Insights

Useful thinking for decisions that must work.

Our knowledge agenda examines problems where operations, materials, economics, policy, people and implementation meet.

01

The economics of packaging

How material, process, logistics, waste and market decisions interact across the value system.

02

Canadian SME productivity

How operations, data, workforce, AI and commercial capability can support the next stage.

03

Government procurement

How Ontario SMEs can better understand Government of Canada requirements, readiness and opportunities.

04

Public program design

How policy objectives, implementation constraints, local capability and public outcomes can be connected.

05

Community capability

How local resources, partnerships, skills and markets can support durable value.

06

Newcomer entrepreneurship

How to turn a capability or idea into a viable activity within the Canadian institutional context.

Assessment tool · Bilingual interactive PDF

Economic Integration Diagnostic

An initial assessment tool for clarifying challenges, identifying potential sources of lost value, defining desired outcomes and determining the evidence needed for a practical intervention.

This diagnostic structures an initial assessment; it is not evidence of completed client interventions or achieved outcomes.

Download the blank template, open it in a compatible PDF reader, complete it and save it locally. Responses are not submitted automatically; you remain in control of the completed document.