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Founded | 2005 |
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Dissolved | 2012 |
Type | Economic Development |
Focus | Investment Attraction, Research Capacity Building, Public Awareness |
Location | |
Origins | Toronto City Summit Alliance |
Area served | Durham, Halton, Hamilton, Peel, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington, York |
Key people | Patrick Draper, President and CEO |
Website | http://www.trra.ca |
The Toronto Region Research Alliance (TRRA) was a regional economic development organization promoting increased investment in research and innovation to further economic prosperity. TRRA was a public-private partnership supported by the governments of Ontario and Canada, and a wide range of regional stakeholders from the private sector, universities, colleges, and research hospitals.
TRRA focused on retaining and growing foreign companies into the Toronto region. The organization focused on life sciences, information and communication technology, materials science and Clean tech.[1]