Innovative + Inclusive Economy
We’re building a thriving innovation economy that includes, supports, and benefits people and communities across Canada.
Aliya Ghare / Brookfield Institute
Using a wide array of data, we explore Canada’s inclusive innovation performance relative to international peers. COVID-19 and the ensuing economic crisis have revealed the need to boost participation in the innovation economy and broaden the distribution of its benefits among groups and regions. Inclusive innovation fosters a more equitable economy and improves innovation performance itself.
Featured Reports
About the Innovative + Inclusive Economy Work Stream
In an economy increasingly driven by technology and innovation, inclusive innovation fosters more equitable participation; improves performance by ensuring a diversity of skills, knowledge, and perspectives; and broadens benefits beyond economic growth. Our current areas of focus include overcoming the digital divide; designing job pathways and transitions for workers; closing pay, participation, and job quality gaps in the innovation economy; the impact of technology on work; and our flagship Inclusive Innovation Monitor. Through this workstream, we imagine a more inclusive and equitable economy and the policies and programs that will get us there.
Key research questions
- How can we broaden access to opportunities — such as technology, education, employment, R+D, and funding — across demographics and regions?
- How can we ensure better equity within the innovation economy — including pay, job quality, and advancement opportunities?
- How can we ensure the results of innovation activity benefit the most people and do the least harm?
- How can innovation policy support a strong economic recovery that is inclusive, equitable, and resilient?
Work Stream Manager: Nisa Malli
Active Projects
We’ve partnered with the OECD and researchers in other countries to investigate the impact of artificial intelligence in workplaces in the manufacturing and finance sectors.
Impacts of AI on the Canadian Workplace
Is AI in the workplace a threat or an advantage to employees? Let’s find out.
Inclusive Growth
The Post-Pandemic Office: How businesses around the world are envisioning the new workplace
The Policymaker’s Guide to the Galaxy: What science fiction can teach us about the future of work
Policy is Just Hard Science Fiction: An interview with Annalee Newitz
Innovation Policy
Financing the Intangible Shift
The Policymaker’s Guide to the Galaxy: What science fiction can teach us about the future of work
Surviving the Corporate Galaxy: An interview with Martha Wells
Building inclusion and equity into Canada's innovation economy
An Indigenous future and present of work
Jobs
We Shall Have Spring Again: Preparing for the return of intangibles
Building inclusion and equity into Canada's innovation economy
Canada’s investments in innovation need to be bolder
Inclusive Growth
Imagining a More Equitable Future of Work
Completed Projects
Deep Dive
Nov 4, 2021
Are AI technologies "taking" human jobs, creating them, or somewhere in between? Our latest collaboration with the OECD will help inform global policy through real-world examples.
Nov 4, 2021
We’ve partnered with the OECD and researchers in other countries to investigate the impact of artificial intelligence in workplaces in the manufacturing and finance sectors.
Sep 16, 2021
Since return-to-office plans require many considerations, companies are innovating and remaining flexible to ensure safety and success.
Jun 15, 2021
Our updated Playbook for policymakers, employers and service providers delivers a revised framework and new methods for identifying job transitions pathways for mid-career workers.
