Research and Innovation Policy

by Doern, G. Bruce

• ISBN13: 9780802092656
• ISBN10: 0802092659
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-11-11
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

In an increasingly knowledge-based economy, Canadian universities are important spaces for the development of research and innovation in many areas. This collection is the first systematic examination of the evolving relationship between the federal government and Canadian universities as revealed through changes in federal research and innovation policies.Focusing on the last two decades of federal policy under the Chrtien and Martin Liberal governments and the Harper Conservative government, Research and Innovation Policy considers issues such as the transformation of federal research granting bodies, the creation of new research infrastructure funding organizations such as the Canada Foundation for Innovation, pressures and incentives to create intellectual property and to commercialize, and the regulation of research ethics. With timely essays ranging in scope from the regulation of research ethics to the pressures of commercialization, Research and Innovation Policy is essential reading for any student or scholar committed to the well-being of higher education in Canada.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Abbreviations	p. ix
Context, Framework, and Dilemmas
Federal Research and Innovation Policies and Canadian Universities: A. Framework for Analysis	p. 3
Pushing Federalism to the Limit: Post-Secondary Education Policy in the Millennium	p. 35
Higher Education Funding and Policy Trade-Offs: The AUCC and Federal Research in the Chrétien-Martin Era	p. 59
Research and Innovation Policy Issues, Impacts, and Relations
The Granting Councils and the Research Granting Process: Core Values in Federal Government-University Interactions	p. 89
The Canada Foundation for Innovation as Patron and Regulator	p. 123
Universities, Commercialization, and the Entrepreneurial Process: Barriers to Innovation	p. 148
Intellectual Property, Technology Officers, and Political Capital: Canadian Universities in the Innovation Era	p. 172
Federal Government-University Collaboration in the Conduct of Research: Trust, Time, and Outcomes	p. 192
The Co-Location of Public Science: Government Laboratories on University Campuses	p. 215
Universities and the Regulation of Research Ethics	p. 242
Universities and Knowledge Transfer: Powering Local Economic and Cluster Development	p. 265
Conclusions: Changing Symbiotic Research Relationships: Conflict and Compromise	p. 288
Appendix Key Research and Innovation data	p. 315
Contributors	p. 323
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