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CSPC 2026 November 24-27, 2026 Registration

Save the Date for CSPC 2026!

CSPC 2026 will be held from November 25th to 27th at the Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa.

Canada’s Largest Science and Innovation Policy Hub

The Canadian Science Policy Centre is a non-profit, non-partisan, and non-advocate organization. It serves as an inclusive Connection Hub, Knowledge Mobilizer, and Talent Incubator to bridge the systematic gaps in the Canadian Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) ecosystem.

Connection Hub

To facilitate cross-sectoral, cross-regional, and multidisciplinary connection

Knowledge Mobilizer

To enhance STI policy interface

Talent Incubator

To train a new generation of multidisciplinary STI policy professionals

CSPC's Strategic Plan for 2025-2030

The plan has benefited from a series of excellent discussions with numerous organizations in the Canadian science ecosystem.

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CANADIAN SCIENCE AND INNOVATION POLICY CONFERENCE

Join the most comprehensive Science and Innovation Policy Conference in Canada

It brings together diverse voices from across the science, innovation, and policy communities to exchange ideas, build partnerships, and address the challenges and opportunities shaping our future.

Join Canada’s largest science policy gathering, where experts, decision-makers, and innovators come together to explore ideas, share insights, and shape the future of science and innovation.

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LATEST EDITORIALS

CSPC Editorials provide a platform for diverse voices to share ideas, spark discussion, and contribute to evidence-informed conversations on science policy and innovation.

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CSPC Programs

CSPC PROGRAMS

Explore CSPC’s diverse programs designed to strengthen connections between science and policy, showcase emerging ideas, and engage communities in shaping Canada’s future.

Canadian Science and Innovation Policy Conference

The 18th annual Canadian Science and Innovation Policy Conference will be held on November 24-27, 2026 at the Fairmont Château Laurier, Ottawa.

Science Meets Parliament

Science Meets Parliament strengthens systematic connections between science and parliamentarians at the federal and provincial levels.

Canadian Forum for Social Innovation

The CFSI brings together stakeholders from higher education, industry, the social sector, community organizations, nonprofits, and municipal, provincial, and federal governments to advance cross-sector dialogue on Canada’s innovation ecosystem.

Virtual Events

CSPC’s virtual events present discussions on emerging topics of STI policy.

Editorials

CSPC publishes original opinion pieces on a wide range of science, innovation, policy and societal issues.

Awards

CSPC recognizes individuals who exceptionally contribute to the fields of science and innovation policy. These awards include: Lifetime Achievement Award, Trailblazer Awards, and Youth Award.

Canadian Science Policy Magazine

The annual Canadian Science Policy Magazine features editorials on key science and innovation policy topics.

National Conversation on Canada’s Innovation Strategy

The National Conversation on Canada’s Innovation Strategy is a multi-year initiative to generate national discussions, led by the private sector, on Canada’s long term strategy.

Survey of Parliamentarians

CSPC’s survey of 26 Parliamentarians reports findings on access, use and exchange of scientific knowledge in Parliament post-pandemic.

Cercle Francophone

In collaboration with the Fonds de Recherche du Québec (FRQ), the Cercle Francophone fosters collaboration between CSPC and Francophone communities, promoting French-language participation in science and innovation policy.

Podcast

The Science Policy Digest Podcast Series features expert insights on topics shaping Canada’s science and innovation landscape.

Workshops

CSPC offers a wide range of workshops in Science Policy, Innovation Policy, Science Communication, Science Diplomacy, and Science Entrepreneurship.

Volunteer Program

Over 1500 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career professionals from various disciplines across Canada have served on CSPC volunteer committees, gaining valuable experience while helping to build and impact the science policy community.

European Union-Canada Scientific Collaboration in Horizon

CSPC’s partnership with the European Union, through its Delegation to Canada, brings together European and Canadian leaders in research, innovation, and policy for transatlantic scientific collaboration.

Canada’s Sustainable Future – Creating a Digital Action Plan

CSPC’s partnership with Future Earth and Sustainability in the Digital Age partnered to carry out a national, online dialogue series to gather ideas on digital action for sustainability targets.

CSPC 2025 Conference

CSPC 2025 Proceedings

Awards Ceremony 2025

Want to know more? Read their contributions and proposals and see past winners here:

Awards Page

Congratulations to the CSPC 2025 Science Policy Award Winners:

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner:

Dr. Rémi Quirion

Trailblazer Award (Policy for Science) Winner:

Dr. Shohini Ghose

Trailblazer Award (Science for Policy) Winner:

Dr. Judy Illes

Trailblazer Award (Innovation Policy) Winner:

Dr. Sandra Lapointe

Trailblazer Award (Science & Society) Winner:

Dr. Eugenia Addy

Science Policy Youth Award Winner:

Dr. Burhan Hussein

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Become a Partner

The Canadian Science and Innovation Policy Conference is Canada’s most comprehensive, multi-sectoral, and multidisciplinary forum for emerging issues of science, technology and innovation (STI) policy.

CSPC’s Partnership Program provides an exciting array of possibilities for public, private and not-for-profit sector stakeholders to showcase their importance in Canada’s STI ecosystem.

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Become a Science Meets Parliament Sponsor

Science Meets Parliament is a transformative program designed to foster stronger connections between the science and policy communities.

The program provides unique opportunities for researchers to engage with policymakers, gain a deeper understanding of the policymaking process, and contribute to evidence-informed decisions.

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Become a Volunteer

CSPC has served as a gateway for volunteers to gain experience in the Science, Technology and Innovation policy landscape since its inception in 2009, with 1500+ graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career professionals across Canada having served on various CSPC committees.

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Become a CSPC Program Member

Program Members are organizations that benefit from and shape CSPC’s mission, programs, and activities throughout the year.

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CSPC is pleased to present its Strategic Plan for the period 2025-2030.

Imagining Canada’s Future: Connecting Science, Innovation and Policy for Greater Prosperity.

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Save the Date for CSPC 2026!

Canada’s Largest Science and Innovation Policy Hub

Connection Hub

Knowledge Mobilizer

Talent Incubator

CANADIAN SCIENCE AND INNOVATION POLICY CONFERENCE

Join the most comprehensive Science and Innovation Policy Conference in Canada

LATEST EDITORIALS

CSPC Programs

CSPC PROGRAMS

Canadian Science and Innovation Policy Conference

Science Meets Parliament

Canadian Forum for Social Innovation

Virtual Events

Editorials

Awards

Canadian Science Policy Magazine

National Conversation on Canada’s Innovation Strategy

Survey of Parliamentarians

Cercle Francophone

Podcast

Workshops

Volunteer Program

European Union-Canada Scientific Collaboration in Horizon

Canada’s Sustainable Future – Creating a Digital Action Plan

CSPC 2025 Conference

Want to know more? Read their contributions and proposals and see past winners here:

Lifetime Achievement Award Winner:

Trailblazer Award (Policy for Science) Winner:

Trailblazer Award (Science for Policy) Winner:

Trailblazer Award (Innovation Policy) Winner:

Trailblazer Award (Science & Society) Winner:

Science Policy Youth Award Winner:

Publications + Media

Will Canada seize this rare chance to lead the world in quantum technologies?

Reimagining defence research to enable the modern defence mission

Canada’s Defence Strategy Has no Shortage of Ambition—Now it Must Demonstrate its Credibility Through Implementation

Distributed Defence: Lessons from Professional Regulation (and Luhmann)

From blood innovation to biodefence: Next-generation health solutions for soldiers and civilians

Integration of Canada’s strengths to Build – Partner – Buy: The key to innovation capacity

Canada’s Defence R&D Capabilities are Built: Unlocking their full potential through expertise and coordination

Buying Canadian matters more in the age of AI

Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy and the Canada Strategy for Nature: Separate worlds or intimately linked and mutually dependent in defence of the nation?

From Campus to Capability: How Regional Excellence Can Power Canada’s Defence Future

Science as Sovereignty Infrastructure in Canada’s Arctic

Reliable short-term capability will deliver long-term defence strength

Defence as Innovation Policy: Why Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy is an Opportunity to give Canada’s Innovation System what it Lacks

Canada’s next defence frontier: Health emergency readiness as a sovereignty imperative

From Strategy to Sovereignty: Leveraging the Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS) to Fuel Canada’s Research and Innovation Ecosystem

The asymmetric imperative: Why Canada must pivot its defence strategy

From Capacity to Readiness: Designing Industrial Strategy for Canada’s Defence and Health Security

Communicating Our Ambitions, Marketing Our Solutions: The Overlooked Strategic Imperatives for Responding to Canada’s New Defence Industrial Strategy

Stratégie industrielle de défense : une occasion à saisir pour transformer le continuum canadien de recherche et d’innovation

Defence Innovation as Industrial Strategy: Aligning Canada’s Innovation Ecosystem for Technological Sovereignty

From Procurement Body to Industrial Architect: What Canada’s New Defence Investment Agency Can Learn from South Korea

The Defense Industrial Policy and Public Choice: Defending our Defense from Rent-Seeking

Canada is regulating research without saying so

Vaccine Sovereignty as a Pillar of Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy

Defending Innovation Against Lock-Out

Le vrai défi de la stratégie industrielle de défense du Canada : convertir les capacités duales en puissance industrielle

Investing in Canadian Talent: The Long Game

Intellectual property in engineering biology: A new paradigm

Politicization of science in Canada: What’s happening and what can we do about it?

Where Are All the Scientists in Parliament?

AI and digital innovation needs science too

Food, Status, and the Recessionary Aesthetic: A Political Analysis of Culinary Consumption in Crisis

Beyond Tariffs: Dementia Is Everyone’s Problem

From Bench to Bedside to Policy: Advancing Responsible AI in Canadian Healthcare

Science Belongs to the Public: How Canada’s National Pollutant Release Inventory is Putting Pollution Data in the Hands of the Public

Oral Health and Viral Hepatitis: A Missing Link in Canadian Policy

Building Pandemic Resilience Through Chemical Vapour Air Sanitizers

Open Science as a Catalyst for Canada’s Innovation Strategy

From Users to Builders: Empowering Canada’s Youth Innovators in the Age of AI

Inclusive Science Fuels Innovation, Economic Growth, and Scientific Security

Celebrating Quebec’s –and the globe’s– chief scientist

Canada’s innovation ambitions hinge on a resource we’re running short on: talent

Climate Action and Community Health Program Integration: Empowering Local Actors for Health Security and Community Resilience

Canada’s Arctic: The Role and Responsibility of Natural Resources

L’Arctique canadien : le rôle et la responsabilité des ressources naturelles

Electric Thinking and the Coming Cognitive Inflation