The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency is giving the University of New Brunswick just over $1.3 million towards a $2.8 million expansion of the school’s Off-site Construction Research Centre, which works with the private sector to develop technologies for constructing parts of buildings at centralized factories.

The centre is also receiving about $300,000 of grants from the New Brunswick

Several free webinars are coming up in the ocean communitity.

First, the Victoria-based Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable Technologies, or COAST,  is holding a webinar on March 15 on the role of ocean tech in climate security.

Flooding, erosion, wildfires, hurricanes and king tides are just some of the extreme climate changes whose effects could create both opportunity for alliance and

Canada's Ocean Supercluster has had its mandate renewed by the Canadian government for another five years, although the federal money it will receive over that period has been cut compared to its previous funding package.

When Ottawa created the Ocean Supercluster in 2018, it earmarked $153 million to fund the organization until this year. This time, the Supercluster will receive up to $125

Chris Cowper-Smith, the former CEO of high-tech knee and back brace maker Spring Loaded Technology, has a new company aiming to buy majority stakes in private medical clinics across Canada, with a focus on orthotics, bracing and prosthetics.

Mable Health is a collaboration between Cowper-Smith and Halifax private equity shop SeaFort Capital. He said that central to Mable’s value proposition will

Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has inked a collaboration and knowledge-sharing deal with Fórum Oceano, a government-backed Portuguese nonprofit that nurtures the ocean economy.

Created in 2009, Fórum Oceano is now officially designated by Portugal as the country’s national bluetech cluster. Its member organizations include companies, research and development centres, industry groups and local

As African Heritage Month draws to a close, we’re highlighting a quartet of companies led by Black entrepreneurs from the Atlantic Canadian startup community.

People of African descent are under-represented in the Atlantic Canadian startup group. For example, our research shows that only 1.2 percent of the startups active in 2021 in the region were founded or led by Black entrepreneurs, born and

The Dartmouth-based Clean Foundation has opened Internship applications for its annual Clean Leadership Summer Internship Program, which offers Nova Scotia youth aged 15 to 30 paid summer work in the clean sector.

In a statement, organizers said over 100 jobs are available that offer meaningful work with opportunities for professional development.  

The program matches interns with employers

TrojAI, the Saint John maker of cybersecurity software for artificial intelligence systems, is the latest in a small-but-growing list of Atlantic companies to join the Canadian iteration of Google for Startups, the tech giant’s accelerator.

This year, TrojAI is the only Atlantic company among the 12 startups in the cohort. Halifax-based Talkatoo, which makes specialized transcription software

The federal government announced Friday it will spend $27 million on upskilling programs for workers in the province, to be administered by industry group TechNL.

In a statement, TechNL said it will work with the feds and educational institutions, such as Memorial University and the privately operated Keyin College, to bolster the technology sector workforce and make the industry more welcoming

Halifax-based Tribe Network, a group that offers support and training to Black-owned companies, is inviting Black entrepreneurs to join workshops that aim to improve both sides of the mentorship experience and boost diversity in mentorship.

Tribe is working with mentorship group Mindframe Connect, on two sessions that will be held this Thursday, March 2, with Principles of Menteeship being