2008 Reports
Executive Summary
Provincial and Territorial Government Minerals and Mining Strategies
(March 31st, 2008)
June 2008 - This document presents an overview of both the general and sector-specific provincial/territorial strategies.
Click here for the full Provincial and Territorial Strategies document.
Summary
Overview of Mining Research & Innovation Strategies in Selected Foreign Jurisdictions
April 2008 - This report provides a table as an overview of mining research and innovation strategies and key findings in:
- Australia
- the European Union
- Sweden
- United States
- select information in the cases of South Africa and Chile
Click here for the full Overview of Strategies in Selected Foreign Jurisdictions document.
Val-d'Or / Vancouver / Edmonton / Montreal / Toronto / Saskatoon / Halifax
2008 April - Document combining the individual reports produced after each of the workshops.
Key issues requiring a national response:
- People and skills
- Collaboration
- Innovation systems and culture
- Target areas for research and innovation
- Brand visibility
- Reputation
Additional issues for consideration:
- Public policy
- Regulatory environment
- CMIC's role
- Incremental improvements
Next steps:
- Mission
- Strategies
- Expected results
Click here to for the full Summary of Regional Workshops document.
Summary of Discussion
2008 March - report produced following the Vancouver regional workshop.
Issues and Priorities:
- Priority areas
- Change paradigms
- Intellectual capacity
- Methods for collaboration
- Intellectual property and open source issues
- Beyond the traditional stakeholders
- Timing concerns
- Culture of innovation
- Policy framework
Next steps:
- Expert opinion papers
- Creation of the Pan-Canadian Mining Research and Innovation Strategy
Click here for the full Vancouver Regional Workshop document.
Summary of Discussion
2008 March - report produced after the Edmonton regional workshop.
Issues and Priorities:
- Message development and delivery
- Influence public policy
- Collaborative approach
- Unifying umbrella organization
- Common understanding and goals
- HR challenges
- Regulatory concerns
- Incremental improvements
Next steps:
- Expert opinion papers
- Creation of the Pan-Canadian Mining Research and Innovation Strategy
Click here for the full Edmonton Regional Workshop document.
Summary of Discussion
2008 April - report produced after Saskatoon regional workshop.
Issues and Priorities:
- Resources are fragmented
- Open source research model
- Research capacity at universities
- Regulation and public policy standards
- Regional needs - structure and support
Next steps:
- Expert opinion papers
- Creation of the Pan-Canadian Mining Research and Innovation Strategy
Click here for the full Saskatoon Regional Workshop document.
Summary of Discussion
2008 April - report produced after the Toronto regional workshop.
Issues and Priorities:
- Maintain Canadian position within the global market
- Exploration - insufficient new discoveries
- Fragmentation of research efforts across Canada
- Research infrastructure concerns
- Loss of commercialization opportunities
- Defining research and innovation success
Message to CMIC:
- Focus on people
- Intellectual property issues
- Collaboration and engagement
- Leadership, priorities and structure
- Innovation requirements
Next steps:
- Expert opinion papers
- Creation of the Pan-Canadian Mining Research and Innovation Strategy
Click here for the full Toronto Regional Workshop document.
Summary of Discussion
2008 April - report produced after the Montreal regional workshop.
Issues and Priorities:
- Timely action needed
- Regulatory environment
- Networking and collaboration
- HR, education and training
- Investment in research and innovation
- The importance of Aboriginal involvement
- Mining industry reputation and image
Next steps:
- Expert opinion papers
- Creation of the Pan-Canadian Mining Research and Innovation Strategy
Click here for the full Montreal Regional Workshop document.
Summary of Discussion
2008 February - report produced after the Val-d'Or regional workshop.
Issues and Priorities:
- Extraction
- Better use of resources
- Lack of innovation and leadership
- The mining cycle
- Areas to invest in research
- Short term efforts to increase opportunities
- Reducing the environmental impacts
Click here for the full Val-d'Or Regional Workshop document.
Summary of Discussion
2008 April - report produced after the Halifax regional workshop.
Issues and Priorities:
- Greater coordination
- Social license to operate
- Low enrolments in mining faculties
- Intellectual property adding complexity to collaborative research
- Mining efficiency
Next steps:
- Expert opinion papers
- Creation of the Pan-Canadian Mining Research and Innovation Strategy
