Council of the Great Lakes Region and the International Association for Great Lakes Research Form Partnership

SAGINAW, MI – A partnership announced today aims to better connect science, policy, and business interests to accelerate both the restoration and protection of the Great Lakes and the region’s sustainable development. The International Association for Great Lakes Research and the Council of the Great Lakes Region made the announcement at the State of Lake […]
Council of the Great Lakes Region Launches Global Cities Team Challenge Smart Regions Cluster
Cleveland, Ohio and Toronto, Ontario, September 11, 2019 – The Council of the Great Lakes Region, a binational nonprofit established in 2013 to find new ways of harnessing the strengths and assets of the Great Lakes economic region between the United States and Canada while protecting the environment for future generations, has launched the binational […]
Council of Great Lakes Region and Pollution Probe Release Report on Harnessing Big Data Analytics to Improve Watershed Protection

TORONTO, July 2, 2019 – Pollution Probe and the Council of the Great Lakes Region are pleased to announce the release of a new report, ‘Water Management and Big Data Analytics: Examination of Opportunities and Approaches to Leverage Data Science, Analytics and Advanced Computing to support Watershed Planning and the health of our Great Lakes’ […]
Action Plan 2030 to Protect the Great Lakes proposed
Leading Great Lakes Advocates make case for10-year, $100M/year strategy June 18, 2019- Toronto, ON Today, following a nine-month intensive study and consultation process, five leading Great Lakes organisations submitted a 10-year Action Plan to protect the Great Lakes (Action Plan 2030) to Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Catherine McKenna, and shared […]
The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development and the Council of the Great Lakes Region Announce Partnership
Both organizations plan to leverage their respective strengths, networks, and activities to deepen Indigenous trade, investment, and innovation across Indian Country Toronto, Ontario and Cleveland, Ohio – The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (The National Center) is pleased to partner with the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) and work together on […]
Winners of the first Great Lakes Changemaker Award Announced
Cleveland, Ohio – At the fifth Great Lakes Economic Forum, which is being hosted in Cleveland from May 6-8, the Council of the Great Lakes Region had the distinct pleasure of presenting its first Great Lakes Changemaker Awards to the following recipients: SC Johnson Congressman Dave Joyce, 14th District, Ohio Ambassador Bruce Heyman (retired) and […]
SBA & Council of the Great Lakes Region Commit to Area Economic Development & Small Business Success with Strategic Alliance
CLEVELAND–Today Rob Scott, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Great Lakes regional administrator,and Mark Fisher, president & CEO of the Council of the Great Lakes Regionsigned a Strategic Alliance Memorandum at the Great Lakes Economic Forum in Cleveland. The mutual commitment creates a framework in which the federal agency and CGLR will partner on programming and […]
Great Lakes Economic Forum to Feature SBA’s Great Lakes Regional Administrator Robert Scott
White House Appointee to Highlight Key Role of Small Businesses in Region’s Economy and International Trade Cleveland, OH, March 26, 2019 – The Council of the Great Lakes Region is pleased to announce Robert Scott, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Great Lakes regional administrator, will deliver remarks at the Great Lakes Economic Forum in Cleveland […]
CGLR and WIN form a strategic partnership to advance and strengthen cross-border and cross-sector partnerships
The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) and the World Health Innovation Network (WIN), at the University of Windsor’s Odette School of Business form a strategic partnership to strengthen cross-border and cross-sector collaboration in Canada and the United States.
Pollution Probe and the Council of the Great Lakes Region receive funding from RBC for an innovative project to support improved watershed management in the Great Lakes
TORONTO, 20 December 2018 – Pollution Probe and the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) are pleased to be partnering with the Royal Bank of Canada on an innovative project that will support an improved approach to