Focus:

Clinical Research Centre
IT Strategy
Energy and Forestry
Gaming Technology
Health Infomatics
Invasive Species
Convergence Centre

Recent Progress:

• A new $24-million Federal-Provincial Invasive Species Centre will be completed in May 2011.
   
• A $5.5-million tire recycling facility from Ellsin Environmental has been completed and will begin production in 2011.  The company uses a patented Reverse Polymerization process to break down old tires into their original elements: steel, oil and carbon black.
   
• The Elementa Group’s proposed full-scale energy-from-waste plant is under development.
   
• Algoma Games for Health received $276,500 to establish a cutting-edge video game development studio in Sault Ste. Marie to create and market various products for rehabilitation and training purposes.
   
• Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation contributed $522,588 to the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre to fund three staff positions drive new research projects and private sector participation in the Bio-Sciences and Technology Convergence Centre.
   

Clinical Research Centre
Algoma University and Northern Ontario School of Medicine have signed a memorandum of understanding, which enables the institutions to begin collaborating on teaching and research initiatives

IT Strategy
Algoma University, which offers the only master’s level gaming program in the country, established a video game studio designed to create serious games fro the health-care industry. Algoma Games for Health is now working to expand its operation.

Convergence Centre
With $16 million in stimulus funding from senior levels, Algoma University is establishing a Biosciences and Technology Convergence Centre. Expected to be complete in March 2011, the facility will house business and technology tenants, including the Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre. It will also help attract researchers, students, faculty and entrepreneurs to the community.

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