Mark Lowey

Canada needs to translate world-class AI research and talent into Canadian-made and adopted AI technologies

Mark Lowey
July 29, 2026

Canada has world-class AI research and talent but struggles to translate these advantages into domestic commercial success due to low corporate adoption of AI and procurement hurdles, experts told a Mitacs webinar presented by the Canadian Science Policy Centre. Bridging the gap between research, innovation and industry application, and buying from Canadian AI companies, are essential to retain talent and build a competitive national ecosystem.

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AltaML, Amii, Canadian Science Policy Centre, CIFAR, Cleveland Clinic, Creative Destruction Lab, FluidAI Medical, Hamilton Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Mila, Mitacs, Texas Medical Center, University Health Network, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, University of Waterloo, Vector Institute, and Western University
People:
Cam Linke, Chad Cogar, Cory Janssen, Elissa Strome, Eva Reddington, Margo Seltzer, and Youssef Helwa
Topics:
academic collaboration, AI literacy, AI research, artificial intelligence, Commercialization, government procurement, Innovation Policy, private sector investment, sovereign compute, startup ecosystem, talent retention, and technology adoption

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