not for profit industry networking systems founded 1996 headquarters regina saskatchewan canada key people neil mcclughan president number of employees 8 2012 website www.srnet.ca saskatchewan research network incorporated srnet is a research and education network providing networking service for educators and researchers in the province of saskatchewan canada . it is a not for profit member of canada s advanced network alliance 1 which provides dedicated high speed network access to institutions and companies that use it for research and education activities . 2 srnet also provides members access to canarie a dedicated network that links similar research networks . 3 the network also interconnects high performance computing resources within the province . 4 their primary office is located in regina saskatchewan in the it building at innovation place research park . history edit originally established in the early 1980s as a network to connect the university of saskatchewan and university of regina library systems together ; it later expanded to be part of netnorth with interconnects with betnet in the united states and earn in europe . 5 in 1989 the organization evolved into the operator of sask net providing internet based access to research organizations in the province . in 2006 srnet expanded beyond its original base in saskatoon and regina to also include prince albert and la ronge when it established a point of presence at northlands college . 6 in the past srnet operated networking research laboratories in saskatoon and regina . 7 references edit canada s advanced network alliance pdf pdf . retrieved 2012 03 13 . srnet official about us introduction . retrieved 2012 03 13 . canarie official web site about us . retrieved 2012 03 13 . u of s unveils new resources to support data intensive research computecanada . retrieved 2012 10 28 . inter university network encyclopedia of saskatchewan . retrieved 2012 10 28 . northern light project extends srnet research and education network to prince albert and laronge marketwire . retrieved 2012 10 28 . mackinnon announces strategic initiatives funding for srnet project government of saskatchewan press release . retrieved 2012 10 28 . v t e research and education computer networks in the americas national brazil rnp canada canarie mexico cudi latin america redclara usa internet2 national lambdarail esnet state regional other acorn ns calren cen icn merit network nysernet oarnet orion oshean risq srnet uen historical abilene arpanet ddn csnet gigabit chicago gigabit seattle nearnet niprnet nsfnet suranet vbns see also national research and education network retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title saskatchewan research network & oldid 706502387 categories organizations based in regina saskatchewanacademic computer network organizations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 february 2016 at 18 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view