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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789619803321

Autore

Doern G. Bruce

Titolo

Innovation, science, environment [[electronic resource] ] : Canadian policies and performance, 2006-2007 / / edited by G. Bruce Doern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : Published for the School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University by McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-282-86604-4

9786612866043

0-7735-7557-X

Edizione

[20062007th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Innovation, Science, Environment Series ; ; v.1

Altri autori (Persone)

DoernG. Bruce

Disciplina

352.7450971

Soggetti

Environmental policy - Canada

Environmental policy

Research institutes - Canada

Science and state - Canada

Science and state

Technological innovations - Government policy - Canada

Technological innovations - Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Martin Liberals: changing ISE policies and institutions / G. Bruce Doern -- The innovation challenge and the National Research Council response / Don Di Salle, Jac van Beek and N. Bruce Baskerville -- Canadian and UK innovation policies: a comparative analysis / Michael Rosenblatt and Jeffrey S. Kinder -- The federal sustainable development strategy process: why incrementalism is not enough / Francois Bregha -- The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council as a granting and competitiveness-innovation body / Débora C. Lopreite -- The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council: from a granting council to a knowledge council? / Russell LaPointe -- Changing horses: is the innovation strategy working for the mineral sector? / David Robinson -- Commercializing technologies through collaborative networks: the environmental industry and the role of



CETACS / Bert Backman-Beharry and Robert Slater -- Source water protection in Canada: local innovation and multi-level governance / Carey Hill -- Information disclosure as an environmental policy instrument and self-regulatory tool / Stephen Schott and Coady Wing.

Sommario/riassunto

Topics include the Martin liberals and changing ISE policies, the federal sustainable development strategy process, the National Research Council’s response to changing federal agendas, a comparison of Canadian and UK innovation strategies, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, innovation strategy and the mining supply and service sector, environmental industries and the role of the Canadian Environmental Technology Advancement Centres, local innovation and source water protection, and information disclosure as an environmental policy instrument.