Editing University of Manitoba (section)

=== Smartpark ===
[[File:University of Manitoba Smartpark.jpeg|alt=Black building facade with a sunset in the background; the sunset reflects off the side of the building. Snow covers the ground.|thumb|Smartpark building reflecting sunset]]
'''Smartpark Research and Technology Park''' (or '''Smartpark''') is a [[Research parks|research and technology park]] by the Fort Garry campus, serving as a link between [[basic research]] and industry. With {{Convert|100|acre|sqkm|abbr=}}, the location has 7 multi-tenant buildings leased to over 30 [[research and development]]-oriented organizations involving university-industry partnerships.<ref name=":32"/><ref name=":19">{{Cite web|title=Smartpark {{!}} Facilities {{!}} University of Manitoba|url=https://umanitoba.ca/facilities/smartpark|access-date=2021-11-04|website=umanitoba.ca}}</ref>

It is the primary research and technology park in Manitoba.<ref name=":18">{{cite web | url=https://news.umanitoba.ca/smartpark-innovation-hub-opens-at-the-university-of-manitoba/ | title=Smartpark Innovation Hub opens at the University of Manitoba }}</ref> Launched in 1999, opening its first facility in 2002, Smartpark today has at least 9 buildings comprising {{Convert|9.5|acre|sqft|abbr=}} of research facilities across the park.<ref name=":19"/>

[[Technology incubator|Incubators]] at the park are involved in the following broad research areas: [[Information and communications technology|information & communications technology]], [[Engineering material|engineering & advanced materials]], [[Health technology|health]] & [[biotechnology]], and [[Agricultural science|agricultural]] & [[nutritional science]].<ref name=":19"/> Currently, the park houses 18 tenants employing 1,200 people, many of whom are co-op students and graduates of the university.<ref name=":32"/>

The mandate of the park is carried out by the '''Smartpark Development Corporation''', a [[subsidiary]] corporation of the University of Manitoba with its own Board of Directors.<ref name=":19"/>
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|+Smartpark facilities<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://umanitoba.ca/admin/vp_admin/smartpark/maps/buildings.html|title=Smartpark &#124; Facilities &#124; University of Manitoba|access-date=2021-02-17|archive-date=2021-03-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323065013/https://umanitoba.ca/admin/vp_admin/smartpark/maps/buildings.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://umanitoba.ca/admin/vp_admin/media/Smartpark_Map-2019.pdf| title = Map of Smartpark| access-date = 2021-02-17| archive-date = 2020-11-18| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201118052910/http://umanitoba.ca/admin/vp_admin/media/Smartpark_Map-2019.pdf| url-status = dead}}</ref>
!Facility / Location
!Facility size
!Built
!Tenant(s)
!Notes
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| rowspan="7" |'''Smartpark Innovation Hub''' (100 Innovation Dr.)
| rowspan="7" |75,000 sqft.
| rowspan="7" |2019
|Smartpark head office
| rowspan="7" |The SIH is an [[information exchange]] centre with a ground-floor [[Atrium (architecture)|atrium]], meeting rooms, a multipurpose room with [[4K resolution|4K]] [[video wall]]s, 2 lab spaces, and a food service area, as well as providing rentable space for companies/[[Business incubator|incubators]].<ref name=":18" />
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|Backswath Management<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contact Us|url=https://backswath.com/contact-us/|access-date=2021-02-17|website=Backswath Management Inc.|language=en-CA}}</ref>
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|BOLD Commerce<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contact Us|url=https://boldcommerce.com/contact|access-date=2021-02-17|website=BOLD Commerce|language=en|archive-date=2021-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303110854/https://boldcommerce.com/contact|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|Cibus Canada<ref>{{Cite web|title=Contact Cibus – Pioneering Precision Gene Editing in Food and Agriculture|url=https://www.cibus.com/contact.php|access-date=2021-02-17|website=www.cibus.com}}</ref>
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|North Forge Technology Exchange
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|Pembina Trails Early College<ref>{{Cite web|title=Early College|url=https://www.pembinatrails.ca/schools/earlycollege/Contact-Us/Pages/default.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624011041/https://www.pembinatrails.ca/schools/earlycollege/Contact-Us/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2021|access-date=2021-02-17|website=www.pembinatrails.ca}}</ref>
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|University of Manitoba Technology Transfer Office
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| rowspan="2" |'''Smartpark Event Centre''' (100-One Research Rd)
| rowspan="2" |7,000 sqft.
| rowspan="2" |2011
|Campus Planning Office
| rowspan="2" |The main floor of the Event Centre accommodates a meeting room facility for up to 50 people.
|-
|DMT Development Systems Group Inc.
|-
| rowspan="2" |One Research Rd.
| rowspan="2" |42,500 sqft.
| rowspan="2" |2005
|[[Bayer Crop Science|Bayer Crop Science Inc. Canada]]
| rowspan="2" |A multi-tenant facility, whose former tenants include BASF Canada, Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council Inc., [[Monsanto Canada]], and Wolf Trax.<ref name=":19"/>
|-
|RAPID RTC
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|900-One Research Rd.
|50,000 sqft. 
|2005
|[[Bayer Crop Science|Bayer Crop Science Inc. Canada]]
|The facility serves as Bayer Crop Science's corporate Canadian head office and Bayer Canada Plant Breeding Centre.
|-
|100-78 Innovation Dr.
|9,000 sqft. 
|2004
|TransGrid Solutions
|A single-tenant facility, whose former tenants include Monteris Medical Inc.<ref name=":19" />
|-
|200-78 Innovation Dr.
|19,000 sqft.
|2005 
|Industrial Technology Centre
|This single-tenant facility houses Industrial Technology Centre, a [[special operating agency]] of the Manitoba Government that provides "technical services to the advanced manufacturing and [[composite material]]s industry."
|-
| rowspan="8" |135 Innovation Dr.
| rowspan="8" |28,000 sqft.
| rowspan="8" |2002 
|ACCEO Solutions Inc.
| rowspan="8" |This multi-tenant office/computer lab facility was developed by Smartpark as building #1.
|-
|Apptius Computer Solutions Inc.
|-
|Genome Praire
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|Gowan Agro Canada
|-
|[[Manitoba Education, Research and Learning Information Networks|MERLIN]]
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|[[National Research Council Canada|NRC]]-IRAP
|-
|PAMI
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|WESTEST
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| rowspan="2" |137 Innovation Dr.
| rowspan="2" |28,000 sqft.
| rowspan="2" |2003
|[[ProMetic Life Sciences|ProMetic Plasma Resources]]
| rowspan="2" |This is a multi-tenant facility.
|-
|University of Manitoba External Relations departments
|-
|150 Innovation Dr.
|25,000 sqft.
|2010
|RTDS Technologies
|This facility sits over a [[Stormwater detention vault|stormwater retention]] lake/pond and won the 2010 Prairie Design Award for Architecture and Interior Design – Award of Excellence.
|-
|155 Innovation Dr.
|165,000 sqft.
|1982 
|[[Emergent BioSolutions]]
|This is a research & laboratory and cGMP-production facility. Developed by [[Cangene]] in 1982 with additions in 2003 and 2006, it was purchased in 2014 by Emergent BioSolutions.
|-
|196 Innovation Dr.
|55,000 sqft.
|2006
|[[Richardson Centre Limited|Richardson Centre]] for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
|This research laboratory facility was developed by the University of Manitoba. The Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals has been considered one of the most advanced [[bioprocessing]] and product development facility in both Canada and around the world. 
|}