Editorials

  • Superclusters: A win-win game for Canada’s economy
    September 11, 2017
    As baseball season enters its seventh-inning stretch, it is prime time for us to take some lessons from the game of summer. We all know that teams win when they have a clear strategy and strong sense...
  • A bold vision from twenty years ago is more relevant than ever
    November 22, 2016
    The creation of the Canada Foundation for Innovation in 1997 stemmed from a bold vision to transform an ailing research system in this country. Twenty years later, the organization that turned...
  • Turning the tide for innovation in Canada
    November 17, 2016
    Twenty years ago, Canada was faced with a difficult question: “How can we elevate Canadian research to compete, even lead, on a global scale?” Today, we are faced with an equally thorny and...
  • Innovation: a desire to make things better
    October 7, 2016
    How can Canada set itself on the right path for fostering a strong research and innovation system? It’s a pressing question — one that occupies countless boardroom discussions and newspaper...
  • Research is a contact sport
    November 19, 2015
    In a world where the biggest challenges facing humanity are global in scale, there is a need, more than ever, for research to be conducted as a “contact sport.” When researchers team up to...

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