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The Upside of Downfalls
What Northvolt and Skype Can Teach Canada About Failure
 • Kyle Briggs
AI Adoption in Canada: A Conversation with Daniel Munro and Creig Lamb
The directors of Shift Insights share their recommendations for human-centred, values-based AI adoption in the Canadian public and private sectors
 • Kyle Briggs
The Economics of Health Innovation: Assessing Value and Impact with Sasha van Katwyk
Sasha van Katwyk shares his insights on improving public and private investment decisions on emerging health technologies
 • Kyle Briggs
Diagnosing Early-stage Capital Gaps and the Importance of Weak Signals
A report on North American and European university VC funds supports NACO's recent report that identifies a significant pre-seed funding gap for…
 • Kyle Briggs
Connecting Research to Impact: A Conversation with the CEO of Research Nova Scotia
Stefan Leslie shares his insights on funding research that responds to the needs of society
 • Kyle Briggs
Thoughts on "Intellectual Property in Canada" from the Conference Board of Canada
Christmas came early for innovation policy wonks
 • Kyle Briggs
Appearance before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research
Addressing systemic risk intolerance and making the case for venture philanthropy for early-stage investment in commercializing Canadian research
 • Kyle Briggs
Commercializing Canadian Deep Tech
A contribution to the Canadian Council of Academies report on "The State of Science, Technology, and Innovation in Canada 2025"
 • Kyle Briggs
An Interview with a Canadian Cryptography Pioneer
Bruno Couillard shares his experience building world-leading hardware security solutions in Canada
 • Kyle Briggs
Lessons from the Bayh-Dole Act
and other industrial policy recommendations from the Institute for Research on Public Policy
 • Kyle Briggs
SR&ED Legislation Draft: A Small Step Forward
Updates to SR&ED are welcome and positive, but are still missing the structural elements that would make SR&ED more efficient
 • Kyle Briggs
Improving Coordination in Canadian Innovation Funding
BOREALIS is the latest proposal in a long line of proposals, and for it to move the needle, we need to learn from past mistakes
 • Kyle Briggs
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