🎉 Congratulations to our TRIDENT Co-Principal Investigators @tedfon.bsky.social , @richardgold.bsky.social & @jonathankimmelman.bsky.social on being elected Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) for 2026! A well-deserved recognition! 👏 #TRIDENT #CAHS #Neuroscience

New article from #TRIDENT lead researcher @richardgold.bsky.social with @sciencepolicy.ca. 🍁📰🎉. From innovation to health preparedness, ensuring Canada can respond, adapt, and deliver at home matters more than ever in an increasingly fragile global landscape. 🌍🧠 sciencepolicy.ca/posts/defend...

Defending Innovation Against Lock-Out - CSPC

Canada developed its Defence Industrial Strategy in light of an increasingly fragile international rules-based order. The Strategy outlines two responses to this reality: 1) engaging Canadian industry...

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Canada can’t innovate in a vacuum. Strengthening connected ecosystems, across research, industry, data, + global partnerships, is key to building resilience and driving real impact. New article from #TRIDENT lead researcher @richardgold.bsky.social below! 👇 🗞️ 🌎 policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/04/inno...

Innovation sovereignty needs ecosystems, not isolation

Canada lags in turning research into innovation. Stronger ecosystems and open science partnerships can secure inputs and boost performance.

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Our CEO, Peng Fu, and Chief Policy and Partnerships Officer @richardgold.bsky.social are in Paris this week for the OECD Workshop on Open Science and Innovation Partnerships. We’re excited to hear how the discussions unfold and to learn from the insights and lessons emerging from the workshop!

TRIDENT Preclinical Trials@tridentpct.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Great morning representing #TRIDENT & @westernu.ca at the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social Open Science & Innovation Partnerships Workshop: bringing global leaders together to turn research into real-world impact. Big thanks to #NFRF + @conscience-network.bsky.social for making this possible!🤝🌍

I've seen some people I know online and offline talking about Heated Rivalry in the media. With all the respect in the world for his work, I did not expect @richardgold.bsky.social to be the first person I knew in the CBC! Never know when expertise will be called upon. 👏 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Heated rivalry cools after Montreal company gets shout-out for viral jacket | CBC News

A Montreal-based streetwear company, after sounding the alarm, is now being credited for producing the original white fleece that was modified to create a viral jacket worn in the hit series Heated Ri...

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Interesting article by @richardgold.bsky.social on university R&D and economic growth "Recalibrating Canadian universities to meet the Mark (Carney)" universityaffairs.ca/opinion/reca... Was also thinking this very week that #3TC / #Lamivudine was an example of this issue that should be used more...

Awesome interview surrounding #research and #innovation by @richardgold.bsky.social, also #TRIDENT Open Science, Practices and Policy lead researcher, with @briancrombie.bsky.social! 🧠 🌎 👏 🗞️ 🔬 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUMK...

Richard Gold | Innovation

YouTube video by Brian Crombie

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Excellent words @richardgold.bsky.social, also #TRIDENT Open Science, Practices and Partnerships lead researcher! 👇👇👏🌎🗞 www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/...

- BNN Bloomberg

Richard Gold, director at the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy at McGill University, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss Canadian IP and innovation.

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“the federal government…should fund mission-oriented research that focuses on the intersections of Canada’s research strengths not only in AI and quantum, but also in health, gaming, aerospace, agri-food and energy.” @richardgold.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Opinion: Canada’s innovation policy: designed in Ottawa, owned in America

This country must stop copying U.S. policies developed under circumstances of abundance

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The 🇨🇦 Standing Committee on Science and Research passed a modified resolution this afternoon that the requested ricouncil applicant and reviewer data can be aggregated and anonymized. Thanks to the many researchers who signed letters pointing out legitimate data privacy concerns. 👏👏

An important contribution by @picardonhealth.bsky.social. As Budget 2025, university- and college-based is critical to Canadian growth. Why are parliamentarians throwing a stick in the wheel by sharing what was promised to be confidential information and increasing the burden on peer reviewers.

André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 11mo ago

How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

Joel Mokyr's work points to the transformational impact of #OpenScience. When we open up knowledge and share it more, we accelerate the potential of people to create new, practical ideas that lead to growth. @conscience-network.bsky.social @tridentpct.bsky.social

NPR@npr.org · 12mo ago

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction. n.pr/4oh42lZ

On Oct 16, @dylan-re.bsky.social and @richardgold.bsky.social will be hosting an infosession on our Open Science Advisory Services program, which provides funding to help you hire the expertise you need for your open science project. Learn more and register here: conscience.ca/event/open-s...

I am looking to supervise a law doctoral student at @lawmcgill.bsky.social to start in September 2026 interested in the economic contributions of #innovation in Canada. Apply directly to the Grad Office (not through me). Info at www.mcgill.ca/law/grad-stu...

Deadlines and Required Documents

On this page: Deadline and required documents Application Research proposal Personal statement (GC applicants) Environment and Bioethics options Master's thesis (DCL applicants) Letters of recommendat...

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The arrival of generic semaglutide is a huge opportunity for global public health. In a piece co-written with @natashaloder.bsky.social, we explain further. open.substack.com/pub/singerp/...

The $6 revolution. How generic weight loss drugs could save millions of lives.

The arrival of generic semaglutide is an unheard of opportunity for global public health

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This new op-ed by @richardgold.bsky.social describes how sequencing #OpenScience before #IntellectualProperty companies can accelerate innovation while reducing cost and risk. It features our CACHE Challenges as an example of an open science initiative that can greatly benefit participating SMEs!

E. Richard Gold@richardgold.bsky.social · last yr.

Simplistic models of #IntellectualProperty get in the way of building a biopharmaceutical company. Here I discuss how going #OpenScience can lead to proprietary rights later on: www.lifescienceleader.com/doc/open-sci... @conscience-network.bsky.social @tridentpct.bsky.social

Simplistic models of #IntellectualProperty get in the way of building a biopharmaceutical company. Here I discuss how going #OpenScience can lead to proprietary rights later on: www.lifescienceleader.com/doc/open-sci... @conscience-network.bsky.social @tridentpct.bsky.social

Open Science And A Robust IP Strategy: Life Sciences Can Do Both

By sharing early-stage tools and data openly, life sciences companies can minimize duplication and de-risk R&D without risking exclusive rights over valuable assets, writes Richard Gold.

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Making Cdn #universities innovation-ready: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/07/11/o...

Canadian universities must do a better job encouraging private sector research

Canadian universities have an excellent track record of creating and preserving knowledge, but a poor one for helping innovators to develop products and services.

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A study that seemed to show that AI disproportionately helped the leaders in materials science and that it led to increased researcher dissatisfaction, turns out not to be reliable. See economics.mit.edu/news/assurin...

Looking forward to joining Andy and Niki on Torys' Patently Absurd Episode 16 www.torys.com/our-latest-t... on Thursday, June 19 from 9:00 to 10:00. I will be discussing #tariffs, #patents, and #innovation.

Patently Absurd, Episode 16: More Quarter-century case law review, discovery in patent cases, and patent rights in the age of tariffs | Torys LLP

In our second installment of Patently Absurd for 2025, Niki and Andy will continue their discussion of the most influential patent cases of the past 25 years.

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Are you working on an open science drug discovery project that could benefit from expert advice on innovation, IP, commercialization, or business planning? Our new Open Science Advisory Services program helps you hire third-party advisors to move your work forward. 🔗 conscience.ca/open-science...

Open Science Advisory Services (OSAS) - Conscience

About OSAS The Open Science Advisory Services (OSAS) program provides funding to organizations and companies seeking third party advisory services related to advancing open science drug discovery. The...

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Happy to announce that my legal theory paper on complexity and legal orders is out in the Review of Constitutional Studies: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

"[T]he dearth of in vivo experiments in patents that appear to be developed primarily using AI is worrying... [I]t is worth considering raising the evidentiary bar for securing a patent." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @science.org

What patents on AI-derived drugs reveal

Less in-depth, in vivo testing before patenting may affect overall research and development

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For further context, see e.g., "A South African company addresses vaccine supply inequity, despite Canada’s lack of support" c/o @mattherder.bsky.social & @richardgold.bsky.social theconversation.com/a-south-afri...

Some sensible points, but still leaves an odd taste when an article is titled "Why Canada’s Vaccine Leadership Matters More than Ever" and highlights "how easily inequities can widen if infrastructure and access aren’t prioritized", given the role one author notably did NOT play in global💉equity. 🤔

Why Canada’s Vaccine Leadership Matters More than Ever | The Tyee

We’re uniquely positioned to lead a revolution in vaccine technology. Here’s how.

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✨ Big news! ✨ We’re thrilled to welcome Peng Fu as our new CEO. Peng brings deep experience across biotech, finance, and law, and we’re looking forward to seeing how his leadership brings us closer to a future where no patient is left behind. 🔗 Read the press release: conscience.ca/news/peng-fu...

Peng Fu Appointed CEO of Conscience - Conscience

We’re excited to announce that Peng Fu has joined Conscience as our new Chief Executive Officer. He brings deep experience in biotech, finance, and law, and we’re looking forward to seeing how his lea...

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With the 2025 G7 presidency, #Canada can build up its own #AI infrastructure and advocate for—and adopt—appropriate regulations, argue @richardgold.bsky.social & @vanbergheneu.bsky.social theconversation.com/canada-has-a...

Canada has a chance to lead on AI policy and data governance at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit

Canada must back its rhetoric on AI and digital innovation with action that resonates at home and abroad.

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Take a chance on big sky ideas and research innovation! 👇🌍🗞 Check out more about @richardgold.bsky.social's work via out website tridentpreclinicaltrials.org/oapubs! #nfrf #openscience

E. Richard Gold@richardgold.bsky.social · last yr.

New from me & @vanbergheneu.bsky.social‬: Canada has a chance to lead on AI policy and data governance at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit theconversation.com/canada-has-a...

New from me & @vanbergheneu.bsky.social‬: Canada has a chance to lead on AI policy and data governance at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit theconversation.com/canada-has-a...

Canada has a chance to lead on AI policy and data governance at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit

Canada must back its rhetoric on AI and digital innovation with action that resonates at home and abroad.

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Open Science NL is inviting researchers to submit proposals that contribute to building a robust evidence base needed to effectively promote open science in the Netherlands and beyond. The deadline for submissions is 16 September. More information 👉 www.openscience.nl/en/news/rese...

Research on open science: help build a solid evidence base | Open Science NL

Open Science NL invites interested parties to submit applications for the new call Research on open science. This call focuses on research into open science practices, with the aim of strengthening th...

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