2000

Upsurge in federal S&T spending (Nov 29/00)

Initial investment by Mike Lazaridis in Perimeter Institute (Nov 3/00)

Call for greater international S&T funding by ACST (Oct 23/00)

Paul Martin calls for big increase in R&D and education (Oct 2/00)

Joint task force calls for reinvestment in northern research (Oct 2/00)

Genome Canada created with $160M in federal funding (Mar 17/00)

Alberta launches Alberta Ingenuity

Feds fund Sustainable Development Technology Canada (April 7/00)

CSTA calls for urgent investment in federal S&T (April 21/00)

Canadian Institutes of Health Research officially launched (April 21/00)

PAGSE sub-group calls for foresight capacity (May 12/00)

CANARIE develops concept for CA*net4 high-speed research network (July 28/00)

Atlantic Innovation Fund launched (July 28/00)

Business schools seek research and innovation funding (Sept 1/00)

2001

Quebec releases long-awaited S&T policy (Feb 12/01)

NRC nanotechnology institute receives federal funding (Mar 19/01)

Canadian industry posts record R&D increases (June 25/01)

Government unveils skills and learning strategy (Sept 24/01)

9/11 attacks put pending Innovation Agenda in doubt (Sept 24/01)

Fed and provincial S&T ministers meet for first time in since 1992 (Oct 10/01)

University R&D entering new renaissance (Oct 24/01)

Canada's GERD takes dramatic jump (Nov 13/01)

ITAC and SMC to merge (Nov 13/01)

RE$EARCH MONEY holds first annual conference (Nov 28/01)

NCE-styled program for federal labs proposed (Nov 28/01)

2002

DND fund to combat terrorist attacks launched (Jan 23/02)

Perimeter Institute seeking federal and provincial funding (Jan 23/02)

Canada Foundation for Innovation doles out $780 million (Feb 11/02)

CRIAQ aerospace consortium formed in Quebec (Feb 11/02)

Government releases Innovation Strategy documents (Feb 27/02)

Venture capital turns to earlier-stage deals (Feb 27/02)

CIHR sets guidelines for stem cell research (Mar 18/02)

Chretien-Martin clash threatens to derail innovation agenda (June 7/02)

Report calls for closing of science-policy divide (July 8/02)

Venture capital investment plunges (August 30/02)

ITAC report disputes objective of moving from 15th to 5th (Oct 21/02)

FINE proposal for new federal research networks withdrawn (Nov 4/02)

Group calls for $500-million investment in nanotechnology research (Nov 18/02)

National Innovation Summit produces five-point action plan (Dec 2/02)

ACST revived to assist Innovation Strategy development (Dec 202)

2003

CFI receives $500 to support research hospitals (Feb 18/03)

Research and innovation score big in federal budget (March 7/03)

Ontario targets auto sector with $625-million R&D funding package (March 7/03)

Single funding source for big science operations proposed (May 6/03)

ITER Canada bid backed by Ontario Cabinet (May 22/03)

CMC, Precarn and CANARIE lay claim to 4th pillar status (June 9/03)

Charest government cuts back on business subsidies, granting council funding (June 23/03)

Commercialization and clusters dominate Martin's S&T agenda (August 8/03)

Taxes, talent and attitude key to higher GERD (Sept 16/03)

Shire pulls plug on former BioChem Pharma research team (Sept 16/03)

Feds pump $215 million into hydrogen economy (Oct 27/03)

Canadian innovation network proposed by Alberta Research Council (Dec 11/03)

Office of the National Sciences Advisor created (Dec 22/03)

2004

McMaster Univ receives $105 million gift for healthcare research and education (Jan 28/04)

Martin government highlights commercialization in throne speech (Feb 12/04)

Business R&D spending slow to recover from tech and dot com meltdowns (Feb 12/04)

Higher education R&D jumps 23% in FY01-02 (Feb 12/04)

OCE program consolidates, seeks greater financial clout (March 3/04)

Brunet Report recommends more private participation in Quebec VC industry (March 18/04)

David Strangway offers parting view on Canadian research and commercialization (March 18/04)

Auditor General hammers NRC's governance structure (April 6/04)

Alberta unveils value-added strategy for economic growth (May 10/04)

Technology Partnerships Canada braces for challenges under NAFTA (May 10/04)

Denny Doyle warns of hollowing out of tech sector (May 10/04)

Stem Cell Network attempts new IP bundling strategy (July 16/04)

Ontario makes commercialization of S&T a top priority (July 16/04)

Federal spending on health R&D exceeds $5 billion (July 30/04)

ACST calls for massive increase in VC funding for seed and pre-seed (Sept 3/04)

Canadian Light Source opens for business in Saskatoon (Sept 28/04)

Canadian Academies of Science gets PM’s OK to proceed (Oct 12/04)

Spending by Top-100 R&D industry performers declines by 5% in 2003 (Oct 27/04)

Ontario commits $1.