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Report: The State of Science & Technology
On September 12, the Council of Canadian Academies released its inaugural report, “The State of Science & Technology in Canada“. Commissioned by Industry Canada, this report details the findings of a 10-member expert panel tasked with assessing Canada’s S&T strengths and identifying areas with the most potential for growth and economic benefit.
The four S&T clusters identified as being particularly strong were natural resources, ICT, health & life sciences, and environmental and related sciences. A ‘top 50′ list was also produced, with energy and mining specialities dominating the first 10 spots, with medical genetics coming in at #11. Some of the areas flagged as promising were:
- new media/multimedia/animation/gaming (#16)
- genetics/genomics/proteonomics (#18)
- cancer research (#23)
- wireless networks (#26); and
- quantum informatics (#44).
Canada is apparently quite weak in “transportation” which is interesting (disconcerting?). Canada is such a huge country, you’d think we’d be better at it.
In the report’s discussion of existing support for commercialization, four programs were highlighted:
- the Industrial Research Assistance Program (IRAP)
- the Scientific Research and Experimental Development tax credit (SR&ED)
- the Networks of Centres of Excellence program
- Genome Canada
Wonder how MaRS would score . .. .
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