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- April 7, 2021 Announcement Foresight Launches National Cleantech Jobs Research Project for Future Skills Centre Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre is launching a new national research project to explore the demand for roles and retraining required to advance the clean economy. View Announcement
- April 5, 2021 Article Community of Innovators profile: Platform Calgary Foresight is building Canada’s largest cleantech innovation network, the Community of Innovators. This series showcases some of our members who are creating change in cleantech. View Article
- March 31, 2021 Announcement New $25M Competition Seeks Low-Carbon Solutions to Transform Canada’s Oil and Gas Industry Foresight is partnering with the Clean Resource Innovation Network (CRIN) and The Delphi Group to launch the Low Emission Fuels and Products Technology Competition. View Announcement
- March 30, 2021 Article What a Trip! Cleantech Innovation in BC In this week’s wrap-up article, we reflect on the journey we took and all the innovative cleantech solutions we discovered throughout BC’s many and varied regions. View Article
- March 24, 2021 Article Explore Cleantech Opportunities in Europe The 2nd Canada -European Union Workshop on CETA Opportunities for the Clean Technology Sector, March 29-31 is a virtual workshop for cleantech innovators exploring export markets in Europe and industry looking for cleantech solutions on offer from European companies. View Article
- March 24, 2021 Article Driving Canada’s Carbon Tech Advantage As companies around the world set their sights on bold emissions reductions goals - specifically, net-zero emissions by 2050 - there is an urgent need for clean technology solutions. View Article
- March 23, 2021 Article Canada’s Aging Water Infrastructure: The Solutions are Out There Replacing and modernizing Canada’s water infrastructure (while adjusting to climate change and assuring clean, safe water to all) isn’t the type of challenge that you can solve by simply applying approaches from the past. View Article
- March 17, 2021 Article Welcoming a New Era in Canadian Watertech In this article, we take a look at how an old era of disconnected systems and siloed data is being rapidly replaced by a highly interconnected and powerful ecosystem supported by cloud computing and data analytics. View Article
- March 17, 2021 Article Build Back Better, Build Back Green Next time you’re in the Lower Mainland region of BC enjoying a latte at a local Starbucks, look around; you may be in Canada’s first sustainably built, zero construction waste coffee shop. View Article
- March 16, 2021 Announcement $450,000 Awarded to Alberta Startups at Province’s Inaugural Cleantech Investment Summit Four Albertan cleantech companies received over $450,000 in investment at the first Alberta Cleantech Investment Summit last Thursday. View Announcement
- March 15, 2021 Announcement Vestas Challenge Winners Announced The Vestas SDG Connect Challenge was seeking circular economy solutions within the recycling, material processing, and new materials sectors to create the next generation of fully recyclable blades for their wind turbines. View Announcement
- March 12, 2021 Announcement Foresight and ACTia Partner with BLG to Advance Cleantech in Agriculture Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre and the Alberta Clean Technology Industry Association (ACTia) today announced a new sponsorship with Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG), a leading Canadian law firm, to advance cleantech solutions in the agriculture sector. View Announcement