The inaugural MaRS Innovation summit, to be held Oct. 28, aims to bring together science and technology start-ups and entrepreneurs with venture capital funds from Canada and abroad.

Matt Galloway spoke with Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of MaRS, which is part of an independent Task Force on Social Finance.

Will alternative energy ever take the place of traditional fossil fuels, or is our thirst for oil unquenchable? BNN asks Michael Economides, professor, University of Houston, and Tom Rand, practice lead in the Cleantech and Physical Sciences department in Toronto's MaRS Discovery District.

Thought the Internet was big for business? Just wait until clean technology takes off, says Tom Rand.

High electric battery costs are still the main roadblock to mass marketing electric cars, industry experts say.

Raymond Hui, a principal investigator with the University of Toronto's Structural Genomics Consortium, has transformed himself from a robotics engineer to a genetic engineer and now searches for cures for some of the world's most devastating diseases.

Charity Village interviews Allyson Hewitt, Director of Social Entrepreneurship at SiG@MaRS.

Bern Grush's company, Skymeter, makes a GPS-based system capable of tracking every inch a vehicle travels, how long the trip takes and where it is on the road.

MaRS, located across the street from the provincial legislature in a renovated former hospital, opened its doors five years ago next month, in the same year the Ministry of Research and Innovation came into being.

Two MaRS cleantech clients, MMB Research and Talking Plug present their technologies to Sony.

Three of Toronto's innovative technology companies will each receive $500,000 in funding from the province's Investment Accelerator fund, designed to support the launch of innovative companies in sectors considered important to the future of the province's economy. It is administered by MaRS Discovery District.

The Varsity looks at the work of the Innovations and Partnerships Office, located in the MaRS Centre.

Barrie-based IT company gShift Labs qualifies for Investment Accelerator Funding.

MaRS Innovation (MI) has signed a co-funding agreement with the Johnson & Johnson Corporate Office of Science and Technology to capitalize and accelerate the use of Toronto-based life-sciences technologies during the early stages of pharmaceutical and medical device development.

Article about Tom Rand's geothermally cooled, solar-powered hostel

Architect Ivan Saleff's recent adaptive revamp of a mildly modern Forest Hill home is a marriage of distinct parts, in similar fashion to the ROM's Michael Lee-Chin Crystal or the MaRS Centre.

"Obviously it's no Silicon Valley," says Sprouter Community Manager Erin Bury, "but it's definitely a thriving community with a ton of tech entrepreneurs, some great funding opportunities, and a hopping event scene."

The Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada will be launching Canada's first accelerator program helping young people aged 17-34 launch social ventures.

The MaRS Centre is part of a medical and technology business incubator located near the University of Toronto. The modern spaces include boardrooms, lecture spaces, meeting and event spaces, and it is designed for technology-focused and more intimate corporate meetings.

Christine Ho and Kevin Tsoi came up with the idea for Well of Change last summer when they wanted to volunteer, but were ill-equipped to build houses or work in soup kitchens. They figured people who wouldn't normally donate their time or money might use a marketplace of skills where all proceeds go to charity.