The Board of Directors for an NCE network or centre often reads like the Who’s Who list of a particular sector, featuring top experts and prominent figures from industry and academia. Pulling together that room full of heavy hitters is an important part of the innovative approaches to governance and best practices adopted by NCE-funded organizations to achieve their goals. Read more.

When it comes to preventing bullying, knowledge is power. Thanks to coordinated, targeted efforts by the Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence (PREVNet) network, more of that valuable knowledge is being put where it can do the most good: in the hands of those who work with children and youth. Read more.

Research conducted as part of a Mitacs Accelerate internship is helping show that the inflatable Snug Vest can help treat autism spectrum disorders. Deep pressure therapy, using devices such as weighted vests, is widely used to treat autism spectrum disorders, yet little scientific evidence exists to back up its effectiveness. Research conducted as part of a Mitacs Accelerate internship is providing that evidence, helping boost a young company’s product sales and development in the process. Read more.

Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) have been putting the creativity and inventiveness of top Canadian researchers to work on tough social, economic and health issues since the first network was launched in 1989. Read more.

Following the competition held in late 2011, three new Networks of Centres of Excellence were awarded funding. Read more.

Technology developed by an energy management company that is part of the Centre of Excellence in Energy Efficiency’s (C3E) investment portfolio is helping building managers make decisions that lower costs and keep their buildings more comfortable. Read more.

By merging today’s optical technologies with biology, researchers are developing new medical imaging technologies that promise to provide more detailed information than ever before about what’s happening inside the human brain. Read more.

An innovative research project using video games and physical activity continues to demonstrate that children with brain disorders are more able to learn new behaviours than previously thought. Read more.

It is no secret that Canada is among the world’s best when it comes to scientific excellence. Through the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) programs, we are making even greater strides in putting that research into practice for the benefit of all Canadians. Read more.

The Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization (CPDC) and Advanced Applied Physics Solutions (AAPS) are partnering with TRIUMF to deliver solutions to the medical isotope shortage. Read more.