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By Peter Josty
China's authoritarian and human rights practices are undesirable, but its centralized government fosters tech innovation, says Peter Josty. Unlike Canada's declining productivity and R&D spending, China's strategic, multi-city approach drives advancements in key sectors like electric vehicles, solar energy, AI and critical minerals, suggesting a need for Canada to explore a national industrial strategy.

By Guest Contributor
Science education in Canada is failing to equip students for future STEM careers, with teachers lacking sufficient training and resources, says Marcia Cunningham of CGC Educational Communications. To foster innovation and economic growth, she argues for prioritizing hands-on science education and comprehensive teacher training in science.

By Peter Josty
Foreign ownership in Canada has decreased over the last decade, now accounting for 14 percent of assets. While foreign-owned firms invest more in R&D, the disadvantages include that major strategic decisions are made outside Canada and Canadians have less opportunity for "head office" training, writes Peter Josty.

By Yogi Schulz
Despite enthusiasm for hydrogen's potential to reduce emissions, it faces significant cost hurdles, with current prices far exceeding gasoline and natural gas, writes Yogi Schulz. This economic reality, coupled with infrastructure limitations, suggests widespread green hydrogen adoption remains a distant prospect unless substantial cost reductions and technological advancements occur, he argues.

By Andrew Maxwell
Current federal strategies on artificial intelligence – including the mandate for the minister of AI – fall short by not recognizing AI as a systems-level transformation requiring a shift in innovation policy to embed AI into public sector operations, writes Andrew Maxwell at York University.

By Peter Josty
Throughout most of history the benefits of and the wealth generated by new technologies have been captured by a small elite who had coercive power, and reversing this trend would require a major effort, writes Peter Josty, executive director of the Centre for Innovation Studies.

By Paul Dufour
The Waterloo-based Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics – which Canada’s prime ministers loved to visit – is a unique, pathbreaking facility and the kind of investment that makes Canada a global hub for emerging science, technology and research talent, says long-time science policy expert Paul Dufour.

By Guest Contributor
Canada's innovation policy must recognize and incorporate risk and failure, learn from these failures, and measure outcomes – or end up stifling innovation and productivity, says Andrew Maxwell at York University.

By Research Money
In this special episode, Jeffrey Crelinsten, CEO and Publisher of Research Money, shares his journey with Aikido. He explores the skills, values, and unexpected lessons that emerged along the way, and how his teacher, Henry Kono, discovered the secret to this martial art.