Our partners: allies and sources of inspiration

To build a bridge between the business and academic worlds, to develop research programs tailored to these organizations’ needs, and to guide researchers and practitioners into sharing their respective areas of knowledge and experience — this is the essence of CIRANO’s mission.

Partners are key to CIRANO. The partners, whether from the business, government, or academic circles, are members of CIRANO’s board of directors. They contribute to setting its research agenda and sit on the various committees that oversee its activities.

Being a CIRANO partner means:

• having preferential access to research groups that are of the highest quality and widely recognized as being among the best in Quebec and Canada;
• exchanging with researchers on the principal issues of concern to business, while also having the opportunity to commission research projects;
• contributing to the training of exceptional young talent;
• having access to workshops, conferences, and discussion forums on subjects of interest and to which world-class researchers are invited.

Being a partner means believing in the importance of CIRANO, seeking to foster productive social and economic innovations in Quebec, and desiring to retain this research potential in the service of our government and private-sector decision makers.

Being a partner also means contributing to CIRANO’s funding.