Talent Innovation Canada

Solve. Scale. Succeed.

Canada must innovate
at scale to compete globally.

Talent Innovation Canada (TICAN) embeds elite graduate talent within Canada’s most ambitious firms to build new technologies.

Industry brings real-world R&D challenges to the table and can commercialize the results.

Graduate researchers work with the firms to solve those challenges as part of their advanced degrees, gaining valuable hands-on-experience.

The result: accelerated lab-to-market technology development in sectors critical to Canada’s economy.

How We Work

Bring us your toughest technological challenge
and we’ll provide the breakthrough.

Set the Challenge

01

TICAN works with you to understand your technological needs and turns these into R&D challenges.

Get the Talent

02

We match your challenge to the right graduate talent across Canada’s top research universities.

Own the Solution

03

The talent solves your challenge and you can commercialize the IP.

Watch TICAN in Action

Proudly working with Canada’s most innovative firms

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Ready to Innovate?

If you are an industry partner who is interested in innovating with TICAN, apply today.

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