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Knowledge, Creativity and Best Practices Converge at Canada’s Innovation School

The Innovation School™ focuses not only on building an understanding of innovation, but on promoting and sharing ideas, business models and best practices related to enabling innovation by RTOs.

Where Does Innovation Begin?

The path to any particular innovation can start almost anywhere - a new idea, trial and error or a solution to a specific problem or opportunity.

Can Innovation be Measured?

SRC has developed an economic and socio-environmental impact audit process that enables an RTO to use solid data to provide a realistic indication of the impacts of its innovation-enabling work.

Getting more value from brines: tech improvements reduce costs, increase recoveries for lithium

The demand for lithium is projected to increase 73 per cent by 2025. Lithium extraction is often expensive and time consuming, so how can mining companies keep up with this fast-rising demand? Keep reading to learn about new advances in lithium recovery technologies.

Why are LED light bulbs the best? Find out.

Did you know that lighting accounts for about one-third of an average home’s energy use? With so many different options for light bulbs on the market, it's hard to know which one is the best. We share seven reasons why people should consider switching to LEDs, the fastest growing tech in this sector.

Why Water Testing in an Accredited Lab Plays a Vital Role in Reliable Results

Water testing is a hugely complex process involving multiple types of complex scientific instruments that require a significant technical understanding to operate. These complexities sometimes give rise to uncertainty in water test results, and this is where it's important that testing is done through an accredited lab. Learn why.

Understanding Oil and Gas Methane Emissions and Mitigation Opportunities: Part 1

Government energy regulators are demanding substantial greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions from industry. While carbon dioxide is a concern, methane poses a bigger problem because it absorbs significantly more energy and has a great impact on global warming.

Why Do RTOs Need Public Support?

Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) help industry get innovation done, and they normally get paid by industry, so why do RTOs need government support as well?

Developing New Means of Pipeline Communication

Advanced mining systems enable remote sensing and decision-making for operators and engineers before, during and after mining activities.

Why You Shouldn’t Fear the Valley of Death

Discussions of how innovation actually gets done inevitably lead to discussions about the “Valley of Death.” So what is the Valley of Death?

Canada Invests in Innovative Technology for the Canadian Mining Industry

Canada’s mining and minerals industry is important to communities across the country. Developing Canada's natural resources in more sustainable and responsible ways drives our economy, reduces our...

SRC and AECL Sign MOU for Nuclear Research and Innovation

Today SRC and AECL signed an MOU to promote and explore a collaborative and strategic approach to nuclear research and innovation within Canada.

How Can We Help Advance Business Innovation in Canada?

Canada has an opportunity to become a business innovation leader by supporting and better connecting its existing innovation ecosystem.

Best Workplaces in Canada by Great Place to Work

The Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) is being recognized as one of this year’s Best Workplaces in Canada. “Saskatchewan continues to thrive both nationally and internationally,” Minister...

7 Ways to Reduce Your Energy

Energy is an intrinsic part of our daily lives, and it has become so common to simply make toast or coffee in the morning that we often forget how valuable energy is. For National Cut your Energy Costs Day on January 10, 2017, we are sharing seven ways to reduce your energy costs.

Eight Reasons Why Experiential Learning is Important in Business

Purposefully designing learning experiences to accelerate skill and competency development allows a company's human resource pool to grow quickly. Here are 8 reasons why businesses rely on experiential learning and how it helps employees.

Key Enabling Technologies for Game-Changing Innovation

Key Enabling Technologies are expected to be the most important building blocks for future technological innovation across all industrial sectors. Find out how these technologies are expected to play critical roles in the evolution and sustainability of leading-edge economies.

The Pathway from Discovery to Invention to Innovation

Discovery and invention strategies are important aspects of research and development. Once something has been invented, questions related to feasibility, value and demand come into play, as well as whether or how the invention should be protected.

Taking a Unique Approach to Community Building

SRC employees are volunteering at Saskatchewan food banks as part of a new employee volunteer program. The Saskatoon Food Bank has seen firsthand the impact SRC’s employees have made on the community and the impact volunteering has made on SRC’s employees.