UW Board of Governors Environmental Scan Environmental Scan
6/2/2009
National Overview
UW Board of Governors
UW Summit Centre for the Environment • Located in Huntsville Ontario on the Summit Campus at Fairy Lake
Environmental Scan June 2, 2009
• 30,000 30 000 square feet on three floors • Will include laboratories, seminar and meeting rooms and dorm space for 50 students and faculty • UW will lease the facility for $1/year in five-year terms – 25 years total • Up to 3,000 researchers and students will use the facility annually
National Overview
National Overview
State of the Nation: Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation System
State of the Nation: Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation System
• Canada ranks 6th in the G7 in business R&D • Canada ranks 14thh out of 19 OECD comparator countries • Gap in ICT R&D investments – 33 percent less than USA • Canada ranks 21st in the OECD in the production of science and engineering degrees
• In 2006, R&D expenditures accounted for 1.9 percent of our GDP – the th OECD average iis 2 2.2 2 percentt
• Canada has one of the most advantageous tax incentives in the world • Universities are more important R&D centres in Canada than in other countries
• Canada’s higher education sector performed $10 billion in R&D in 2006 – 34% of all R&D done in Canada • In 2006, Canada ranked 15th in the OECD in business R&D intensity and near the bottom in university-business collaboration • In 2003, there were 1350 university spinoffs operating in Canada
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6/2/2009
National Overview
National Overview
State of the Nation: Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation System
State of the Nation: Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation System
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National Overview
National Overview
Innovation and Business Strategy: Why Canada Falls Short • Canada’s business sector productivity has fallen from 90% of the U.S. level in 1984 to 76% in 2006 • Canada’s average labour productivity growth ranked 15th out of 18 OECD comparator countries • Business R&D as a percentage of GDP declined by 20% between 2001 and 2007 • Growing ICT gap – investment per worker is only 60% of U.S. level
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National Overview
Provincial Overview
Innovation and Business Strategy: Why Canada Falls Short
OCUFA – Trends in Higher Education
• Canada’s total R&D intensity as a percentage of GDP was 1.9% in 2006 – 11th in its peer group of 20 OECD countries
Comparative Student Tuition and Fee Revenue
• Canada has the highest proportion of workers who have completed PSE in the OECD – 46% in 2005 • “The Waterloo region stands out in the Canadian innovation system as an area that has developed a cluster of successful startup firms with a particular focus on information technologies.”
Provincial Overview OCUFA – Trends in Higher Education Comparative Student Tuition and Fee Revenue •
• Tuition and other fees account for a greater share of operating revenues: • 1990 – 20 percent • 2007 – 43 percent • In Ontario in 2007-2008, net student fees represented 41 percent of revenues – 54 percent higher than in the rest of Canada
Provincial Overview Percentage of Operating Budget Devoted to Student Aid University
Per cent
Waterloo
11 7 11.7
Dalhousie
11.3
Queen’s
11.2
McGill
10.7
Carleton
10
1998 – 3.98 percent of operating budget ($7,275,000) 2008 – 11.7 percent of operating budget ($50,955,000)
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Provincial Overview Percentage of Operating Budget Devoted to Student Aid University
Per cent
Waterloo
11 7 11.7
Dalhousie
11.3
Queen’s
11.2
McGill
10.7
Carleton
10
Provincial Overview $100 million more for Ontario researchers • Countering fears of a renewed brain drain to the USA • Focus on genomics and stem cell research • Administered through the Ontario Research Fund $100 million less for Ontario students • Cancellation of planned increases Textbook and Technology and Distance Grants • Both grants introduced in 2008 • Eligibility now tied to OSAP
1998 – 3.98 percent of operating budget ($7,275,000) 2008 – 11.7 percent of operating budget ($50,955,000)
Local Overview SODA
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National Overview
UW Board of Governors
UW Summit Centre for the Environment • Located in Huntsville Ontario on the Summit Campus at Fairy Lake
Environmental Scan June 2, 2009
• 30,000 30 000 square feet on three floors • Will include laboratories, seminar and meeting rooms and dorm space for 50 students and faculty • UW will lease the facility for $1/year in five-year terms – 25 years total • Up to 3,000 researchers and students will use the facility annually
National Overview
National Overview
State of the Nation: Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation System
State of the Nation: Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation System
• Canada ranks 6th in the G7 in business R&D • Canada ranks 14thh out of 19 OECD comparator countries • Gap in ICT R&D investments – 33 percent less than USA • Canada ranks 21st in the OECD in the production of science and engineering degrees
• In 2006, R&D expenditures accounted for 1.9 percent of our GDP – the th OECD average iis 2 2.2 2 percentt
• Canada has one of the most advantageous tax incentives in the world • Universities are more important R&D centres in Canada than in other countries
• Canada’s higher education sector performed $10 billion in R&D in 2006 – 34% of all R&D done in Canada • In 2006, Canada ranked 15th in the OECD in business R&D intensity and near the bottom in university-business collaboration • In 2003, there were 1350 university spinoffs operating in Canada
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6/2/2009
National Overview
National Overview
State of the Nation: Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation System
State of the Nation: Canada’s Science, Technology and Innovation System
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National Overview
National Overview
Innovation and Business Strategy: Why Canada Falls Short • Canada’s business sector productivity has fallen from 90% of the U.S. level in 1984 to 76% in 2006 • Canada’s average labour productivity growth ranked 15th out of 18 OECD comparator countries • Business R&D as a percentage of GDP declined by 20% between 2001 and 2007 • Growing ICT gap – investment per worker is only 60% of U.S. level
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6/2/2009
National Overview
Provincial Overview
Innovation and Business Strategy: Why Canada Falls Short
OCUFA – Trends in Higher Education
• Canada’s total R&D intensity as a percentage of GDP was 1.9% in 2006 – 11th in its peer group of 20 OECD countries
Comparative Student Tuition and Fee Revenue
• Canada has the highest proportion of workers who have completed PSE in the OECD – 46% in 2005 • “The Waterloo region stands out in the Canadian innovation system as an area that has developed a cluster of successful startup firms with a particular focus on information technologies.”
Provincial Overview OCUFA – Trends in Higher Education Comparative Student Tuition and Fee Revenue •
• Tuition and other fees account for a greater share of operating revenues: • 1990 – 20 percent • 2007 – 43 percent • In Ontario in 2007-2008, net student fees represented 41 percent of revenues – 54 percent higher than in the rest of Canada
Provincial Overview Percentage of Operating Budget Devoted to Student Aid University
Per cent
Waterloo
11 7 11.7
Dalhousie
11.3
Queen’s
11.2
McGill
10.7
Carleton
10
1998 – 3.98 percent of operating budget ($7,275,000) 2008 – 11.7 percent of operating budget ($50,955,000)
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6/2/2009
Provincial Overview Percentage of Operating Budget Devoted to Student Aid University
Per cent
Waterloo
11 7 11.7
Dalhousie
11.3
Queen’s
11.2
McGill
10.7
Carleton
10
Provincial Overview $100 million more for Ontario researchers • Countering fears of a renewed brain drain to the USA • Focus on genomics and stem cell research • Administered through the Ontario Research Fund $100 million less for Ontario students • Cancellation of planned increases Textbook and Technology and Distance Grants • Both grants introduced in 2008 • Eligibility now tied to OSAP
1998 – 3.98 percent of operating budget ($7,275,000) 2008 – 11.7 percent of operating budget ($50,955,000)
Local Overview SODA
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