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Canada’s northern communities, environment, and resources are receiving much attention from governments, businesses, and the media across Canada and around the world. This conference e-Proceedings brings together Canadian and international thought leaders, decision-makers, and influencers immersed in Northern issues to discuss five major challenges facing the North today: governance, resource development, community security, infrastructure, and human capital.
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November 2011
| The Conference Board of Canada
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The Linked World: How ICT Is Transforming Societies, Cultures, and Economies is based on a two-year global research project with the Telefónica Foundation. It aggregates several studies on how information and communication technology (ICT) has affected societies, economies, cultural relationships, and human interaction.
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| 40 pages |
October 2011
Conference Board Inc., New York
| The Conference Board, Inc.
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Mr. Lévesque speaks about the Coalition for Action on Innovation in Canada’s Action Plan for Prosperity and the steps that can be taken towards a more innovative Canada.
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October 2011
| The Conference Board of Canada
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Ms. Tanguay discusses the steps that the Québec government has taken to support health innovation in that province. She gives an overview of the innovation landscape in Québec, which includes a profile of the health industry (biopharmaceutical, medical equipment), the biopharmaceutical and research and innovation strategies in place, and various types of programs to support industrial growth.
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October 2011
| The Conference Board of Canada
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Ms. Pozza describes the benefits of the Québec-Ontario Life Sciences Corridor and its impact on the life sciences industry. She gives a background on the Corridor, which was established in summer 2011 by the Québec and Ontario governments, enabling the two provinces to become one of the largest bio-clusters in the world.
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October 2011
| The Conference Board of Canada
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Mr. Clark discusses the key success factors for health innovation in the UK that could potentially be translated to the Canadian context. He begins with an overview of the geography that Medipex covers within the UK, where it started, and how it has evolved over the past several years.
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October 2011
| The Conference Board of Canada
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These Canadian health care leaders focus on the potential of the UK strategies for Canada, and how they might be applied to strengthen regional health innovation models in this country.
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October 2011
| The Conference Board of Canada
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Dr. John Challis, President and CEO of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research focuses on the importance of partnerships between academia, government and industry in boosting health innovations and transforming health issues into problems that can be addressed.
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July 2011
| The Conference Board of Canada
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Dr. Ken McKenzie, Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Calgary presents options for fiscal policy reform that can help drive the development and commercialization of health innovations.
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July 2011
| The Conference Board of Canada
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Deborah Monk, Director of Innovation and Industry Policy, Medicines Australia presents the experience of the Pharmaceuticals Industry Strategy Group (PISG) and the struggle to drive Australia’s health industry innovation.
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July 2011
| The Conference Board of Canada
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This report examines the strategic use of procurement to drive innovation within the U.K.’s public health-care system, compares the U.K. experience with Canadian practices and attitudes, and suggests actions to help Canada use this innovation tool.
Executive Summary
| 8 pages |
July 2011
Gabriela Prada
| The Conference Board of Canada
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This report examines the strategic use of procurement to drive innovation within the U.K.’s public health-care system, compares the U.K. experience with Canadian practices and attitudes, and suggests actions to help Canada use this innovation tool.
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| 54 pages |
July 2011
Gabriela Prada
| The Conference Board of Canada
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Are We Ready to Step Off the Gas? aims to inform public discussion on the future transition to clean transportation—based on vehicle technologies for the personal and light-duty vehicle sector.
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| 50 pages |
April 2011
Graham Campbell, Vijay Gill
| The Conference Board of Canada
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The webinar will discuss the prevailing concern that Tea Party Republicans of the 112th Congress may be protectionist. Marc Busch, Canadian-born, Georgetown University Professor says this is overblown. U.S. support for bilateral trade with Canada is very high and viewed as “natural,” which should win over Tea Partiers, in particular.
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March 2011
| The Conference Board of Canada
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The transportation of Canadian grain has experienced a long regulatory history that has affected system efficiency. But how efficient is Canada’s grain supply chain? And how can it be improved in the future?
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| 40 pages |
February 2011
Vijay Gill, Joseph Schulman
| The Conference Board of Canada
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This report takes a comprehensive approach to understanding and quantifying the relationship between immigration and innovation. The report is designed to help government and business recognize the potential value of immigration to innovation performance.
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| 60 pages |
October 2010
Michelle Downie
| The Conference Board of Canada
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The CBoC was contracted to investigate the potential impact on national health expenditures if risk factors related to cardiovascular diseases were reduced. This report presents the approach, methodology, and final results of the work.
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| 36 pages |
February 2010
Sabrina Browarski, Carole Stonebridge, Louis Theriault
| The Conference Board of Canada
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Le CBC a été engagé pour analyser l’incidence possible sur les dépenses de santé nationale d’une réduction éventuelle des facteurs de risque sur les maladies cardiovasculaires. Ce rapport présente son approche, sa méthode et ses résultats.
Rapport
| 38 pages |
February 2010
Sabrina Browarski, Carole Stonebridge, Louis Theriault
| Le Conference Board du Canada
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Evidence shows that recent public-private partnerships (P3s) are delivering time and cost benefits relative to conventional procurement. However, not all infrastructure projects are suitable for P3 procurement.
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| 92 pages |
January 2010
Mario Iacobacci
| The Conference Board of Canada
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Des données montrent que, comparativement aux approches conventionnelles, les récents partenariats public-privé (PPP) apportent des avantages tant en ce qui a trait aux coûts qu’aux échéanciers des projets. Certains projets d’infrastructure ne se prêtent toutefois pas à ce mode d’approvisionnement.
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| 110 pages |
January 2010
Mario Iacobacci
| Le Conference Board du Canada
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