Supplying Demand for Canada's Knowledge Society: A Warmer Future for a Cold Climate?

Canada's efforts to strengthen its talent and skills supply for the knowledge economy have been undergoing various transformations over the past decade, largely driven by immigration policy, global trends, and new science and technology investments. This article reviews some of the more recent experiments centered on building a knowledge culture with an assessment of selected strengths, gaps, and weaknesses while providing a commentary on the broader global effort that is affecting the Canadian discourse. It offers some guidelines on how Canada will need to build on existing infrastructure and governance, suggests key instruments for engaging its knowledge workforce, and points to some current directions for a warmer future for Canadian talent and the science culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]