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  2. List of Canadian inventions, innovations, and discoveries

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    Road lines – invented by John D. Millar, an engineer for the Ontario Department of Transport. The world's first road lines were subsequently painted on a stretch of highway between Ontario and Quebec in 1930 [18] Screw-propeller – invented by John Patch in 1833 [7] Separable baggage check – invented by John Michael Lyons in 1882

  3. Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade

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    A related Ministry of Research and Innovation, and later Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, existed between 2005 and 2018. While politically a standalone ministry, it shared a deputy minister (civil service head) with the main economic development ministry, and was supported by civil servants of the economic development ministry.

  4. ORION (research and education network) - Wikipedia

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    The Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network (ORION) is a high-speed optical research and education network in Ontario, Canada.It connects virtually all of Ontario's research and education institutions including every university, most colleges, several teaching hospitals, public research facilities and several school boards to one another and to the global grid of R&E networks using ...

  5. Regional Development Agency (Canada) - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) is the federal government agency responsible for fostering innovation and business growth in Canada's southern Ontario region, the most populous region in Canada.

  6. Think tanks based in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Ottawa, Ontario peaceconflict.ca: 2016 Broadbent Institute: progressive, social democratic: Ottawa, Ontario www.broadbentinstitute.ca: 2011 Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship contribution of innovation on the economy Toronto, Ontario brookfieldinstitute.ca: 2016 [1] Business Council of Alberta: social and economic prosperity

  7. Centre for Social Innovation - Wikipedia

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    The Centre for Social Innovation, was founded in 2004 by Tonya Surman of the Commons Group, Margie Zeidler of Urbanspace Property Group, Mary Rowe of Ideas That Matter, Pat Tobin of Canadian Heritage and Eric Meerkamper of DECODE. Its first location, CSI Spadina, opened in the Robertson Building owned and operated by the Urbanspace Property Group.

  8. MaRS Discovery District - Wikipedia

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    MaRS Discovery District is a not-for-profit corporation founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2000.Its stated goal is to commercialize publicly funded medical research and other technologies with the help of local private enterprises and as such is a public-private partnership. [1]

  9. Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science - Wikipedia

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    The research and innovation agenda in Ontario was previously the responsibility of the Science and Technology Division of the Ontario Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation (MEOI). During the Conservative governments of Harris and Eves , the province organized itself to facilitate partnerships between the public sector and private ...