<s>
WestGrid	B-Application
is	O
a	O
government-funded	O
infrastructure	O
program	O
started	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
mainly	O
in	O
Western	O
Canada	O
,	O
that	O
provides	O
institutional	O
research	O
faculty	O
and	O
students	O
access	O
to	O
high	O
performance	O
computing	O
and	O
distributed	O
data	O
storage	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
grid	O
,	O
networking	O
,	O
and	O
collaboration	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WestGrid	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
four	O
partners	O
within	O
the	O
umbrella	O
organization	O
,	O
Compute	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WestGrid	B-Application
has	O
14	O
partner	O
institutions	O
across	O
four	O
provinces	O
-	O
British	O
Columbia	O
,	O
Alberta	O
,	O
Saskatchewan	O
and	O
Manitoba	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WestGrid	B-Application
also	O
works	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
each	O
province	O
's	O
Optical	O
Regional	O
Advanced	O
Network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WestGrid	B-Application
's	O
network	O
partners	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
