Colleges and the National Innovation Agenda Karen Corkery Senior Analyst Strategic Policy Branch Industry Canada August 1, 2002

1 I)Snapshot of Canada’s Colleges II)College R&D III)Players and Levers IV)The Way Forward Outline of Presentation. Key Issues How do colleges contribute to innovation in Canada? Are they contributing to their full potential? Is it time to broaden the national agenda?

2 Colleges are powerful community-based levers.

3 Key Indicators, Number of Full-Time Full-Time CollegesEducators Enrollment Canada , ,516 NF/LAB ,973 PE ,899 NS ,039 NB ,221 QC 89 13, ,469 ON 40 7, ,341 MN ,181 SK ,740 AB 19 3,400 31,999 BC 24 4,401 37,127 YT NT/NU

4 Colleges’ “economy” focus is mandate driven. Masters, Graduate (8%) Doctorate (1%) Bachelor, 1 st Prof (44%) Undergrad (7%) College Diplomas (40%) Diplomas and Degrees Granted in 1998 Arts, humanities Business, commerce (27%) Social science (17%) Engineering, applied science, health, natural sciences (42%) College Enrollment in Full-Time Career Programs,, %

Industry Canada/ACCC survey yields important insights. Cégeps Technical Institutes 84 Colleges Responded University- Colleges Community Colleges West Québec Ontario Atlantic Yukon & NWT From all Regions of Canada

6 Colleges’ R&D-Related Innovation Contribution, AdjustedEstimated Survey Total SPONSORED RESEARCH Federal$16 $24 Provinces-Territories$27 $51 Private $21 $25 - $80 Total $64 $100 - $155 CUSTOMIZED TRAINING $14 $34 TOTAL $78 M $134M - $189 M

7 Colleges are contributing to a more innovative economy. 64 colleges work with economic development agencies Key Outcomes: 47 spin-off companies to date $540,000 in equity 375 research publications in last FY 91 prototypes completed in last FY 8 active licenses 7 active patents $205,350 in royalties in last FY

8 The established players – colleges that perform over one million dollars of R&D per year. CÉGEP de l”Abitibi-TémiscamingueQC Institut de Technologie agro-alimentaire de la PocatièreQC Kemptville College of Agricultural TechnologyON Sheridan College of Applied Arts & TechnologyON Nova Scotia Community CollegeNS Nova Scotia Agricultural CollegeNS British Columbia Institute of TechnologyBC Olds CollegeAB

9 Québec colleges have considerable R&D experience. 23 “College Centres for the Transfer of Technologies” with a mandate to perform applied research for SMEs. Association of College Research annual research symposium research training research awards Each college specializes Lévis-Lauzon…biotechnology Saint-Jérôme … composite materials

10 70 colleges are eligible for CFI funding. The granting councils and CFI have supported 43 colleges over the past three years: 11 colleges each received > $1M 13 colleges each received $0.5 to $1M 19 colleges each received < $0.5M Many colleges are developing the capacity to perform R&D.

11 Canadian colleges and universities play complementary roles. Universities Colleges Innovation

12 Colleges… mission statements … R&D policies … R&D infrastructure … R&D professionals Prov/Ter Gov’ts… legislation … collective agreements … R&D funding Federal Gov’t… R&D funding The players and their levers.

13 College Levers. Missions: 40 colleges encourage R&D or TT Policies:34 colleges have formal research policies 32 colleges have IP policies Infrastructure:31 colleges own/operate research/training centres 120 staff involved in grant/contract/IP management Staff: highly qualified personnel R&D experience

14 Legislation:supports university-college R&D silent for colleges and technical institutes notable exceptions: Que, Ont, Nunavut, NWT Collectiveuniversity-colleges recognize “scholarly activity” Agreements: silent for colleges and technical institutes notable exceptions: Quebec and Yukon Funding:operating grants can support R&D except AB & SK $27M per year in R&D funding; ad hoc except QC Provincial and territorial levers.

15 annual CFI$9.4M HRDC $1.8M DEC $1.0M NRC$0.7M NSERC$0.6M SSHRC$0.5M Others$1.8M TOTAL $16M Chairs4 university colleges are eligible IRAP32 colleges host Industrial Technology Advisors CANet4connect all colleges to high speed internet backbone $16M per year in federal support for college R&D Federal levers.

16 Barriers to unleashing colleges full potential. Survey Responses: #1 faculty time #2 government support #3 private sector support #4 college infrastructure #5 rewards and recognition #6 mandate #7 faculty skills, experience or interest #8 college administration support

17 Growing recognition that colleges are under-utilized “commercialization agents” for the country. A growing interest in college R&D by Québec, Ontario and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC). ACCC developed preliminary views on potential federal role: Chairs, Networks of Excellence, Fellowships & Internships Business Incubator Fund, Technical Assistance Program Student Technical Assistance Program for Small Firms ACCC’s policy priorities continue to evolve.