In partnership, the Brookfield Institute and the Innovation Policy Lab introduce, articulate the need for, and conceptualize a new way to monitor innovation and inclusion (or inclusive innovation) in Canada—and shed light on how the country is performing
During this uncertain time, we are grateful to the medical professionals, grocery store clerks, and countless essential services that are keeping us healthy and safe. Our goal is to bring the Canadian policy community together to highlight the best economic and social policy ideas to keep us afloat and connected.
What kind of stimulus package should the federal government provide to deal with the unprecedented COVID-19 emergency? BII+E's Sean Mullin and RLL's Karim Bardeesy weigh in. This article was originally published by the Toronto Star.
In the current crisis, we are seeing in real time how the future of work can change abruptly, the vulnerabilities of our present, and the value of creative policy thinking and cross-sector collaboration. In light of vital policy discussions and potential disruptions to our present and the near future of work, we are publishing this recent Future of Work talk, as part of our #BIIETalks series.
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t the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship (BII+E), we’re motivated by the potential of the innovation economy. We believe Canada can build prosperity that will be more widely shared than ever before. To achieve this future, Canada will need forward-looking insights and new thinking to advance actionable innovation policy.
Our multi-disciplinary teams focus on work streams which we believe are critical to Canada’s future economic success. They build collaborative relationships with our partners to generate rigorous research, propose unconventional approaches and pilot ideas to explore how Canada’s innovation economy can include people of different ages, incomes and backgrounds.
As part of the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH), we are exploring various facets of women entrepreneurship. This project seeks to understand the experiences of women entrepreneurs related to high-growth scale-ups.
How is personal data currently being generated, collected, and used in Canada? This project will serve as a foundation for a more informed discussion about data ownership, data sharing, privacy and trust in Canada. The findings will allow policymakers to better understand the public appetite for policies being considered.
Science fiction can be a window into the future, offering us entire galaxies of possibility models, as well as alternate pasts and worlds that exist entirely unconnected to our own timeline. In this series, we interview leading science fiction writers about socio-economic worldbuilding, and what the future of work and the economy could look like.
This work stream examines the distribution of risks and benefits in Canada's innovation economy and explores how to improve equity and broaden participation.
From paying taxes to accessing benefits, learn about the issues facing independent workers in a world set up for full-time work. Find out why Jon Shell and Jack Graham think it’s time for Canada to start better supporting freelancers, as part of our series on building inclusion and equity into the innovation economy.
How might we better empower women entrepreneurs? This blog explores what we’ve learned through our co-designed call for proposals. It offers insights into what it takes to enable the inclusion of diverse entrepreneurs in the economy by drawing on learnings from the three projects funded through our Empowering Women Entrepreneurs initiative.
How is personal data currently being generated, collected, and used in Canada? This project will serve as a foundation for a more informed discussion about data ownership, data sharing, privacy and trust in Canada. The findings will allow policymakers to better understand the public appetite for policies being considered.
These are the areas we focus on within the innovation-driven economy.
