Corporate law firm aims to fill a gap in Canada’s growing space tech industry; Mitacs recognizes innovation, leadership and commercialization at Ottawa awards ceremony; Environment and Climate Change Canada earmarks $1.6 billion in Canada’s first national climate adaptation strategy; a new model for the National Model Codes development system, and more.
Organization: University of British Columbia
Academic promotion and tenure: Where’s the connection to community?
Research publications in “prestigious” journals and teaching performance far outweigh community service in assessing academic promotion and tenure, even though some of the criteria are flawed.
The Short Report – November 23, 2022: $1.2 billion for Oceans Protection Plan projects; Ontario’s AI sector growing; Attabotics raises US$71 million; feds failing on cybersecurity risks; and more
The Short Report – November 23, 2022: $1.2 billion for Oceans Protection Plan projects; Ontario’s AI sector growing; Attabotics raises US$71 million; feds failing on cybersecurity risks; and more
The Short Report – November 2, 2022: National Women’s Health Research Initiative; Ted Rogers Centre for Health Research receives $90 million; Canadian VC funding declines; Gairdner Awards; and more
The Short Report – November 2, 2022: National Women’s Health Research Initiative launched; Ted Rogers Centre for Health Research receives $90 million; VC funding declines across Canadian ecosystems; Gairdner Award winners feted; and more
The Short Report – October 26, 2022: NSERC prizes; Canada’s role in NASA’s climate science satellite mission; an EU-Canada quantum project, and more.
François-Philippe Champagne announces this year’s NSERC Prize winners; Canada’s contribution to the NASA-led climate science satellite mission; establishing an intercontinental network for quantum communication, and more.
Ottawa pays it forward to extend biosphere protection
Innovative conservation policy calls for much more than just keeping real estate away from developers, as Ottawa’s Enhanced Nature Legacy program illustrates.
The Short Report – September 28, 2022: UBC’s FORWARD research initiative, boosting biomanufacturing, Brassard’s Breakthrough Prize, and more.
UBC makes a $3-billion pledge to drive solutions and discoveries; upskilling Canada’s cell and gene therapy manufacturing capacity, Dr. Gilles Brassard wins prestigious US Breakthrough Award, and more.
Business partners in a mission of gravity
Members of the business community give the promising science of quantum gravity a boost.
The Short Report – July 13, 2022: Dr. Mona Nemer reappointed as CSA, U of T & partners mount research response to monkeypox outbreak, a record for Canadian angel investment in 2021, and more.
A new term for Dr. Mona Nemer; U of T’s response to monkeypox outbreak paves the way for collaborations with Canadian and international groups, a rebound in Canadian angel investment stats, and more.
Nurturing the entrepreneurial mind-set
Simon Fraser University, in collaboration with the research organization Mitacs, is mounting a concerted effort to provide students across the campus with access to courses and services to help them develop an entrepreneurial outlook on their work. Elicia Maine, who recently became a special advisor to the university’s VP Research and International, says these extensive efforts will benefit these students in their career paths as well as enhancing the talent available for Canada’s innovation ecosystem.