How are polytechnics advancing Canada's artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions? Find out in our latest video! 🎥 As AI continues to reshape industries, Canada's leading polytechnic institutions are playing a vital role in bringing these technologies from potential to practice. Through applied research and hands-on talent development, polytechnics are helping businesses and industries harness AI to boost productivity, improve healthcare and drive innovation in sectors such as energy, mining, manufacturing and robotics. Featuring perspectives from @larryrosia (@SaskPolytech ), Dr. Panos PanagioTakopoulos and Kent Peel (@SenecaPoly ), and Dr. Ethan Shen (@sheridancollege ), this video highlights how polytechnics are helping Canadian industries adopt and apply AI to meet emerging challenges and opportunities. Watch now to explore how polytechnics are helping shape Canada's AI future and turn ambition into action🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=bXKO4y7c…

How can technology support safer and more resilient Northern communities? @SaskPolytech 's Digital Integration Centre of Excellence is working with Alpha-EL Inc., a northern First Nations-owned company developing remote surveillance systems. The collaboration applies engineering and data expertise to wildlife monitoring, wildfire detection and flood-risk assessment in the Yukon. It is a strong example of Indigenous-led innovation supported by polytechnic research capacity, combining local priorities with technology that can strengthen environmental monitoring, land stewardship and emergency preparedness. Explore our Applied Research Inventory to find the labs, equipment and expertise that can support projects like this: polytechnicscanada.ca/applie…

Last week, Polytechnics Canada and the Presidents of Canada’s top polytechnic institutions met with Minister @PattyHajdu for an important conversation about strengthening Canada’s skills system and ensuring Canadians have the training they need to succeed in a changing economy. We discussed four key priorities: - Recognizing the central role of polytechnics in Team Canada Strong and in apprenticeship training, attraction and retention - Embedding polytechnics in Workforce Alliances so they are grounded in current employer needs, relevant curriculum and existing training capacity - Making mid-career upskilling more accessible - Building a coordinated defence-skills system that uses existing civilian training capacity Canada’s leading polytechnic institutions are ready to work with the federal government, employers and communities to turn these priorities into practical pathways for Canadians and to help build the skilled workforce Canada needs for a strong, resilient future. Thank you to Minister Hajdu for the opportunity to advance this important conversation. @AlgonquinColleg @bcit @ConestogaC @FanshaweCollege @GBPolytech @HumberPoly @KwantlenU @NAIT @RRC @SaskPolytech @SenecaPoly @sheridancollege @sait

Congratulations to @SaskPolytech on this incredible investment in the future of education and early childhood learning! Polytechnics Canada applauds Wally and Colleen Mah, co-owners of @northridgeyxe , for their generous $500,000 gift to the Time to Rise campaign for the new Joseph A. Remai Saskatoon Campus. Their support will help create the North Ridge Creativity Zone and provide Early Childhood Education students with an inspiring space to learn, create and prepare for the next generation. Philanthropic leadership like this makes a lasting difference in our communities. Thank you for investing in students, innovation and the future of Canada’s workforce!

This is polytechnic education in action: partnering with communities to solve real challenges, build local capacity and create lasting impact. @SaskPolytech ’s collaboration with Montreal Lake Cree Nation shows the power of bringing applied research, technology and community knowledge together. By creating dynamic digital maps while training community members to update them using drones, the project is building local capacity that can support emergency response, land-use planning, environmental stewardship and economic opportunity for years to come. This is why Canada must continue investing in polytechnics and their unique role as trusted partners in communities - strengthening communities and building the skilled workforce Canada needs. cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatche…

Polytechnics Canada welcomes today's announcement by the Honourable @PattyHajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families, of an additional $2 billion federal investment under Team Canada Strong. The funding is intended to help provinces and territories expand apprenticeship and technical training capacity, improve access to Red Seal trades programs, reduce waitlists and increase completion rates. Today's announcement addresses a longstanding advocacy priority of Polytechnics Canada: expanding technical training capacity is essential to improving apprenticeship completion rates and meeting Canada's growing demand for skilled trades workers. By investing in provincial and territorial training systems, the government is taking an important step toward addressing the capacity constraints that limit apprentice progression and certification. Strengthening training capacity is critical to overcoming persistent challenges within Canada's apprenticeship system and ensuring more apprentices can access technical training when they need it, progress through their programs and complete their certification. Improved apprenticeship outcomes will be essential to achieving Canada's housing, infrastructure and defence objectives. Polytechnics Canada member institutions train approximately 70 per cent of apprentices who participate in technical training each year. As a result, expanding capacity at polytechnics is one of the most effective ways to reduce bottlenecks in the apprenticeship system, accelerate certification and strengthen Canada's skilled trades workforce. Increased investment in training capacity will help ensure Canada has the skilled workers needed to meet current and future labour market demands and deliver on its national ambitions. Learn more: newswire.ca/news-releases/go…

What if mining by-products could become the foundation for stronger communities and healthier ecosystems? At @SaskPolytech , that's exactly what researchers are exploring through P2INACLE—a prairie-wide collaboration between polytechnics and @iminerals ⛏️ 💡 Explore the Applied Research Inventory to discover where innovations like this begin: polytechnicscanada.ca/applie…

Applied research is helping producers stay one step ahead of crop disease 🌱 @SaskPolytech researchers with the Sustainability Led Integrated Centres of Excellence (SLICE) are using drones and hyperspectral imaging to detect clubroot in canola fields — before visible symptoms appear. With over 90% accuracy, this approach can pinpoint small patch clubroot patches early, allowing targeted treatment and helping producers avoid costly field-wide losses. Smart tech + applied research = stronger, more sustainable canola production. Learn more: saskpolytech.ca/news/posts/2…

Polytechnics are turning defence strategy into real-world impact — building talent, validating technologies and accelerating innovation. As a NATO DIANA test centre, @SaskPolytech is helping advance Canada’s role in allied defence innovation. At the 2026 Polytechnic Showcase, Dr. Terry Peckham shared how this work comes to life. Through applied research, AI expertise and hands-on testing, Sask Polytech is helping move innovations from concept to deployment — bridging the gap to real-world use. Read the full blog post: polytechnicscanada.ca/news-e…