University of Calgary President Elizabeth Cannon discusses how Canada’s $2 B investment in postsecondary infrastructure demonstrates a commitment to make Canada one of the world’s great innovation leaders, and how this will impact Canada’s ability to compete internationally. She further explains how it will help Alberta and Calgary diversify their economies by becoming drivers of exploratory research. Cannon notes that Canada has fallen from third to eighth place among the OECD countries for research funding, and expresses hope that the renewed commitment to research will reverse this trend.
Calgary Herald