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Canada is well positioned to develop a proposed new technology that could turn high-rise buildings into giant “gravity batteries” for producing and storing energy, improving buildings’ energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Dr. Julian Hunt, PhD, research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, says in an op-ed.
Read MoreSound government policy is required to guide the major forces shaping Canada’s post-pandemic future, including: digitization; managing debt; role of government; expectations of business; behaviour and values; and environment and energy, Arden Brummell and Greg MacGillvrary, managing editors at Calgary-based Scenarios to Strategy Inc., say in an op-ed.
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Stricter competitiveness — including changes to Canada’s anti-competition laws — are required in agriculture-related industries to help address issues of food security and food quality, longtime farm manager Joe Zink says in an op-ed.
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The world needs more of Canada’s natural gas to ensure global energy security and reduce GHG emissions, Yogi Schulz, an information technology consultant who works extensively in the Canadian oil and natural gas industry, says in an op-ed.
Read MoreThe Alberta government is providing a total of $900,000 in grants to two hemp companies, INCA Renewable Technologies and Blue Sky Hemp Ventures, to help grow the hemp industry in the province.
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Changes to government policy could enable small and medium-sized businesses to offer meaningful workplace inclusion programs for people often excluded from the labour force such as youth with autism, to help address Canada’s labour shortages, Ling Huang, co-founder and CEO of Edmonton-based Technology North, says in an op-ed.
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More investment and research is needed to effectively treat the traumas that underlie mental illness and enable people to quickly get back to work and back to life, Dr. Robert Tanguay, vice-president and chief medical officer at The Newly Institute based in Calgary, says in an op-ed.
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Forecasted changes in ocean-based industries and the Blue Economy from now to 2050 will present many new opportunities for Canada, but more knowledge is needed to make sound decisions and build a stronger and more sustainable blue economy, says Dr. Bente Pretlove, the program director for ocean space in DNV Group, in an op-ed.
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Given the changing nature of work in Canada, governments, employers and educational partners will need to get creative with their support for reskilling and upskilling workers. This includes collaborating to build and modify the content of training and educational programs and incentivizing workers to retrain, says Darren Gresch, Senior Research Associate, Innovation and Technology, at the Conference Board of Canada, in an op-ed.
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which manages Canadians’ retirement funds, is failing to protect pension investments from the risks of climate change, says John Bennett, Senior Policy Advisor of Friends of the Earth Canada, in an op-ed.
Read MoreBuilding with CCNB-INNOV… Relationships that go a Long Way! CCNB-INNOV, the applied research and development arm of CCNB has adapted its range of services to better meet the unique needs of the regional shipbuilding industry.
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Applied PeR$pectives is a new monthly blog dedicated to highlighting the innovative work being done in the college and institute community. |
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December 12, 2018: Requiem for a National Network Program
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