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Industry committee  For us, it would be that we have succeeded in achieving our vision of making Canada a nation of discoverers and innovators for the benefit of all Canadians, which means we have a culture of innovation in the country.

Industry committee  This is a really important area. Our program of undergraduate student research awards has already been referred to. In the program we try to encourage undergraduate students to get interested in research, and they do a little 16-week term in a lab. Many then go on to graduate sch

Industry committee  The Council of Canadian Academies did a study looking at our strengths across the country, and that led to the priority areas in the S and T strategy. I think your point's a very good one. It's really important that we are able to maintain strength across a wide range of areas

Industry committee  On the research infrastructure for universities, of course the big player in that is the Canada Foundation for Innovation. Since the arrival of the CFI on the scene 10 or 11 years ago, there's been a dramatic and very positive transformation of our research infrastructure in the

Industry committee  I'll start on how we decide which sectors to give money to. We do that on a regular basis with a fairly comprehensive approach of consultation with obviously the research community, but with other government departments as well. We go out and say, “What are your most pressing i

Industry committee  Yes, perhaps I can take that one. This of course aligns very well with one of the S and T strategy's priority areas of natural resources and energy, and we indeed have a strategic area on sustainable energy systems. So what we need to do is put more focus on research to try to b

Industry committee  I can start. There are two things there. As I said in my remarks, we plan to double the number of students receiving education in an industrial environment. The result can be a significant increase in people with industrial training. These links between the two fields are very i

Industry committee  That is really a question for industry. I think that there are a lot of problems. Part of it is the fact that much of the research in some of the larger companies is done outside Canada. That's one factor. Part of it is the fact that we maybe haven't done as good a job as we can

Industry committee  Thank you for the invitation to meet with you today. I am honoured to have this opportunity to talk to you about the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and its role in the implementation of the Science and Technology Strategy. I have submitted a prepar