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Canada’s ocean economy opportunity: Q&A with Kendra MacDonald, CEO of Canada’s Ocean Supercluster

By Mark Lowey
In a Q&A, Kendra MacDonald, CEO of Canada's Ocean Supercluster, talks about how the innovation cluster has benefitted SMEs, the accomplishments she is most proud of, the biggest challenges the cluster has faced, the cluster’s plan to grow the ocean economy, the need for a blue bioeconomy strategy for Canada, and her longer-term vision for the Ocean Supercluster.

Creating a flexible and adaptive national innovation strategy that addresses the needs of Canadian industry

By Mark Lowey
Canada needs regulatory reforms to support innovation, a mission-oriented approach to a national innovation strategy, and strengthening of public-private partnerships, according to a report by the Canadian Science Policy Centre that resulted from three industry consultations.

Creating a hydrogen hub in Calgary region will require government funding and significant private sector investment

By Mark Lowey
The Calgary region could kickstart a hydrogen-fueled transportation corridor by producing just four tonnes of hydrogen per day, but a fully fledged hydrogen system in the region will require substantial investments in completely new value chains, say Transition Accelerator researchers.

Building a skilled talent base in digital technologies: Part two of Q&A with Sue Paish, CEO of DIGITAL

By Mark Lowey
Part two of a Q&A with Sue Paish, CEO of DIGITAL, in which she talks about the innovation cluster’s focus on skills training, investment in Indigenous-led talent and connectivity projects, diversifying the cluster’s investment base, her long-term vision for DIGITAL, and the consequences of a possible change in federal government.

Turning challenges into opportunities: Q&A with Sue Paish, CEO of DIGITAL global innovation cluster

By Mark Lowey
Part 1 of a two-part Q&A with Sue Paish, CEO of DIGITAL, the federally funded global innovation cluster based in Vancouver.

Community-focused health innovation is thriving in developing countries, where necessity is the mother of invention

By Mark Lowey
The Innovate4Health project finds that some of the most critically needed, effective and low-cost health innovations are occurring in low-income countries, driven by community needs and accelerated with patents and protection of intellectual property.

Government must stop IP supported by public funding from flowing to other countries and not benefitting Canada

By Mark Lowey
Publicly funded research in Canada is generating more IP and economic benefits for other countries than it is here, say critics who point to the growing number of academics’ patents transferred to foreign firms.

Productivity and the future of advanced manufacturing in Canada : Q&A (part two) with Jayson Myers, CEO of NGen

By Mark Lowey
In part two of a Q&A, Jayson Myers, CEO of NGen, talks about: productivity in Canada’s manufacturing sector; his longer-term vision for NGen; the innovation cluster's future under a change in Canada's federal government; and the potential impact of a second Donald Trump administration on Canada’s manufacturing sector.

Game-changing companies are moving the needle on Canada’s bioeconomy

By Mark Lowey
Companies supported by Natural Products Canada are “game changers” whose innovative natural and bio-based technologies and products are making a positive impact in Canada’s bioeconomy – but they face their share of challenges.

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