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CloudMD Shares Results of Ontario Therapist Assisted Internet Delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Program

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Thursday, July 6, 2023
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This program is digitally delivered to help treat prevalent mental health challenges, including mood and anxiety conditions.

Key Points: 
  • This program is digitally delivered to help treat prevalent mental health challenges, including mood and anxiety conditions.
  • This initiative provided innovative made-in-Canada virtual services that served as an effective and economical model for the rest of the country.
  • Key highlights from the report include:
    Faster time to treatment – average time to start treatment of five days compared to weeks or months.
  • Effective for first time treatment - 51% of patients were new to therapy and accessed support for the first time.

Minister Ng wraps up Canada's first Economic Development Week

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Friday, May 26, 2023
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This week, ministers Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, Filomena Tassi, Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, were out across the country to mark Canada's first Economic Development Week.

Key Points: 
  • This week, ministers Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Official Languages and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Dan Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada and Minister responsible for the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency, Filomena Tassi, Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario, Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, were out across the country to mark Canada's first Economic Development Week.
  • Minister Ng was in Vancouver to mark the start of this celebratory week and announce $5 million in federal funding for the Chinese Canadian Museum.
  • "During Economic Development Week, we celebrated businesses that are leading us on a path to success.
  • – The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development
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Government of Canada supports project to improve awareness and reduce the risk of dementia in Canada

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Friday, May 26, 2023
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Though dementia cannot be prevented and there is currently no cure, adopting healthy lifestyle behaviours can help reduce the risk.

Key Points: 
  • Though dementia cannot be prevented and there is currently no cure, adopting healthy lifestyle behaviours can help reduce the risk.
  • The Government of Canada is committed to supporting the more than 450,000 Canadians living with diagnosed dementia, their families, and caregivers.
  • We are also working with organizations across the country to increase awareness, reduce the risk of developing dementia, reduce stigma, and improve the quality of life of people living with dementia and their caregivers.
  • Since 2019, the Government of Canada has announced more than $300 million in funding that supports the national dementia strategy.

Canada and Finland sign new youth mobility agreement

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Friday, May 19, 2023
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The Government of Canada also seeks to provide international youth with meaningful work and life experiences in Canada.

Key Points: 
  • The Government of Canada also seeks to provide international youth with meaningful work and life experiences in Canada.
  • The signing of this youth mobility agreement means that it will be easier for Canadian youth to travel and work in Finland.
  • The Canada-Finland Youth Mobility Agreement will give youth of every background all across Canada an opportunity to learn from one another, strengthening ties between our two countries.
  • With this latest agreement with Finland, Canada now has youth mobility agreements with 36 countries and territories.

Government of Canada Supports Research to Improve Brain Health

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Friday, April 28, 2023
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The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of supporting the neuroscience community and its role in improving Canadians' brain health.

Key Points: 
  • The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of supporting the neuroscience community and its role in improving Canadians' brain health.
  • This funding is made possible through Health Canada's Canada Brain Research Fund (CBRF) Program, which has to date committed an overall federal investment of $200 million to Brain Canada Foundation in support of brain health discoveries.
  • "The Government of Canada recognizes the importance of supporting the neuroscience community and brain research as it plays a critical role in increasing our understanding of brain health conditions.
  • Brain Canada shapes its research priorities by engaging with the neuroscience community and bringing research stakeholders together to discuss and advance key brain health issues and opportunities in the health sector.

Ziigwan Indigenous Music and Arts Festival: Full Artist and Vendor Line-Up Revealed

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Monday, March 20, 2023
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Later that day, Elder Dr. Duke Redbird will join us to close this important gathering in a good way, sharing his thoughts on Ziigwan (springtime) and our collective journey toward reconciliation.

Key Points: 
  • Later that day, Elder Dr. Duke Redbird will join us to close this important gathering in a good way, sharing his thoughts on Ziigwan (springtime) and our collective journey toward reconciliation.
  • Dr. Redbird is an Elder from the Saugeen First Nation and a celebrated Indigenous Visionary, intellectual, poet, broadcaster, and filmmaker.
  • Ziigwan, the Anishnaabemowin word for springtime, celebrates the healing and learning power of music and art, the rebirth of spring, and the collective awakening.
  • This project is being made possible and funded by the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario.

Volt Carbon Technologies Announces Subsidiary Solid Ultrabattery as a Successful Applicant of the DAIR Green Fund

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023
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DAIR will be supporting 75% of total project cost, to a maximum of $75,000, and Solid Ultrabattery Inc. will contribute the remaining 25% of total project cost.

Key Points: 
  • DAIR will be supporting 75% of total project cost, to a maximum of $75,000, and Solid Ultrabattery Inc. will contribute the remaining 25% of total project cost.
  • The Government of Canada’s support through DAIR will help Solid Ultrabattery continue its drive to commercialize its intellectual property,” said V-Bond Lee, CEO and President of Volt Carbon.
  • Today, the team at Solid Ultrabattery joined DAIR and fellow DAIR Green Fund recipients at an event to celebrate being one of the eight innovative projects receiving Green Fund support.
  • The DAIR Green Fund provides supports to businesses who are leading the charge in creating sustainable innovations that will help grow Canada’s aerospace industry.

Governments of Canada and Ontario invest over $61 million to bring high-speed Internet access to more than 16,000 homes in Ontario

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Friday, March 3, 2023
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The governments of Canada and Ontario are taking action to bring high-speed Internet access to unserved and underserved communities.

Key Points: 
  • The governments of Canada and Ontario are taking action to bring high-speed Internet access to unserved and underserved communities.
  • This investment will bring high-speed Internet access to more than 16,000 homes in 47 rural Ontario communities and 3 First Nations communities in Northern Ontario .
  • On April 19, 2022, the governments announced an additional joint federal-provincial investment of more than $56 million for six new projects that will bring reliable high-speed Internet access to over 6,500 homes and businesses in Northern and Southwestern Ontario.
  • In 2021, Ontario passed the Supporting Broadband and Infrastructure Expansion Act, 2021 to help speed up construction of high-speed Internet projects.

Government of Canada invests in training for workers in a net-zero economy

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023
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Canadians workers are already leading in spaces like clean tech, and the Government of Canada is focused on ensuring workers will continue to lead in this space for years and decades to come.

Key Points: 
  • Canadians workers are already leading in spaces like clean tech, and the Government of Canada is focused on ensuring workers will continue to lead in this space for years and decades to come.
  • C2R2 has launched Quick Train Canada, a project that provides Canadians with access to fully funded micro-credentials to help increase their skills and competencies.
  • Of this target, 3,000 workers currently employed will receive upskilling in the latest technologies and 1,000 new entrants, with little or no previous sector training, will receive training.
  • Canadian Colleges for a Resilient Recovery is a coalition of leading colleges, CEGEPs, institutes and polytechnics from across Canada.

BluWave-ai Secures $9.5M Series A Round Including a Strategic Investment From PowerON Energy Solutions

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
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PowerON Energy Solutions , a subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation, has made a strategic investment and taken a minority stake along with existing and new private investors led by Capital Angels Network .

Key Points: 
  • PowerON Energy Solutions , a subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation, has made a strategic investment and taken a minority stake along with existing and new private investors led by Capital Angels Network .
  • As a result of the PowerON investment, James Brewer (VP, New Growth & Business Development at OPG) has been added to the Board of Directors at BluWave-ai.
  • BluWave-ai has already secured lead customers for its EV Fleet orchestrator product with Dubai Taxi , other fleet operators, and PowerON.
  • "PowerON has been established by OPG to deliver behind-the-meter electrified solutions for fleet operators across North America," said Keegan Tully, Managing Director at PowerON Energy Solutions.