ORNEC Projects

The collaborating ORNEC universities and ORNEC private and public sector partners share a common interest in identifying new eCommerce applications, understanding eCommerce issues, exploring their impact and finding appropriate solutions. ORNEC projects are intended to be multidisciplinary across different aspects of eCommerce. ORNEC has therefore defined three clusters and it is anticipated that each ORNEC project will fall on the intersection of two or more clusters.

eCommerce Research Clusters in ORNEC

• Internet and Society Cluster

Leader Prof. Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and eCommerce Law, the University of Ottawa

• Technology Cluster

Leader Prof. Abed El Saddik, School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE), the University of Ottawa

• Business Cluster

Leader Dr. Norm Archer, Prof. Emeritus & Special Advisor-McMaster eCommerce Research Centre (MeRC), McMaster University

ORNEC projects run at the Law, Information Technology and Business Schools in the four ORNEC collaborating institutions:

• School of Information Technology and Engineering (SITE), University of Ottawa
• University of Ottawa Law School, Common Law Section
• University of Ottawa School of Management
• Eric Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
• Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University
• Human Computer Interface (HOT) Lab, Department of Psychology, Carleton University
• McMaster eBusiness Research Centre, Michael G. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University
• The Monieson Centre, Queen's University School of Business
• Faculty of Law, Queen’s University

ORNEC Project Categories

ORNEC eCommerce projects include research projects as well as other projects involving education, training, and establishment of labs, centers, organizations and events. ORNEC eCommerce Projects are therefore divided into two categories “Research Projects” and “Capacity Building Projects”. As mentioned above each ORNEC project falls on the intersection of two or more of the clusters defined above. However for convenience each ORNEC eCommerce Research Project will be listed under only one of the clusters involved.

ORNEC Research Projects

• Internet and Society Cluster
• Law and Ethics
• Policies
• Technology Cluster
• Web services and Collaborative environments
• Transactions and security
• Business Cluster
• Identity Theft
• eHealth
• eLearning
• eRetailing

ORNEC Capacity Building Projects (All Clusters)

• Chair Positions
• New Faculty Positions
• Infrastructure and Technology Centres
• eCommerce Organizations, Conferences and Workshops

Funding for ORNEC Projects

Funding for ORNEC eCommerce projects is $41,011,940 and comes from three sources:

• $13,364,567 ORDCF Cash Grant (from the Government of Ontario)
• $13,364,567 cash and/or inkind contributions from private sector partners
• $14,282,806 cash and/or inkind contributions from participating institutions