Alberta Research Council

Alberta Research Council
Abbreviation ARC
Formation 1921
Type provincial Research Council
Legal status active
Purpose Government-funded applied research and development corporation
Headquarters Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Region served
Alberta
Official language
English
French
Website www.arc.ab.ca

Alberta Research Council (ARC) is an Alberta government funded applied research and development (R&D) corporation. In January 2010, the name was changed to Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures [1]

Overview

History

As a result of initiative on the part of Henry Marshall Tory ARC was established in 1921 (as the Alberta Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) by a provincial government Order-in-Council, with Tory as the first chairman.[2]

From 1921 to 1940 some progress was made on geological surveys of Alberta and resource energy research including preliminary coal and oil sands investigation. Further progress was made on oil sands research in the 1940s with an extraction process patent issued to Dr. Karl A. Clark in 1948,[3] laying the foundation for investment in oil sands development.

When Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures was created on January 1, 2010, it was built on the successes of the former Alberta Ingenuity, former Alberta Research Council, former iCORE, and nanoAlberta.

Pine beetle research

ARC is a member of I-CAN,[4] a not-for-profit organization incorporated in 2006[5]that focuses on commercializing research. In his role as President of Innoventures, McDougall used a market-based competitive business model and focused on results-orientated research that reduced business risk.[6] Major projects included a project on utilization of pine beetle damaged wood.[7] I-CAN and the Alberta Research Council (ARC) are part of a $28-million research project with the Government of Alberta contributing $11 million and the Alberta Newsprint Company contributing $17 million, initiated in 2008 that transforms beetle-killed wood into newsprint.[8]

Bibliography

  • Collins, Andrea (Fall 2005), Bridging Science and the Marketplace, archived from the original on 12 January 2014, retrieved 11 January 2014
  • "John R. McDougall: Ex-officio Advisor for Genome Canada", Genome Canada, 2014, archived from the original on 12 January 2014, retrieved 11 January 2014
  • "Working Together: Innoventures Canada WORKING Annual Report 2008" (PDF), I-CAN, 2008, archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2014, retrieved 11 January 2014
  • "About I-CAN", Innoventures Canada, n.d., retrieved 11 January 2014
  • I-CAN™Visibly Strong at Re$earch Money Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, 11–12 May 2011, archived from the original on 22 April 2012, retrieved 11 January 2014
  • Konotopetz, Gyle (2003), ARC chief revving up innovation engine: Values, standards and ethics important to uphold, 3 (19), Business Edge Magazine, retrieved 11 January 2014
  • Government of Canada investing in technology to reduce GHG emissions in the oil sands: Innovative new technology will convert industrial GHG emissions into commercial products, Calgary, Alberta, 10 May 2013, retrieved 11 January 2014
  • "Open for business: Refocused NRC will benefit Canadian industries: The Government of Canada launches refocused National Research Council". NRC (Press release). Ottawa, Ontario: National Research Council. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  • "Open for business: Refocused NRC will benefit Canadian industries (audio)". NRC (Press release). 7 May 2013a. Retrieved 11 January 2014.

References

  1. ↑ Alberta Government news release Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ The New Trail Archived 2008-05-03 at the Wayback Machine., the University of Alberta's alumni magazine, October 1947
  3. ↑ Patent issued by the Dominion of Canada to Dr. Karl A. Clark
  4. ↑ I-CAN nd.
  5. ↑ I-CAN 2008.
  6. ↑ I-CAN 2011.
  7. ↑ I-CAN 2011, p. 2.
  8. ↑ I-CANN 2008, p. 9.

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