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The gap between universities and industry is fading, but can government programs keep up?
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Universities and industry have made progress adapting to new realities for entrepreneurship and innovation, but government programs are still catching up.
Read MoreRequiem for a National Network Program
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This article is part of our Fast Policy Facts online series By Paul Dufour December 12, 2018 With the news that the Trudeau administration is apparently terminating the former Mulroney administration’s Networks of Centres of Excellence Programme and replacing it with a new scheme, a 30-year-old experiment has come to a close. No rationale or…
Read MoreAccess to innovation spurs regional diversification and growth
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Cluster development is essential for community survival and development. It can help diversify industry to ensure communities are not overly reliant on one sector, while creating an ecosystem that simultaneously stimulates the growth of Canadian SMEs and attracts international players to the area. A case study of the Sarnia-Lambton region highlights both the necessity of thinking long-term about regional cluster development, and the active part that colleges play in cluster building through efforts such as providing infrastructure, bringing together partners, and providing research and development (R&D) for SMEs.
Read MoreNational Facilities and Platforms: A Smart Way to Fund Research Infrastructure
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The Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) funding support for research infrastructure is vital for universities and colleges in Canada. Canada’s Federal Budget 2018 included an increase and long-term stability in funding for CFI — a smart move. How might this new CFI funding be used to address current program challenges?
Read MoreHow Technical Conferences Are Contributing to the Talent Inclusion Crisis
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International science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) conferences are massive annual events that exert huge influence on their sectors. Yet, they are often missing the opportunity to directly address the culture and talent crisis in their fields.
Read MoreProposed model policy on scientific integrity doesn’t go far enough: An outsider’s critique
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Scientific integrity is the adherence to professional values and practices when conducting, reporting and applying the results of scientific activities. It ensures objectivity, clarity and reproducibility while providing insulation from bias, fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, political interference, and censorship.
On July 31st, the Office of the Chief Science Advisor released a draft copy of a policy developed as a result of a Memorandum of Agreement between the Treasury Board and the Public Service of Canada – “Respect of Scientific Integrity”.
Read MoreFeds Look to Social Innovation and Social Finance to Help Break Social Barriers to Prosperity
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A long-awaited report on social innovation and social finance was released last week as input for a national strategy being prepared by the federal government.
Read MoreTechnology Transfer – Capturing research value for positive impact on the Canadian economy
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New knowledge created through the more than $13B per year in academic research and innovation can be mobilized for the public benefit by transferring intellectual property (IP) to new and existing firms to develop new products and services. Examples include the Canadian-pioneered, world-changing discoveries canola, insulin, cobalt radiation therapy, and the electron microscope.
Read MorePrivate sector attention is shifting towards value of supporting scale-ups
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It has taken a long time, and not all the needed pieces are yet in place, but the innovation debate is now paying much more attention to how we grow companies and scale them up to be global competitors, and not simply on how we start them.
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