Karen Corkery

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Colleges and the National Innovation Agenda

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

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Outline of Presentation.
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?

• I) Snapshot of Canadas
• Colleges
• II) College RD
• III) Players and Levers
• IV) The Way Forward

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Colleges are powerful community-based levers.
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Key Indicators, 1998-99
Number of Full-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
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Colleges economy focus is mandate driven.
Diplomas and Degrees Granted in 1998
College Diplomas (40)
Undergrad (7)
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2002 Industry Canada/ACCC survey yields important
insights.

Technical Institutes
Cégeps
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Colleges RD-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

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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

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The established players colleges that perform
over one million dollars of RD per year.

CÉGEP de lAbitibi-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
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Québec colleges have considerable RD 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

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Many colleges are developing the capacity to
perform RD.

• 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 gt 1M
• 13 colleges each received 0.5 to 1M
• 19 colleges each received lt 0.5M

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Canadian colleges and universities play
complementary roles.
Universities Colleges
Innovation
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The players and their levers.
Colleges mission statements RD
policies RD infrastructure RD
professionals Prov/Ter Govts
legislation collective agreements
RD funding Federal Govt RD funding
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College Levers.

• Missions 40 colleges encourage RD 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
• RD experience

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Provincial and territorial levers.
Legislation supports university-college RD
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 RD except AB SK 27M per
year in RD funding ad hoc except QC

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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
• Chairs 4 university colleges are eligible
• IRAP 32 colleges host Industrial Technology
  Advisors
• CANet4 connect all colleges to high speed
  internet backbone

16M per year in federal support for college RD
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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

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Growing recognition that colleges are
under-utilized commercialization agents for the
country.

• A growing interest in college RD 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
• ACCCs policy priorities continue to evolve.