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Amoryn Engel stated "Galen and Hilary Weston celebrated our country's next generation of high impact entrepreneurs through a new and innovative program, The Next 36." Ilse Treurnicht, CEO MaRS Discovery District was in attendance.

Glen Murray, Ontario Minister of Research and Innovation is interviewed by BNN regarding Ontario assisting MaRS Discovery District phase two expansion. 

MaRS Discovery District Phase II construction is now underway and scheduled for completion in September 2013. Public Health Ontario and Ontario Institute for Cancer Research will be the anchor tenants in the Phase II development.

MaRS Discovery District announced  substantial funding support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation will be made available for the Centre for Impact Investing, to be housed at MaRS.

Nuit Blanche will be held in Toronto starting October 1st, 2011. L'écho-l'eau - Richard Purdy exhibit will be at the MaRS Discovery District.

MaRS Discovery District announced  substantial funding support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation will be made available for the Centre for Impact Investing, to be housed at MaRS.

Brianna Panzica from Green Chip Stock states "MaRS Discovery District is becoming the world's largest urban innovation hub."

The Venture Accelerator Partners posted a blog with a listing of events that would be useful for start-ups and small businesses. The How Open Source Can Ensure Success for Technology Start-ups on October 11 and the Basic Nuts and Bolts of Building a Business on October 19 events were both mentioned.

Chatelaine profiles MaRS ICT client, Joanna Track, founder of Dealuxe.ca. She talks about how to ask your brother for help and other tips to starting your own business.

MaRS client Locationary talks about Saturn, its new beta -- a "Federated Data Exchange Platform." -- what the system can do, and how location-based startups can use it.

MaRS life sciences and health care practice client, Dr. Hamid Tizhoosh, founder of Segasist, is interviewed for CityNews. He talks about how he became and entrepreneur and how this shapes his life.

Toronto startup and MaRS client Guardly announces that it has entered into a partnership with the California Association of REALTORS (C.A.R.) to provide a smartphone app that helps real estate agents stay safe on the job.

Addictive Mobility will sshowcased its AMO adSocial technology in exhibits hosted by MaRS Discovery District and IAB Canada.

MaRS client Uniiverse, the world's marketplace for collaborative living, is highlighted in this article from Mashable.com on The Rise of the Sharing Economy

Rachel Mendleson states "A growing number of Canadian companies are now becoming certified as "B Corps," a new designation that seeks to distinguish firms that are committed to improving more than their bottom line." Allyson Hewitt, director of social entrepreneurship, MaRS Discovery District states that "MaRS is at the forefront of the Canadian B Corp movement."

Adam Radwanski, Tim Kiladze and Tara Perkins, reports of the Globe and Mail state "Don Drummond's report caused a stir with its cost cuts and gloomy forecasts. But one positive result was that it spurred a serious examination of how to reinvent the economy." Ilse Treurnict, CEO, MaRS Discovery District,  states that the "health care sector is growing."

The family of Dr. John Evans, an innovator in both medicine and business, is donating $10-million to the Toronto MaRS Discovery District. The money will be used to create a MaRS Solutions Lab, which will be designed to help tackle a range of problems - from the commercialization of medical discoveries to global health issues - while providing opportunities for young Canadians, who will have the chance to become fellows at MaRS.

The family of Dr. John Evans, a co-founder of the MaRS Discovery District is donating $10 million to create a new experimental lab.

Hamutal Dotan, Torontonist blogger states "MaRS infographics provides insights on local startups, where they are located, and why they cluster where they do."

InGamer Fantasy Inc.which produces "real-time second screen gaming" for sports publishers, has received funding from a group of five angel investors. InGamer Fantasy Inc is a MaRS Discovery District Client.