After America’s Genesis Mission, where is Canada’s AI North Star?
In late November, the White House released an executive order that most Canadians likely missed, buried beneath the flashier political headlines. This announcement of the United States’ Genesis Mission may be remembered as a defining moment in the global race for artificial-intelligence leadership. The executive order reads less like a policy brief and more like […]
Budget 2025 is more of the same
The budget has positive measures, but it fails to provide a credible plan for the future. What is the Carney government’s vision for the future?
Restrictive U.S. worker visa could fuel Canada’s rise as a global tech leader
The recent introduction of a $100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas is presented as a measure to protect American workers. In practice, it threatens to accelerate brain drain.
Canada’s research strength is world-class—now we need to all pull in the same direction
Our innovation system remains fragmented. Partnerships between universities, industry and government are often too ad hoc, funding cycles are short, and incentives are often misaligned.
Health innovation groups say they hope governments’ ‘Buy Canadian’ mentality hits their sector
Large American firms are ‘kind of monopolizing’ health care procurement in Canada, says Council of Canadian Innovators’ Skaidra Puodžiūnas.
Can a made-in-Canada project help overcome the digital divide?
Researchers are hard at work on a constellation of technologies that could help to provide reliable internet access in rural and remote areas.
The coming AI crash
Far too much money is being spent on long-odds bets that some new artificial intelligence tech will appear that justifies the current ridiculously high level of investment.
Canada’s defence depends on its universities
Ottawa’s new defence spending commitments will only succeed if the country invests strategically in its universities.
University and College Research
Trust universities to lead Canada’s next wave of innovation
The talent, infrastructure, and ideas are here. What’s needed now is federal leadership that matches the scale of our ambitions.
