Science and Research committee  I'm going to speak for my own bailiwick. Applied research centres can help emerging companies get to a minimum viable product quickly. Those start-ups need help when it comes to fast-tracking the development of the first version of a product that can be commercialized. That is

Science and Research committee  Having sat on a number of committees and worked with universities, I have a slightly more nuanced view than Mr. Hinton. Universities are increasingly sensitive to and aware of the importance of having mechanisms to analyze the potential national security risks of partnering with

Science and Research committee  Ongoing funding is the crux of the issue.

Science and Research committee  In an inflationary environment… Pardon me. Please go ahead.

Science and Research committee  Thank you. Knowledge development is the foundation of wealth creation. As everyone knows, businesses and organizations have to innovate in order to set themselves apart locally, nationally and internationally. Today, being innovative is just as important in municipal governance

Science and Research committee  There's no doubt that we welcome the additional funding allocated to the college and community innovation program, which the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada administers. As I said, this is non-recurring funding, which is a problem because it doesn't al

Science and Research committee  We talk a lot about the economic value of intellectual property, when what we should be talking about is socio-economic value. Top social science researchers can be found in colleges, polytechnics and universities in Quebec and Canada. Support is needed to bridge the gap between

Science and Research committee  Are there any pitfalls for women in commercializing intellectual property? I would say that it's women's struggle in general to take their rightful place in society. Are intellectual property issues more important? In social innovation—the door I want to open—when we talk about

Science and Research committee  Good morning, I'm Marie Gagné, CEO of Synchronex, a network of college centres for technology transfer and innovative social practices. A CCTT is a centre for innovation and applied research. We have 59 of them in Quebec, 49 devoted to technology and 10 for social innovation. Ea

Science and Research committee  You need to understand that, in Quebec, the CCTT system is extremely structured, organized, complementary, dynamic and collaborative. I think that the same thing needs to be done across Canada, so that it's not just a Quebec network but a Canadian network where technology access

Science and Research committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Blanchette‑Joncas. Is the unique nature of the CCTTs fully understood? I would say that college research is still quite unknown. Is this research well funded? I think that we still have ground to cover. As was explained earlier, college research is cond

Science and Research committee  I would say that the Government of Canada does not recognize the indirect costs of research at the college level. We do not have access to any funding for the indirect costs of research. However, it is important to understand that they're what helps to maintain quality research,

Science and Research committee  Who here knows about College Centres for Technology Transfer and Innovative Social Practices, or CCTTs? Raise your hand. Unfortunately, I don't see many hands raised. That's normal, but it's also sad, because, according to the very same SMEs who are its main clients, CCTTs are a