Applied Research and Development (ARD) Grants are offered through the College and Community Innovation (CCI) Program, which is managed by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).
These ARD Grants are intended to provide companies that operate from a Canadian base access to the unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities available at Canadian colleges and to train students in essential technical skills required by companies. The mutually beneficial collaborations are expected to result in economic benefits to the company and/or Canada. Read More →

Winnipeg Free Press business reporter Martin Cash recently published an article about our incoming Innovation Centre, a $95 million building project currently in its design stages.
“Less than five months after Red River College initially announced plans to build a $95 million Innovation Centre just north of its Princess Street campus, site preparations for the building are already underway,” Cash wrote.
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What is a patent? What’s the value of a trade-mark? How to protect a new design? Or a new piece of art? These are questions that, as an entrepreneur, or as a business development agent you have probably faced.

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The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) have announced that, following the success of the Community and College Social Innovation Fund (CCSIF) program, the federal 2017 budget provided an additional $10 million over two years beginning in 2017-18 to continue this initiative.
The deadline for submitting applications is December 8, 2017.
*Internal deadline: We have set an internal deadline of November 29 to allow the College’s Research Partnerships & Innovation office to review proposals and insure that the application package is complete. For inquiries and internal submissions:
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Research team members from the College’s Electric Vehicle Technology & Education Centre participated in the 7^th Annual MEVAfest this past weekend. Read More →

This three-day course educated participants on:

• Air tightness testing standards and code requirements
• the differences between residential and commercial air tightness tests
• building science and driving forces of air leakage
• test considerations and planning
• required materials and equipment

The workshop also focused on the setup and use of blower door equipment, and finished with a full live test of the CARSI building at Red River College, which incorporates diagnostic tools and analysis/reporting of the test data.

Background

Increasing air tightness in a building is now widely recognized as one of the most influential factors affecting the building’s performance in terms of energy use, comfort, indoor air quality, durability and even noise transmission.

Even though airtightness testing of residential houses is quite common, airtightness testing of commercial buildings is only now starting to grow.

Testing equipment is now evolving to measure a larger range of commercial building types; however, since this type of testing is still relatively new to the United States and Canada, there remains very few qualified personnel able to perform these tests to specific standards.

The Paterson GlobalFoods Institute (PGI) was recently profiled on CTV Winnipeg as students started their first day of school.
Watch CTV’s coverage here and here. Read More →

The World Trade Centre Winnipeg kicks off Small Business Week™ on Monday, October 16, 2017 with a stimulating luncheon hosted by WTC Winnipeg Co-Chair David Angus.
Hear the latest trends in technology, media and telecommunications alongside Manitoba entrepreneurs and business leaders.
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This October, the Association of University Technology Managers is hosting its 2017 Western Region Meeting at the Santa Clara Marriott located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Experience excellent content on hot topics, engaging panelists, networking and friendly conversation. This meeting will focus on collaboration, technology commercialization and much more.
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