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A data centre with rows of servers and floating figures representing digital data streams.

Canada needs to develop its own AI computing power

Four people sitting on easy chairs holding microphones on a stage in front of Liberal Party of Canada colours and a logo for their 2026 convention.

Make AI policy about contribution, not just protection

A dozen medical icons are clustered but don’t connect to each other.

Canada has the tech to connect health records. Why isn’t it being used?

Silhouette of a head filled with and surrounded by symbols.

The Carney government’s embrace of AI will put lives at risk

The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station stretches along the shore of Lake Ontario, with several dome-shaped reactor buildings under a cloudy sky, viewed from a rocky foreground by the water.

To enrich or not to enrich nuclear fuel: Canada’s dilemma

An abstract illustration with drawings evoking thought, networks, sharing, etc.

Innovation sovereignty needs ecosystems, not isolation

A couple of computer screens, a keyboard and a lot of little symbols floating around to depict data.

Canada’s digital sovereignty debate overlooks software risks

Holstein calf in a stable eating hay.

The next frontier of AI is biological digital twins

Tableau de bord en santé : prometteur… à condition d’éviter les pièges

Bridging the national security trust gap with racialized people

Being online isn’t enough for small businesses

Canada needs more independent, experimental and business-focused innovation. Shutterstock.com

Breaking Canada’s innovation inertia

With COVID-19, we’ve never been “all in this together”

Le meilleur des mondes selon Elon Musk

A bank of cables connect to network ports.

Taking data seriously: A call to public administrators

Five lanes of traffic on a road with dense stands of trees on both sides.

Slippery and steeper: the path to our 2030 emissions target

Canada’s Online News Act: Repeating Australia’s mistakes?

Assign unused wireless spectrum to Indigenous communities

The pandemic forced Canadian business out of a tech lethargy. What happens next?

Deux employés de St-Viateur Bagel, à Montréal.

Using the talents of newcomers to Canada

A young woman works at a desktop computer using a stylus on a pad with a laptop nearby.

The future of digital work relies on people, not just technology

Scientists work in a laboratory.

Canada needs to grow basic science capacity

Retraining workers will be essential for our net-zero goals

Microcredentials are surging in popularity, but how should they be shaped?

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