UBC makes a $3-billion pledge to drive solutions and discoveries; upskilling Canada’s cell and gene therapy manufacturing capacity, Dr. Gilles Brassard wins prestigious US Breakthrough Award, and more.
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Billion-Dollar Babies: Previan’s innovation driven by customers
Team True North’s “billion-dollar babies”: Q&A with Martin Thériault, founder and CEO of Previan, a Quebec-based industrial technology focused on customer-driven innovation.
An ounce of prevention, and billions in savings
A new study indicates that around half of all cancers are preventable with public policy measures that could save lives and billions of dollars.
Your Get Into Jail Free card
Hate your lack of options? Don’t blame [insert service or technology here], says technology law critic Cory Doctorow. Blame monopoly.
The Short Report – September 21st, 2022: B.C. invests in clean energy; AI funding for ag-food; national standards for animals, and more.
B.C. invests in cleaner industry and post-secondary innovation; PIC and GOC co-investments help plant-based companies use artificial intelligence; the Canadian Foundation for Animal-Assisted Support Services publishes Canada’s first voluntary national standards for animal-assisted human services, and more.
Business partners in a mission of gravity
Members of the business community give the promising science of quantum gravity a boost.
Less is more: fertilizer and the price of progress
Fertilizer looks like an easy target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing fertilizer use without hurting farmers or our food supply — not so easy.
From farm gate to server farm, harvesting a rich crop of data
Big agricultural firms are moving into big data and raising big questions about the future of food production — which few people are asking.
Parsing the problem of Canadian innovation
A new book considers both the provincial and federal perspective on Canada’s perennially poor innovation record.
The Short Report – September 14th, 2022: York U. leads global team on infectious diseases; new fellows elected to the RSC; fintech funding falls in 2022, and more.
A Global South Network headed by York University to tackle infectious diseases; the Royal Society of Canada elects new fellows and members, KPMG reports substantial drop in Canada’s fintech sector, and more.