Canada playing catch-up with northern technological futures

As a northern nation, Canada lags far behind its Arctic peers in technological and entrepreneurial development.

The Scandinavian North has assumed Arctic leadership, with Tromsø—the self-proclaimed ‘capital’ of the European North—a prosperous, innovative, and creative city with the best university in the circumpolar world. Photograph courtesy of Tomislav Medak/Flickr

Opinion

BY KEN COATES, CARIN HOLROYD

December 6, 2023

In decades past, Canada was a true leader in northern innovation, capitalizing on scientific discoveries and technological developments to improve economic and social opportunities in our vast northland. The country led in the development of bush planes, celebrated the snow ...

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