A knowledge economy exists where information and technology are used to benefit society, businesses, and communities.

 

Its foundation is generally considered to be an environment that enables residents, businesses, governments and organizations to realize economic prosperity from the creation and sharing of their knowledge and ideas.  Innovation is at the heart of all knowledge economies and with the unique history, culture, environment, resources and general potential of the territory, there are numerous ways to collaborate and contribute to a developing Knowledge Economy.

 

The Department of Industry Tourism and Investment is conducting a series of engagement sessions and interviews with key representatives to inform the design and strategy of an Action Plan to grow the knowledge economy in the Northwest Territories. These engagement sessions are being facilitated by Qatalyst research.

 

Six virtual engagement sessions have been scheduled. Each session will ofer an opportunity to discuss all elements of the knowledge economy but focus more heavily on one particular component. The schedule for the engagement sessions is as follows.

 

 To register for a session, you can click here: https://www.research.net/r/NWTRegistrationForm. If you are unable to participate in any of these sessions, please reach out to knowledge_economy@gov.nt.ca to set up a time to speak directly with ITI.

 

We would also like to encourage you to fill out a quick public survey and provide some ideas which can be found here: https://www.engage-iti.ca/knowledge-economy.

 

We look forward to your ongoing input and participation in the development of a Knowledge Economy Action Plan. For more information including access to our discussion paper, please visit: https://www.iti.gov.nt.ca/en/knowledge-economy