Manitoba Innovation Framework

Actions Already Initiated

Manitoba has already taken numerous, leadership and partnership actions to improve the innovative capacity of individuals, firms and organizations within the province. These actions are already showing a positive impact on existing innovation developments in our province and will continue to influence future developments. They form a solid foundation for our government to build upon in the future:

• the Manitoba Training Strategy
  
  
• the Red River College Downtown Winnipeg Campus
  
  
• a plan to double the number of information technology graduates from the University of Manitoba Computer Science Department by 2005
  
  
• the I.H. Asper Clinical Research Institute at the St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre
  
  
• the Manitoba Centre for Proteomics at the University of Manitoba
  
  
• a new five-year commitment to TRLabs
  
  
• activities of Manitoba Network for Science and Technology (MindSet)
  
  
• a cut in corporate income taxes
  
  
• Interactive Digital Media Fund
  
  
• Western Life Sciences Venture Fund
  
  
• training programs in technology commercialization
  
  
• the next generation provincial data network (PDN)
  
  
• 550 community access sites to connect the public with government services
  
  
• Churchill Community Network - broadband community based network
  
  
• Canada Manitoba Business Service Centre and e-Business Service Centre
  
  
• At Your Service Manitoba - improved public access to provincial government information and services
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• the biotechnology strategy

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