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Chris Atachison from the Globe and Mail reveals how Octane Medical Group, a biotechnology firm that makes regenerative medical products, analyzed an astronaut's health problem which led to their discover on how to help him med.

150 participants of the Emerging Leaders Network, an offshoot of the Toronto City Summit Alliance, gathered at the MaRS Centre for a long-scheduled session, many talked about how Pecaut's dream of collective leadership in the city could be the best possible tribute to the civic leader who touched so many with his projects and initiatives. Dec 16, 2009

Vincent Cheung of Shape Collage, a MaRS client, has been named the 2010 student entrepreneur Ontario champion and regional champion for Ontario and Quebec by the national charitable organization Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE). Read this online discussion with him on the Globe and Mail about being a student entrepreneur.

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.

This article, written by Adam Jagelewski of Social Innovation Generation, was published in Horizons, a federal policy research magazine. Find out what Social Impact Bonds are and how they can be used to promote social innovation.

How and where you should consider advertising if you're on a lean start-up budget. From OnStartups.com guest blogger, author and entrepreneur, Rob Wailing.

Tom Rand, MaRS Senior Advisor of Cleantech and Physical Sciences along with Roger Gordon and Ted Sargeant talks with Richard Syrett about their different ideas on how to fix the energy crisis.

Startup advice abounds these days. But much of it sucks. Find out how to tell the good from the bad

The Creative Places and Spaces conference continued for a second day Friday, exploring how collaboration can foster innovation and lead to breakthroughs in city-building. Oct 31, 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

Christine Egger's blog about the event re: Social Actions that took place in Toronto March 12 and Allyson Hewitt, Director, Social Entrepreneurship, MaRS Discovery District was a participant and shared her views on the issue.

Christine Egger's blog talks about the event re: Social Actions that took place in Toronto March 12. Allyson Hewitt, Director, Social Entrepreneurship, MaRS Discovery District was a participant at the event and shared her views on the issue. March 12, 2009

Visualize a global positioning system (GPS) device that knows where you've parked, and for how long. Imagine it can send this information directly to a company that will bill you, without allowing that company to spy on you. Skymeter, a MaRS client and tenant, is profiled in IT Business in a video interview.

Skymeter has developed a GPS-enabled device that's in direct communication with a satellite orbiting the Earth. The GPS enables drivers to conveniently (and accurately) make good their bills for services such as parking, toll road use, and pay-as-you-go insurance.

Jay Somerset, Globe and Mail reporter states "McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto is hosting an international conference and DEW Line Festival exploring art, media and culture... November 5th." The article discusses how change is better conveyed through emotions within art rather than science. MaRS Discovery District is an innovation hub that promotes innovation in social innovation, cleantech, life sciences and health care, and in ICE.

Ali Ghafour of Viafoura talks with the Globe and Mail experts about how their startup can land a big opportunity on terms it feels comfortable with, or whether they should walk away.

The book by David Bornstein who recently spoke at the re:Vision conference for young social entrepreneurs at MaRS (which incidentally fell on Earth Hour).

This book challenges the prevalent misconceptions about innovation, and lays out the tools and processes necessary for an organization to harness and execute innovation.

Recommended resources for social ventures in Canada. Mention of Net Change Week at MaRS Centre.

Globalization does not make the world flat. Richard Florida believes place matters when it comes to innovation: place affects our daily lives as well as the overall global economy, place determines the people we come in contact with, place determines our career paths and options, and place influences the markets we participate in. In Who's Your City? Richard Florida believes place determines where good ideas come from and offers fresh views of its economic role.

University of Toronto remodelled its pension and endowment fund - and then lost $1.5-billion last year. University of Toronto Asset Management runs $2.8-billion of staff pensions and $1.5-billion of endowments, which traditionally produces tens of millions of dollars annually for student aid and faculty posts.runs $2.8-billion of staff pensions and $1.5-billion of endowments, which traditionally produces tens of millions of dollars annually for student aid and faculty posts. Small mention of UTAM at MaRS.

The Canadian Patient Summit in Toronto will take place March 28 & 29, 2010. Location: March 28: Marriot (Yonge and Bloor) & March 20: MaRS (101 College Speak). At this event speakers will talk about their experiences in addressing the barriers to living well, as well as to present their ideas and recommendations about how to become engaged partners with healthcare stakeholders and government decision makers.