http://occ-oes.com Together. Building Prosperity. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://occ-oes.com/summit-2010/comment-page-1#comment-304 Move over G5 and G13, here come the Colleges | Piece of Mind Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:05:29 +0000 http://occ-oes.com/?page_id=1763#comment-304 [...] These developments actually come at the tail of a well-healed campaign to position colleges as the avant-garde of Canada’s efforts in innovation and technology transfer. The strategy is standard. First, hope that the Conference Board of Canada comes up with the right findings. Surely enough, a quick Google search leads to this: “Colleges in Ontario are making positive contributions to the economy, businesses and individuals by stimulating applied research and development (R&D) and accelerating much-needed innovation, according to a Conference Board of Canada study released today at the Ontario Economic Summit.” [...] [...] These developments actually come at the tail of a well-healed campaign to position colleges as the avant-garde of Canada’s efforts in innovation and technology transfer. The strategy is standard. First, hope that the Conference Board of Canada comes up with the right findings. Surely enough, a quick Google search leads to this: “Colleges in Ontario are making positive contributions to the economy, businesses and individuals by stimulating applied research and development (R&D) and accelerating much-needed innovation, according to a Conference Board of Canada study released today at the Ontario Economic Summit.” [...]

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