Author: Rebecca Melville

Disrupting the status quo – a new approach to partnership

This article is part of the Applied PeR$pectives series By: Dr. Darren Lawless, Dean, Applied Research & Innovation, Humber College Innovation and collaboration are words we hear and read almost daily – in meetings, in news stories, and in corporate mission and vision statements. Without the partnerships to back them up and actions to make…

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Notables – October 10, 2018

  By Craig Bamford New Innovative Solutions Challenge: cleantech resolving plastics waste Welcome to Notables for October 10th, 2018. This week: a set of surprisingly-linked stories about scientific research. First this week: Innovation in cleantech and plastics! As noted by our friends at RDP Associates, the Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC) program is looking into the…

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The PaulicyWorks Canadian Nobel Laureates Quiz

This article is part of our Fast Policy Facts online series  By Paul Dufour October 3, 2018 Test your knowledge – win a prize! Deadline to enter: Friday October 5, 2018 Yes, it’s October. The Swedish Academy, celebrating its 279th anniversary, is handing out the annual hardware (along with original artwork and cash). &nbsp Every…

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Notables – October 3, 2018

By Craig Bamford MaRS produces new report on diversity and belonging in workplace Welcome to Notables for October 3rd, 2018. This week: a set of surprisingly-linked stories about scientific research. First this week: A new report on bringing more diversity into research in Toronto. MaRS Discovery District has produced a new report about diversity in…

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Notables – September 12, 2018

By Craig Bamford CIX names their top 20 innovative companies Welcome to Notables for September 12, 2018. First this week: CIX names their top 20 most innovative companies in Canada. The Canadian Innovation Exchange, which hosts the CIX Summit – coming October 22-23 – has named the 20 companies they’re honoring as “game-changing companies on…

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Naming Our Science and Research Prizes for Women: Time for Fair Play

This article is part of our Fast Policy Facts online series  By Paul Dufour In Canada, there is a positive resurgence in celebrating the growing participation of women in science, engineering and math. Rightly so… they are more than half of our population and are an increasing part of our labour force in all areas…

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From the depths of the Canadian shield to a Nobel prize

This article is from the July 2017 issue of Canadian Innovation News. You can read the full issue here. SNOLAB is a world-class science facility nestled in the depths of a century-old and still operating Vale Creighton nickel mine inside the Canadian Shield near Sudbury, Ontario in Canada. The combination of great depth and cleanliness…

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How a giant “nature selfie” is tackling a major conservation problem

This article is from the July 2017 issue of Canadian Innovation News. You can read the full issue here. By Hayley Chazan and Richard Clark As part of country’s 150th anniversary celebrations, BioBlitz Canada is crowd-sourcing information about species in Canada’s vast and diverse ecosystem On Canada’s 150th birthday, you might expect that experts have…

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