Innovation news

Canada’s new student-policy framework is reshaping how early-stage companies hire and plan for growth. The 2025 cap on study permits, combined with new provincial attestation rules and revised post‑graduation work permit (PGWP) criteria, is already influencing the flow of international talent entering the startup scene. Many founders who once relied on short-term interns or freshly graduated international recruits are now facing narrower timelines and a smaller pool of potent

Canada’s new Indigenous loan guarantee program is beginning to reframe how communities participate in the clean economy. By backstopping equity investments in major projects—ranging from transmission corridors and mine expansions to biofuel and hydrogen ventures—the program opens financial doors that were often out of reach. For many Indigenous groups, it offers a clearer route to long-term revenue and influence in resource governance rather than short-term benefit agreements

Canada’s founder community is heading into 2025 facing a reset in how growth and exits are taxed. The federal adjustments to the Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program are prompting early-stage companies to revisit their R&D budgets, particularly the thresholds that determine refundable credits. For many science-based ventures, the change will alter the timing of experiments, hiring, and equipment spending. At the same time, the new Canadian Entrepre

Across Canada, a growing wave of Indigenous entrepreneurs is redefining what innovation looks like in practice. Instead of adopting...

Across Canada, Indigenous-led entrepreneurship and innovation hubs are creating dynamic new opportunities for research, startup...

Across Canada, researchers are embedding AI and advanced data analytics in university labs to move ideas from discovery to...