Here’s what’s still needed to drive innovation

Business support must happen alongside sustained public investments in university research, in growing the country’s research talent, and in championing partnerships between universities and industry.

Talented people drive world-changing research, and capital follows talent, which the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy has demonstrated, writes Meric Gertler. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Opinion

BY MERIC GERTLER

September 21, 2022

In 2017, Canada launched the world’s first national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. The Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy—led by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) and funded by the federal government—was created to help establish a robust national AI ecosy...

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