North to build biotech business case.Northern Ontario Northern Ontario is the part of the province of Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron (including Georgian Bay), the French River and Lake Nipissing. Northern Ontario has a land area of 802,000 km² (310,000 mi²) and constitutes 87% of the land area of Ontario, although it has been approved by the Minister of Enterprise Opportunity and Innovation to develop a strategic business plan to support a biotechnology cluster that will further diversify diversify To acquire a variety of assets that do not tend to change in value at the same time. To diversify a securities portfolio is to purchase different types of securities in different companies in unrelated industries. the northern economy. Post-secondary institutions in the North are elated e·lat·ed adj. Exultantly proud and joyful. e·lat  ed·ly adv.e·lat with the news. Barbara Barbara maid exemplifying personal and domestic neatness. [Br. Lit.: Old Curiosity Shop] See : Orderliness Taylor, president of Canadore College Canadore College is a college located in North Bay, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1967 as a campus of Sudbury's Cambrian College, and became an independent institution in 1972. , is excited about what this may mean for her institution. "We do have a three-year biotechnology diploma DIPLOMA. An instrument of writing, executed by, a corporation or society, certifying that a certain person therein named is entitled to a certain distinction therein mentioned. 2. program, one of the few in the province and the only one in Northern Ontario right now," Taylor says. The Eve's government provided $200,000 to the Northern Ontario Biotechnology Initiative Consortium to assist the region in establishing a business plan for biotechnology. An estimated $400,000 matching contribution Matching Contribution A type of contribution an employer chooses to make to his or her employee's employer-sponsored retirement plan. The contribution is based on elective deferral contributions made by the employee. is expected to come from the consortium. In the next few months, Taylor along with other college and university presidents throughout the North will consider developing a biotechnology degree, which is something the North does not have at present. Approximately 70 per cent of students enrolled in Canadore's three-year program are from outside the northern region. "Right now we are bringing people to Northern Ontario, but a majority are leaving when they graduate. We want to change that." With this recent news, Taylor believes it is possible to attract the necessary scientists and researchers and build the beginnings of a Northern Ontario biotechnology cluster. "What is really exciting about this is that this kind of initiative leads to partnerships among the five (major) municipalities in the North and also leads to partnerships with education." Dennis Mock <noinclude></noinclude> Wikipedia does not currently have an encyclopedia article for . You may like to search Wiktionary for "" instead. To begin an article here, feel free to [ edit this page], but please do not create a mere dictionary definition. , the new president of Nipissing University Nipissing University is a small liberal arts university located in North Bay, Ontario, Canada, on a 720 acre (2.9 km²) farm site overlooking Lake Nipissing. The university's unique character is defined by its location in Northern Ontario, a large faculty of education program with also agrees. Having come from Ryerson University History In 1852 at the core of the main campus, the historic St. James Square, Egerton Ryerson founded Ontario's first teacher training facility, the Toronto Normal School. , in southern Ontario where biotechnology is thrusting the economy forward, "I understand the implications and the opportunities associated with the biotechnology sector," Mock says. However, Nipissing University does not currently have a science program that could marry into a biotechnology degree. But that may change. Mock says the university is looking at a Canada Research Council chair that would enable the university to investigate environmental issues. If accepted, that could place them on the map in terms of biotechnology, he says. Northern Inc. 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