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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doern, G. Bruce, Author.

Contributor:

Doern, G. Bruce.

Carleton University. School of Public Policy and Administration.

Series:

Innovation, Science, Environment Series

Innovation, Science, Environment Series ; v.1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--Canada.

Environmental policy.

Research institutes--Canada.

Research institutes.

Science and state--Canada.

Science and state.

Technological innovations--Government policy--Canada.

Technological innovations.

Technological innovations--Government policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

20062007th ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86604-4

9786612866043

0-7735-7557-X

OCLC:

923234865