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Innovation waits for its Covid moment

Innovations once seen as threatening can turn out to be immensely useful and welcome, as circumstances change to enable them to provide positive economic or social benefits.

Bring on the robots and create better jobs, report argues

Canadian businesses are failing to invest adequately in innovation, new technology and R&D, hurting productivity and negatively impacting the composition and quality of work, according to a report by the Centre for Future Work.

The Short Report – April 27, 2022: Canada-EU research partnership talks, CIHR’s new clinical trials fund, a nationwide platform to study Covid’s impact on children, U de M’s natural life sciences boost, and more.

The EU and Canada move toward formal negotiations on research partnership; CIHR to meet health challenges with a clinical trials fund; a nationwide research network to improve pediatric outcomes, the Courtois Foundation donates $159 million to UdeM for the discovery of new materials, and more.