Mark Lowey

Superclusters doing “good things” for Canada’s innovation ecosystem despite criticisms, says former federal deputy minister

Mark Lowey
May 5, 2021

The superclusters should be assessed by a broad innovation policy framework and with a longer time frame than their initial five-year mandate, says John Knubley, the former deputy minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada who was responsible for the creation of the superclusters initiative.

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Organizations: ArcelorMittal Dofasco, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, Canada's Ocean Supercluster, Canexia Health, Digital Technology Supercluster., Government of Canada, Innovation, Next Generation Manufacturing Canada supercluster, Office of the Parliamentary Budgetary Officer, Protein Industries Canada supercluster, Ryerson University, Scale AI supercluster, Science and Economic Development Canada, and Terramera
People: Bill Greuel, Jayson Myers, John Knubley, Sue Paish, and Yves Giroux
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