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Accolades for MaRS ICT client OpenFile from Wayne MacPhail, a journalism prof and general news guru. He uses OpenFile with his students and says OpenFile is hyperlocal, fully engaging communities in their own coverage.

OpenFile finds new and better ways of collaborating with members of the Toronto community and local freelance journalists in order to create, update and curate compelling local news. OpenFile partners include the University of Waterloo, at MaRS and at the Strategic Innovation Lab (sLab) at the Ontario College of Art and Design.

The Village Gamer reports on the Ontario digital media delegation of companies and venture capital investors heading to New York City next week, organized by MaRS. Delegate companies will present at the prestigious OnMedia NYC 2011 conference, a two-and-a-half day executive gathering on Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, 2011.

Peter Raaymakers from Open File states that "Sparks Street Mall benefit from some kind of enclosure ... old buildings covered by glass roofs would help preserve the facades ... one example of this is the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto).