Stories

The Navigator helps connect experts in state-of-the-art Canadian facilities with leaders in business, academia and government. Explore our success stories to find out how, and delve into what else is happening in Navigator-listed facilities through stories from our partners.

Corral Ai’s SmartChutes recycling system in an industrial setting, featuring a touchscreen display showing sorting totals and two large black chutes mounted on a transparent frame for automated material separation.
Success story
Jodi Di Menna,

A launchpad to success

How the Research Facilities Navigator helped one company find the liftoff they needed toward commercialization 

When Corral Ai, a small tech company based in Edmonton, Alta, set out to transform beverage container recycling with its innovative SmartChutes system, they faced a steep challenge. They knew they had to move fast and...
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Two people in a lab.
Partner story

Hollow-fiber membranes enter a new era

Centre for Innovation and Research in Advanced Manufacturing and Materials (CIRAMM)

Researchers at SAIT’s Centre for Innovation and Research in Advanced Manufacturing and Materials (CIRAMM) partnered with Whitefox Technologies to develop a new generation of high-performance hollow-fiber membranes.
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Tonya Wolfe Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing/Centre pour l'innovation en fabrication (CIM-TAC)
10th anniversary

The Navigator helps connect partners

Centre for Innovation in Manufacturing (CIM-TAC)

“Being part of Navigator is a really important piece for us to be able to provide the best services for our clients…”
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Kristine Canniff-Food and Beverage Innovation Centre/Centre d'innovation sur les aliments et les boissons
10th anniversary

The CFI Navigator: A great resource for companies

Food and Beverage Innovation Centre (FBIC)

"We are very proud to be listed on CFI’s Research Facilities Navigator platform. It's a great resource for companies that provides access with a one-stop shop to research institutions across Canada."
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Gym with a full variety of physical training equipment.
Partner story

Fitness: When it comes to weight training, keep it simple

Physical Activity Centre of Excellence (PACE)

There’s no shortage of theories about what constitutes the ideal weight training workout. From personal trainers to the ripped guy at the gym, everyone has an opinion on what combination of reps, sets and loads will pack...
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Trevor Pugh-Princess Margaret Genomics Centre-Centre de génomique Princess-Margaret
10th anniversary

CFI-funded infrastructure and the Navigator advance research

Princess Margaret Genomics Centre

“To ensure other researchers in Canada know about these capabilities, we're very happy to be listed on the CFI Navigator platform, really to raise awareness of what we can do and what we are going to do in the future at...
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Professor Karim Benyekhlef.
Partner story

Using IA as a mediation tool

Cyberjustice Laboratory

The Cyberjustice Laboratory at the Université de Montréal is on the verge of creating a conversational robot that can assist lawyers in mediation sessions.
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