city wide event designed to reduce the divide between digital professionals and social change-makers.