Industry committee  I'll jump in on this question about leaping into the future. We work with hundreds and thousands of students each year who are coming out of the universities. I feel that I am now definitely old enough to say that young people today are not like me or, with respect, many members

Industry committee  Certainly, as you mentioned, we work with 60 universities; a lot of different models are happening. Our model is more or less standard in how we work with students. They spend half their time with companies, half their time with the university. While in some cases, like INRS, a l

Industry committee  Sorry, but I will answer in English, as I am a bit nervous. I'm not comfortable necessarily commenting on how this specific government is achieving that balance. I will say, though, generally speaking, that this is a difficulty around the world—and it's true in the United States

Industry committee  Coming out of World War II, there was a sense that science and research had the potential to transform society in positive ways. There was the creation of a lot of funding agencies here, and in the States and Europe, that were designed to promote basic research or applied researc

Industry committee  Thanks for the question. It's a big question. Recognizing, of course, the challenges around federal-provincial jurisdiction when it comes to education, I think there's still a lot the federal government can do and is doing. I think working with young people is important. For in

Industry committee  Yes, thanks for the question. It's a big question and it's one that we spend a lot of time thinking about and talking about. I think the challenge is to try to reflect the reality. In science labs across the country people don't think about their research, necessarily, as appli

Industry committee  Yes, maybe I'll just layer on top of that the Mitacs' perspective. I think traditionally our university system has been set up to produce professors, especially as one moves through the graduate system. That model has always existed. The reason you're doing Ph.D.s is to gain th