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An Economy In Exile : Commercialization In Canada

Understanding the commercialization of Canadian ideas globally. Highlighting key inventions and the need for commercialization strategies. Advocating for a collaborative approach for economic growth.

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An Economy In Exile : Commercialization In Canada

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  1. An Economy In Exile: Commercialization In Canada Presentation to the Association of Canadian Community Colleges Barry Gander February 2004

  2. Why ‘An Economy in Exile’? • Our ideas are commercialized elsewhere:

  3. Why ‘An Economy in Exile’? • Our ideas are commercialized elsewhere: • Light bulb (Henry Woodward, 1875 – bought by Edison)

  4. Why ‘An Economy in Exile’? • Our ideas are commercialized elsewhere: • Light bulb (Henry Woodward, 1875 – bought by Edison) • Telephone? (Bell, in Brantford)

  5. Why ‘An Economy in Exile’? • Our ideas are commercialized elsewhere: • Light bulb (Henry Woodward, 1875 – bought by Edison) • Telephone? (Bell, in Brantford) • Radio (Reginald Fessenden, Radio’s 1st voice) • Television (Fessenden again, 1927)

  6. Why ‘An Economy in Exile’? • Our ideas are commercialized elsewhere: • Light bulb (Henry Woodward, 1875 – bought by Edison) • Telephone? (Bell, in Brantford) • Radio (Reginald Fessenden, Radio’s 1st voice) • Television (Fessenden again, 1927) • Winter wheat AND the first self-propelled combine • Electric ovens (Thomas Ahearn) • Pacemaker (John Hopps, 1950) • Computer animation software (NRC, 1950’s) • Superman (Joe Schuster, 1950) • Snowmobile* (Bombardier) – the only one of ten we have kept! • Canadians invented many of the keystones of the Knowledge Economy…and sold them for peanuts

  7. Commercialization:A Common Front for Change • Both see growth as community issue • CATA Town Halls: “First the city, then the country” • ACCC: 100 Regional Commercialization Centres • Both see direct link from colleges - business • Colleges as conveyors & creators of industry clusters • Both see people as the key • Skills, attitudes

  8. TechAction Town Hall

  9. Commercialization White Paper • R&D….& C ! -- to sell products: • Disclosure hubs to share best practices from global cities and companies • National coordinating body (fed’s, prov’s, cities) • Commercialization funding, especially for SME’s • Measure Commercialization and set targets • Executive transfer to bring the best to Canada, via communities

  10. Importance of Harnessing Ideas • It took 2,000 years for human knowledge to double. • It will double again in this decade. • Idea-driven change has only begun • ACCC is vital to creating an • Economy Returned from Exile

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