The Council of Ontario Universities (COU) and the Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI) are collaborating to launch two new initiatives to foster leadership in the life sciences and the electric vehicle transition. The first initiative—the Life Sciences Group—will be co-chaired by Raed Kadri (OCI) and Les Jacobs (Ontario Tech University) and will focus on growing the province’s life sciences ecosystem by advancing health innovation, medical technology, biomanufacturing, agriculture, and agri-food. The second—the Critical Minerals and Battery Innovation Group—will be co-chaired by Kadri and Andrew Dean (Lakehead University) and will address ON’s need for a resilient and sustainable supply chain to bolster electrification efforts and the next generation of battery technologies.