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Editorials
Innovation: a desire to make things better
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…
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Research is a contact sport
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 “…
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No small matter
The answers to fundamental questions about our world come from some of mankind’s most sophisticated technologies. This makes basic science a veritable treasure chest of opportunity for innovation.
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Innovation can help to close the ‘infrastructure gap’
Innovation can help to close the ‘infrastructure gap’
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Our home and innovative land
You’ve heard this story before: a great idea emerges from a research lab, is developed into something that can be commercialized, and a spin-off…
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