News
The latest Bioindustrial Innovation Canada news, success stories, and bioeconomy updates.
BIC Welcomes Five New Industry Leaders to Board of Directors
In July, BIC made an open call for applications to the Board to fill five seats. After conducting a thorough review of over 40 qualified candidates, the five open seats have been filled by individuals from across the country who will add extensive experience to BIC’s focus on growing organizational awareness and momentum, nationwide.
Bioindustrial Innovation Canada Welcomes New Executive Director, Meaghan Seagrave
The Board of Directors of Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) and the Sustainable Chemistry Alliance (SCA) are thrilled to announce that Meaghan Seagrave has accepted the position of Executive Director.
Bioindustrial Innovation Canada x Carmina de Young / LifeCycle Health Success Story
Carmina de Young has been designing and producing garments since 2015. In 2020, it retooled and pivoted into producing medical isolation gowns for Canada, and CY Health was born. That same year, CY Health and its partners launched the LifeCycle PPE initiative.
CY Health and its LifeCycle PPE partners have a vision to create a circular economy of PPE products in Canada that will both strengthen their local economy with job creation and support domestic production of essential PPE.
Working Together to Solve the Global End-of-Life Lithium-ion Battery Challenge
Founded in Toronto in 2016, Li-Cycle is an industry-leading lithium-ion battery resource recovery company on a mission to leverage its innovative Spoke & Hub technologies to provide a customer-centric, end-of-life solution for lithium-ion batteries, while creating a secondary supply of critical battery materials.
MPP Stan Cho and Delegates visit Sarnia-Lambton
On Wednesday January 29, 2020, Willowdale Ont., MPP and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance, Stan Cho, visited The Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park along with Sarnia-Lambton MPP Bob Bailey and delegates.