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Canada remains ill-prepared for the next pandemic or national health emergency

By Mark Lowey
Canada still needs to fix multiple serious problems in the country’s health emergency response system to be prepared for the next pandemic or national health emergency, researchers and health experts say.

“Chill” on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives creeps into U.S. higher education system – a harbinger for Canada?

By Mark Lowey
There’s a growing “chill” on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in American colleges and universities that’s affecting researchers. Could this be a harbinger for Canada, where federal research funding agencies actively promote and support DEI?

Shortfalls in health data governance, policy are impairing health care delivery in Canada and causing data-related harm

By Mark Lowey
Health data governance and policy have significant shortfalls that impair health care delivery in Canada and cause data-related harm, according to a new report by the Alberta Virtual Health Care Coordinating Body.

Government policies and regulations hobbling investment in natural resources sector that could boost Canada’s productivity

By Mark Lowey
Government policies and regulations are driving away investment in natural resource industries just when the sector could be boosting Canada’s economy, panelists told Canada’s Productivity Summit in Calgary.

Ending interprovincial trade barriers: from toilet seats and work boots to professional credentials and labour mobility

By Mark Lowey
Thousands of interprovincial trade barriers are costing Canada billions of dollars a year and hitting Canadians directly in their pocketbooks, economic and business experts told Canada's Productivity Summit in Calgary.

Society must learn lessons from recent internet technologies to ensure AI benefits democracy, not undermines it

By Mark Lowey
There are lessons to be learned from recent internet technologies and from Canada’s colonial past if society wants AI to benefit democracy rather than undermine it, panelists told Scale AI’s ALL IN conference in Montreal.

Education, regulations and investment needed to ensure responsible and ethical quantum technology development

By Mark Lowey
Education, regulations and investment in have-not populations are all required to ensure the development and use of ethical and inclusive quantum technologies, panelists told Quantum City’s qConnect conference in Calgary.

AI development is like speeding in a car on a twisty mountain road shrouded in fog, says AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio

By Mark Lowey
AI development should be based on the precautionary principle, because scientists don’t yet know how to build future AI systems that would behave well, act morally and not harm people, says AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio.

Targeted government procurement is the key to boosting Canada’s productivity, Council of Canadian Innovators says

By Mark Lowey
More government procurement aimed at supporting technology companies with potential to grow into global firms is the key to improving Canada’s productivity, says a new report by the Council of Canadian Innovators .

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