Research Money sat down with Leah Lawrence, the SDTC’s CEO and president, to ask her where clean technology in Canada is heading and what to expect as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Opinion Leader: New national security guidelines for research partnerships will have to face the reality of research culture
The federal government’s new national security guidelines for research partnerships raise numerous concerns that range from discouraging research collaborations to potentially interfering with academic freedom, says Dr. Alex Navarre, PhD, a research associate at Université du Québec, in an op-ed.
The Short Report – Aug. 18, 2021: Conservatives release innovation plan, pre-election funding awards, a new phase of an aging study, and more
The Conservative Party of Canada releases its innovation plan, more than 330 university research projects receive $77 million through the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the federal government pours $61.5 million into the next phase of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, and more.
BC hydrogen strategy aims to spur new policies and investments in the sector
The British Columbia government’s recently introduced hydrogen strategy will accelerate the commercialization of hydrogen and fuel-cell technologies, says the B.C. head of the Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (CHFCA).
Moderna to build vaccine production facility as part of new federal biomanufacturing strategy
The U.S.-based vaccine manufacturer Moderna Inc. will be building a plant in Canada after signing a memorandum of understanding with the Canadian government this week.
Opinion: Better use of physics and information science can help move beyond outdated economic theories
Applying the ideas and tools of physics and information science — rather than relying on social science theory and outmoded economic concepts — can help develop sustainable businesses and increase regional economic diversification and growth, Randal Adcock, co-founder and chair of Wayfinders Business Co-operative, says in an op-ed.
The Short Report – August 11, 2021: A feasibility study to export blue hydrogen from Alberta to Asia, tech to reduce pesticide use, and more
Petronas Energy and Itochu Corporation consider exporting blue hydrogen from Alberta, a UWaterloo engineering team gets backing to secure Canada’s critical energy infrastructure, FedNor grows up, and more.
New digital research infrastructure organization announces first funding opportunity
Canada’s New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization (NDRIO) — created in 2019 to fix a system that has been described at “fragmented, oversubscribed and underfunded” — has announced its first funding program. The new national not-for-profit organization says it will spend $20 million to build national research capacity and create a “broad and integrated” Canadian digital research infrastructure ecosystem.
Microsoft, Queen’s and Lululemon back $20M AI project to build health chatbots
Microsoft, Lululemon, Queen’s University and Toronto-based company Wysdom.AI will be collaborating on an AI project meant to develop a health and well-being chatbot platform.
Flexibility will be key to the future of work, ICTC report finds
The future of work will be flexible, but what that means will differ greatly between precarious gig workers and better-paid employees who work remotely by choice, a new report from the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) has found.
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