President's Message

Reading a recent article helped me gain a new perspective on the term “innovation”. The article was a commentary written for the Globe and Mail by Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and chair of the Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity.

Dean Martin draws a fine distinction between innovation and invention. He notes that invention relates to creations or discoveries that are entirely new, and are often driven by the inventor’s curiosity or expertise. He also makes the point that “inventions may not have any real use.” [Read more]

Municipal Infrastructure Innovation Fund Seeking Proposals

CT has recently announced a new initiative called the Communities of Tomorrow Municipal Infrastructure Innovation Fund. The fund is targeted to support the development of innovations that solve real world problems identified by municipalities. It will invest in moving promising technologies forward to commercial market-readiness or to direct application in municipal infrastructure systems. [Read more]

Team Service Connector Completes Deep Dive Design Project

The project team working on an innovative solution to the challenges of municipal water service connections has completed its 100 day deep dive design project. The team for the “End to End Service Connector Project” was assembled by Communities of Tomorrow (CT) after its extensive consultations with Saskatchewan municipalities about their most pressing infrastructure needs. [Read more]

Water Technology Report Now Available

Communities of Tomorrow is making available a wide-ranging report which examines the technical and commercial market aspects of technologies being applied to potable water usage around the world. The report was prepared for CT by NovaTec Consultants, an environmental engineering and research company based in Vancouver.  [Read more]

Cured-in-Place Watermain Lining Workshop

On June 15, 2010, Communities of Tomorrow and the City of Saskatoon co-hosted a workshop and field day to demonstrate a technology that is gaining popularity in the prairie provinces. Cured-in-place lining of underground pipes has been used extensively in larger cities to rehabilitate aging water and wastewater mains.

“This technology requires only small excavations at strategic locations to insert the liner thus eliminating the disruption of traffic and extensive reinstatement of pavements required for open-trench replacements,” said Bland Brown, Technical Support and Business Development Coordinator for Communities of Tomorrow.  [Read more]