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Sylvain Charbonneau

Sylvain Charbonneau is vice-president, research at the University of Ottawa.

Decades of investments in home-grown research will help Canada solve its biggest challenges, but we can still do better

  • Now is the time to think big and act boldly, and research and innovation will be a key part of how Canada enacts change.
Opinion | BY SYLVAIN CHARBONNEAU | October 20, 2025
We need to do better and work together—in all sectors—toward a shared, predictable vision for research in Canada, writes Sylvain Charbonneau, president and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation. Photograph courtesy of Artem Podrez, Pexels.com

Decades of investments in home-grown research will help Canada solve its biggest challenges, but we can still do better

Opinion | BY SYLVAIN CHARBONNEAU | October 20, 2025
  • Now is the time to think big and act boldly, and research and innovation will be a key part of how Canada enacts change.

Decades of investments in home-grown research will help Canada solve its biggest challenges, but we can still do better

Opinion | BY SYLVAIN CHARBONNEAU | October 20, 2025
  • Now is the time to think big and act boldly, and research and innovation will be a key part of how Canada enacts change.
We need to do better and work together—in all sectors—toward a shared, predictable vision for research in Canada, writes Sylvain Charbonneau, president and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation. Photograph courtesy of Artem Podrez, Pexels.com

More than a sleepy bureaucratic town, Ottawa is shaping up to be a vibrant life sciences research hub

  • Ottawa’s post-secondary institutions and hospital-affiliated research institutes employ more than 6,500 researchers and clinicians, attracting more than $380-million in research funding each year.
Opinion | BY SYLVAIN CHARBONNEAU | September 27, 2023
The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians recently made clear to the deputy ministers of health that Canada needs more ‘innovative, integrated, and effective approaches to health-care delivery,’ and the life sciences research community is ready to meet that challenge, writes Sylvain Charbonneau. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

More than a sleepy bureaucratic town, Ottawa is shaping up to be a vibrant life sciences research hub

Opinion | BY SYLVAIN CHARBONNEAU | September 27, 2023
  • Ottawa’s post-secondary institutions and hospital-affiliated research institutes employ more than 6,500 researchers and clinicians, attracting more than $380-million in research funding each year.

More than a sleepy bureaucratic town, Ottawa is shaping up to be a vibrant life sciences research hub

Opinion | BY SYLVAIN CHARBONNEAU | September 27, 2023
  • Ottawa’s post-secondary institutions and hospital-affiliated research institutes employ more than 6,500 researchers and clinicians, attracting more than $380-million in research funding each year.
The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians recently made clear to the deputy ministers of health that Canada needs more ‘innovative, integrated, and effective approaches to health-care delivery,’ and the life sciences research community is ready to meet that challenge, writes Sylvain Charbonneau. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

How university-industry collaborations fuel innovation

  • The postwar ingenuity of Stanford University and its role in building Silicon Valley as a technological epicentre are legendary. One of the keys to
Opinion | BY SYLVAIN CHARBONNEAU | May 6, 2019
There are countless opportunities for the University of Ottawa to lend its research expertise to help companies grow, and conversely, we stand to gain from the business savvy of those companies to turn research breakthroughs into commercial reality, writes Sylvain Charbonneau. Photograph courtesy Commons Wikimedia

How university-industry collaborations fuel innovation

Opinion | BY SYLVAIN CHARBONNEAU | May 6, 2019
  • The postwar ingenuity of Stanford University and its role in building Silicon Valley as a technological epicentre are legendary. One of the keys to

How university-industry collaborations fuel innovation

Opinion | BY SYLVAIN CHARBONNEAU | May 6, 2019
  • The postwar ingenuity of Stanford University and its role in building Silicon Valley as a technological epicentre are legendary. One of the keys to
There are countless opportunities for the University of Ottawa to lend its research expertise to help companies grow, and conversely, we stand to gain from the business savvy of those companies to turn research breakthroughs into commercial reality, writes Sylvain Charbonneau. Photograph courtesy Commons Wikimedia
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