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Chair's Message
Greetings, my name is Suzanne Fortier. As Chair of the Steering Committee for the Networks of Centres of Excellence, I am delighted to welcome you to the NCE 20th Anniversary Celebrations.
For the past 20 years the NCE program has supported some of Canada's best researchers and students to work collaboratively with industry, government and other organizations in networks operating as “virtual institutes”. These networks are focused on advancing knowledge and applying it to the benefit of Canadians.
The NCE networks have helped to train thousands of highly qualified people, created new policies for natural resource management, and developed national disease prevention and treatment strategies, to name but a few of our successes.
Over the past two years the Networks of Centres of Excellence grew significantly as a result of new programs established through the Science and Technology Strategy of the Government of Canada. We now support the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research and Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence – programs dedicated to enhancing collaborations that will mobilize research excellence and commercialization for the benefit of all Canadians.
The long-term success of the Networks of Centres of Excellence has been made possible through consistent, reliable funding from the Government of Canada and through the co-operation between the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Industry Canada.
I invite you to learn more about this program, and engage with the current generation of networks and centres, as we continue our anniversary celebrations.
