Source: Prime Minister News Release
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the organizations that have been chosen to advance in the selection process for the Canada Accelerator and Incubator Program (CAIP) which is designed to help outstanding small- and medium-sized Canadian enterprises to grow, prosper and create jobs. He made the announcement at Communitech, a hub for the commercialization of innovative technologies in Waterloo, Ontario. The Prime Minister was joined by Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), Peter Braid, Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure and Communities and Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Waterloo, and Stephen Woodworth, Member of Parliament for Kitchener Centre.
The following organizations have been chosen to advance in the selection process under the CAIP:
- BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) (Accelerator)
- Bioenterprise Corporation (Accelerator)
- Centre d’entreprises et d’innovation de Montréal (CEIM) (Incubator)
- Centre for Drug Research & Development (CDRD), in collaboration with CDRD Venture Inc. (Accelerator/Incubator)
- Communitech Corporation, in collaboration with University of Waterloo Velocity, Laurier LaunchPad and the Waterloo Accelerator Centre (Accelerator/Incubator)
- Corporation Inno-Centre du Québec (Accelerator/Incubator)
- GrowLab Ventures Inc., in collaboration with Extreme Startups (Accelerator)
- Invest Ottawa, in collaboration with Wesley Clover, PARTEQ Innovations and InnovationPark at Queen’s University (Accelerator/Incubator)
- Manitoba Technology Accelerator (MTA) (Incubator)
- Prince Edward Island BioAlliance Inc. (Incubator)
- Propel ICT (Accelerator)
- Ryerson University, in collaboration with Simon Fraser University and University of Ontario Institute of Technology (Accelerator/Incubator)
- The Next 36 (Accelerator/Incubator) University of Alberta, in collaboration with TEC Edmonton and Innovate Calgary (Accelerator/Incubator)
- Wavefront Wireless Commercialization Centre Society (Accelerator/Incubator)
– See more at: http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2014/06/20/pm-helps-canadian-start-companies-grow-and-prosper#sthash.bmwzBFRz.dpuf
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