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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Assunta Krehl

Assunta Krehl

MobileMonday Toronto - 2012 Outlook for Wireless - Jon Arnold's Analyst 2.0 Blog - Janu... - 0 views

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    Jon Arnold is Principal of J Arnold & Associates spoke at the MobileMonday Toronto event, Feb 6 at the MaRS Centre regarding the outlook for wireless.
Assunta Krehl

It's all about making connections - The Beacon Herald - January 12, 2012 - 0 views

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    Social media is all about making connections. "Individuals and businesses alike need to be as open, transparent and "authentic" as possible when it comes to their online presence, said Karen Schulman Dupuis, a Stratford social media strategist and manager, digital communications, at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto."
Assunta Krehl

HAMILTON: TowerLabs turns tall buildings into 'laboratories of change' - The Star - Jan... - 0 views

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    The Star states "TowerLabs is a company that focuses on relationship making and is a project manager that helps in getting the technology installed and measures its performance in both real-world and test scenarios. It plans to test its technologies at the tower being built as part of the expansion at MaRS."
Assunta Krehl

The View from Canada: Impact Investing 2.0 - Your Money, Your Way Blog - NextBillion.ne... - 0 views

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    Carmelina Macarino's shares her views on impact investing; it is an act of investing your money into projects that will have a positive social or environmental impact and getting a return for it. The Centre for Impact Investing held the Social Finance Forum at the MaRS Centre last month.
Assunta Krehl

Canadian Original - McEwen Centre - CTV News - January 12, 2012 - 0 views

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    Toronto's McEwen Centre and also known as the MaRS Centre has state of the art research labs where scientists are unlocking the secrets of stem cells and leading a medical revolution. Seamus O'Regan takes you on a tour of a Canadian Original.
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Winner of $50,000 health prize calls for new strategy: 'You can be obese and fit' - The... - 0 views

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    Kim MacKrael, Globe and Mail reporter states, "Steven Blair, an exercise researcher at the University of South Carolina is the first winner of Canada's Bloomberg Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health. " The award of $50, 000 in research was presented to Dr. Blair at the MaRS Centre.
Assunta Krehl

This is what MaRS Discovery District will look like in 2013 - TechVibes - January 10, 2012 - 0 views

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    MaRS' Investment Accelerator Fund is looking to invest in information technology, cleantech, advanced materials, manufacturing and life sciences early-stage growth companies. There is a separate fund of $7 million in funding announced for just life sciences
Assunta Krehl

Goar: Micro-loans unlock trap of mental illness - Toronto Star - January 10, 2012 - 0 views

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    People with mental health challenges can run viable businesses. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) did an experiment with to see if microcredit could make a difference and it did. Rise Asset Development was created.The MaRS centre, which incubates innovative businesses, is providin support.
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Baycrest builds cloud portal with SharePoint online - IT in Canada - January 6, 2012 - 0 views

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    Baycrest is a provides healthcare for elderly patients and is the research centre for the development of innovation on aging and brain health. Mary Allen, report from IT in Canada states "Baycrest places a good deal of emphasis on collaboration - with the University of Toronto to meet research goals, with the MaRS Discovery District for commercialization of products to maintain healthy cognitive functioning."
Assunta Krehl

Goar: David Pecaut was 'a popcorn machine of ideas' - The Star - Dec 29, 2011 - 0 views

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    In remembrance of David Pecaut, the launch of the Pecaut Centre for Social Enterprise was announced on Dec 13. The Centre will be a tenant at the MaRS Centre in Toronto. 
Assunta Krehl

Life on MaRS: Help for over 2,000 startups and counting - IT Business.ca - December 14,... - 0 views

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    MaRS Discovery District is expanding. MaRS' Phase 2 development will be completed in 2013. Don Duval, Vice President of Advisory Services states " Our mandate is to work with early stage ventures and help these companies grow ... The program's success, he says, is measured by "the amount of jobs and wealth our companies notable successes.
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Bullfrog Power(R) Becomes One of Canada's First Certified B Corporations - Marketwire -... - 0 views

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    Bullfrog Power received certification as one of Canada's Founding B Corporations by B Lab, a nonprofit organization working to build a community of socially and environmentally conscious businesses. The Centre for Impact Investing has a partnership with B Lab, acting as the Canadian Certified B Corp Hub.
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TMX Group confirms support for impact investing - Advisor.ca - December 14, 2011 - 0 views

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    Melissa Shin, Advisor.ca reporter states "Toronto is now home to the world's first non-U.S.-based hub for B Corporations, or companies that use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems.   The hub will be hosted at the MaRS Discovery District as part of the Centre for Impact Investing, which officially launched December 13."
Assunta Krehl

Impact investing growing but more effort needed: report - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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    Tara Perkins, Globe and Mail reporter states "The Canadian Task Force on Social Finance says there is evidence that impact investing is growing as an asset class in this country.... more effort is require to make progress though." Ilse Treurnicht, the CEO of MaRS Discovery District is a member of the Task Force.
Assunta Krehl

Waterloo spin-off wins recognition for smarter alloy technology - Canadian Manufacturin... - 0 views

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    Waterloo University spinoff, Innovative Processing Technologies (IPT) a MaRS Tenant, has been recognized for its Multiple Memory Material (MMM) technology.
Assunta Krehl

Social enterprise centre to be created in honour of Pecaut - The Globe and Mail - Decem... - 0 views

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    MaRS  is expected to announce the creation of a new Pecaut Centre for Social Enterprise - in honour of the late David Pecaut. Allyson Hewitt, MaRS Director of Social Entrepreneurship said "the new centre would leverage off her organization's current activities, using the expertise of groups like Boston Consulting to develop social impact metrics."
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Ontario minister attacks Ford's Port Lands strategy - The Globe and Mail - December 12,... - 0 views

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    Waterfront Toronto will embark on public consultants regarding the change in the Port Lands redevelopment. Participants in the study will be asked their ideas on the transformation the Hearn generating station into an R&D accelerator similar to the MaRS Centre.
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Vive Nominated for Best Formulation Innovation at Crop Protection Industry's 2011 Agrow... - 0 views

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    Vive a MaRS Client has been nominated for the Best Formulation Innovation. 
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Tim Draimin, Executive Director of Social Innovation Generation - Trend Hunter - Decemb... - 0 views

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    Tiana Reid, reporter from Trend Hunter interviews Tim Draimin, "a pioneer in the social innovation field in Canada and SocialBusiness.org and located at SiG@MaRS office in downtown Toronto."
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Grand Opening of the Stephen Hawking Centre at Ontario, Canada-based Perimeter Institut... - 0 views

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    The Stephen Hawking Centre is now open at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) in Ontario, Canada.The Phase II of the MaRS Discovery District construction is just one in a series of recent, major investments that are increasing Ontario's innovation, research and development capacities.
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