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The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the main beneficiary of increases in federal investment in biotechnology S&T, increasing more than 20% between FY06-07 and FY07-08, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada.

Complicated by lack of venture capital

The deepening recession offers a rare window for establishing global, Canadian-based technology companies. But the difficulty of raising financing presents a formidable hurdle that government must be prepared to assist in overcoming.

Granting councils hardest hit

The federal government’s strategic review is taking hundreds of millions of dollars out of Canada’s public research enterprise despite official claims to the contrary. Budget documents and disclosure by several agencies reveal that the three granting agencies will lose $147.

The organization in charge of licensing journals for Canada’s university libraries will consider a bold proposal by the global high-energy physics (HEP) community to establish a new model of open access for journals, even though it is drawing mixed reactions within the library and broader academic communities.

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Dr Ian Smith

After nearly 60 years with the National Research Council (NRC), Dr Ian Smith is showing few signs of slowing down. As the influential DG of the Winnipeg-based Institute for Biodiagnostics, Smith has championed the development and commercialization of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and spectroscopy and contributed to the growth of a biomedical cluster in the prairie city.

Business-Led NCEs

Aerospace coatings from nano-sized wood compounds and improved drug efficacy are just some of the outcomes anticipated by two of the four Business-Led Networks of Centres of Excellence.

Trilateral discussions, student internship exchanges and a match-making service for small Canadian and Indian firms are just a few of the innovations that emerged in the first year of International Science and Technology Partnerships Canada (ISTPCanada) Inc.

Budget 2009 — Arctic research

The federal Budget has responded to a call for the maintenance and repair of Canada’s Arctic research facilities. But it is silent on programs planned under the government’s Canadian Arctic Research Initiative and recommended in a recent report from the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA).

By Perry Hoffman

The Conservative Party’s Budget has recognized the importance of boosting the knowledge economy by investing considerable funds into select information and communications technologies (ICT) sectors — such as broadband and electronic health records.