Category: Manufacturing
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Critical Minerals and the Modern World – Lithium
I started writing about critical minerals for two reasons. First, I wanted to understand them better: what they actually are, where they show up in daily life, and why they matter beyond policy briefs and headlines. Second, I wanted to explore the kind of leverage they give Canada as it navigates a world that is Read more
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Moving Fast and Moving Right – Process Mapping
Calm Growth by Avi Need help process mapping complex manufacturing? Read more
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America’s Loss Could Be Canada’s Gain: An Open Invitation to Innovators and Regulators
In recent weeks, thousands of scientists, regulators, policy experts, and statisticians have lost their jobs as part of sweeping government efficiency moves in the United States. These aren’t just numbers on a spreadsheet—these are individuals who have spent their careers ensuring that innovation is safe, effective, and accessible. The people behind FDA approvals, NIH funding, Read more
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Biotech dreams & Startup nightmares
Let me take you back to a time when Avatar was breaking box office records, everyone was pretending to love quinoa, and I was an eager Master’s student interning at a small biotech startup. Let’s call it…BioHopeful Inc. (to spare feelings). The Product That Could Have Been a StarAt the core of BioHopeful’s ambitions was Read more
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Three Big Questions for Canada’s Innovation Ecosystem
A Reality Check on Our Productivity Crisis Canada’s innovation ecosystem feels like a group project where everyone’s working hard, but nobody’s quite sure who’s in charge. We’ve got the brains, the ambition, and a few gold stars on the global stage, but productivity numbers tell a different story. According to Stats Canada, labour productivity in Read more
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Promise and Challenges of Cell Therapy
Cell therapy isn’t as new as many believe. The concept of using cells as a therapeutic tool has been around for centuries. Blood transfusions, for instance, have been saving lives for centuries, and xenotransplantation, like using pig heart valves in humans, has been performed since the 1960s. These are early forms of ‘cell-based’ therapies that Read more