Editorials

  • The unifying force of research
    December 11, 2017
    Flying across the prairies, only recently enveloped in a mantle of white, soon to be shared across our country, my breath was taken by a veil of Northern Lights that swept past and disappeared in the...
  • How can we continue to transform Canadian research? Look to the new generation
    November 29, 2017
    Earlier this fall, during one of the worst hurricane seasons on record, a group of graduate students was testing the resilience of roofs in full-force winds at Western University’s Insurance...
  • 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...

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