A PREPR-LED INITIATIVE
Connecting Canadian innovation to opportunities at home and around the world.
The Canadian Open Innovation Network (COIN™) connects startups, scale-ups, industry, talent, researchers, innovation organizations and public-sector partners through challenge-driven innovation and opportunity pathways.
A more connected pathway from challenge to solution, capability to opportunity, and innovation to market.
From fragmented programs to connected pathways
Canada has invested significantly in innovation, research, commercialization, workforce development, trade and entrepreneurship. The opportunity now is to make those assets easier to navigate, connect and activate.
COIN™ brings existing programs, platforms, partners and opportunities together into innovation corridors. Each corridor connects Canadian capabilities with a market, a sector and a public priority, and carries four streams of opportunity.
Industries & Sectors
Companies, technologies, research, talent and investment around strategic opportunity areas.
Countries & Markets
Two-way pathways between Canadian and international innovation ecosystems.
Research & Technology
Applied research, IP and emerging technologies linked to commercialization.
Talent & Workforce
Skills, experiential learning, experts and employers aligned to emerging workforce needs.
An opportunity network for innovation
Each opportunity type maps to the corridor or one of its four streams.
Challenges & Procurement
Industry and public-sector challenges, RFPs, RFQs, RFIs and challenge-based procurement.
Funding & Investment
Grants, public and private capital, and commercialization support.
Markets & Internationalization
Trade, foreign direct investment and soft-landing pathways.
Talent & Expertise
Jobs, gigs, experts, mentors and researchers.
Innovation & Commercialization
Applied research, pilots, demonstrations and technology adoption.
How a corridor is built
Step 1 · Define the corridor
Market or region
The market, region or geography the corridor connects.
Industry or sector
The industry or area of opportunity the corridor focuses on.
Priority or opportunity
The challenge, need or opportunity the corridor is designed to address.
Step 2 · Choose the streams
Talent
Employers, workers, skills pathways
Research
Applied research to industry demand
Capital
Investment and public capital
Procurement
Demand, suppliers, procurement
Step 3 · Execute & scale
A common execution pathway moves opportunities through each selected stream.
How a corridor works
One practical, repeatable model runs inside every stream of every corridor.
Priority, sector and market needs
Find capabilities; match them to demand
Labs, pilots and cohorts build evidence
Turn activity into outcomes
Evidence that grows the corridor
Conversion looks different in each stream:
Talent
Placements, mobility, credentials
Research
Partnerships, IP licensing, commercialized technology
Capital
Investment, co-investment, follow-on funding
Procurement
Contracts, adoption, challenge-based procurement
ORGANIZATIONS
Surface real economic, technology, workforce and societal challenges.
INNOVATORS
Discover those challenges and the resources required to address them.
PARTNERS
Contribute expertise, infrastructure, capital, research, talent and market access.
Building on infrastructure already in place
COIN™ is connective infrastructure built on capabilities developed through Prepr and its ecosystem, giving partners a foundation to extend the programs and investments already in place.
PreprLabs
Challenge-based innovation, collaboration and experiential learning infrastructure.
ImpactLayer
Outcome and impact measurement, helping partners understand which activities produce measurable economic, workforce and innovation outcomes.
Workforce Solutions & Frameworks
Connecting skills development, talent pathways and employer needs to innovation activity.
Canadian capabilities. Global connections.
Through relationships with innovation organizations and networks in Canada and internationally, COIN™ can create reciprocal corridors that help:
- Canadian companies expand internationally.
- International innovators enter and invest in Canada.
- Industry discover technologies and solutions.
- Researchers connect knowledge with commercialization opportunities.
- Talent develop capabilities around real-world challenges.
- Governments and ecosystem organizations connect programs and opportunities around shared priorities.
Beyond Borders.
Beyond Tariffs.
Canada’s innovation potential shouldn’t stop at the border.
COIN™ connects Canadian ideas, talent and technology with opportunities to collaborate, commercialize and scale at home and around the world.
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