The Council of Canadian Academies released a report detailing new data on the potential impact of antimicrobial resistance in Canada. The expert panel found that 26% of infections are resistant to the medicines that are generally first prescribed and that rate could rise to 40% or beyond in the coming decades. By 2050, a total of 396,000 lives…
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The Short Report, November 6, 2019: Quantum lapse, Waterloo unicorn, social transformation
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The Ford government in Ontario has let funding lapse for the University of Waterloo’s Institute for Quantum Computing. Founded in 2002 with a record-setting philanthropic donation and support from both the federal and provincial governments, the institute has attracted top talent and is often cited for its leading research. While the federal government recently promised reinvestment of…
Read MoreThe Short Report, October 30, 2019: Bad loans, rocket propulsion, population growth
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The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) is contending with defaulted loans worth $43.2 million dollars, comprising more than 10% of the federal agency’s $422.9-million portfolio. By comparison, only 3.3 per cent of the loans given out by the Business Development Bank of Canada were impaired as of March 31. – Financial Post University of Toronto’s seed-stage accelerator…
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Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship (MCE) at Memorial University in Newfoundland has ranked in the top five emerging entrepreneurship centres in the world, according to the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC). Florian Villaumé, the centre’s director, credits community support for experiential learning.
Read MoreThe Short Report, October 23, 2019: BoosterPacks, quantum supremacy, rare earth metals
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CANARIE launched a new free tool called BoosterPacks to help Canadian entrepreneurs adopt new technologies. Each BoosterPack is curated for specific emerging technologies, like Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, and data analytics. The BoosterPacks contain an essential guide to the technology, including documentation of implementation and architecture options; a sample solution that demonstrates the technology;…
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We need to expand our definition of what innovation can achieve.
Read MoreMuseums are winning the war against “fake news” but losing out on research funding
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While Canadians are growing increasingly skeptical of science, thanks in part to the proliferation of fake news online, one scientific institution continues to receive top marks when it comes to public trust and credibility: natural history museums.
Read MoreInnovation Conversations: McConnell Foundation president Stephen Huddart on creating a market for social finance in Canada
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In June, the federal government announced the first key collaborators to implement a $50-million Investment Readiness Program (IRP) to prepare social purpose organizations to access the new $755-million Social Finance Fund when it launches in 2020. We spoke with Stephen Huddart, president and CEO of the McConnell Foundation and a member of the steering group for the Social Finance Fund, about what to expect from the IRP.
Read MoreThe Short Report, October 16, 2019: Ecocities, fintech adoption, animal testing
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The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) opened an Ecocity Centre of Excellence for applied research and training in support of cities becoming ecologically sustainable. The Centre will be led by Dr. Jennie Moore, BCIT Director, Institute Sustainability, and founding coordinator of Vancouver’s EcoCity Network. – BCIT News Accounting firm Ernst & Young published a new fintech adoption…
Read MoreCommunitech launches Outposts program to help Canadian companies expand internationally
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Waterloo-based accelerator Communitech has a launched a new service to help scaling tech companies enter new markets more quickly and easily by handling the complexities and headaches of international hiring.
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