innovation
Superbugs are overpowering antibiotics. We should fight them with phage therapy.
In 1917, a Franco-Canadian scientist pioneered a treatment that’s become a powerful weapon against antibiotic-resistant infections. It should be available here.
Innovating in a bigger pond: McMaster’s engineering dean heads to California
Paul Wells talks to Ishwar Puri about California versus Canada, the changing nature of education, and what happens when the worlds of politics and research collide
The municipal ‘innovation’ hustle
John Lorinc: What will Torontonians get from the Civic Innovation Office in 2020? Or is ‘innovation’ just another buzz word?
An era of bathroom innovation has begun
Poo has long been a North American taboo. But companies like Tushy and Squatty Potty are sensing an opportunity to strike gold in all that brown
Big money for innovation, but questions about the strategy behind it all
The 2018 federal budget includes new funding for research, commercialization and support for exporters
Canada is lagging on innovation—and the Liberals aren’t helping
Opinion: Ottawa’s activist, government-centric approach won’t change Canada’s struggles around innovation or productivity
To help foundations help Canada, our fundamental research system must improve
Opinion: Leaders of high-profile family foundations across Canada on the need for world-class research, for their work and for future businesses
Innovative science research in Canada is dying a silent death
Opinion: Federal science funding continues to be cut, shuttering labs and slowing innovation. And Canadians should be mad.
Q&A: Navdeep Bains on selling ‘superclusters’
The Liberal innovation minister on how he’ll pitch the ‘supercluster’ plan, picking economic winners and what really motivates him
Too much innovation talk can be a bad thing
The Trudeau government says it’s focussed on an innovation agenda. But what does that even mean?
Big law is having its Uber moment
It’s no longer just factory workers and long-haul truck drivers at risk of being replaced by robots. Now lawyers could be automated out of work, too.
Glenn Gould offers lessons for Apple, and Ottawa, on innovation
When it comes to innovation Glenn Gould wasn’t all that different from Steve Jobs, says a professor from Apple University who is lecturing in Toronto this week.