In this paper we are interested in the kinds of knowledge generation being thus promoted by Canada’s federal government, and what this means for higher education.
Therefore, the paper explores three questions, within the general context of the federal
government’s concern with Canada’s global position and productivity: (1) What (different)
meanings and values of knowledge are reflected in Canada’s recent federal knowledgegenerating policies and programs? (2) How are intermediating agencies implicated in
defining knowledge and distributing resources to generate knowledge? and (3) What
implications for higher education are inherent in these knowledge production policies and
agencies?