The Liberal government of Justin Trudeau has delivered a classic pre-election Budget, with targeted spending that extends to the research, development and innovation (RDI) file.
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Budget 2019 – Research and Innovation Funding Chart
A snapshot of funding for research and innovation initiatives in Budget 2019.
Canada’s oil and gas industry “waking up” to AI’s benefits
Canadian oil and gas companies are ramping up investment in artificial intelligence and related digital technologies.
Public-private partnerships can help reverse the AI brain drain
Academic-industry collaborations led by Amii, Vector and Mila — the three institutes underpinning the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy — are serving as a kind of national defence strategy in the battle to retain Canada’s AI talent.
Canada takes first steps toward global leadership on ethical standards for artificial intelligence
Many Canadian organizations and government bodies are grappling with the troubling questions raised by the emergence of autonomous systems, as Canada strives to adopt a leadership stance internationally for the development of ethical standards for artificial intelligence.
Innovation Conversations: Q&A with Minister Mary Ng
Small Business and Export Promotion Minister Mary Ng has announced the successful recipients of the Women Entrepreneurship Fund, a novel investment stream that provides $20 million directly to women whose businesses show strong potential to grow.
Yukon University charts new path for post-secondary education in the North
Canada’s first university north of the 60th parallel will officially launch and graduate its first class of students in May, 2020.
Report: New federal agency needed to support scaleups and deploy digital technologies
Canada needs a new innovation agency to support tech scale-ups and drive adoption of digital technologies across all sectors, says a new report by innovation policy expert David A. Wolfe.
New indirect costs program fails to address funding gap between large and small universities
The federal government has quietly launched a $231.3-million fund to help academia further offset rising indirect costs of research, but the new program retains a sliding formula that leaves Canada’s largest research universities with a smaller slice of the funding pie.
New assessment unit at Treasury Board makes good on business innovation program reform
A new unit at the Treasury Board Secretariat (TBS) is using data from Statistics Canada to better evaluate the performance of business support programs across government.
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