Innovative conservation policy calls for much more than just keeping real estate away from developers, as Ottawa’s Enhanced Nature Legacy program illustrates.
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The Short Report – October 12, 2022: An advisory panel for Canada’s research support system; a national diabetes framework, renewed funding for marine technology, and more.
Ottawa introduces its panel to review the federal system supporting academic research; Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos tables a first of its kind Framework for Diabetes in Canada, the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship gets a five-year funding boost, and more.
If you build it …
Construction has only just begun on Canada’s first spaceport, but customers are already starting to line up.
Billion-Dollar Babies: Clutch reinvents Canada’s used car market
The second of Research Money’s “Billion-dollar babies” interviews, this one with Dan Park, CEO of the on-line automobile retailer Clutch.
Fashioning the frontier of failure
Failures of innovation are no less revealing than successes, as a unique museum demonstrates in an informative and amusing way.
The Short Report – October 5, 2022: Accelerating Ontario’s R&I development, a network for perinatal research on medications, U of T’s AI roundtable with South Korea, and more.
Ontario funding to support hundreds of research projects; the country’s first interdisciplinary training network in perinatal research on medications, and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s U of T visit to discuss the rise of artificial intelligence.
From the Publisher: Customers drive innovation
Innovation is often seen as a process of moving from abstract discovery to marketable product. But it really comes down to customers — who they are, what they want, and what you can do for them.
Canadian cybersecurity: making it up as we get attacked
Empty promises and ad hoc measures characterize Canada’s approach to cybersecurity policy, according to a new report from the Canadian Global Affairs Institute. Meanwhile, the problem gets worse.
Searching for superior SR&ED
The SR&ED on-line application form does not remember you from last year. For the Council of Canadian Innovators, that is among the least of the improvements this program needs.
Opinion Leader – “Smokey” the steer: The surprising role of cattle in community fire safety
Cattle munch on the fuel of many destructive wildfires. Strategically grazing these animals to protect communities from such catastrophes is a win-win, says the Canadian Cattle Association.