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Appendix B Synapse Consortium and Partner Organizations

bay aREa HEaLtH tRuSt

At the intersection of health, life sciences and business, Bay Area Health
Trust is an example of a successful partnership between hospitals and
the for-profit private sector. Bay Area Health Trust is a Hamilton, Ontario
based company that operates life science businesses and invests in
growth-oriented opportunities.
• Stood up seven business entities providing critical services to customers
in Hamilton and across Canada, including clinical trial logistics (Bay Area
Research Logistics), document management (Bay Area Records) and
real estate (Bay Area Real Estate).

• Helping to commercialize a novel molecular transport medium for safe
and effective COVID-19 sample testing that has been utilized across
Canada

https://bayareahealthtrust.com/

City of HaMiLton EConoMiC

DEvELopMEnt

Life sciences industries in Hamilton are a significant part of the research
and innovation landscape, supporting improved healthcare products and
services as well as bioengineering and cellular research.

• Named one of Canada’s top ten places to invest
• Ranked second in Canada for youth to work by RBC’s Youthful Cities
Work Index Study
• Ranked as the second overall North American Mid-Sized city of the
Future by fDi Intelligence
https://investinhamilton.ca/industries/life-sciences/

HaMiLton CHaMbER of CoMMERCE

For 175 years, the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce has been facilitating
connections and collective action to strengthen the economic engine of
the City of Hamilton. The Chamber has harnessed the collective ambition
of their thousands of members to play a leading role in Hamilton’s
commercial success. They are an ambitious organization that strives to
meet the various needs of their small business members.
• Collectively support 1,144 members in the Hamilton community

• Hosted 116 chamber events and meetings in 2020
• Held 54 Chamber TV and Virtual Forums for the Hamilton business
community during COVID-19
https://www.hamiltonchamber.ca/

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