IISD-ELA in the News | Ottawa Citizen | July 25, 2018
Canada should share the wealth for research more widely
"While never underestimating the critical role of universities in innovation, NGOs are uniquely placed because they have the freedom and the mandate to take academic research and mould it into forms more readily usable by those who have the power to make a difference, such as government and industry. Limiting their access to government funding in Canada hinders our innovation and research potential, because we are not nourishing that critical stage in the innovation cycle."