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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Major Critical Infrastructure in New Highlights from New Brunswick’s Innovation Agenda (2018) Innovation Ranking 2018 (Conference Board of Canada, 2018) NB Government Department 2018-19 NB Budget ($ M) 2019-20 NB Budget ($ M) Budget % Change Provincial government to invest over $53.5 M from 2018-19 to foster innovation and boost research and New Brunswick R&D and Innovation Ecosystem (2019) development in New Brunswick General Government 792.6 857.7 8% UNB Strategic Research Plan (2016-2021): 7 Key Research Areas Innovation agenda outlines six pillars that focus on fostering an innovative culture, including: Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries 38.2 40.5 6% 1. Grow Innovators Environment and Local Government 153.1 162.0 6% • Expand innovation-related talent pool in the province, including the number of students at all levels engaged Executive Council Office 12.6 13.2 5% in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Other Agencies 386.1 403.5 4% • Grow culture of innovation Social Development 1,213.2 1,251.2 3% People: 3,312 foreign post-secondary 2. Boost R&D Capacity Education and Early Childhood Development 1,304.6 1,340.8 3% • Ensure research leveraging ratios remain strong with increased investment Health 2770.0 2,828.0 2% students studying in NB (2016/17) Canada New Brunswick • Increase number of graduate students in areas of strategic importance Service of the Public Debt 675.0 677.0 0% • Encourage research and development (R&D) partnerships and increase industrial R&D Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour 654.7 646.8 -1% Total population: 770,633 (2017) Of these, 35% were in STEM fields Total population: 37,058,856 (2018) • Increase federal government R&D Energy and Resource Development 109.2 106.5 -2% Gross Domestic Product (2017) Gross Domestic Product (2017) 3. Commercialize, Start and Scale Enterprises Legislative Assembly 30.7 29.2 -5% 1.4% of the Canadian total (245 K) Office of the Premier 1.60 1.49 -7% GDP: $2,142B (2017) Real GDP: $32.9 B (2017) (2012 chained dollars) • Improve rate of commercialization th • Strengthen support for start-ups Tourism, Heritage and Culture 81.83 72.66 -11% Money: $11 M for contract Global GDP ranking: 10th (World Bank, 2017) Provincial GDP ranking: 9 • Scale up high potential entrepreneurs Transportation and Infrastructure 1,075.6 890.0 -17% Real GDP growth: 1.83% GDP growth: 1.9% (2017) • Fuel innovation through investment attraction (IA) activities Opportunities New Brunswick 49.0 40.4 -17% research from firms (2016) Exports (goods/services): $26.6 B (2017) • Increase the number of ‘scale-up’ firms growing beyond 10 employees in key export-based sectors Regional Development Corporation 300.4 220.5 -27% Gross domestic expenditures on R&D Total Expenses 9,616.0 9,822.6 2% $12 M for research from GERD: $34,5 M (Stats Can, 2018) Imports (goods/services): $31.9 B (2017) 4. Foster Innovation Spaces • Generate new models of economic and social innovation through partnerships with NouLAB, LivingSJ, NB- GERD/GDP: 1.61% (2017) IRDT, NBSPRN and other organizations HIGHER EDUCATION private NPs (2016) OECD GERD/GDP average: 2.38% (2015) Gross domestic expenditures on R&D (2016) • Boost investment into innovation infrastructure under Strategic Infrastructure Initiative (SII) OECD GERD/GDP Ranking: 19th/35 (OECD, 2015) GERD: $356 M Money: Tuition per student (2018/19) Provincial ranking: 8/10 • Increase social enterprises in New Brunswick ` 5. Lead the Cybersecurity Agenda in Canada Higher Education in NB UNB was recently named Canada's most UNB is responsible for 75% of publicly funded GovERD: $1,973 M (Stats Can, 2018) GERD/GDP: 1.10% entrepreneurial university by Startup Canada research in New Brunswick • Empower critical infrastructure protection in the province and beyond Intl. undergrads: $27 K BERD: $17,928 M (Stats Can, 2018) GovERD* (funded): $10 M UNB is NB’s academic leader in Smart Grid research Canada’s Research Chair Positions: 11 • Conduct innovative research and continuous improvement to empower Critical Infrastructure organizations to NB public institutions: Higher education R&D and is part of the Smart Grid Innovation Network. HERD: $14,107 M (Stats Can, 2018) Provincial ranking: 9/10 operate and provide services securely and efficiently 9 expenditures (2016): UNB's Research Centre for Smart Grid Technologies UNB welcomed the nation’s first Cannabis Intl. grads: $16 K GovERD/GDP: 0.031% Money: has invested over $13 M in Smart Grid Research research chair in November 2018 8,172 NB post-secondary Total # of businesses (excludes public sector): GovERD (performed): 0 • Build scale and capacity to support business growth, workforce development & high value career universities HERD: $187 M LINKING ORGANIZATIONS Money: $26 M for high-ed. R&D (2016) Provincial ranking: 9/10 1,160,997 (Stats Can, Dec 2018) BERD: $127 M opportunities in cybersecurity $2,925 M total SR&ED (2018) in Canada 5 $354 M $305 M 12.8 % $ 39.0 M colleges HERD/GDP: 0.58% grads / year (2016) Breakdown by Business Size: Provincial ranking: 8/10 6. Become a Smart Province Of the $26 M federal support for high-ed. R&D in NB, Income Total expenditures of UNB’s expenditures are on Sponsored research Ocean Supercluster • Make the wealth of government data and information available to all citizens and institutions through Open sponsored research Small (1-99): 1,240,532 BERD/GDP: 0.39% expenditures Goal: Transform Canada’s ocean economy into a technology-driven, digitally $9 M federal support for private sector R&D in NB ~$17.6 M comes from Tri-Councils funding (2017-18) 18.5% of NB’s population Proportion of population aged University: 4,806; People: 4,113 immigrants to NB Medium (100-499): 18,511 Data Initiative powered knowledge economy and grow Canada’s ocean economy from $20B HERD: $187 M with a bachelor’s degree 25-64 who completed post • Support development of new applications, products and services using Digital ID for citizens, a single, secure to over $30B by 2050. Large (500+): 1,954 Provincial ranking: 9/10 or higher were in the secondary education (2016): Note: Current as of May 2018. The most recent data available were used. For details, see the Methodology & Data section of the Provincial and Territorial Innovation Ranking Report, Conference Board of Canada. UNB Strategic Research Plan (2016-2021): 7 Key Research Areas Smart Ocean Technology: Digitalization of ocean ecosystem data and College: 3,366 (2017-2018) GERD/GDP: 0.58% electronic representation of a person STEM fields of study Univ. College NB 20.2% 26.1% maritime operations, autonomous systems to enhance operational *NB, NFL, NS and PEI governments do not perform • Foster public and private sector innovation and the development of new applications to improve access to compared to 24.8% in Exports (Goods/Services): 662 B (2017) Canada 28.5% 22.4% Humanity, Culture, and Economy, Business, and Health, Wellness, and Digital Society, Computing, and Materials, Manufacturing, Energy, Natural Resources, Ecosystems, Earth, and the performance, and the integration of ocean data for enhanced prediction and 1.5% of the Canadian GovERD, thus funded GovERD was taken. All other government services for NB citizens, enabled by Digital Lab Canada (2016 Census) Societal Change Entrepreneurship Human Behaviour & NB total exports (2017): $26.6 B Imports (Goods/Services): $711 B (2017) Mathematical Foundations and Processing and Sustainable Development Universe risk characterization. Established ocean sectors of focus: GERD statistics were performed. • Become the first digital society in North America Development Emerging ocean sectors of focus: total (532 K) To other countries HERDHERD per ProvinceProvince (2016) (2016) 1. Wild fishery 6,000 5,657 1. Marine renewable energy Goods: $12.7 B 2. Shipping 5,000 2. Offshore aquaculture Services: $1.3 B 4,000 3,453 3. Ship-building Innovation, Science and Economic 3. Ocean frontier oil and gas To other provinces NB PROVINCIAL OBJECTIVES 3,000 Exploration of human Improvement in energy efficiency, Exploration of macroeconomic 4. Maritime defence Federal Science Based Departments & Agencies Granting Councils expression and communication, Research pertaining to disease Exploration of digital technologies and Researchers are making extraction, production and Research in this area involves Development Canada (ISED) 2,000 1,603 1,462 history, culture, demographics, policy and regulation of capital prevention along with the exploration into the mysteries of 4. Marine bio-resources Goods: $7.1 B markets, and microeconomic analysis of massive datasets. Also advances in polymers, metals, environmental sustainability. social problems, and the impact promotion of mental, physical includes AI, cybersecurity, digital biomaterials, inorganic, smart, life, the complexities of nature, 1,000 416 403 332 decision making, and Research into energy storage, smart 5. Offshore oil and gas Annual budget: $2,905 M (2018-19) 258 187 40 of culture and society on and social wellbeing and the laws of the universe Services: $5.5 B Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canadian Institutes for Health M) HERD per Province($ enterprise management privacy, data mining, big data analytics nano and biomedical materials grid technologies and renewables New Brunswick Contributors: Fisheries and Oceans Canada - individuals Economic Targets Total R&D expenditures: $676 M (2018-19) | 32% National Research Council Canada (NRC) (NSERC) (SSHRC) Research (CIHR) • Academia: UNB, U de M, NBCC NB exports grew by 20.4% (up
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