MaRS Discovery District will be participating in the Science Rendezvous festival which is a free one-day science festival to promote the importance of science in Canadian society. Their will be a spectacular 40-foot inflatable colon hosted by the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada in the atrium at MaRS.

Wilf Dinnick is the Founding Editor of Thefile.ca. TheFile.ca is a MaRS client and is looking at 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.

Chim Kan blogs about his reflection about being an MBA graduate and mentions about the MaRS CIBC Entrepreneurship Upstart Competition 10K which will feature entrepreneurs showing their latest ideas.

Global financial leaders on Community Owned Renewable Power will meet at MaRS Discovery District on May 10, 2010 to discuss investment in Ontario.

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.

Mike McDerment, CEO of Freshbooks.com and Reuven Cohen, founder and chief technologist for Enomaly Inc. provide some tips on how start-ups can use today's technology to tell their tale and sell their products. To learn more about how technology and cloud computing can help companies and individuals improve business advantage and processes the MeshU event will be taking place on May 22 at the MaRS Centre.

MaRS Discovery District will be participating in the Science Rendezvous festival which is a free one-day science festival to promote the importance of science in Canadian society. Their will be a spectacular 40-foot inflatable colon hosted by the Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada in the atrium at MaRS.

Tom Rand, Cleantech Lead at MaRS, and author of Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World says "it will take a massive investment to kick our fossil fuel addiction. Clean energy can be the basis of sustained economic prosperity over the next few decades. But only if we decide to do it."

Hon. John Milloy, Minister of Research and Innovation and Minister of Training, Colleges and Univesities, states "Ontario has big expectations and goals for the life sciences industry and commercialization." MaRS is an innovation centre in Toronto.

Dr. Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of MaRS Discovery District, is one of the five Canadian leaders in the field of social innovation who will share their insights on how to deal with the root causes of social challenges at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Treurnicht will be speaking on June 16 about the growing importance of multi-sectoral collaboration which promotes the mutual exchange of ideas, values, talent and capital across sectors.

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 Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, met with senior Swedish government officials and key business leaders to enhance business opportunities between the two countries and promote Canada-EU comprehensive economic and trade agreement negotiations. Minister Van Loan states, "Science and technology cooperation continues to be an important part of our commercial relationship, and we look forward to intensifying our bilateral partnership in this area, including at Canadian institutions such as the MaRS Centre at the University of Toronto, and the University of Calgary."

The story about the MaRS Discovery District as a super-incubator.

The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers held its second symposium related to climate change on April 29 in Toront,.Entitled, "Engineering in a Climate of Change: Making the Lakes Great." This event was held at the MaRS Centre, in cooperation with the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy at McMaster University.

Calvin Still who helped founded MaRS Discovery District and was a Gairdner Award Winner recipient says "Canada lacks the venture capital needed to finance research for groundbreaking treatments." Dr. Min Zhuo, a U of T researcher is connecting the dots from sexual attraction to treatments for chronic pain.

Saul Kaplan co-founder of the Business Innovation Factory sees enormous promise in Toronto's downtown core "Discovery District" for innovation (i.e. MaRS Centre).

MaRS Centre cleared after potentially dangerous substance was discovered in the Toronto Medical Discoveries Tower. UHN officials will revisit the incident and decide whether internal proceedures need to be changed.

Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech advisor and author of "KICK the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World" (www.ecotenpublishing.com), thinks that Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) is one solution that we should not overlook.

MaRS Client, Vive Nano receives prestigious Frost & Sullivan 2010 North American Technology of the Year Award.

MaRS Centre cleared after potentially dangerous substance was discovered in the Toronto Medical Discoveries Tower. UHN officials will revisit the incident and decide whether internal proceedures need to be changed.