The APRC conducts research and disseminates knowledge about the role of public policy in supporting Canada’s globally competitive automotive industry. The APRC was formed in 2012 as a collaborative research partnership funded by a grant from Automotive Partnership Canada (APC). Between 2012 and 2018, the APRC engaged university-based researchers, policy-makers, and industry stakeholders from Canada and abroad in a variety of research collaborations, resulting in dozens of publications, presentations, and events. In 2018, the APRC became an NGO that maintains partnerships with university-based researchers, policy-makers, and industry stakeholders, one that continues to pursue multi-disciplinary research related to the role of public policy in supporting the automotive industry in Canada.