Inclusive Innovation: Covid and After

December 10, 2020

Canada is neither as innovative as it needs to be, nor as egalitarian as it aspires to be. Are the two related? Accumulating evidence suggests that countries with lower inequality tend to be more innovative, while greater innovation generates growth that can be more widely distributed. But how exactly can more inclusive innovation economies be brought about and what are the barriers we face in doing so?

In this webinar, panelists from the Innovation Policy Lab, Case Western Reserve University, and YWCA Canada discuss the importance of inclusive innovation; policies needed to bring it about; opportunities and prospects for doing so in the era of COVID-19; and new initiatives for measuring and tracking progress – including GDP 2.0 and the Innovation Policy Lab’s Inclusive Innovation Monitor.

This session will be moderated by Josh O’Kane, Technology Reporter for The Globe and Mail.

Speakers

Susan Helper
Panelist
Carlton Professor of Economics at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University; Co-Director, Program on Innovation, Equity and the Future of Prosperity, CIFAR

Anjum Sultana
Panelist
National Director of Public Policy & Strategic Communications, YWCA Canada Dan Breznitz, Co-Director, Innovation Policy Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy; Co-Director, Program on Innovation, Equity and the Future of Prosperity, CIFAR

Daniel Munro
Panelist
Senior Fellow, Innovation Policy Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy; Research Advisor, Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship

Josh O’Krane
Moderator
Technology Reporter, The Global and Mail

Sponsors:
Innovation Policy Lab at the Munk School and CIFAR