Media Advisory: MP Galipeau to Announce Significant Investment in Research Network


OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec. 12, 2014) - Royal Galipeau, Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Orléans, on behalf of the Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), will announce a significant investment in a research network through the Networks of Centres of Excellence program.

After the announcement, MP Galipeau will tour the Bell lab facility at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Media are invited to join the tour.

This announcement follows the recent launch of the Government of Canada's updated science, technology and innovation strategy, Seizing Canada's Moment.

Date: Monday, December 15, 2014
Time: 10:00 a.m. announcement
10:40 a.m. tour
Location: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
General Campus
Atrium of the Critical Care Wing
501 Smyth Rd
Ottawa, Ontario

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Scott French
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Office of the Minister of State (Science and Technology)
343-291-2700

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