Why Canada can’t afford to lose a generation of top talent

When innovation stops or stalls and graduates from advanced degrees lack opportunities to join industry and drive economic growth, prospects for those businesses and Canadians’ quality of life are at risk.

If we are serious about Canadian innovation and future prosperity, we need to ensure we don’t lose this generation of top talent, writes John Hepburn.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY JOHN HEPBURN

September 2, 2020

The road from recovery to prosperity will be hard and may be long, but it cannot be done without the emerging generation of top talent coming out of Canada’s post-secondary institutions. This is especially true when we consider the young innovators who, in normal times, infuse high-potential enter...

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