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Canada’s R&D output as a percentage of GDP has fallen to its lowest level in the past decade as a slow recovery in business performance and a freefall in federal expenditures gored the key indicator for innovation.

The loss of publically traded Canadian tech companies and what we can do about it
By Dr Adam Chowaniec

Although entrepreneurship is alive and well in Canada and we create a lot of new technology start-ups, many of these do not get to a size that has the ability to impact the economy in a major way.

Analysis

By Dr WE (Ted) Hewitt

In releasing their long-anticipated report this fall, the members of the Expert Panel for the Review of Federal Support to Business Research & Development have done this country a great service.

New strategic roadmap

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) intends to encourage greater research collaboration between academia and the private sector by broadening the range of activities it supports, according to a new strategic roadmap that spells out its intentions for the next five years.

HPC and cyberinfrastructure

A report on the state of Canadian high performance computing (HPC) and cyberinfrastructure (CI) wants a small group of experts convened quickly to determine future needs or risk falling behind other nations that have made them a priority for developing their knowledge-based economies.

Southern Ontario manufacturing focus

Proximity and communication are key to expanded interaction between business and the academic sector in southern Ontario, according to a new study commissioned by the Toronto Regional Research Alliance (TRRA).

Commissioned by Genome Canada

A major new report on the production and use of biotechnology in Canada estimates the sector will continue its rapid growth over the next 18 years to a value of $144 billion, accounting for 4% of Canada’s nominal GDP by 2030.

Sustainability remains key issue

The initial success of the Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR) program could be jeopardized unless the government provides more time for the centres to achieve sustainability, concludes a new report industry leaders overseeing its activities.

Four years after its conception, a new commercialization engine is being launched by CMC Microsystems aimed at creating start-ups and providing services for companies seeking competitive advantage through the increased application and use of microsystems.

By Debbie Lawes

The 12-year-old Canadian Institute for Photonics Innovation (CIPI) will be re-born April 1 as a new industry-led organization, marking the end of its two terms as a Networks of Centres of Excellence.