Photonics corridor

Clusters, Centers, Institutes, Associations :

British Columbia Photonics Industry Association (BCPIA)
www.bcphotonics.org

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Canadian Institute for Telecommunications Research (CITR)
www.citr.ece.mcgill.ca/

Canadian Institute for Photonics Innovation (CIPI)
www.icip.ulaval.ca/

Centre de recherche industrielle du Québec (CRIQ)
www.criq.qc.ca/

Centre d'optique, photonique et laser (COPL)
www.copl.ulaval.ca/

Industry Canada
www.strategis.ic.gc.ca

Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
www.emt.inrs.ca

McGill University Photonic Systems Group
www.photonics.ece.mcgill.ca

National Optics Institute
www.ino.qc.ca

National Research Council of Canada
www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Ontario Photonics Technology Industry Cluster (OPTIC)
www.optic.on.ca

Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA)
www.oida.org

Ottawa Photonic Cluster (OPC)
www.ottawaphotonics.com

Québec - Cité de l'optique
www.quebecciteoptique.com/asp/index.asp

Other interesting links :

To get a list of photonic compagnies for each region of Quebec
www.orientationphotonique.qc.ca/eng/
entreprises2.php

For information about careers in Photonics,
orientationphotonique.qc.ca

For information about the employment market in general,
monemploi.carriere.monster.ca

For information about immigration-jog related issues, here is a novelty in Quebec, the creation of a new immigration fast track dedicated to the people who want to come work here:
Immigration Quebec - Optics City Fast Track
www.quebecciteoptique.com/fr/more.asp?id=3

For a U.S. reference on photonics in general, and for a free subscription to the Photonics Spectra magazine (see April 2001 issue article on U.S. salaries in photonics)
www.photonics.com

For information on the evolution of physics careers in the United States
www.physicstoday.org/pt/vol-54/iss-4/p34.html