From the very beginning of the outbreak, our government took necessary measures to protect your health and safety. We’ve based our response on science and evidence. – Justin Trudeau, March 16, 2020 We express our conviction that current challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic need a strongly coordinated international approach, based on science and evidence,…
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Ottawa moves with “unprecedented” speed to fast-track COVID-19 research
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In collaborating with the WHO and other governments, Canada’s funding agencies have moved rapidly to channel more than $52 million in federal funding to rapid response research at Canadian universities.
Read MoreQuebec’s latest budget aims to boost competitiveness and innovation through enhanced tax incentives
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By enhancing existing incentives and introducing new ones to promote investment in tech startups and productivity, new measures in Quebec’s budget will increase the province’s attractiveness to innovative companies.
Read MoreThe Short Report, March 18, 2020: Canadian researchers take first steps to a COVID-19 vaccine, University of Alberta announces drastic cuts, and more
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This week, innovation hubs closed their doors and moved programming online, researchers made a critical discovery for the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, and the University of Alberta eliminated 400 positions in response to steep funding cuts from the provincial government.
Read MoreThe Short Report, March 11, 2020: Anonymizing research applications mitigates gender bias; Superclusters spend a fraction of their budget; Athena Pathways aims to train 500 women in AI
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Three maritime research projects led by researchers at the Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) have received more than $3 million in funding through a joint international funding initiative between the Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) in France and the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ). The projects address issues related to sustainable ocean transport, the effects of…
Read MoreCanada’s new approach to Indigenous research offers a model to industry
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The Canada Research Coordinating Committee’s new Indigenous research strategy strives to follow a path of respect, representation, and recognition of Indigenous leadership. Industry would be wise to follow.
Read MoreAs the landscape of Canadian R&D changes, universities must address new challenges
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Currents of change are altering the fabric of Canadian R&D. The time has come for universities to reassess their roles and address new challenges.
Read MoreThe Short Report, February 19, 2020: A new chemistry cluster in Ontario; Boris Johnson’s brother joins ApplyBoard; selling our AI lunch
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Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) received $15 million from FedDev Ontario “to promote new sustainable innovations and bring business support to Eastern Ontario in Canada.” Along with partners the St. Lawrence Corridor Economic Development Commission and St. Lawrence College, BIC will establish the Ontario Bioindustrial Innovation Network (OBIN), a hybrid chemistry cluster in Brockville, Ontario. The network aims to…
Read MoreInnovation Insights: Five tough questions about scaleup ecosystems, with Daniel Isenberg
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Daniel Isenberg is the mind behind Scale Up Atlantic Canada, a novel six-month program to teach CEOs and senior managers how to turn their ventures into scaleups. We asked him to unpack some knotty challenges faced by Canada’s emerging scaleup ecosystems.
Read MoreThe Association of Equipment Manufacturers wants the CRA to fix how it assesses SR&ED applications
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Equipment manufacturers in Canada aren’t using the SR&ED tax credit nearly as much as they should. Why? The answer comes down to the difference between an “intuition” and a “hypothesis.”
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