Israel and Canada are moving to deepen their S&T ties at the company and research levels with recent meetings in Ottawa and Toronto to respectively discuss innovation and nanotechnology. While information is scant on the August 9th Ottawa meeting (chaired by National Research Council president John McDougall on behalf of Industry minister Tony Clement), the August 10th Toronto meeting brought together research officials and nanotech experts from across Canada to meet with their Israeli counterparts including chief scientist Dr Eli Opper.