This is a time for innovation.
We need to find new ways of doing things so
that we can bring health to our community
faster and more efficiently.
It comes from people with innovative ideas.
What's so special about today's Bears' Den is we actually
bring the community members together.
There's nothing more important than having access
to world class health care,
and we're so lucky in Ottawa to have CHEO.
What is the risk of not doing this?
And really, it's an existential
one to our health care system.
We need to change, we need to adapt.
We need to include things like AI and digital health
and technology in the way we do things. It's
An economic advantage in our city as we try
to attract the best companies and people to come to Ottawa.
I just think this is something
that we have to do in partnership.
We can't bring all of these
solutions forward within the context of our day-to-day work
We need outside people asking those critical
questions and curiosity
And it's just beautiful to see the collaboration
Because you have the health care ecosystem,
the business ecosystem, the research ecosystem,
and then the government ecosystem enveloping it.
And you need all of those people in the same room for this
to really work and make sense. And while
We have lots of talent here in Ottawa
and Eastern Ontario, we know that not every talent is here.
We need to go bigger, we need to go broader.
So what I see is a health care system under stress.
People feel that. I think our patients sometimes feel
that more than we want them to.
And the possibility for doing things differently
comes from research.
We have some amazing innovators
and business people in Canada,
and unfortunately most of us leave Canada
to sell our product first.
And so having events like this in Canada
where we can remain leaders in our spaces
here at home is so important.
What is really unique about Core Innovation is we bring
all those pieces together to help innovators
and entrepreneurs step across the chasm
so they can reach the other side
as a successful commercial entity.