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Posts Tagged: economic performance

Life Sciences Ontario publishes first substantial benchmarking data for sector’s performance

If you work in the life sciences in Ontario, your wages are approximately 26.5 per cent higher than those of the provincial average. On the other hand, if you're a recent science graduate, you're facing a challenging unemployment rate of 18.9 per cent. These are only two of the data points described in the Life Sciences Ontario (LSO) Sector Report 2015, which is the first of its kind to provide well-defined data that clearly measure and report on the sector's benchmarking and ... Read more

Dr. Hofstein’s Op-Ed for The Hill-Times, “Biotechnology research: A knowledge economy”

This op-ed on Canadian biotechnology and the knowledge economy appeared in The Hill-Times (subscription required), Canada's politics and government newsweekly, September 9: Obesity, cancer, heart disease and stroke, diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, or the more general stresses of an aging population: no matter which area of concern holds our collective gaze from moment to moment, improving health outcomes and healthcare is the No. 1 challenge for the world’s economy. Canada has the holistic approach and translational research necessary to address health care’s pervasive ... Read more

Vice-President Joel Liederman to participate in Financial Post’s live chat on Canadian commercialization challenges

Joel Liederman, MaRS Innovation's vice-president of Business Development and Physical Sciences, is participating in a live chat on the Financial Post's website. The chat will take place on June 28, 2012 at 2 pm. Topic: Why Canada can't do anything with its big ideas When it comes to academic research and the development or discovery of new concepts or product models, there are few countries in the world that can hold a candle to Canada. (more…) Read more