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Joseph Rotman has been named the 21st chancellor of The University of Western Ontario. Joseph Rotman is also the a co-founder of the MaRS Discovery District.

Dr. Hossein Rahnama, Research & Innovation Lead at Ryerson's Digital Media Zone, is a world authority on location-based context-aware mobile services.  MaRS Innovation  is in the process of working with Dr. Rahnama to spin out a company called Flybits.  Dr. Rahnama is interviewed on Metro Morning.

Sean Fine, Globe and Mail reporter states "Canadian doctor, Kamran Khan, prepares his innovation to fight the next pandemic with the help of Toronto innovation centre, MaRS Discovery District."

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.

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.

Xogen Technologies Inc., an innovator in the wastewater treatment industry and a MaRS Client, has been selected for the Corporate Knights Next 10, a list representing Canada's best privately-held companies in the cleantech space.Tom Rand, Senior Cleantech Advisor at the MaRS Discovery District is on the Corporate Knights Next 10 advisory panel.

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.

The polymer $100 bill made its debut November 14 at the MaRS Centre. Jenny Yuen, Toronto Sun report, discusses the debate over some Torontonians preferences over paper and plastic bills.

The Globe and Mail's first Small Business Summit happened on Nov 8 which brought successful entrepreneurs together to discover, share and connect at the MaRS Centre on Nov 8. 

According to Sean Stanleigh, Globe and Mail reporter, Canadian venture capital still lags the United States. On Nov 23, MaRS will be hosting a "How to Draft a Patent" workshop.

Canada's first $100 polymer note was officially in circulation as of November 14. The official unveiling happened at the MaRS Centre with the Bank of Canada's governor, Mark Carney. 

According to May Jeong, reporter of Advisor.ca, "impact investment-is being recognized as the newest asset class on the financial block." The Centre for Impact Investing is designed to be the hub for all thing in social finance.

Canada's first $100 polymer note was officially in circulation as of November 14. The official unveiling happened at the MaRS Centre with the Bank of Canada's governor, Mark Carney. 

The Bank of Canada announced and circulated  the new $100 bill - Canada's first polymer bank note November 14, 2011 at the MaRS Centre. The event was held at the MaRS Centre, because it is Toronto's innovation hub.

Canadian Researchers from Princess Margaret Cancer Program found a potential new leukemia treatment with an old antibiotic drug. MaRS Innovation partly assisting funding the research.

Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech Lead Advisor at MaRS Discovery District has written a commentary about the recent global carbon market news and how Canada could meet its 2020 GHG target.

Finizi Corp, a MaRS Client, provides a free online platform where financial institutions are able to bid for the business of customers in live and fully-transparent auctions. As stated in Investment Executive, Finizi..." is rolling out an online system that effectively replaces the GIC broker as the preferred channel-of-choice for acquiring the fixed term instrument at lower cost. "

Finizi Corp, a MaRS Client, provides a free online platform where financial institutions are able to bid for the business of customers in live and fully-transparent auctions. Finizi is conveniently located in Ryerson University's Digital Media Zone. Since Finizi's launch they have generated over 100 registered users, generating $7 million of pending and completed sales within three days.

Greg Meckback, Digital Media Editor from Daily Commercial News states "Toronto real estate developer Tridel is partnering with Cisco Systems Inc. to use Internet Protocol (IP) technology to improve energy efficiency, security and entertainment systems in its buildings....TowerLabs with Tridel co-founded with the MaRS Discovery District, is getting feedback from focus groups on devices such as programmable thermostats or the possibility of putting programmable thermostat functions on a portable electronic device such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone."

Winston is a Toronto company that is pitching a different way to operate the way people call for a taxi and limo through an app. The company Winston is working with MaRS Discovery District Advisors.