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Opinion: Canadian universities and companies must proactively assess risks of collaboration with China

Guest Contributor
April 21, 2021

China's investments in and with Canadian universities and companies pose a serious risk to Canada's security, personal data, research and technology, says Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a senior fellow at the Institute for Science, Society and Policy at the University of Ottawa, and former executive vice-president of NSERC.

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Organizations: Alibaba, Canada-China Joint Committee on Science and Technology, Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Compute Canada, Government of Canada, Huawei, Innovation Science and Industry, Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada, People's Republic of China, University of Ottawa, University of Waterloo, and Zoom
People: François-Philippe Champagne and Margaret McCuaig-Johnston
Topics: academic freedom, Canada's security, Canadian research networks, Canadian-Chinese joint ventures, China's 2017 National Intelligence Law, China's Dual Circulation Policy, China's Indigenous Innovation Policy, China's S&T capacity, Chinese investment in Canadian universities and companies, Cybersecurity, databases, forced technology transfers, Government funding for research, Graham Cluster, high-performance computing, intellectual property, International partnerships, IT infrastructure, monitoring, protecting Canadian data, research collaborations, research contributions, risks of collaborating with China, surveillance, and university transparency

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