Canada

International Mobility of Canadian Inventors and the Canadian Knowledge Economy

This paper begins with an overview of the migratory patterns of “inventors.” It examines how Canada’s inventor migration patterns have changed over the years, and compares the country’s…

OBIO Launches the Health 2 Business Bridge H2BB Program

The “OBIO H2BB™ Program is intended to benefit all participants, interns and industry companies alike, to facilitate development of our knowledge economy and create leadership that understands emerging technology trends to ultimately…

Ontario Invests $50 Million in World-Leading Physics Research

June 14, 2016 — Office of the Premier

Ontario is strengthening its partnership with the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics to support cutting-edge research that will build on Ontario’s…

Ontario’s Climate of Innovation Attracts Investment from GM

The government is working to build Ontario up as a hub of the knowledge economy. As part of this, Ontario has become the first province to allow on-road testing of automated vehicles, which will help foster the development and…

Editorial: Investing in an educated population

We’ve been talking about the knowledge economy for nearly 60 years now, since management guru Peter Drucker first predicted the ascent of knowledge work in his seminal 1959 book, Landmarks of Tomorrow.

SFU Pres. Petter: Education must be core to B.C.’s economic strategy

That’s despite the magnitude of growth in the knowledge economy. In high-tech alone, there are more than 60,000 people working in Metro Vancouver.

We need to overcome our national math phobia | Toronto Star

As we increase the participation rate in our colleges and universities for jobs in the knowledge economy, more attention to math preparation is vital. Providing the resources to support teachers in dedicating more learning time…