Toronto\u2019s Discovery District is more than just world-class science and discovery. The research park which is fully integrated into Toronto\u2019s downtown core offers a concentrated mix of research, biomedical companies, finance and business support services for the research community, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

• 2 square kilometres of concentrated brain power<\/li>
• More than 50,000 jobs<\/li>
• 22,000+ medical care and research-related jobs<\/li>
• 9 teaching hospitals<\/li>
• 30+ specialized medical and related sciences research centres<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

  University of Toronto<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • Over 70,000 students<\/li>
  • Canada\u2019s largest university<\/li>
  • 11th of the rankings of HEEACT that measures the performance of scientific papers for world universities (2009)<\/li>
  • 11th in the world in Life Sciences and Biomedicine ranked by Times Higher Education\u2019s QS World University Rankings (2009)<\/li>
  • One of the largest Faculties of Medicine in North America<\/li>
  • More medical faculty and students than Harvard<\/li>
  • Ranked 4th in North American in terms of medical research spending<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    York University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • 50,000 students<\/li>
    • 3rd largest university in Canada<\/li>
    • leading interdisciplinary research and teaching university in Canada<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Ryerson University<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      • Canada\u2019s leader for innovative career-focused education<\/li>
      • 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students<\/li>
      • largest primarily undergraduate university in Canada<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Biotechnology specialization in:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

        • vaccines<\/li>
        • diagnostics<\/li>
        • Bio-informatics<\/li>
        • Bio-pharmaceuticals<\/li>
        • Biotech instrumentation<\/li>
        • Genomic, proteomics<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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