October 27, 2021
Belleville, Ontario, October 26, 2021 – Loyalist College’s Centre for Natural Products and Medical Cannabis is using its expertise to help five companies grow and develop their technologies and products through GreenCentre Canada’s CONNECT program. “As Loyalist College looks to augment our industry aligned programming and applied research offerings in the Bio Economy, this CONNECT [...]
October 5, 2021
Belleville, Ontario, October 5, 2021 – Loyalist College and GreenCentre Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support innovation in sustainable chemistry and advanced materials. Together, Loyalist College and GreenCentre Canada will establish an integrated services model that will respond to the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with a focus on accelerated technology development [...]
July 8, 2021
Belleville, Ontario, July 8, 2021 – Loyalist College has been awarded funding by the Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI), through the province’s Voucher for Innovation and Productivity (VIP) program, to conduct a two-year ‘Process Optimization for Production of Cannabis Starter Plants from Tissue Culture’ project with Apollo Green. “The outcome of this exciting applied [...]
June 15, 2021
Olds, Alberta and Belleville, Ontario, June 15, 2021 – Unifying key agriculture applied research, education and training across the country, Loyalist College and Olds College have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together to advance Canadian agriculture. Together Loyalist College and Olds College will establish new and enhanced work-integrated learning opportunities for students between the [...]
May 6, 2021
Belleville, Ontario, May 6, 2021 – Loyalist College announced the creation of a new Applied Research and Innovation Office (ARIO), which will support the College in driving economic development through industry partnerships, applied research, innovation and entrepreneurship. The ARIO will bring the College’s existing Applied Research department under the purview of External Relations and Business Development, [...]
March 9, 2021
Belleville, Ontario, March 9, 2021 – Loyalist College’s Applied Research Centre has received its first two Mitacs Accelerate funding awards totalling $30,000 to support an applied research project with apollogreen, a global cannabis starter plant supplier. With more than 600 cannabis strains, apollogreen plans to increase quality consistency across its young plants, which it grows [...]
February 24, 2021
February 24, 2021 EDMONTON – A first-of-a-kind post-secondary sector cannabis partnership welcomes two additional Ontario post-secondaries to its ranks. Ottawa’s La Cité and Belleville’s Loyalist College join five other Canadian post-secondaries in this pan-Canadian organization working to secure funding and support for research, expand educational offerings, and increase industry partnerships. Loyalist College and La Cité [...]
February 8, 2021
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December 17, 2020
Belleville, Ontario, December 17, 2020 – Loyalist College’s Applied Research Centre for Natural Products and Medical Cannabis is using its expertise in green technology and cannabis to identify and test different sustainable liner options to match the quality of Kingston Aluminum Technology Inc.’s (KAT) recyclable aluminum bottles. Funding from GreenCentre Canada’s CONNECT program to advance [...]
December 15, 2020
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