Alberta Research Council
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Alberta Research Council
| Alberta Research Council | |
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| Abbreviation | ARC |
| Formation | 1921 |
| Type | provincial Research Council |
| Legal status | active |
| Purpose/focus | Government-funded applied research and development corporation |
| Headquarters | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Region served | Alberta |
| Official languages | English French |
| Website | www.arc.ab.ca |
Alberta Research Council (ARC) is an Alberta government funded applied research and development (R&D) corporation. In January 2010, the name was changed to Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures [1]
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History
As a result of initiative on the part of Henry Marshall Tory ARC was established in 1921 (as the Alberta Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) by a provincial government Order-in-Council, with Tory as the first chairman.[2]
From 1921 to 1940 some progress was made on geological surveys of Alberta and resource energy research including preliminary coal and oil sands investigation. Further progress was made on oil sands research in the 1940s with an extraction process patent issued to Dr. Karl A. Clark in 1948[3], laying the foundation for investment in oil sands development.
Research
The energy sector is the primary focus of research activities. But ARC has sponsored from 1956 to 1985 the Alberta Hail Project, a major research on mesoscale meteorology and hail suppression.
References
- ^ Alberta Government news release
- ^ The New Trail, the University of Alberta’s alumni magazine, October 1947
- ^ Patent issued by the Dominion of Canada to Dr. Karl A. Clark
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