Mark Lowey

The Insights Report: November 5, 2025

Mark Lowey
November 5, 2025

Canada Foundation for Innovation provides $145 million to universities; Canadian universities’ reliance on tuition fees for revenues has increased; Canada’s higher education sector spent about $19 billion on R&D last year; Ontario’s process for skills development funding “was not fair, transparent or accountable;" federal Budget 2025 includes multimillion-dollar investments in Canada’s workforce; sector focus on advanced manufacturing; and more.

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Organizations:
AVIT Manufacturing, Bramm Research, Build Canada, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canadian Manufacturers & Explorers, Canadian Science Policy Centre, Canadian Steel Producers Association, Carleton University, Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business, Coveo Solutions Inc., Dalhousie University, Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium, FluidAI Medical, General Motors, Government of Canada, Information and Communications Council, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Invest Ottawa, McGill University, MDA Space, MNP, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Nova Group, Ontario Public Service Employees Union, Panaches Venture, Providence Health Care, Rockwell Automation, School of International Studies, School of Public Policy, Simon Fraser University, Simple Ventures Inc., Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Statistics Canada, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U15 Canada, University of British Columbia Okanagan, University of Calgary, University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, and Velocity Incubator
People:
Alan Arcand, Amy MacLeod, Andrew Kemle, Christoph Schimmele, Chun-Kai Wang, Daniel Debow, David Piccini, Deep Saini, Dennis Darby, Donald Trump, Drayton Mulindabigwi, Ella Wiggins, Fen Hou, François Desmarais, Fred Gorbet, Hussam Malek, Jay Judkowitz, JP Hornick, Kristin Baetz, Louis Tetu, Mark Carney, Mya Simpson, Patrick Lor, Rachel Zimmer, Randall Denley, Rhonda Barnet, Ryan Greer, Scott McNeil-Smith, Shankkar Aiyar, Shelley Spence, Sylvain Charbonneau, and Tara Craigen
Topics:
AI, apprenticeship, digital economy, funding, innovation, international students, manufacturing, postsecondary, R&D, skills, STEM, talent, trade, training, and workforce

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