Navigating Geopolitical Shifts: Innovation Strategies for Canada’s Economic Future
In light of the shifting geopolitical landscape for our country, CSPC announces an open call for editorials on the challenges facing Canada and how our innovation strategy and policies should be modified to address these challenges.
This call is part of CSPC’s project on National Conversation on Canada’s Innovation Strategy. In 2024, CSPC launched this project to engage industry leaders and experts in discussions on how to reverse Canada’s declining innovation performance.
Senior executives of industry associations, experts, and thought leaders from the Canadian innovation community, as well as federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments, innovation networks, and academia, are invited to submit opinion pieces that explore geopolitical uncertainty and its implications for innovation in Canada.
The National Conversation on Canada’s Innovation Strategy will focus on (but not be limited to) these key industrial sectors:
- Advanced Manufacturing (chemical, auto, aerospace, plastics, steel, paper, and others)
- Agriculture & Agrifood (crop/livestock production, food processing, and others)
- Health and Biosciences (pharmaceuticals, medical devices, therapeutics, diagnostics, public health)
- Digital and High-Tech Industries (ICT, artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and others)
- Natural Resources (mining, forestry, fisheries, oil/gas, renewable energy)
- Clean Tech (energy storage & infrastructure, transportation, water/wastewater, chemistry & materials, recycling & waste, and others)
Editorials will be published on the CSPC website on a rolling basis starting April 2025 until May 15, 2025, and then curated in a Special Digital Edition of the CSPC Magazine later this year.
Editorials are typically 800-1200 words.
While submitting the article, please provide the following items.
Required:
- Article Title
- Main Topic of the Article
- Keywords (at least 3)
- High-resolution Headshot of each Author as Attachment
- Title(s) and Institution(s) for each Author
- Province
- Choice of Sector (Multiple choice options – select more than one)
Optional:
- Up to 3 High-quality Figures as Attachments (provide artist credit if needed)
- Social-media Handles to Tag (eg. LinkedIn, Twitter etc.)
- Preferred Pronouns for each Author
While editorials must be original work of the author(s), CSPC recognizes the value of AI for idea generation, analysis and image production. Authors should acknowledge the use of AI in the preparation of their editorials.
Submissions are now closed
We thank you for your submission. Please add editorial@sciencepolicy.ca to your contacts so that we can make sure any follow-up messages reach you.
If you have any questions about writing an editorial for CSPC, please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Committee at editorial@sciencepolicy.ca.
