[Advisors] RE: [Advisors] FW: New discussion Industry Leaders T ake ŒInnovation Nation¹ to the Hill: Call for commun ity guidance on how to improve Canada¹s innovation eco -system

Tue, 8 Nov 2011 08:44:59 +0200

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Hi Gary,

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Unfortunately the tech community belies it's heritage in the garages of
middle income California suburbs and only understands "innovation" in
the same terms as the bureaucrats and politicians i.e. big companies
spending big money doing big research. =20

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They ignore the broader cultural and social context (ecology) from which
"innovation" necessarily springs and from where a very great deal of
useful and valuable innovation comes quite directly.  I've argued this
with folks up and down the Canadian landscape (and even in my blog at
http://wp.me/pJQl5-20 and elsewhere) to absolutely no avail. (There is
on the other hand significant support for community innovation in Canada
in other sectors such as social enterprise etc.etc.)

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Not sure where to go on that issue (I was rather hoping that connecting
with CATA's initiative might be one route but as is evident in the
article that you copied nothing (yet) seems to have sunk in.

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Best,

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M

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-----Original Message-----
From: advisors-admin@tc.ca [mailto:advisors-admin@tc.ca] On Behalf Of
Gary Kenward
Sent: November-07-11 4:59 PM
To: advisors@tc.ca
Subject: [Advisors] FW: New discussion Industry Leaders Take =
=8CInnovation
Nation=B9 to the Hill: Call for community guidance on how to improve
Canada=B9s innovation eco-system

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Another announcement from John Reid. I still fail to see where
communities factor into the objectives of CATA=92s i-Canada.

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Hi Gary,</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

Unfortunately the tech community =
belies it's
heritage in the garages of middle income California suburbs and only
understands &quot;innovation&quot; in the same terms as the bureaucrats =
and
politicians i.e. big companies spending big money doing big research. =
=A0

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

They ignore the broader cultural =
and
social context (ecology) from which &quot;innovation&quot; necessarily =
springs
and from where a very great deal of useful and valuable innovation comes =
quite
directly.=A0 I've argued this with folks up and down the Canadian =
landscape (and
even in my blog at <a =
href=3D"http://wp.me/pJQl5-20">http://wp.me/pJQl5-20</a>
and elsewhere) to absolutely no avail. (There is on the other hand =
significant support
for community innovation in Canada in other sectors such as social =
enterprise etc.etc.)

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Not sure where to go on that issue =
(I was
rather hoping that connecting with CATA's initiative might be one route =
but as
is evident in the article that you copied nothing (yet) seems to have =
sunk in.</span></font></p>

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<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Gary =
Kenward<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> November-07-11 4:59 =
PM<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> advisors@tc.ca<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Advisors] FW: =
New
discussion Industry Leaders Take =8CInnovation Nation=B9 to the Hill: =
Call for
community guidance on how to improve Canada=B9s innovation =
eco-system</span></font></p>

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Another announcement from =
John
Reid. I still fail to see where communities factor into the objectives =
of
CATA=92s i-Canada. 
 
 
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