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Colleges and the National Innovation Agenda
Colleges and the National Innovation Agenda
Karen CorkerySenior Analyst
Strategic Policy BranchIndustry CanadaAugust 1, 2002
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I) Snapshot of Canada’s
Colleges
II) College R&D
III) Players and Levers
IV) The Way Forward
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?
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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 5,973PE 2 97 1,899NS 5 708 7,039NB 5 866 5,221QC 89 13,054 164,469ON 40 7,017 142,341MN 6 718 4,181SK 4 850 2,740AB 19 3,400 31,999BC 24 4,401 37,127YT 1 101 258NT/NU 2 178 269
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Colleges’ “economy” focus is mandate driven.
Masters, Graduate (8%)
Doctorate (1%)
Bachelor, 1st Prof (44%)
Undergrad (7%)
College Diplomas (40%)
Diplomas and Degrees Granted in 1998
Arts, humanities
Business, commerce (27%)
Social science (17%)
Engineering, applied science, health, natural sciences (42%)
College Enrollment in Full-Time Career Programs,,1998-99
14%
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2002 Industry Canada/ACCC survey yields important insights.
Cégeps
Technical Institutes
84 Colleges Responded
University-Colleges
Community Colleges
48
710
19
West
Québec
Ontario
Atlantic
Yukon & NWT
From all Regions of Canada
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21
22
31
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Colleges’ R&D-Related Innovation Contribution, 2000-01
Adjusted Estimated Survey Total
SPONSORED RESEARCHFederal $16 $24Provinces-Territories $27 $51Private $21 $25 - $80Total $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 R&D per year.
CÉGEP de l”Abitibi-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 R&D 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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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 > $1M
• 13 colleges each received $0.5 to $1M
• 19 colleges each received < $0.5M
Many colleges are developing the capacity to perform R&D.
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Canadian colleges and universities play complementary roles.
Universities Colleges
Sponsored Research
Mostly basic ($2.8B/yr)
Mostly applied ($100-155M/yr)
Commercialization License discoveries ($21M/yr in royalties)
Product development (91 prototypes/yr)
Creation of Spin-off Companies
Well developed activity (818 spin-offs to date)
Modest early efforts (47 spin-off to date)
Technology Adoption
Little support
Generate Knowledge
Employee Training ($14M-$34M/yr )
Apply Knowledge
Innovation
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Colleges … mission statements
… R&D policies
… R&D infrastructure
… R&D professionals
Prov/Ter Gov’ts … legislation
… collective agreements
… R&D funding
Federal Gov’t … R&D funding
The players and their levers.
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College Levers.
Missions: 40 colleges encourage R&D 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
R&D experience
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Legislation: supports university-college R&D 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 R&D except AB & SK$27M per year in R&D funding; ad hoc except QC
Provincial and territorial levers.
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annualCFI $9.4M HRDC $1.8MDEC $1.0MNRC $0.7MNSERC $0.6M SSHRC $0.5MOthers $1.8MTOTAL $16M
Chairs 4 university colleges are eligibleIRAP 32 colleges host Industrial Technology Advisors CANet4 connect all colleges to high speed internet backbone
$16M per year in federal
support for college R&D
Federal levers.
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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 R&D 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
ACCC’s policy priorities continue to evolve.