Organization: Conference Board of Canada

Canada scores another ‘D’ for innovation

Canada has scored another ‘D’ in the latest innovation report card from the Conference Board of Canada, ranking 13th among 16 peer countries. The revamped report card gave Canada a ‘B’ in six out of 21 categories: scientific articles, new firm density, top-cited papers, government on-line services index, ease of entrepreneurship and public R&D spending.…

Low PhD levels linked to lagging innovation

Canada’s relatively low number of PhDs and science and engineering graduates are linked to the country’s lagging innovation performance, concludes a new report from the Conference Board of Canada. Entitled How Canada Performs, the report says Canada’s innovation performance (14th out of 17 peer nations) is due to the number of graduates the country produces,…

Feds establish CSA advisory committee

The federal government has created the Advisory Committee on the Canadian Space Agency, a new body formed to provide advice on space and the priorities and overall direction of the CSA. The committee will work with interim CSA president Guy Bujold to advise Industry minister Jim Prentice on current expenditures and the potential for future…

Report says Canada’s health innovation lagging

A new Conference Board of Canada report concludes that Canada fares poorly in health innovation compared to other OECD nations with high-performing health systems. Entitled Exploring Technological Innovation in Health Systems, it shows weakness on several fronts including the use of electronic medical records, the Internet and external health information systems to support primary care…

Report warns of looming problems for the West

A new socio-economic report on Western Canada argues that current good times in the oil and gas sector and a high level of wealth are masking a weak track record in innovation and the environment. The Conference Board of Canada (CBoC) report says that unless the four Western provinces increase their levels of value added…

Conference Board issues corporate innovation index

The Conference Board of Canada (CBoC) has introduced an Index of Corporate Innovation (ICI), a multi-year project that will allow firms to measure their innovation capacity and assess and improve their innovation performance. The comprehensive set of measures is also designed to allow firms to benchmark performance against other organizations and motivate organizations and leaders…

SYNERGY AWARDS ANNOUNCED AT INNOVATION 2000

The winners of the Synergy Awards for University-Industry Partnerships have been announced. Jointly sponsored by the Conference Board of Canada and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, they are: APT Power Technologies and Univ of Manitoba; World Heart Corp and Univ of Ottawa Heart Institute; Semex Alliance and Univ of Laval; MDS Sciex and…