Media

News Release Communique

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wednesday, October 20th, 2004

MEDIA ADVISORY

"Celebration of Light"

Canadian Light Source Grand Opening
Friday, October 22nd, 2004
2:00 p.m.
Canadian Light Source Building
101 Perimeter Road
University of Saskatchewan

Media are invited to attend the Grand Opening Ceremony of the Canadian Light Source synchrotron. Arthur Carty, National Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, will be Master of Ceremonies. Several hundred dignitaries from government, universities and industries from across Canada are expected to attend. Speakers include:

The $174-million U of S-owned national facility has been funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Canadian government (including Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD), Natural Resources Canada and the National Research Council (NRC)), Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, the Ontario Innovation Trust, the Alberta Science and Research Authority, the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, the U of S, the City of Saskatoon, SaskPower, Boehringer Ingelheim, the University of Western Ontario and the University of Alberta. GlaxoSmithKline has also provided funding for a U of S chair in an area of synchrotron science.

Operating funding comes from Science and Engineering Research Canada (also known as NSERC), WD, NRC, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the U of S. To support the development of revenues from commercial fee-for-service charges, WD and SIR have also provided bridge funding.

Note to Editors: Stock footage of the CLS facility (including interior overhead photos), an explanatory diagram and a beta tape of an animation showing how a synchrotron works are all available through the Research Communications Office. Media are requested to arrive no later than 1:30 PM.

For more information, visit www.lightsource.ca or contact:

Matthew Dalzell
Communications Coordinator
Canadian Light Source Inc
(306) 657-3739
matthew.dalzell@lightsource.ca

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