Baycrest, one of the world's leading cognitive science institutes announced today it has created a new company with MaRS, Canada's premiere innovation centre, to develop and market brain fitness products to help adults extend their memory and cognitive abilities longer in the lifespan. Baycrest will put its substantial cognitive science reputation behind a new for-profit company - Cogniciti - that will produce a suite of products, games and training protocols grounded in 20 years of aging brain research at Baycrest. Dec 2, 2009

Seneca College awarded $2.3 million in federal research funding to improve aviation education in Canada.DeckChair Learning Systems, an online learning company, will provide e-learning and assessment technology to Seneca's renowned School of Aviation and Flight Technology research team. The multi-year project will investigate innovative simulation technologies to train and test pilots. Dec 1, 2009

MaRS is working with its partners across Ontario to take a delegation of six leading tech companies to Silicon Valley to the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit 2009, next week, to showcase their products for influencers and investors. July 21, 2009

MaRS Innovation appoints Rafi Hofstein as President & CEO. June 1, 2009

Net Change Week is a celebration showcasing social and digital change-makers. Powered by the Social Innovation Generation Team at MaRS (SiG@MaRS), Net Change Week is a concerted effort to join forces in order to facilitate cross-disciplinary learning and create new models for change. April 21, 2009

Better the World Inc., a novel for-profit online fundraising platform, has been named Canada's first certified "B Corporation". Mention of MaRS working with Better The World to chart their progress and ensure other companies could benefit from their experience in gaining this designation through the support of a pro bono legal team from Carters Professional Corporation, Ogilvy Renault and Blake, Cassels & Graydon. March 11, 2009

MaRS Discovery District has appointed businessman and philanthropist Richard Ivey to its board of directors. Feb 19, 2009

Skymeter on road to success with automatic fee system.

Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of MaRS Discovery District is one of the recipients of the prestigious 2009 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100(TM) Awards. Nov 30, 2009

"MaRS Innovation (MI) and the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) are pleased to announce that they have entered into an agreement to collaborate on projects of mutual interest with a goal to advance and commercialize early-stage health-related discoveries." Nov 30, 2009

Dr. Buzz Aldrin is delivering a keynote address as part of The Ontario Innovation Summit: The Business of Aging, programmed and hosted by MaRS Discovery District in conjunction with the Province of Ontario. Nov 30, 2009

The December 7 MobileMonday Toronto networking event for mobile professionals in the Toronto region will feature guest speaker Anthony Lacavera, Chairman and CEO of Globalive Holdings, a provider of telecommunications solutions in Canada and internationally to the consumer, business and hospitality markets. The event will be held at the MaRS Centre. Nov 25, 2009

On Wednesday, Dec 2, 2009 Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut, will speak about the bold new future of aging to about 200 international researchers, experts on geriatrics and people who work with the elderly. It will be the final session of a two-day summit, The Business of Aging, jointly organized by Toronto's innovation incubator, the MaRS Centre, and the Ontario government. Nov 30, 2009

RMS officially unveiled its new insurance-to-value (ITV) indexing technology at the MaRS Centre. Nov. 23, 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

Lyndsay Duncombe, reporter from The National is covering Winnipeg's testing of a GPS device for parking payments." Nov 25, 2009

Canadians are growing older, and so are the workers that will care for them. Right now, seniors represent 13.9 percent of all Canadians, but by 2030, they will represent 25 percent of the total population. BNN speaks to Jane Barratt, secretary general, International Federation on Ageing. Nov 27, 2009

Ilse Treurnicht, CEO, MaRS Discovery District is one of the award winners of The Women's Executive Network (WXN)(TM) prestigious 2009 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100(TM) Awards. MaRS Discovery District is a non-profit innovation centre that brings science and technology entrepreneurs together with business leaders. Nov 30, 2009

"The Winnipeg Parking Authority is testing a prototype version of a GPS gadget called a Skymeter, which pings orbiting satellites to determine where it is and how long it's been there." Nov 25, 2009

Clean Energy Developments sells and installs geothermal energy systems. The technology not only heats and cools buildings cheaply and efficiently, but it's also environmentally friendly. Nov 20, 2009