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oneNS Coalition
Theme Overview
DM Bernie Miller
May 19, 2015
Agenda
• Getting More out of Our Universities and
Colleges: Overview
• Presentation: NS and the Overall National
Context of Research - Dr. Peter Nicholson
• Presentation: Lessons for Nova Scotia from
MIT R&D - Dr. Eric Grimson
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Agenda (continued)
• Panel: Dr. Eric Grimson, Dr. Richard Isnor,
Dr. Martha Crago, Dr. Wayne St. Amour,
Jean-Paul Deveau
• Overview of Recommendations for Meeting R&D
Goals for N.S., Dr. Peter Nicholson
• Discuss & Develop Firm Ideas of How to Meet the
R&D Goals
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Getting More out of Our Universities
and Colleges: Overview
GOAL 10: Post-Secondary Education and Training
The proportion of Nova Scotia’s working age population with a
post-secondary certificate, diploma or degree, including
apprenticeship completion, will have increased from the current
55% to 65%.
- The One Nova Scotia Report
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Getting More out of Our Universities
and Colleges: Overview
GOAL 11: Research and Development Investment
Through both individual initiative and expanded collaboration,
and with support from government, Nova Scotia’s universities
and the Nova Scotia Community College will have doubled
research funding to $360 million.
- The One Nova Scotia Report
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Getting More out of Our Universities
and Colleges: Overview
GOAL 12: Research and Development Partnerships
The number of research and development partnerships between
business enterprises and Nova Scotia universities and the
Community College will have doubled from an average of 1,000
per year to 2,000 per year.
- The One Nova Scotia Report
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oneNS Coalition
PSE R&D Opportunities
Opening remarks, Deputy Minister Duff Montgomerie
Department of Labour and Advanced Education
May 19, 2015
Overview
• 10 Universities; less than 1 million people
• Key sources of revenue for universities: tuition and
government grant
• Value the universities; resources not infinite
• Current direction is not sustainable ($54M gap)
• Long term funding and sustainability options (new
MOU 2015-2019)
• Focus funding policies on government’s key policy
objectives:
o No more emergency funding
o NS Students in NS universities are the focus of support
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Background
• 10 Universities
 Council of Nova Scotia University Presidents
• Deputy Ministers’ University Partnership Table
• MOU Partnership (University Presidents and DMs)
 Steering Committee (DM LAE, DM Priorities
and Planning, five Presidents)
• Alignment with corporate agenda: Planning and
Priorities + Department of Business
• Partnering with key line departments: Education,
Health, Agriculture, Community Services etc.
Creating a Nova Scotia
Framework for Universities:
Stability and Sustainability aligned with key corporate objectives
Building a framework to stabilize the Nova
Scotia university sector over the medium-term
and enable change:
1. Alignment of priorities
• Focus on quality, access & participation for Nova Scotians
2. Determination of policy direction
3. Strategic and planned approach
4. Comprehensive package of decisions and legislation that
support a corporate policy direction
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Alignment of Priorities
University sector investment in relation to Government’s priorities
4 years of funding; no more “emergencies”; new legislation (Bill 100)
FISCAL
requires common financial reporting
ECONOMY
EDUCATION
Five innovation teams set up to move the dial on One NS report:
Entrepreneurship, Experiential Learning, Technology Enabled Learning,
Recruitment and Retention, R&D and Commercialization
Focus on outcomes; where Province is the employer (eg Education,
Health related), ensure training is aligned with workforce requirements
Recruitment and retention of students; improved services for students
with disabilities; accessible student assistance especially for NS
students in NS universities; ensure students receive programming
needed to succeed at NSCC and universities.
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With focus on quality, universities can enhance access
and outcomes – positive
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Improving access, recruitment and retention could
enhance – positive
DEMOGRAPHICS
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Alignment with Economic and Social Goals:
Innovation Teams
Purpose: Alignment of government, universities and NSCC, and business around key
themes of entrepreneurship, experiential learning, technology enabled learning,
commercialization of R&D, student recruitment and retention
• The recent Atlantic Leaders’ Summit called for strategies in all of the above areas in
order to promote talent, innovation and entrepreneurism (Kevin Lynch, Feb 19/15)
and grow the economy
• Innovation Teams, consisting of leaders from government, universities and NSCC,
and ACOA, will benchmark current states, consider best practices, and recommend
approaches that will significantly advance Nova Scotia’s position in the key areas
• Proposals will be collaborative and will specifically address key recommendations in
the oneNova Scotia Report; evaluation will be measured against same
• Teams are set up and meeting; proposals have already been received on how best
to develop a collaborative and competitive experiential learning climate.
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Innovation Teams
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Entrepreneurship (Co-chairs: David Wheeler, CBU and TBA, Dept of Business)
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Experiential Learning (Co-chairs: Don Bureaux, NSCC and Greg Ells, LAE)
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Recruitment and Retention (Co-chairs: Kent MacDonald, StFX and Ted
Vaughan, LAE)
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Technology Enabled Learning (Co-chairs: Ramona Lumpkin, MSVU and Ava
Czapalay, LAE)
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Research and Development/Commercialization (Co-chairs: Ray Ivany, Acadia
and Richard Florizone, Dalhousie)
 Members include senior representatives from universities, NSCC, ACOA, and Provincial
Government. Student reps are on the Experiential Learning Table.
Summary
• Stable, predictable funding for four years
• Tuitions – one time market value adjustments;
3% cap remains for NS undergraduate students;
Bursary remains for NS students ($1283)
• Structural reviews – Education, Nutrition,
Engineering
• Student Assistance – re-aligned to support NS
students studying in NS universities
• Innovation Teams – mandate to move dial on
oneNS recommendations
• Legislation (Bill 100)
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