Search Results for: Innovation
Pathways to Sustainable Access to Innovative Medicines for Canadians
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This report is the culmination of a project that engaged Canadians in roundtable discussions about access barriers, the role of real-world evidence in system improvement, and how to move the healthcare system forward. Participants’ recommendations on reducing barriers to access, strengthening data and evidence and finding balance in our healthcare system.
Date: Friday April 20, 2018
A New North Star II Revisited
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Six months after the release of New North Star II, the case for a mission-driven economic strategy is even more relevant. The pandemic has highlighted the need for a new industrial strategy to cultivate domestic innovations and technologies in Canada's national interests and authors Robert Asselin and Sean Speer revisit their analysis and recommendations and find a compelling model in the US’s DARPA model.
Date: Thursday September 17, 2020
PANEL 3—Established companies must ‘disrupt ourselves’ to be innovative and stay ahead
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...growth path is innovation, but the state of innovation in the country, “despite pockets of excellence,” is not good, he admitted. “Innovation is not about developing new technologies,” noted Lynch....
Date: Wednesday October 19, 2016
Together or Apart? Seven Ways for Canada to Pivot to a Sustainable Recovery
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...immigration with the goal to advance inclusion. Here’s how: 1. Innovation policy: Refocus innovation policies and programs toward those who are left out, i.e. support and enable those innovations to...
Date: Thursday November 12, 2020
Innovation in government: Conversations with Canada’s public service leaders
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We engaged nearly 100 public leaders in one-on-one conversations about the challenges facing Canada’s public service, the measures being undertaken to innovate, and the obstacles to change. We interviewed leaders...
Date: Thursday May 19, 2011
Technology-Enabled Innovations in the Skills and Employment Ecosystem
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This paper outlines places where technology can or is providing innovative approaches to skills training. This includes the assessment of skills, development of skills, and the alignment of supply and demand — including advancing bias-free recruitment. With real-world examples from around the world, it also reviews how technology can improve access, diversity and workplace inclusivity amongst equity-seeking groups.
Date: Tuesday November 3, 2020
THEMES & THOUGHTS | Keys to success in a slow-growing, fast-changing world
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...David Johnston is a champion of innovation. We heard about specific policy ideas around innovation. Startups now need assistance at the same level of GrowthCos in terms of executive talent...
Date: Thursday October 13, 2016
Democracy Divided: Countering Disinformation and Hate in the Digital Public Sphere
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Democracy has been made vulnerable to attack by hate speech and disinformation on digital and social platforms. Policy must be implemented to reconcile freedom of speech and freedom of the press with these online news threats to democracy.
Date: Wednesday August 15, 2018
The Missing Article
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Since 2021, 65 bilateral agreements involving 45 countries have been reached under Article 6 of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change. Canada is not among them.
Date: Thursday November 30, 2023
China and Canada in an Era of Global Disruption
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...lowest in G-7 Productivity-enhancing levers Focussing on innovation: building innovation superclusters; creating world class technology hubs; focus on entrepreneurship; financing for scaling-up start-ups. Attracting top global talent: increasing immigration and...
Date: Tuesday December 19, 2017
Applying science to delivering mental health programs
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CANADA’S INNOVATION STARS Patrick McGrath Clinical Psychologist. Vice-President of Research, Innovation and Knowledge Translation, IWK Health Centre, Halifax. Patricia Lingley-Pottie President and CEO, Strongest Families Institute, Halifax. Professor of Psychiatry,...
Date: Wednesday May 24, 2017
The Data Talks: How Statistics Canada Measured a Pandemic
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Canada’s economy has had its ups and downs, crashes, failures and recessions, but how do you measure the business impact of a country that simply stopped working and intentionally shut down its economy to halt the spread of COVID-19?
Date: Tuesday November 3, 2020
Developing Canada’s Digital-Ready Public Service
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Canada’s public service has charted an ambitious information management and technology strategy, and talent is one of its pillars. Finding innovative approaches to attracting, developing, and retaining the best and brightest requires rethinking many traditional assumptions and harnessing new approaches. What can be done to attract a skilled and diverse workforce?
Date: Friday March 8, 2019
Canada as an Agri-Food Powerhouse
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...between innovation and commercialization: “There is often no lack of government support for the early stages of innovation. But there’s a valley of death between pre-commercialization and revenue-realization.” We also...
Date: Thursday April 20, 2017
The Next-Level Border: Advancing Technology & Expanding Trade
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This report summarizes what was heard at two roundtables on how to enhance the Canada-U.S. border with tech to facilitate trade.
Date: Monday July 30, 2018