Daniel Munro

Dan Munro is a senior fellow in the Innovation Policy Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, and a research fellow at the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship at Ryerson University.

Articles by this author

A chance to rethink our approach to innovation and inclusive growth

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed fragilities and inequities in Canada’s innovation economy. When the pandemic began, Canada was already a global laggard in the development and adoption of new innovations and technologies, and exhibited a …

Cutting post-secondary budgets during COVID a bad move

Canada’s universities face a financial crisis. With a full and normal return to classes in September off the table due to ongoing risk from COVID, funding from tuition sources – particularly, international students – is …

How we stopped worrying and learned to love robots

As Bob Magee, chairman of the Woodbridge Group, walked us through his foam-manufacturing facility just north of Toronto, a familiar story emerged. Automation for this company isn’t a simple calculation of substituting one machine for …

Navigating the risks and rewards of governing AI

Canada faces an artificial intelligence governance challenge. AI – the ability of machines to perform intelligent tasks such as sorting, analyzing, predicting and learning – promises substantial benefits for businesses and other organizations. These include …