Smart Cities Challenge

Communities lead the way
The Smart Cities Challenge is a competition open to all municipalities, local or regional governments, and Indigenous communities (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) across Canada.

This Challenge will empower communities across the country to address local issues their residents face through new partnerships, using a smart cities approach.

A smart cities approach means achieving meaningful outcomes for residents through the use of data and connected technology. This approach can be adopted by any community, big or small.

Finalists will receive support to develop their smart cities proposals. Winning communities will be awarded with prize money to help implement them.

Challenge Statement
Bruce County, and the surrounding region, is an energy economic hub, able to advance Canada as a world-leader in the development, adoption and application of energy and environmental technologies.

Energy Applied Research and Training Centre
The aim of our proposal is to establish a one-window, coordinated approach to advancing technologies, innovation and addressing labour market supply in the energy sector, principally the nuclear industry, through the development of an Energy Applied Research and Training Centre (‘The Centre’).

The Centre includes 2 integrated pillars:

1. A Skilled Trades Secretariat; and
2. An Energy Innovation Hub, focusing on:
a) Isotopes, Health & Environmental Excellence
b) Indigenous Advancement & Economic Development
c) Artificial Intelligence & Cyber Security
d) Nuclear Operational Excellence

A Skilled Trades Secretariat will increase and support the supply of skilled trades to meet future demand; and, support industry in career training requirements and skills upgrading opportunities for new or underemployed members of the workforce.

The Energy Innovation Hub will provide a flexible, co-location, incubator and accelerator space that brings together entrepreneurs and leaders in the energy sector to work alongside other like-minded entrepreneurs to share ideas, enhance networks, and discuss challenges and opportunities.

The Centre will bring together all of these opportunities and create a centralized innovation model for expanding skilled trades development and applied research; fostering collaboration and support across the incubation and acceleration community both in our region, Ontario and beyond.

Click here to read our complete Smart Cities Challenge application.

Matt Meade

Research Analyst

Department: Office of the Chief Administrative Officer

Tel : 519-881-1291

mmeade@brucecounty.on.ca

Fax Number : 519-881-1619

The Smart Cities Challenge

Attachment	Size
scc application-bruce county 2018	226.83 KB
1a-nuclear industry investment strategy	2.71 MB
1b-summary of roundtable discussion	670.73 KB
4-deloitte driving innovation in bruce county	3.35 MB
5-nuclear economic development and innovation initiative	3.64 MB
8-october 2017 municipal council economic development updates	641.55 KB
10-meet our supplier expansions booklet	7.34 MB
11-2018 cna flyer	979.76 KB