Last week, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) released a new report on the state of research and development in Canada. The report, Momentum: The 2008 report on university research and knowledge mobilization, shows that universities performed more than 1/3 of Canada’s research and contributed at least $60 billion to the economy in 2007.
With 54% of the country’s overall research activities performed by the private sector, Canada lags behind the OECD average (69%) and a number of key comparator countries including the U.S. (70%) and the U.K. (62%). The Momentum Report notes a number of reasons for the private sector’s relatively smaller research role in Canada:
Last week, the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) released a new report on the state of research and development in Canada. The report, Momentum: The 2008 report on university research and knowledge mobilization, shows that universities performed more than 1/3 of Canada’s research and contributed at least $60 billion to the economy in 2007. With 54% of the country’s overall research activities performed by the private sector, Canada lags behind the OECD average (69%) and a number of key comparator countries including the U.S. (70%) and the U.K. (62%). The Momentum Report notes a number of reasons for the private sector’s relatively smaller research role in Canada:
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