Insights
Articles and opinion, from practice.
Writing on resilient neighbourhood design, sovereign energy and compute, and the pre-commercialization layer Canada's innovation economy is missing. Evidence-based, specifically sourced.
The Missing Layer: Pre-Commercialization
Between world-class research and mass-market production sits a gap with no practice platform. That gap is where Canadian value leaks abroad, and it is what a district is built to fill.
Jul 31, 2026
Designing Resilient Neighbourhoods
A minimally resilient neighbourhood makes its own energy, food, and compute, and keeps running when the wider grid does not. It has to be designed in from the first plan.
Jul 31, 2026
The Data Centre as Good Neighbour
Waste heat warms greenhouses, cooling water irrigates crops, and a buried facility runs cool on ground contact. The community that hosts the costs gets first claim on the benefits.
Jul 31, 2026
Canada's Innovation Paradox: Five Gaps Between What We Make and What We Keep
The national diagnosis behind the district: five gaps, each documented by the Bank of Canada, Statistics Canada, or the Council of Canadian Academies.
Jul 22, 2026
Long-Term Strategic Venture Capital
The capital model behind the Long-Term Fund: hold for decades, acquire keystone companies, steward as an owner-operator, compound instead of exit.
Jul 5, 2026
Build-to-Manage
Build the infrastructure, then earn from managing it. The revenue pattern behind the district's early, self-funding facilities.
May 24, 2026
Innovation Sovereignty
Self-reliant innovation capacity, anchored on a grand challenge and built by a coalition. The thesis beneath the whole district.
May 24, 2026
The Innovation Sanctuary
Not an incubator, not an accelerator, not a co-working space. A protected space for long-horizon work and the people who choose it.
May 24, 2026
The Tripartite Ecosystem Model
Industry, Governance, and Education each produce what another needs. The more frequent and complex the exchange, the more resilient the system.
May 24, 2026