Mark Lowey

NRC president Iain Stewart on the agency’s activities, priorities and future plans

Mark Lowey
October 25, 2023

NRC president Iain Stewart talks about the agency's current activities and priorities and plans for the future, including transitioning IRAP to the Canada Innovation Corporation.



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Organizations: Atomic Energy Corporation, Canada Innovation Corporation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Space Agency, Communications and Security Establishment, Council of Canadian Innovators, Defence Research and Development Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada, Government of Canada, Industrial Research Assistance Program, Mitacs, National Research Council of Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and Treasury Board Secretariat
People: Dan Breznitz, Iain Stewart, and Peter Nicholson
Topics: Canada's weak productivity growth, federal agencies spun out of the NRC, how innovation is done in Canada, impact of federal spending cuts, Innovation in Real Places, lack of Canadian companies' propensity to compete based on innovation, low business expenditures on R&D, low use of advanced university degrees, NRC collaborations with universities, NRC partnership with Canadian industry, NRC's current activities and priorities and plans for the future, NRC's role in attracting and retaining talent, NRC's role in providing public sector labs, NRC's technical services, recognition of role public-oriented labs play in research and innovation, Technology Access Centres, transitioning IRAP from NRC to Canada Innovation Corporation, and Youth Employment Skills Strategy

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