Stories

The Navigator helps connect experts in state-of-the-art Canadian facilities with leaders in business, academia and government. Explore our success stories to find out how, and delve into what else is happening in Navigator-listed facilities through stories from our partners.

Person operating a pilot-scale bioprocessing system and handling a vessel connected to stainless-steel fermentation equipment in a laboratory.
Q&A

Bio-innovation in an industrial heartland

Biotech and health innovators transition from bench-scale breakthroughs to pilot-scale production with help from Lambton College researchers

Bio-innovation — the use of biological systems to develop new products, technologies and processes — is an increasingly important driver of economic growth and sustainability in Sarnia, Ont. Stephen Reaume, director of...
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Two people in lab coats in a lab manipulate a machine with a long black tube attached.
Q&A

Turning waste into opportunity

Clean-tech companies partner with an engineering lab at the University of Prince Edward Island to convert common waste into sustainable energy solutions

The Atlantic Zero-Emission Energy System Laboratory at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown is working on turning agricultural, forestry and other organic waste into clean fuels and chemicals, leaning...
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Corral Ai’s SmartChutes recycling system in an industrial setting, featuring a touchscreen display showing sorting totals and two large black chutes mounted on a transparent frame for automated material separation.
Success story

A launchpad to success

How the Research Facilities Navigator helped one company find the liftoff they needed toward commercialization 

When Corral Ai, a small tech company based in Edmonton, Alta, set out to transform beverage container recycling with its innovative SmartChutes system, they faced a steep challenge. They knew they had to move fast and...
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Tonya Wolfe Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing/Centre pour l'innovation en fabrication (CIM-TAC)
10th anniversary

The Navigator helps connect partners

Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing (CIM-TAC)

“Being part of Navigator is a really important piece for us to be able to provide the best services for our clients…”
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Kristine Canniff-Food and Beverage Innovation Centre/Centre d'innovation sur les aliments et les boissons
10th anniversary

The CFI Navigator: A great resource for companies

Food and Beverage Innovation Centre (FBIC)

"We are very proud to be listed on CFI’s Research Facilities Navigator platform. It's a great resource for companies that provides access with a one-stop shop to research institutions across Canada."
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Gym with a full variety of physical training equipment.
Partner story

Fitness: When it comes to weight training, keep it simple

Physical Activity Centre of Excellence (PACE)

There’s no shortage of theories about what constitutes the ideal weight training workout. From personal trainers to the ripped guy at the gym, everyone has an opinion on what combination of reps, sets and loads will pack...
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Trevor Pugh-Princess Margaret Genomics Centre-Centre de génomique Princess-Margaret
10th anniversary

CFI-funded infrastructure and the Navigator advance research

Princess Margaret Genomics Centre

“To ensure other researchers in Canada know about these capabilities, we're very happy to be listed on the CFI Navigator platform, really to raise awareness of what we can do and what we are going to do in the future at...
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