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On April 1, to commemorate the 3rd United Nations-sanctioned World Autism Awareness Day will be taking place at the MaRS Centre in Toronto.

Mark Cullen, Canada AM gardening expert, blogs about the new products and concepts that appeal to Canadian gardners. Light From A Stone, a MaRS Client is featured.

A clip re: the Autism Genome Project that the Centre for Applied Genomics is undertaking.

MyCharityConnects Conference will happen during Net Change Week June 7 & 8, 2010 at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto. Topics include "social media, community building, etc.

Northern Lights, a CIBC presents Entrepreneurship 101 student up-start company, has taken developments in solid state LEDs and come up with novel designs for fixtures that hold those LEDs to create effective lights.

Dr. Calvin Stiller, Chair of Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Board Member of MaRS Discovery District and past chair of Genome Canada is a recipient for the 2010 Canada Gairdner Award.

The 2010 Canada Gairdner Awards honour groundbreaking medical research behind cancer, epilepsy and heart disease and malaria treatments. Dr. Calvin Stiller, Chair of Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Co-Founder and Board Member of MaRS Discovery District and past chair of Genome Canada is a recipient for the 2010 Canada Gairdner Award.

MD-entrepreneur Cal Stiller, noted for advocating commercial development of research, wins Gairdner Award and hall of fame berth. Dr. Calvin Stiller is the Chair of Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Co-Founder and Board Member of MaRS Discovery District and past chair of Genome Canada.

Dr. Calvin Stiller, Chair of Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Co-Founder and Board Member of MaRS Discovery District and past chair of Genome Canada is a recipient for the 2010 Canada Gairdner Award.

Calvin Stiller, chairman of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, won the Canada Gairdner Wightman Award for his work on the use of cyclosporine as a treatment for organ transplant rejection, but also for his role as a scientific entrepreneur, and a rainmaker for major scientific projects. Dr. Calvin Stiller is the Chair of Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Co-Founder and Board Member of MaRS Discovery District and past chair of Genome Canada.

The 2010 Canada Gairdner Awards honour groundbreaking medical research behind cancer, epilepsy and heart disease and malaria treatments. Dr. Calvin Stiller, Chair of Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Co-Founder and Board Member of MaRS Discovery District and past chair of Genome Canada is a recipient for the 2010 Canada Gairdner Award.

An international study based at the University of Pittsburgh has identified a human enzyme that can biodegrade carbon nanotubes. Laboratory tests showed that it could also offset the potentially damaging health effects of being exposed to such nanotechnology.

"On March 27 and 28, a group of experts and 100 young people convened at Toronto's Metro Hall for a two-day conference hosted by Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada (YSEC), in partnership with social innovation advisory service MaRS.The goal of the re:Vision conference was to leave participants with "practical know-how, new lenses for project design, and a wealth of earned knowledge that can be applied to their initiatives." Cheryl May, advisor and practice lead of social innovation at MaRS, describes her views on Vision."

"On March 27 and 28, a group of experts and 100 young people convened at Toronto's Metro Hall for a two-day conference hosted by Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada (YSEC), in partnership with social innovation advisory service MaRS.The goal of the re:Vision conference was to leave participants with ""practical know-how, new lenses for project design, and a wealth of earned knowledge that can be applied to their initiatives."" Cheryl May, advisor and practice lead of social innovation at MaRS, describes her views on Vision."

Alfred Hambsch, founder of Global Electric Electronic Processing, says the e-waste recycling business is a trend that is about to explode into an industry. According to Tom Rand, MaRS Discovery District Clean Tech Practice Lead says, "Regulators in Canada and the United States are now heeding the calls of environmentalists and mandating the proper recycling of scrap electronics, paving the way for innovative clean tech outfits."

This report examines impact investing and how leaders could accelerate the industry's evolution and increase its ultimate impact in the world. It explores how impact investing has emerged and how it might evolve, including profiles of a wide range of impact investors. The report also provides a blueprint of initiatives to catalyze the industry.

The number of Canadians purchasing smartphones may be rising, but an overwhelming number of Canadians continue to use their mobile devices for the most basic functions - texting and taking pictures, according to Delvinia Dig, a quarterly report on the digital behaviours and attitudes of Canadian consumers.

Carly Weeks, a Globe and Mail reporter interviews Dr. Calvin Stiller. "Dr. Stiller was named a recipient of a prestigious Canada Gairdner Award and always had a dire need to fix the imbalance of research and commercial development in the country's life sciences. He says he has always had an entrepreneurial spirit, which inspired him to work with colleagues to create centres such as the Toronto-based MaRS Discovery District."

TeamSave.com offers products and services at deep discounts for a limited time -- potential buyers are encouraged to spread the word about the sale via social networks in order to get enough buyers to make the transaction go through. TeamSave is a MaRS Client and is housed at Ryerson University's Digital Media Zone.

Baycrest and MaRS launched a company, Cogniciti, that aims to develop brain fitness products based on scientific principles introduced by the Rotman team. Researchers are busy developing mental fitness products to sharpen cognition in the elderly.