Organization: Ottawa

The Short Report – July 27, 2022: Ottawa launches next phase of its ocean protection program, a new policy agreement for Canada’s agricultural partnership, funding to fight online disinformation, and more.

Ottawa invests in marine safety as part of the next phase of the Oceans Protection Plan; federal, provincial, and territorial Ministers of Agriculture reach an agreement for the new Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, fighting disinformation on COVID and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and more.

The Short Report – July 20, 2022: Another step toward a vertically-integrated EV supply chain for Ontario, an Atlantic alliance to advance ocean science, a boost for digital innovation in Canada, and more.

Umicore set to build industrial scale battery materials manufacturing plant in Ontario; Ottawa commits to advancing cooperative ocean science and sustainability with international partners, India’s Tata Consultancy Services opens Pace Port Toronto to spur digital innovation, and more.

Toronto top Canadian innovative city in latest ranking

Toronto remains Canada’s most innovative city and the 11th globally, according to the 8th annual Innovation Cities Index. Other Canadian cities that placed in the top 100 include Montreal (36), Vancouver (39), Quebec City (69) and Calgary (92). Canadian cities moving up the rankings are Edmonton (122), Ottawa (254) and Winnipeg (261). The world’s most…

Ottawa ranked second to San Jose in S&E employment

A Statistics Canada study shows that Ottawa was second only to San Jose CA in the percentage of its workforce employed in science and engineering (S&E) work just as the technology boom began to collapse. The study covered the period between 1980 and 2001and examined 316 Canadian and US cities with populations greater than 100,000.…