Canada in ITEA
On this webpage, you will find an overview of activities and publications of Canada in ITEA. It provides valuable insights into the potential benefits of participating in an ITEA project and whether ITEA could be a fit for your organisation. You can also find the national funding contact details.
Impact stories with Canadian participation
Impact is one of the main ambitions in ITEA. Impact on business, on the market, on society. This is a key value in ITEA, and impact and potential impact are central during the project lifecycle: in project evaluation, monitoring, closure and in communication of the results. With the (financial) support of national Public Authorities, many ITEA projects have achieved incredible results, which are gathered in ITEA Impact stories.
PIANiSM Impact story
04 October 2024Predictive maintenance (PdM), using data-driven, proactive maintenance techniques designed to analyse the condition of equipment and helping to predict when maintenance should be performed, offers benefits across many fields, from manufacturing to mining to automotive. However, most of these solutions are domain or problem-specific, with implementation costs and complexity serving as obstacles to uptake. PIANiSM aimed to merge predictive and prescriptive maintenance techniques to achieve an end-to-end automated manufacturing process and optimise end-to-end manufacturing value chains.
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PARTNER Impact story
04 December 2023During a patient’s journey through the health system, his or her medical information is often stored in multiple databases focusing on specific elements of the needed care and the patient’s condition – even within one hospital. These databases generally cannot interact, which makes it impossible to draw up all information belonging to one patient. In addition, information coming from self-monitoring solutions can also be very valuable when integrated with hospital’s data. The PARTNER project has developed an architecture that makes it possible to let different systems, offered by multiple vendors, communicate with each other.
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STARLIT Impact story
01 December 2023The global incidence rate of cancer is expected to grow by 70% over the next two decades, with Radiation Therapy (RT) treatment currently recommended for 52% of new patients. Although radiation oncology has caused a drop in mortality for several cancers, the need remains to reduce side effects. The solution lies in ‘first-time-right’ treatment in which the right dose is given to the tumour while keeping the dose to healthy tissue as low as possible. STARLIT - a follow-up to the award-winning ITEA project SoRTS developed technology to improve treatment accuracy and minimise the unintended dose in image-guided radiation therapy.
Read moreIndustry statements from Canada
Our involvement in ITEA has created a kind of future-proofing for our company in many ways. The knowledge and lessons we're getting and the new technologies that we'e building, several of which we’re looking to patent, as a result of our participation, give us a competitive edge and enhances the trust our clients have in our capabilities knowing we have earned the endorsement of ITEA and NRC IRAP.
- Peter Watkins, COO QA Consultants
It's a pretty unique platform that gives entrepreneurs like me a real opportunity to come up with disruptive innovation through interaction with other experts. In fact, ITEA could also serve as a model for what we could or should be doing in Canada.
- Alain Coulombe, CEO 3DSemantix
ITEA award-winning projects with Canadian participation
ITEA Award of Excellence 2025
for Exceptional Excellence
SIGNET
Sensing and Image-Guided Neurological therapies, cardiac Electrophysiology and Tumour treatments
ITEA Award of Excellence 2024
Innovation
INNO4HEALTH
Stimulate continuous monitoring in personal and physical health
ITEA Award of Excellence 2024
Exceptional Excellence
SMART
Spatial Modelling Analytics & Real-time Tracking
ITEA projects with Canadian participation
PHRESH
Patient Health Response in Emergent and Secure Habitats for Connected Healthcare
ITEA Project partners from Canada
Dalhousie University
University
Latest ITEA news including Canada
Published on 10 Nov 2025
Published on 22 Sep 2025
Published on 13 Mar 2025
Latest ITEA magazine articles with Canadian contributions
Focus on ITEA’s Country focus
50 editions of collaboration and innovation across borders
Country Focus: Canada
Ten years of successful collaborations through ITEA
Community Talk with Jennifer Overbury
Smart project management in a technical domain
SME in the Spotlight: Solana Networks
Looking to the horizon of network security
Funding information for Canada
Jean Leger
National Research Council of Canada
Jean.leger@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca+1 506-447-5815
Website
https://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/irap
Extra information
The National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP)The NRC houses and manages Canada's Eureka National Office and provides companies with a first contact point in Canada for Eureka's global network. The NRC and its partners can connect to national programs and can also connect Canadian organisations with potential partners and opportunities. NRC IRAP can provide funding for Eureka projects to eligible SMEs.