April 16, 2015 – Surrey, British Columbia – Western Economic Diversification Canada
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Today, the Honourable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced $2 million in funding to support the Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre in establishing and operating a clean technology development facility, called the Advanced Resource Clean Technology Innovation Centre, or ARCTIC.
ARCTIC will help identify solutions to the challenges faced by western-based resource industries, by creating an initiative that supports clean technology innovators in B.C. and Alberta in bringing new technologies from test bench to market.
Emily Goucher
Office of the Minister
Western Economic Diversification
Telephone: 613-954-8097
Email: emily.goucher@wd-deo.gc.ca
Debby Harris
Media Relations
Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre
Telephone: 604-980-4333
Email: debby@riversedgeconsulting.ca
Neil Huff
Managing Director
Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre
Telephone: 604-245-0042, ext 101
Email: nhuff@foresightcac.com
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