How Canadian Universities Collaborated With Chinese Institutes Now Declared a Risk

Before Canada’s recent designation of 85 Chinese academic institutions as potential threats to national security, several Canadian universities had engaged in extensive interactions with some of those institutions. The list of Named Research Organizations released Jan. 16 is part of Ottawa’s Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern, introduced to bolster Canadian universities’ research security. However, many of the collaborations, in particular those between individual professors in Canada and China, remain undisclosed. Some instances indicate ongoing research partnerships and academic exchanges involving several leading universities within Canada’s U15 group, such as University of Waterloo, University of Toronto, University of British Columbia, and McGill University....