ONTARIO - $40 million for engineering and innovation
Released on = August 27, 2007, 1:31 am
Press Release Author = iris conseil
Industry = Financial
Press Release Summary = WINDSOR, Ontario - The Ontario government will be providing $40 million in capital funding for a new Centre for Engineering Innovation at the University of Windsor, Sandra Pupatello, Minister of Economic Development and Trade and Dwight Duncan, Minister of Energy together with Bruce Crozier, MPP Essex, have announced. The Centre will help establish Windsor as a primary North American centre for automotive and manufacturing engineering.
Press Release Body = Ensures Windsor's Future As a Leader In Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering
WINDSOR, Ontario - The Ontario government will be providing $40 million in capital funding for a new Centre for Engineering Innovation at the University of Windsor, Sandra Pupatello, Minister of Economic Development and Trade and Dwight Duncan, Minister of Energy together with Bruce Crozier, MPP Essex, have announced. The Centre will help establish Windsor as a primary North American centre for automotive and manufacturing engineering.
\"In today\'s global economy, we\'ve got to be better than our competitors,\" said Pupatello. \"Ontario\'s future depends on our ability to be leaders in ideas and innovation. With a highly skilled and innovative workforce, the Centre for Engineering Innovation will attract high value research and new investment to the province by strengthening our position as a global leader in automotive and manufacturing innovation.\"
The new $110 million Centre of Engineering Innovation (CEI) will be a new university facility and a new approach to engineering. Unlike traditional approaches to engineering education, the CEI will bring industry partners directly to faculty and students to operate research and development and co-op programs. The concept known as a \"manufacturing courtyard\" will bring industry and academia into much closer contact on a daily basis.
\"The University of Windsor has been at the forefront of automotive innovation,\" said Dr. Ross Paul, President of the University of Windsor. Our new state-of-the-art CEI will boost Ontario\'s productivity by graduating world class engineers, while strengthening the University of Windsor\'s reputation for academic excellence, particularly in engineering.\"
CEI will allow the University of Windsor to expand its Faculty of Engineering\'s annual undergraduate enrolment from 1,400 to 2,000 students over the next five years.
This initiative is part of the Ontario's government\'s overall strategy for jobs and prosperity that includes investments in infrastructure, postsecondary education, stable energy supply, research and innovation and key economic sectors.
\"86,000 more students have the opportunity to go to college and university since our government started - a 22 per cent increase. More students are receiving grants - there are three times as many grants going to 120,000 students,\" said Training, Colleges and Universities Minister Chris Bentley. \"The University of Windsor\'s new engineering centre will add to the new opportunities we\'ve created for Windsor students.\"
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