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Karen Corkery Senior Analyst Strategic Policy Branch Industry Canada August 1, 2002

Colleges and the National Innovation Agenda. Karen Corkery Senior Analyst Strategic Policy Branch Industry Canada August 1, 2002. Outline of Presentation. I) Snapshot of Canada’s Colleges II) College R&D III) Players and Levers IV) The Way Forward. Key Issues

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Karen Corkery Senior Analyst Strategic Policy Branch Industry Canada August 1, 2002

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  1. Collegesand the National Innovation Agenda Karen Corkery Senior Analyst Strategic Policy Branch Industry Canada August 1, 2002

  2. Outline of Presentation. I) Snapshot of Canada’s Colleges II) College R&D III) Players and Levers IV) The Way Forward Key Issues How do colleges contribute to innovation in Canada? Are they contributing to their full potential? Is it time to broaden the national agenda?

  3. Colleges are powerful community-based levers.

  4. Key Indicators, 1998-99 Number ofFull-Time Full-Time Colleges Educators Enrollment Canada 199 32,088 403,516 NF/LAB 2 698 5,973 PE 2 97 1,899 NS 5 708 7,039 NB 5 866 5,221 QC 89 13,054 164,469 ON 40 7,017 142,341 MN 6 718 4,181 SK 4 850 2,740 AB 19 3,400 31,999 BC 24 4,401 37,127 YT 1 101 258 NT/NU 2 178 269

  5. College Enrollment in Full-Time Career Programs,,1998-99 Doctorate (1%) Masters, Graduate (8%) Arts, humanities Engineering, applied science, health, natural sciences (42%) 14% Business, commerce (27%) Bachelor, 1st Prof (44%) Social science (17%) Colleges’ “economy” focus is mandate driven. Diplomas and Degrees Granted in 1998 College Diplomas (40%) Undergrad (7%)

  6. 84 Colleges Responded From all Regions of Canada Yukon & NWT Atlantic University-Colleges 2 West 8 7 10 31 21 Québec 48 19 22 Community Colleges Ontario 2002 Industry Canada/ACCC survey yields important insights. Technical Institutes Cégeps

  7. Colleges’ R&D-Related Innovation Contribution, 2000-01 Adjusted Estimated Survey Total SPONSORED RESEARCH Federal $16 $24 Provinces-Territories $27 $51 Private$21$25 - $80 Total $64 $100 - $155 CUSTOMIZED TRAINING $14$34 TOTAL $78 M $134M - $189 M

  8. Colleges are contributing to a more innovative economy. 64 colleges work with economic development agencies Key Outcomes: 47 spin-off companies to date $540,000 in equity 375 research publications in last FY 91 prototypes completed in last FY 8 active licenses 7 active patents $205,350 in royalties in last FY

  9. The established players – colleges that perform over one million dollars of R&D per year. CÉGEP de l”Abitibi-Témiscamingue QC Institut de Technologie agro-alimentaire de la Pocatière QC Kemptville College of Agricultural Technology ON Sheridan College of Applied Arts & Technology ON Nova Scotia Community College NS Nova Scotia Agricultural College NS British Columbia Institute of Technology BC Olds College AB

  10. Québec colleges have considerable R&D experience. • 23 “College Centres for the Transfer of Technologies” with a mandate to perform applied research for SMEs. Association of College Research • annual research symposium • research training • research awards Each college specializes Lévis-Lauzon … biotechnology Saint-Jérôme … composite materials

  11. Many colleges are developing the capacity to perform R&D. 70 colleges are eligible for CFI funding. The granting councils and CFI have supported 43 colleges over the past three years: • 11 colleges each received > $1M • 13 colleges each received $0.5 to $1M • 19 colleges each received < $0.5M

  12. Canadian colleges and universities play complementary roles. Universities Colleges Innovation

  13. The players and their levers. Colleges … mission statements … R&D policies … R&D infrastructure … R&D professionals Prov/Ter Gov’ts … legislation … collective agreements … R&D funding Federal Gov’t … R&D funding

  14. Missions: 40 colleges encourage R&D or TT Policies: 34 colleges have formal research policies 32 colleges have IP policies Infrastructure: 31 colleges own/operate research/training centres 120 staff involved in grant/contract/IP management Staff: highly qualified personnel R&D experience College Levers.

  15. Provincial and territorial levers. Legislation: supports university-college R&D silent for colleges and technical institutes notable exceptions: Que, Ont, Nunavut, NWT Collective university-colleges recognize “scholarly activity” Agreements: silent for colleges and technical institutes notable exceptions: Quebec and Yukon Funding: operating grants can support R&D except AB & SK $27M per year in R&D funding; ad hoc except QC

  16. Federal levers. annual CFI $9.4M HRDC $1.8M DEC $1.0M NRC $0.7M NSERC $0.6M SSHRC $0.5M Others$1.8M TOTAL $16M Chairs4 university colleges are eligible IRAP32 colleges host Industrial Technology Advisors CANet4connect all colleges to high speed internet backbone $16M per year in federal support for college R&D

  17. Barriers to unleashing colleges full potential. Survey Responses: #1 faculty time #2 government support #3 private sector support #4 college infrastructure #5 rewards and recognition #6 mandate #7 faculty skills, experience or interest #8 college administration support

  18. Growing recognition that colleges are under-utilized “commercialization agents” for the country. A growing interest in college R&D by Québec, Ontario and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC). ACCC developed preliminary views on potential federal role: • Chairs, Networks of Excellence, Fellowships & Internships • Business Incubator Fund, Technical Assistance Program • Student Technical Assistance Program for Small Firms ACCC’s policy priorities continue to evolve.

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