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Brief: Co-Creating Canada's Future
This information brief summarizes the critical insights from our October 7th, 2025 webinar, "Co-Creating Canada's Future: Youth Perspectives on Canada's Seven Federal Missions". Hosted by ICI Canada in partnership with the Canadian Science Policy Centre (CSPC) and Research Money, the forum was designed to ensure the voices of young Canadians, who are most impacted by today's policy decisions, are formally heard by decision-makers. Key insights include: Urgent priorities: An a
Alexander Zelenski
Oct 27
Innovation for a public purpose
Source: Unsplash In his October 20, 2025 opinion piece for The Hill Times , "Innovation for a public purpose", Institute for Collaborative Innovation President David Watters argues that all federal support for innovation should be designed to serve a clear public purpose. He writes that since public money is used by governments to support innovation, its effectiveness must be measured by the public benefits it provides to citizens to improve their quality of life. David also
David B Watters
Oct 20
Do Canadians need new houses, or new homes?
ICI Canada Founder David Watters , Executive Director Rahim Rezaie , and Ryan Deschamps teamed up to write an Op-ed featured in The...
Ottawa’s Encouraging New Direction: Citizen-Centred Renewal
Executive Director
Rahim Rezaie, PhD
Sep 24
GA Lens: Innovation, Governance, and Global Risk with David Watters
We are pleased to announce that David Watters, President of ICI Canada, has been featured in the inaugural launch of GA Lens, a new strategic insights series by Global Advantage Consulting Group.
David B Watters
Aug 1
United Nations Behavioural Science Week: Insights for Empowering Citizen-Centred Innovation
UN 2.0 and the Quintet of Change The United Nations has acknowledged that it needs to evolve. UN 2.0 is its internal transformation...
Max Peacock
Apr 18
Shaping Global Responses: Key Takeaways from Think7 Summit 2025
Photo by Bhabin Tamang Disclaimer: The insights below draw from two days of panel discussions held during the Think7 Summit 2025 in...
The Knowledge Factory
Source: Unsplash Canada’s Science Technology and Innovation (STI) Ecosystem is a derelict 60-year-old rusting “Knowledge Factory”, whose...
David B Watters
Feb 20
Using AI to Study AI: Insights from Anthropic’s Economic Index
Source: Unsplash Despite widespread speculation about artificial intelligence's impact on work, we've lacked solid evidence about how...
Max Peacock
Feb 13
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