Innovation review welcomed, but funding needed: post-secondary research experts

Denise Amyot, president and CEO of Colleges and Institutes Canada, says her members are only tapping into one-third of grant proposals because of the funding constraints within the College and Community Innovation Program currently under review by Treasury Board.

Denise Amyot, president and CEO of Colleges and Institutes Canada, is pictured on Nov. 16 at the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa, speaking with The Hill Times about innovation and research conducted by Canadian colleges. Ms. Amyot said the College and Community Innovation program currently under review is underfunded, which reduces the impact of colleges and industry on research and development. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY EMILY HAWS

November 22, 2017

As the government conducts the Horizontal Business Innovation and Clean Technology Review into its innovation programs, post-secondary research advocates say more funding is needed to allow programs and the institutions that use them to reach their fullest innovation ...

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