Examining Innovation and Productivity in Canada (FON1-E52)

Overview

Delivery method

Online

Duration

1.5 hours

Audience

All public servants at all levels

Description

Canada continues to face persistent challenges in improving productivity despite significant investments in innovation. This raises the question of which policy tools, institutional structures, and knowledge systems can most effectively translate innovation into sustained and inclusive economic growth.

This event features a panel of innovation scholars, who will examine the drivers behind innovation performance in Canada. Drawing on expertise in innovation systems, intellectual property, and the economics of research and development, the speakers will reveal how policies and institutional environments shape business innovation and scaling, regional development, and national productivity.

Participants will explore how governments can design smarter and more inclusive strategies to strengthen Canada's innovation system.

This event is targeted to public servants working in policy, regulation, science and technology, and economic development.

Speakers

• Shiri Breznitz, Visiting Scholar, Canada School of Public Service; and Roz and Ralph Halbert Professor of Innovation and Director of Research, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto
• Richard Gold,Distinguished James McGill Professor, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Bieler School of the Environment, McGill University; Director, Centre for Intellectual Property Policy; Chief Policy and Partnerships Officer, Conscience.
• Catherine Beaudry, Canada Research Chair in Management and Economics of Innovation and Professor, Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal

Moderator

• Caroline Pitfield, Executive Faculty Member, Canada School of Public Service