Disruptors
The Canada Project: Taking the Country’s Most Urgent Challenges Head-On A Special Season of Disruptors, Hosted by John Stackhouse Canada stands at a crossroads: lead boldly or fall behind. Global uncertainty and a widening productivity gap demand decisive action. For this special season of Disruptors, John Stackhouse travels the country to meet the visionaries using technology to tackle Canada’s most urgent challenges — and to build a stronger, more competitive nation. From robotics defending Arctic sovereignty and AI transforming agriculture, to critical minerals powering the clean transition and housing innovations reshaping our cities — each episode reveals how technical ingenuity meets national purpose. These aren’t just stories of invention — they’re a blueprint for Canada’s future.
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The world is investing billions in data centres and compute. Canada’s edge isn’t bigger boxes—it’s Trust: rules enforced at home, private information secured under Canadian jurisdiction, and a clear path for enterprise data handling in the age of AI. That’s how “Canadian trust” becomes a competitive advantage. This wee
As the world electrifies—from cars and buses to datacentres and defence—demand for battery materials is exploding. Today, China refines more than 90% of the world’s graphite into the material used in virtually all EV battery anodes—that level of concentration is a strategic vulnerability Canada, and its allies, can’t i
Across Nunavut’s Kivalliq region, communities and mine sites still rely on imported diesel for electricity and satellite links for basic connectivity. It’s expensive, carbon-intensive, and leaves a strategically vital part of Canada dependent on infrastructure we don’t fully control. In this episode of Disruptors: The
Saskatchewan, long known for feeding the world, is now leading a revolution in ag-tech. With automation, machine learning, and AI-powered quality control, the province is redefining how food moves from field to port. Agriculture is more than Canada’s heritage - it’s our future advantage. In this episode of Disruptors:
At the edge of Hudson Bay, the Port of Churchill is being revitalized — reconnecting the Prairies to global markets and strengthening Canada’s northern gateway to the world. In this episode of Disruptors: The Canada Project, John Stackhouse speaks with Premier Wab Kinew, Chris Avery of Arctic Gateway Group, and Grant B
Port to Prosperity: How Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Is Rebuilding Canada’s Pacific Gateway
Canada’s prosperity depends on how efficiently it can move goods to market — yet its largest ports have fallen behind the world’s best. With global trade accelerating and supply chains under pressure, Roberts Bank Terminal 2 represents a generational investment in Canada’s competitiveness. In this episode, Peter Xotta