We’re extending the application deadline for youth participants at the Research Money Conference.
Graduate students, postdocs, and early-career professionals are encouraged to apply.
Call for applications: zurl.co/j5zBJ
#cdninnovation #sciencepolicy #healthinnovation
Thank you to BioCanRx for joining as a partner for this year’s Research Money conference.
BioCanRx is helping advance cancer immunotherapy and life sciences innovation across Canada.
Get your tickets today: zurl.co/Sr9G8
#cdninnovation #research #science #lifesciences #health
Canada’s economic strategy may be overlooking its most important asset: young people.
In our first Youth Voices op-ed, Alexander Zelenski argues Canada is underinvesting in youth talent, risking brain drain.
Read more: zurl.co/SWizp
#YouthVoices #InnovationPolicy #YouthPolicy #CanadaInnovation
CRIN has committed $86M in federal funding to support 66 clean tech projects in Canada’s oil/gas sector.
Projects range from methane monitoring and hydrogen production to digital oilfield tech.
Read more: zurl.co/qbbCl
#CleanTech #EnergyInnovation #OilAndGas #EnergyTransition #CanadaEnergy
Canada’s fragmented #health #tech #procurement system is slowing #innovation and raising costs.
A new report from the CoCI says Canada should create a national market for digital health, adopt value-based procurement and strengthen domestic digital health companies.
Read more: zurl.co/z2uyu
ITW is out.
This week we cover a new report calling for a national digital health procurement market, CRIN’s support for clean technology in oil and gas, the latest Short Report on research funding and innovation policy, and the budget.
Read more: zurl.co/zG7HB
#CanadianInnovation #SciencePolicy
Innovation systems aren’t just pipelines - they’re decision systems.
Why diffusion and governance determine whether innovation actually delivers impact.
Read more here: zurl.co/88lxs
#Innovation #Productivity #Policy #Canada #STEM #Cdninnovation #Techadoption
Science culture isn’t just about knowledge - it’s about belonging, trust, and shared power.
Canadian stakeholders say it’s time for a new, more inclusive framework.
Read more here: zurl.co/iIjFj
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#SciencePolicy #STEM #Equity #Canada #Diversity #Inclusion #Innovation #Prosperity
Thank you to the Canada Foundation for Innovation for joining as a partner for this year’s Research Money conference.
Looking forward to big discussions on research, health, and innovation.
Tickets: zurl.co/W1gGc
#cdninnovation #research #science
Canada’s investment community needs to work as an ecosystem, not in silos.
Founders, angels, and funds say early-stage capital is the missing link to productivity and prosperity.
Read more here: zurl.co/CPlwE
#AngelInvestors #Startups #CanadaInnovation #VCecosystem
Canada’s startup ecosystems have lost $66B in value since 2019 - not from lack of ideas, but from early-stage funding gaps.
New data from Startup Genome + NACO shows why seed-stage capital is foundational infrastructure.
Read more here: zurl.co/V0XqS
#CDNtech #Startups #VC #InnovationPolicy
This week’s ITW: the early-stage pipeline is the story.
Startup Genome + NACO
Early-stage investors: it’s a team sport + we need faster capital mobility
New science culture framework: equity + community
Op-ed (Part 2): diffusion + governance drive real returns
Read more here: zurl.co/Ap36m
Innovation funding ≠ economic impact (automatically). In Part 1 of his op-ed series, Dr. Andrew Maxwell argues adoption is the missing variable - starting with the “first-user problem.”
Read more here: zurl.co/hW6wI
#innovationpolicy #productivity #cdninnovation
Thank you to the Fonds de recherche du Québec for joining as a partner for this year’s Research Money conference.
Excited for the conversations ahead on research, health, and innovation.
Tickets: zurl.co/g7GTo
#cdninnovation #research #healthinnovation
Photonic (BC) raised $180M and announced world-first quantum teleportation over 30km on TELUS’ fibre. In our Q&A, Dr. Stephanie Simmons explains Photonic’s Entanglement First approach to scaling distributed, fault-tolerant quantum systems.
Read more here: zurl.co/7I91w
#quantum #deeptech #cdntech
Canada’s life sciences ROI: adMare invested $92M (federal) over 4 yrs and helped create 39 companies that raised $2.5B in risk capital (combined value $5.8B) + 1000 jobs. We look at the return + what it means for keeping value in Canada.
Read more here: zurl.co/pbpIQ
#Biotech #LifeSciences
GDP measures economic output - but not well-being, inequality, sustainability, or unpaid work.
In this week’s op-ed, Peter Josty argues GDP is flawed - and should be complemented by broader measures of progress.
Read more here: zurl.co/dWDCO
#GDP #economics #publicpolicy #cdninnovation
Canada’s productivity growth has stalled.
A new $6M, 15-year national research partnership - led by Trevor Tombe at the University of Calgary - aims to build the evidence, tools and talent needed to turn it around.
Read more here: zurl.co/tcgTZ
#productivity #cdninnovation
Thank you to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada for joining as a partner for this year’s Research Money conference.
Big conversations on health, innovation, and Canada’s future ahead.
Tickets: zurl.co/LQSzn
#cdninnovation #research #healthinnovation
Removing regulatory barriers could lift Canada’s GDP by up to 10%, says a study commissioned by the Competition Bureau Canada.
Energy, transport, retail, & professional services reforms could unlock $300B in growth.
Read more here: zurl.co/5TGWV
#productivity #cdninnovation #competition #cdnpoli
Canada’s innovation problem may be risk intolerance.
A study by Kyle Briggs shows investing small amounts in many startups outperforms concentrated bets - even with 96% failure rates.
Risk and failure are part of value creation.
Read more here: zurl.co/ipIlE
#cdninnovation #venturecapital
This week’s Innovation This Week:
• Spread capital across more startups?
• Cut anti-competitive regulations to lift GDP?
• A new national productivity partnership
Plus AI, VC, quantum and a debate on GDP’s limits.
Read more here: zurl.co/GgAKV
#cdninnovation #productivity #AI #venturecapital
Thank you to the National Research Council Canada for joining as a partner for this year’s Research Money conference.
Big conversations on health, innovation, and Canada’s future ahead.
Tickets: zurl.co/x80fS
#cdninnovation #research #healthinnovation
SDTC is no more.
Canada’s former cleantech agency has been dissolved, with programs transferred to the National Research Council Canada after audits flagged governance failures.
Read more here: zurl.co/lC0Z0
#cleantech #cdninnovation #cdnpoli
AI use at work is rising - training isn’t.
Noel Baldwin of the Future Skills Centre warns workers are experimenting without guardrails, raising risks and missing productivity gains.
Read more here: zurl.co/eGtND
#FutureOfWork #AI #skills #cdninnovation
Canada’s stem cell research is delivering world-first therapies.
The Stem Cell Network used $45M in federal funding to support breakthrough treatments, biotech startups, and scientist training.
Read more here: zurl.co/yUJW9
#stemcells #healthinnovation #cdninnovation #biotech #lifesciences
This week’s ITW:
Stem cell breakthroughs from the Stem Cell Network, workforce & AI insights from the Future Skills Centre, the SDTC shutdown/NRC transfer, and a debate on digital sovereignty vs. tech adoption.
More here: zurl.co/bPyqi
#innovation #stemcells #cdninnovation #AI #healthinnovation
Canada’s focus on “digital sovereignty” may be missing the bigger issue: productivity.
Lawrence Zhang argues tech adoption and integration, not ownership, will drive innovation and growth.
Read more here: zurl.co/Wfa3w
#innovation #AI #productivity #cdninnovation
#Northern #Indigenous #entrepreneurs are driving #local economies but face #barriers to #capital and #business supports.
A Future Skills Centre webinar explores how backing these startups can close #labour and #opportunity gaps.
zurl.co/b4lPj
Health = prosperity.
Tickets are live for Acting on Health: Reimagining Canada’s Promise, the 25th annual conference from Research Money.
Ottawa | June 3–4
New Year rate: $650 ($150 for students) until Feb 13.
#healthinnovation #lifesciences #cdninnovation #healthpolicy
