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Recruiting: Canadian Risk Outlook Youth Working Group
Help define how Canada navigates a turbulent world. Recruiting now.
Alexander Zelenski & Max Peacock
5 days ago
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, 2025
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, 2025
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...
David Watters, Rahim Rezaie, Ryan Deschamps
Oct 7, 2025
Ottawa’s Encouraging New Direction: Citizen-Centred Renewal
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Rahim Rezaie, PhD
Sep 24, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
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...
Elysse Le Roy & Alex Zelenski
Apr 8, 2025
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, 2025
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, 2025
Giving Intangibles Real Value
Source: Unsplash This blog post contains insights from the Giving Intangibles Real Value session which took place on January 24th, 2025...
Max Peacock, Elysse Le Roy, & Alex Zelenski
Jan 28, 2025
The Global Economic Outlook
Source: Unsplash This blog post contains insights from the Global Economic Outlook session that took place on January 24th, 2025 with...
Max Peacock, Elysse Le Roy, & Alex Zelenski
Jan 25, 2025
Sticking with Startups
Source: Unsplash This blog post contains insights from the Sticking with Start-ups session that took place on January 22nd, 2025 with...
Max Peacock, Elysse Le Roy, & Alex Zelenski
Jan 25, 2025
The World in Numbers: Social Mobility
Source: Unsplash This blog post contains insights from the World in Numbers: Social Mobility session that took place on January 23rd,...
Max Peacock, Elysse Le Roy, & Alex Zelenski
Jan 24, 2025
Tech and Learning: Can They Vibe?
Source: Pexels This blog post contains insights from the Tech and Learning: Can They Vibe? Panel discussion that took place on...
Max Peacock, Elysse Le Roy, & Alex Zelenski
Jan 23, 2025
State of Play: AI Governance
Source: Unsplash This blog post is a recap of the State of Play: AI Governance panel discussion that took place Wednesday, January ...
Max Peacock, Elysse Le Roy, & Alex Zelenski
Jan 23, 2025
The Future of Growth
Source: Pexels Introduction Global economic growth is slowing, with projections for 2025 at just 3.53% , significantly below the...
Max Peacock, Elysse Le Roy, & Alex Zelenski
Jan 22, 2025
Industries in the Intelligent Age
Source: Unsplash What is the Intelligent Age? The intelligent age refers to a transformative era where artificial intelligence (AI) and...
Max Peacock, Elysse Le Roy, & Alex Zelenski
Jan 22, 2025
ICI Canada’s Predictions for Davos 2025
Impressions from the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2025 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland 17 January 2025. Copyright: World Economic...
Max Peacock, Elysse Le Roy, & Alex Zelenski
Jan 21, 2025
Living in e-Estonia
Last week, my classmates and I visited the e-Estonia Briefing Centre – a space that brings Estonia’s digital success story to life and...
Max Peacock
Dec 5, 2024
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