Organisée par OCRI,la principale agence de développement économique d’Ottawa, la soirée de gala a honoré les professionnels talentueux et dévoués qui ont fait preuve d’excellence dans l’enseignement, ont été des exemples à suivre, ont donné confiance à leurs élèves et leur ont inspiré la passion pour l’apprentissage. Les prix ont été créés en 2001 par un groupe de dirigeants d’entreprises et de leaders dans le domaine de l’éducation qui souhaitaient revaloriser l’éducation publique en plus de reconnaître et célébrer le dévouement et les réalisations des éducateurs locaux d’Ottawa.

« Ottawa est reconnue pour son esprit d’entreprise, mais sans la compassion et la bienveillance des éducateurs, comme ceux que nous honorons ce soir, Ottawa serait un endroit très différent », a déclaré Claude Haw, président-directeur général d’OCRI, en s’exprimant depuis New York où il participe à la conférence annuelle Intelligent Community Forum. « C’est avec une grande reconnaissance pour tous les enseignants, de la maternelle au doctorat, qu’Ottawa a été reconnue comme une des communautés les plus intelligentes du monde. L’influence de nos enseignants sur leurs élèves pendant les périodes les plus déterminantes de la vie contribue à stimuler et développer le groupe créatif de talents et de futurs leaders et innovateurs d’Ottawa. »

Les nominations pour les prix ont été ouvertes aux éducateurs employés par les quatre conseils scolaires publiques, deux collèges et quatre universités situés dans la ville d’Ottawa. Plus de 450 nominations ont été reçues pour 327 enseignants nommés par les élèves (actuels et anciens), les parents et les collègues. Un groupe de juges représentant les milieux économiques,de l’éducation et les organisations communautaires a examiné les 67 finalistes et a sélectionné les 16 lauréats.

« Nous sommes très chanceux de faire partie d’une communauté qui distingue les personnes dévouées et attentionnées qui font chaque jour de leur mieux pour aider à améliorer la vie de leurs élèves. Cet événement est un moyen fantastique de présenter certains des éducateurs les plus dévoués et créatifs de la région », ajoute François Benoit, directeur de l’éducation du Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario. » Chaque personne nommée apporte l’excellence et la compassion dans chaque classe et sans aucun doute ouvre la voie à la réussite de nos élèves. »

« Je félicite tous les lauréats des Prix de l’excellence en enseignement de la capitale. Les éducateurs jouent un rôle vital en aidant à développer les compétences, la curiosité et l’engagement envers l’apprentissage nécessaires pour aider les élèves à devenir des penseurs critiques et de bons citoyens », a déclaré Roseann O’Reilly Runte, présidente de l’Université Carleton. « Je suis particulièrement fière que leur passion et leur dévouement soient reconnus par la communauté qui s’étend dans le monde entier. »

Les lauréats d’EduGala 2010 sont :

Lyse Bissonnette – Académie de la Seigneurie, Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario
Serge Boisvert – École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité, Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est
Émilie Collin-Laflamme – École secondaire publique Louis-Riel, Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario
Heather Counsell – McHugh Education Centre, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Hélène Coulombe – Educational Consultant, Ottawa Catholic School Board
Nathalie D’Amato – École élémentaire catholique J.-L.-Couroux, Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est
Father Lawrence Dewan – Faculty of Philosophy, Dominican University College / Collège universitaire dominicain
Donna Forward – Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Ottawa Catholic School Board
Kim Hellemans – Department of Psychology, Carleton University
Ching Lim – Cairine Wilson Secondary School, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Dianna McAleer – Police & Public Safety Institute, Algonquin College
Robert McClure – Art and Design, La Cité collégiale
Eileen O’Connor – Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa / Faculté des sciences de la santé, Université d’Ottawa
Myrtle Power – Faculty of Theology, Saint Paul University / Université Saint-Paul
Brian Schmidt – Woodroffe High School, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Maurice Charles Taylor – Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa / Faculté d’éducation, Université d’Ottawa

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À propos d’OCRI :

OCRI est la principale agence de développement économique d’Ottawa. OCRI est le point de ralliement pour les secteurs des affaires, de l’éducation, de la recherche et du talent afin de créer les conditions économiques gagnantes qui permettent aux entreprises d’Ottawa axées sur le savoir de s’épanouir au niveau régional et d’être concurrentielles au niveau mondial. OCRI fait la promotion du développement économique durable afin de maintenir notre haute qualité de vie. Pour de plus amples renseignements sur OCRI, veuillez visiter notre site Web www.ocri.ca et pour de plus amples renseignements sur la région d’Ottawa, veuillez visiter le site www.ottawaregion.com. En 2010, Ottawa a été nommée parmi les sept premières communautés intelligentes du monde par l’Intelligent Community Forum (ICF).

Pour en savoir plus, contactez :
Kim Cunningham
Directrice, Communications extérieures, OCRI
Bureau: (613) 828-6274 poste 256
Cell. : (613) 851-0768
Courriel: kcunningham@ocri.ca

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Hosted by OCRI, Ottawa’s lead economic development agency, the gala event honoured the talented and dedicated professionals who have demonstrated teaching excellence, acted as role models, and instilled confidence and a passion for learning in their students. The awards were created in 2001 by a group of business and education leaders who wanted to raise the profile of public education and to recognize and celebrate the dedication and achievements of Ottawa’s local educators.

“Ottawa is renowned for its entrepreneurial spirit but without caring and compassionate educators, like those we honour tonight, Ottawa would be a very different place,” said Claude Haw, President and CEO, OCRI, speaking from New York City where he is attending the Intelligent Community Forum’s annual conference. “It is with great appreciation for all teachers from kindergarten through to PhD that Ottawa has been chosen as one of the most intelligent communities in the world. The impact our teachers have on their students during the most influential periods of life helps to nurture and develop Ottawa’s creative class of talent and future leaders and innovators.”

Nominations for the awards were open to educators employed by the four publicly-funded school boards, two colleges and four universities located within the City of Ottawa. More than 450 nominations were received for 327 educators who were nominated by current and former students, parents and professional colleagues. A panel of judges representing business, education and community-based organizations reviewed the 67 finalists and selected the 16 award recipients.

“We are very fortunate to be part of a community that recognizes the dedicated and caring people who do their best every day to help improve the lives of their students. This event is a fantastic way to showcase some of the region’s most committed and creative educators,” adds Francois Benoit, Director of Education, Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario. “Each nominee brings excellence and compassion into every classroom and without a doubt sets the stage for the success of our students.”

“I congratulate all of the Capital Educators’ Awards winners. Educators play a vital role in helping develop the skills, curiosity and commitment to lifelong learning necessary to help students become critical thinkers and good citizens,” said Roseann O’Reilly Runte, President, Carleton University. “I am especially proud that their passion and dedication is being recognized by the community which reaches around the world.”

Award recipients at the 2010 EduGala are:

Lyse Bissonnette – Académie de la Seigneurie, Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario
Serge Boisvert – École secondaire catholique Franco-Cité, Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est
Émilie Collin-Laflamme – École secondaire publique Louis-Riel, Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario
Heather Counsell – McHugh Education Centre, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Hélène Coulombe – Educational Consultant, Ottawa Catholic School Board
Nathalie D’Amato – École élémentaire catholique J.-L.-Couroux, Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est
Father Lawrence Dewan – Faculty of Philosophy, Dominican University College / Collège universitaire dominicain
Donna Forward – Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Ottawa Catholic School Board
Kim Hellemans – Department of Psychology, Carleton University
Ching Lim – Cairine Wilson Secondary School, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Dianna McAleer – Police & Public Safety Institute, Algonquin College
Robert McClure – Art and Design, La Cité collégiale
Eileen O’Connor – Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa / Faculté des sciences de la santé, Université d’Ottawa
Myrtle Power – Faculty of Theology, Saint Paul University / Université Saint-Paul
Brian Schmidt – Woodroffe High School, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Maurice Charles Taylor – Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa / Faculté d’éducation, Université d’Ottawa

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About OCRI:

Leading the way for Ottawa, OCRI is the city’s economic development agency. OCRI is the rallying point to bring business, education, research and talent together to create the winning economic conditions that allow Ottawa’s knowledge-based companies to thrive locally and compete globally. At OCRI we promote sustainable economic development to maintain our high quality of life. For more information on OCRI visit our website at www.ocri.ca and for more information on the Ottawa Region please visit www.ottawaregion.com. In 2010, Ottawa was named one of the world’s top seven intelligent communities by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF).

For information contact:
Kim Cunningham
Manager, External Communications
OCRI
Business: (613) 828 6274 ext.256
Cell: (613) 851 0768
Email: kcunningham@ocri.ca

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I recall the comment by Mark Twain, “Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated”. This phrase definitely applies to Hong Kong. When Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997, many, including me, thought that the glory days of Hong Kong were over. Its importance as a global business centre would slowly fade. Hong Kong’s manufacturing base has certainly moved to China, but it has been replaced by an even stronger service sector. It serves as not only as a market in itself, but as an entry point to China and to all of Asia.

We are given talks by both Christopher Jackson of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and John Zimmerman of the Canadian Consulate in Hong Kong. Both present a barrage of statistics that clearly demonstrate that the Hong Kong economy continues to grow. But the previous day, we had seen the real proof that Hong Kong is alive and well.

Exhibit at Cyberport

Exhibit at Cyberport

Ottawa has a burgeoning digital media sector with enormous potential. Our telecommunications heritage, our near 50 year history in animation and the growing number of gaming companies put Ottawa in an excellent position in the new multi-platform world. We have learned from our photonics experience, a common infrastructure platform like the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre can provide an enormous competitive advantage to our SME’s. We visit Cyberport in Hong Kong, an investment by the Hong Kong government to encourage the growth of digital media in the region. The facilities and capabilities are impressive. The digital backbone, the studios, the 3D capability all allow the companies to concentrate on the market and their development of intellectual property rather than struggling to afford capability. We are developing a concept for similar infrastructure and this visit gives us plenty of ideas. But we also learn about the continuing Hong Kong reality. Cyberport is both a business and residential development, and located on waterfront. From one of the studio areas, we can look out onto the residential development. We naively ask what the three storey townhouses cost, thinking maybe close to a million dollars, given that it is Hong Kong. Our hosts calmly tell us, try 20 times that! One single family unit is under negotiation for around 35 million U.S. dollars. Hong Kong is alive and well.

We have seen success in mainland China by our experienced companies in both ICT and cleantech. But these are the exceptions not the rule in Ottawa. It has been evident that the Chinese are looking for total solutions. Unfortunately, the success of our SME’s in the U.S. market has been by supplying innovative technology at lower levels in the supply chain. Hong Kong is building a solid reputation in China as a solution provider, putting together the technology from around the world that meets the Chinese need.

Hong Kong has a definite role to play in our China strategy. The reports of Hong Kong’s death are exaggerated. We have come looking to find paths to success in China for our growing cleantech sector. We have left Hong Kong and China with confirmation that this is a market that cannot be ignored and with a better knowledge of the tools that will bring us success.

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The first e-mail I read this morning was a message from Rick Dalmazzi, President of Magmic Games.  Apparently he and Cyril Leeder, President of the Ottawa Senators, were sitting next to each other at the last OCRI TEB (Technology Executive Breakfast).  Cyril asked Rick if it would be possible for Magmic to develop a specialized BlackBerry “theme” application that personalizes your BlackBerry to support the Senators’ playoff run.  And so Magmic did! The Senators are now offering it to the community free of charge.  It’s really just a fun promotional thing that creates buzz for the Senators and introduces people to a new capability for their BlackBerry.

I encourage everyone (including your friends and family) to go to this link and download the Sens theme today – http://www.bplay.com/promo/sens  

ALL IN, ALL RED – GO SENS GO!

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It is early Sunday morning in Beijing, early Saturday evening back home in Ottawa, and I am having one of those goose bump moments that are rare in the world of economic development. In my business, it is seldom that you are able to see immediate cause and effect to your actions. Our job is to develop strategies and tactics that often take years to pay off and particularly in today’s world of global supply chains and global competitiveness. But as I sit here this Sunday morning, watching Phil Mickelson make his charge for the lead in the third round of the 2010 Masters (remember the 12 hour time difference), I am feeling that years of hard work are paying off.

In September of 2006, OCRI launched its China program with a trip to Shenzhen, Xiamen, Shanghai and Beijing. OCRI had focussed programs in the United States and Europe. It was increasingly evident that the world was changing and any true global strategy would have to address the increasing influence of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) economies. Our analysis showed clearly that China was likely to be our strategic third option (after our domestic and the US markets) but that Ottawa was like a grain of sand on the beach of China’s economic awakening.

How do you start? We had been warned that it would be a long journey. We were looking at a country with well over a billion people. It was half way around the world and 12 time zones away. Few of our companies had been successful there. Many of our companies looked at the challenges of culture and IP enforcement and said that it wasn’t worth the battle. This wasn’t the United States - an excellent product with a solid value proposition would not get you in the game. This was a land of relationships.

And the journey did prove long, we are now 3 ½ years later and I am making my eighth visit. Relationship building takes commitment and time. It is the first visit for our new CEO Claude Haw. The staff that we dealt with at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing have completely turned over. One of our earliest friends at the Z-Park in Beijing, Dr. Xia, retired this winter and it is our first meeting with his replacement Zhou Yunfan.  Three years ago, Mayor Larry O’Brien, accompanying us on this trip, was still a businessman in a seemingly impossible campaign for Mayor. China was a place on the map, for the companies with us, not yet considered a strategic market. Accredited Destination Status looked like a distant dream putting our tourism sector at a distinct disadvantage. My China Project Manager, Sophie Chen was just getting married, never mind preparing to return after maternity leave. Joan Sun, doing a tremendous job of replacing Sophie during her maternity leave, was still busy raising her daughter with only vague ideas of setting up her Canada China consulting company.

So why the goose bumps this morning? Our early research proved that we needed a competitive advantage and an entry point. Consequently, our emphasis on ICT and Ottawa’s emerging cleantech sector. Ottawa had a Sister City agreement signed in 1999 with Beijing making Beijing our obvious city of concentration.

What has been achieved in the last three days? Our Mayors have recommitted to the agreement signed in 1999, moving our cities to a new level of cooperation. Our Mayor met with members of the team of artisans that will travel to Ottawa next week to begin construction of the Chinese Arch that will be placed at the entrance to Ottawa’s Chinatown. It has been presented to Ottawa and Canada by Beijing and China to celebrate the 40^th anniversary of the modern Canada China diplomatic relationship. Our tourism organization signed an agreement with their sister organization here linking the UNESCO World Heritage sites of the Great Wall and the Rideau Canal. OCRI signed an MOU with the Beijing Investment and Promotion Bureau to increase cooperation in investment between the two cities.

Our Mayor loves to show off Ottawa, a global example of a sustainable city. My count is that we have commitments of at least five organizations from Beijing to visit Ottawa this year to continue our discussions on building green cities, cross investment between our companies and encouraging science and technology cooperation. Not that I needed more work, but in a virtual world, it is still person to person contact that cements a relationship and moves it forward.

Mayor O’Brien is also a successful technology entrepreneur and that agenda was moved forward. Two of our cleantech companies significantly moved their Beijing agendas forward, Plasco and Clearford. Wesley Clover, a company owned by Ottawa’s most successful ICT entrepreneur, Terry Matthews, used the opportunity to build its network in Beijing and move forward its investment plans in China. Ottawa companies are being successful in China.

As a bonus, I received an invitation to the official opening of Huawei’s Ottawa R&D Centre on the same day that Huawei was presenting to a seminar in Beijing on the advantages of doing R&D in Ottawa and Canada. Chinese companies are discovering Ottawa.

I had a premonition that this trip would bring it all together for our China strategy when I was able to upgrade to Business Class on my entire Air Canada flight from Ottawa to Beijing, a rare event as any frequent flier knows. But I never dreamed that I would see a three and a half year journey, involving so many people, working against incredible odds, come together to produce the results of the last few days. It is a great feeling, even if I am half way around the world from home. Now Claude and Mayor O’Brien will probably expect an encore!

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On April 6th, I embarked on a 10-day economic development mission to the Chinese cities of Beijing, Chongqing, Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The mission, coordinated by OCRI, aims to strengthen existing relationships between our cities and to further establish Ottawa as one of China’s strategic partners.

Friday evening marked the conclusion of our delegation’s visit to the City of Beijing. We spent two short but jam-packed days in back-to-back meetings with government officials and professionals from a number of hi tech industries.

As Mayor of the City of Ottawa, my first and most important responsibility is to ensure the safety and security of the City’s residents, which means ensuring access to clean drinking water, waste management, fire and police services. But I also recognize the role of the City in ensuring the prosperity of our citizens, which means creating the kind of environment in which our citizens and companies can prosper. With that focus in mind, I am pleased to report that our mission to Beijing to promote investment and partnership opportunities was extremely successful.

On Thursday of last week I announced that Beijing Mayor Guo Jinlong and I had signed a Memorandum of Understanding re-committing to the principles of our original 1999 sister-city agreement.  That was just the beginning of a waterfall of successes stemming from this mission.  OCRI has now signed a new agreement with the Beijing Investment Promotion Bureau, and the Ottawa companies who are participating in this mission have had a number of successful meetings with potential customers, investors and partners. I was very pleased to see Tourism Ottawa sign a collaboration agreement with Badaling Special Zone Administration, the managers of the Great Wall of China.

The goal of our visit to Beijing was to promote partnerships in the areas of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Cleantech. For that reason, we were delighted to hear about Beijing’s commitment to building a world-class environmentally sustainable city when we visited the Beijing Urban Planning Exhibition. We met with the Beijing Energy-Saving and Environmental Protection Center where we were introduced to their impressive plans and programs for meeting the goals of the city.  During that meeting, we received confirmation that a delegation from Beijing will be traveling to Ottawa to meet with a broad range of our Cleantech companies.  This is important given the ongoing negotiations between the City of Beijing and Plasco regarding the  implementation of a waste-to-electricity facility in Beijing based on the leading-edge solution which has been developed and demonstrated in Ottawa.

Our delegation also had the privilege of attending and participating in the ICT and Cleantech Cross-Investment Seminar at Z-Park which included presentations by Canadian investment groups like Wesley Clover and Cleantech Capital. It was there that we learned of Huawei’s plans to significantly increase the number of people in their Ottawa R&D centre.

While the focus of our mission is clearly business development, it was a pleasure last evening to be hosted by Mayor Guo at a banquet where we were able to talk frankly about the role of Mayors in our two cultures and the tremendous opportunities of our bilateral relationship. As we begin to emerge from the global economic recession and move forward in a new economy, China has emerged as the key global market- 1.3 billion people, an impressive education system and strong economic growth.  Business partnerships with China will continue to become a more integral part of our economic progress both here in Ottawa and across the country.

My hope is that this mission will continue to provide opportunities to strengthen relationships, and that by working together we can further grow the prosperity of the people of both Ottawa and Beijing.

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The agreement outlines the intent of both parties to work together to promote economic exchange and cooperation between Ottawa and Beijing.

“By signing this agreement, we confirm our intention to develop long term and beneficial working relationships with the city of Beijing,” says Claude Haw, President and CEO, OCRI. “We look forward to working with the Beijing Investment Promotion Bureau to promote trade, investment and cooperation between our great cities.”

On April 6, Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien, along with nine local companies and representatives from Ottawa Tourism and OCRI, embarked on the trade mission to encourage cooperation between Ottawa and China in a number of sectors including ICT and clean technologies, and to encourage increased Chinese investment in Ottawa-based companies. The mission, coordinated by OCRI, the city’s lead economic development agency, will strengthen existing relationships and further establish Ottawa as a valuable strategic partner.

On the same day, Ottawa Mayor Larry O’Brien signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Mayor of Beijing marking the start of a very successful mission. 

Monday, the delegation will travel to Chongqing to meet with senior municipal officials, trade commissioners and companies followed by two days of meetings in Shenzhen. The mission wraps up in Hong Kong on April 16th.

For regular updates on the Mission to China please visit http://ocriblogs.com/ .

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About OCRI:

Leading the way for Ottawa, OCRI is the city’s economic development agency. OCRI is the rallying point to bring business, education, research and talent together to create the winning economic conditions that allow Ottawa’s knowledge-based companies to thrive locally and compete globally. At OCRI we promote sustainable economic development to maintain our high quality of life. For more information on OCRI visit our website at www.ocri.ca and for more information on the Ottawa Region please visit www.ottawaregion.com. In 2010, Ottawa was named one of the world’s top seven intelligent communities by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF).

For information contact:

Kim Cunningham
Manager, External Communications
OCRI
Office: (613) 828-6274 ext. 256
Cell: (613) 851-0768
kcunningham@ocri.ca

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The awards celebrate excellence in the areas of research, technology, entrepreneurship, leadership, strategic partnerships and student accomplishments. New categories this year include the Research Award, Health Innovation Award and Student Entrepreneur of the Year. Nominations for the 11 categories were solicited from Ottawa’s business and education community last December. A record number of nominations were reviewed by the Society of Collaborative Opportunities and Advancement of Professionals (SCOAP). In addition, Exploriem’s Fastest Growing Bootstrap Startup Award was presented early in the evening.

“The award finalists represent key executives, business leaders, thinkers and strategists,” said Claude Haw, President and CEO, OCRI. “Again this year the quality and caliber of the nominations was excellent and the numbers have increased. The impressive accomplishments of this evening’s winners demonstrate a city that fosters world-class talent, innovative products and successful companies.”

After a stellar year for his team and technology, Iain Christie, President of Neptec, explains why the company is so pleased to be recognized as a 2010 OCRI Award winner. “As recipient of the Product of the Year award, Neptec’s team of scientists and engineers are honoured to be recognized by OCRI and the prestige it brings to our company, locally and internationally. The work OCRI does for the Ottawa technology and research industry is critical to ensuring that Ottawa remains competitive. We congratulate all finalists in the 2010 OCRI Awards.”

The 2010 OCRI Awards recipients are:

OCRI Company of the Year presented to DragonWave
In recognition of DragonWave’s leadership position in the high capacity packet microwave sector, exponential growth and continued global expansion combined with their commitment to Ottawa which raises the profile of local innovation and talent.

Next Generation Executive of the Year presented to Jason Flick, You i Labs
In recognition of his impressive track record and current involvement in the development of one of the Canadian Innovation Exchange’s top 20 innovative companies.

Strategic Partnership of the Year presented to QNX and Alcatel-Lucent
In recognition of their combined efforts and success transforming a car into a first-class citizen of the Cloud which garnered immediate and overwhelming international media coverage in 2009.

Most Promising Startup of the Year presented to Telepin
In recognition of the success and impact of Telepin’s Cayman mobile transaction infrastructure software and the company’s ability to raise funds to support their growth.

Product of the Year presented to Neptec, TriDAR
In recognition of Neptec’s latest space hardware, TriDAR, designed and manufactured in Ottawa and used in space on the Shuttle Discovery.

Service of the Year presented to UBM TechInsights
In recognition for the company’s holistic approach to intellectual property management and its services that bridge the legal and technology worlds on more than 1,800 projects for over 200 clients.

Research Award presented to:
Dr. Robert Korneluk
In recognition for his leadership and contribution to the ApoptoGen team and their work in the field of programmed cell death and cancer research.
Dr. Duncan J. Stewart
In recognition of his many discoveries in vascular biology and genetic engineering as well as his pioneering new therapies that enhance the repair functionality of cells.

Health Innovation Award presented to Dr. Pierre Cardinal, CRI Critical Care Education Network
In recognition for the revolutionary impact of CRI on the delivery of critical care education resulting in measurable improvements in critical care including reductions in incidents, including deaths, in Ottawa and elsewhere in the country.

Student Researcher presented to Razib Iqbal, University of Ottawa
In recognition of his research in P2P adaptive video distribution and his compressed-domain adaptive video streaming system, called Dag-Stream, which allows for adaption, authentication and encryption of video on the fly.

Student Entrepreneur presented to Muhammad Arsalan and Atif Shamim
In recognition of taking their award-winning research to the next level, now in the early stages of commercialization with industry giants lining up as possible suitors.

High School Innovation presented to John McCrae Secondary School – Web 2.0 Site
In recognition of three teachers’ development of a user-friendly website with a wiki front page that improves efficiency for administration and staff, but also serves parents and students.

Exploriem’s Fastest Growing Bootstrap Startup presented to Telepin
In recognition for their rapid success and significant top line growth.

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About OCRI:

Leading the way for Ottawa, OCRI is the city’s economic development agency. OCRI is the rallying point to bring business, education, research and talent together to create the winning economic conditions that allow Ottawa’s knowledge-based companies to thrive locally and compete globally. At OCRI we promote sustainable economic development to maintain our high quality of life. For more information on OCRI visit our website at www.ocri.ca and for more information on the Ottawa Region please visit www.ottawaregion.com. In 2010, Ottawa was named one of the world’s top seven intelligent communities by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF).

For information contact:

Kim Cunningham
Manager, External Communications
OCRI
Office: (613) 828-6274 ext. 256
Cell: (613) 851-0768
kcunningham@ocri.ca

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The approach the City chooses  to economic development is key to all of our success.  The consensus now is that we can no longer simply default to expansion of the Federal Public Service as our engine of prosperity.  Your voice in this discussion is important.  I would like to encourage you to participate as well by logging on to OPINIONOTTAWA.CA where you will be able to review position papers on subjects including the role of knowledge-based industries, talent and more and comment on them in the discussion forum.

Please take the time to make your opinion heard as an actively involved member of our community and business leader.  Ottawa has a great economic future filled with potential across so many industries. 

Let’s do what we can to ensure that the City has significant and sincere input that they can use to define an approach to economic development that reflects the realities of our great city!

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It’s easy and tons of fun – register your team online (you can make up your own team – ringers, good skaters, bad skaters, top scorers, no scrappers please). 22 hand picked teams  get to play a minimum of three games and more if you actually can function as a team!  You will also get: certificates for Stanley’s Restaurant & Bar to ensure your team has a good time after the on-ice action is over; a tournament souvenir; and entry into the Wednesday night tournament banquet.

This event is held at THE best facility in the nation’s capital, and put on professionally by a group with an incredible reputation for THE best hockey tournaments anywhere! The Bell Sensplex has 4 arenas (3 NHL, 1 International), a sports bar & restaurant and wireless high speed internet throughout the building! 

Everyone is encouraged to come – bring family, friends and co-workers to cheer your team on. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to a local charity.

Hard to think of a better reason to re-work your day to fit in a hockey game or two….If you’ve played in this tournament before – post details of your favourite play, winning game, most hilarious moment…

More information here: http://www.bellsensplex.ca/tournament-adult-details.php?tID=316

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