Canada’s superclusters need rigorous intellectual property strategies to protect Canadian SMEs’ IP and ensure it stays in Canada to benefit the national economy, say top IP specialists.
Organization: Statistics Canada
The Short Report, June 26, 2019: Dementia, Ontario chief scientist, AI for travel
The Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging is receiving $46 million over five years: $31.6 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and $14.4 million from partners, including the Alzheimer Society. Headquartered at Baycrest in Toronto, the second phase of CCNA’s research program will include a large-scale study to evaluate the effectiveness of new…
Feds ramp up Trade Commissioner Service to better support scaleups
More help for Canadian scaleup companies is coming from the federal Trade Commissioner Service, amid criticism that government isn’t doing enough.
Replacing rhetoric with “honest discussion” key to tackling innovation problems: David Watters
Ottawa should admit it has an innovation performance problem and adopt solutions that include industrial sector strategies, innovation targets and an innovation strategy that is an export strategy.
A novel research partnership at the Munk School seeks to decode Canada’s scaleup shortage
Adam Froman, founder and CEO of Delvinia, has formed an independent, ad hoc horizontal review of government programs for business.
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.
American lawmakers sign open data act while Canada strives to make good on action plan
Canada has been making strides toward better open data policies and practices, but still has far to go in terms of comprehensive implementation.
Business groups urge fewer R&D incentive programs and smarter policies to support innovation
Government needs smarter policies and regulations, not more R&D incentive programs, to support innovation, say business and innovator organizations.
StatCan report on foreign firms signals promise and peril for Canada’s innovation sector
A Statistics Canada report on foreign firms operating in Canada points to both crisis and opportunity for the country’s innovation ecosystem.
Should university mindset about innovation evolve?
Canada’s innovation ranking over the past two decades has not improved, according to the latest OECD data. Let me express alarm in the situation as publicly funded research is an important contributor to innovation.