The Conversation Canada
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May 5, 2026
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To lead in global innovation, Canada must prioritize basic science
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A healthy Canadian research ecosystem cannot survive on the final stages of innovation alone. (Unsplash)
To lead in global innovation, Canada must prioritize basic science
Published: May 5, 2026 11.07am EDT
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Canada’s National Research Council boldly advertises itself as “advancing mission-driven science and innovation” — to strengthen national security, economic resilience and global competitiveness.
This ambition is difficult to reconcile with a national research system that has, for years, placed too little value on the basic, exploratory, investigator-led scie…
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