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Apr08-offprint-Whitmore.pdf

The HPC story in Canada provides an excellent example of what a coordinated, cooperative national initiative can achieve. We present here a summary of this story, with an intentionally nostalgic flavour appropriate to the closing of one successful chapter in this story, as a new one begins. Without providing all of the details, we try to present the keys to the success of this initiative, some idea of parallel paths followed in different areas of the country, and a table of the current HPC academic consortia.