Student names (alphabetical order): Clément Bailly,Karin Kazarian, Joeun Park, Daniel Passaseo, Manh Tung Vuong

Supervisor: Gita Ghiasi

Course: ENGR-392-2202-EE

Abstract

Since telemedicine holds lots of promise as an emergent technology, particularly in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the goals of this study is to develop an understanding of the prevalence of telemedicine in current Canadian research and development. Furthermore, we want to ascertain the economic impacts of the pandemic on those industries currently involved in telemedicine. Our quantitative research focuses on keyword, publication, patent, company and socio-economic analysis using INSPEC, COMPENDEX, PATENTSCOPE, WIPO, and Canada Statistics databases. We relate the processed data to the techno-economic network (TEN) framework as a system of relations to explore the four poles: science, technology, market and finance in the research and development process of telemedicine as an innovation. Based on the analysis, we found the Canadian trend to follow the Triple Helix model of University–Industry– Government relations. We also discovered the importance of each actor in the research and development process and their interdependencies in the innovation process. While telemedicine was found to be an industrial sector that showed promises of large growth due to COVID-19, the pandemic also influenced the telemedicine related industries and activities negatively in terms of profits, number of staff, and productivities. Moreover, gender gap is observed in both employment and wage in the Canadian industries within the scope of this study. Information and cultural industries, along with professional, scientific and technical services industries are male dominated cultures, whereas health care and social assistance industries heavily favor women.

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