Senator James S. Cowan (Leader of the Opposition) spoke of the Open Doors, Open Knowledge events and the important research and work being carried out through university/industry partnerships.
– Senate debates, November 21, 2012.
Open doors
Open Doors, Open Knowledge 2012
Putting ideas to work
Canada’s universities opened their doors this fall to showcase how university and private-sector partnerships are driving innovation in Canada. Local communities and partners in government and the private sector were invited to a variety of campus events across Canada between November 9 and 18, 2012.
Past events
Innovation funding announcement with MPP, Jay Aspin.
11:30 a.m.
Room A248 (behind the Nipissing University Small Cafeteria).
The event is free of charge. The public is more than welcome to attend.
Carleton will showcase the new home of its School of Journalism and Communication program in the University’s “River Building,” which received KIP funding.
“Student to Entrepreneur”: Distinguished Speaker Series panel discussion
11:30-1:45 p.m.
A panel of experts will discuss the economic value of training Canada’s next generation of entrepreneurs at this public event.
Organized in partnership with the Toronto Board of Trade, and moderated by former Ontario Economic Development Minister Sandra Pupatello.
The Institut national de la recherche scientifique’s Eau Terre Environnement (Water Earth Environment) and Urbanisation Culture Société (Urbanization Culture Society) research centres invite university students to an afternoon of discovery*. There, the centres will present their research activities and installations in downtown Quebec. INRS is a post-graduate university and is part of the Université du Québec network.
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Eau Terre Environnement research centre – Optional visit of the Laboratoires pour l’innovation scientifique et technologique de l’environnement (laboratories for environmental scientific and technological innovations) at Quebec Metro High Tech Park. Transportation will be provided from downtown. Registration required to attend. Please fill in the form at http://www.inrs.ca/evenements/portes-ouvertes-aux-centres-ete-et-ucs-de-l-inrs (only available in French).
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Eau Terre Environnement research centre – tour and presentations: “my project in 300 seconds.”
Urbanisation Culture Société research centre – tour and meetings with researchers and students.
4:00-5:30 p.m.
Public « café rencontre »
* Students who participate in INRS’s Open Doors events will be refunded their admission application fee (valued at $45) if they enrol at INRS.
Research Open House
10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.
The event will feature a lab tour which will highlight partnerships Mount Allison has with private sector companies Soricimed Biopharma and Breviro Caviar.
Cape Breton University is inviting high school students to a morning event at its Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and the Environment, which opened a year ago this November. There, they will learn about current partnerships, initiatives and ongoing projects that are happening within the Centre.
Economic Symposium with the City of Abbotsford
8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre
UFV is a co-sponsoring this event which aims to build community engagement and link economic opportunities and education.
Regional government, provincial and federal representatives, business leaders have been invited to attend the Symposium. A panel of experts, including Dr. Mark Evered, will explore the subject “economic opportunities and education” in the morning session
Research Talk delivered by Dr. Mukund Jha, Department of Biology and Chemistry as part of Nipissing University’s Award Winners Speaker Series.
7:00 p.m.
Thomson Reading Room,
Harris Learning Library,
Nipissing University
The event is free of charge. The public is more than welcome to attend.
“What’s Up with the U”
Join four outstanding UAlberta graduate students who will share the excitement of their current research and discoveries. Come and hear about some of the fascinating and important research currently underway at UAlberta. What’s up with the U? will present research in into drug use/abuse, tropical ecosystems, “intelligent” bacteria in our guts, and the cultural story of Seattle’s punk rock scene.
2:00-3:00 p.m. at Enterprise Square
10230 Jasper Ave Northwest, Edmonton
Part of the university’s Kids’ Festival of Ideas http://www.festivalofideas.ca/
In conjunction with their Fall Open House, Trent University will showcase some of their research and labs which are connected to private sector partnerships. Key partners and local politicians will tour facilities in Oshawa to learn more about the work Trent is doing in partnership with the private sector.
Open Doors with Academic Dean, Dr. John Mitchell will include a poster display, and distribution of a research newsletter.
Visitors will be taken on a tour of an engineering lab where a prototype of a new air-to-air exchanger for residential and commercial use is being developed through a research partnership between the University of Saskatchewan and local company, Venmar CES Inc. They will also be invited to watch a video about the partnership.
Earth Science Building Opening
Read an article about the opening
10:30am-12pm
Atrium of Earth Sciences Building
Announcing the opening of ESB – a new facility to revitalize the student experience, meet the educational needs of the next generation of trained geologists and ensure the pace is kept up with Canada’s booming natural resource sector.
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Faculty members, staff, students, and industry/community collaborators will host interactive displays of their research collaborations and be available to discuss their work. Topics include:
- Agri-food/wine
- Equity and diversity
- Health and wellness
- Tidal energy
7:30-9:00 a.m.
Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront
2 Princess St.
Queen’s hosts a virtual Open Doors event focusing on student entrepreneurship, which coincides with the annual Principal’s Community Breakfast for local MPPs, MPs, municipal officials and students.
PhD student and winner of the Martin Walmsley Fellowship for Technological Entrepreneurship from the Ontario Centres of Excellence, Paul Webster, will make a presentation.
2:00 – 6:00 p.m.
The University of Guelph Open Doors event will highlight their partnerships with Hill’s Pet Nutrition and the local equine community. There will be tours of the Hill’s Pet Nutrition Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) and the recently opened Equine Sports Medicine and Reproduction Centre (ESMRC).
The PHC operates both as a fully functional veterinary clinic and as an educational facility for veterinary students within the Ontario Veterinary College. It allows students to gain valuable knowledge through practical experience under the supervision of PHC veterinarians. In addition to tours of the facility, there will be demonstrations on Canine Rehabilitation and “What happens when your pet goes to the vet”, as well as a seminar on pet nutrition.
The ESMRC builds upon the University of Guelph’s proud legacy of improving the lives of horses through partnerships with stakeholders within the equine industry and through Equine Guelph. The facility offers expert care in equine sports medicine, lameness evaluation and treatment, reproduction services and diagnostic imaging. There will be a dressage riding demonstration with Olympian Lorraine Stubbs and a demonstration of equine reproduction and upper airway diagnostics. Visitors will also be able to explore displays on equine research, and the interactive EquiMania display for kids.
York University is pleased to join with NexJ Systems Inc. and McMaster University and 13 public and private partners to showcase the state of the art in personal health and wellness. Come and catch a glimpse of new mobile healthcare apps. See how you can own and control your personal health records. Learn about how health coaching will help to keep more of us healthier, longer
Please join us:
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Displays Open at 12:00 noon – 3:00 pm.
Presentations & Demonstrations from 2:00 – 2:30pm
Coffee & Networking from 2:30 – 3:00 pm
The Atrium, Technology Enhanced Learning Building (TEL)
88 The Pond Road
York University Keele Campus
4700 Keele Street,
Toronto, Ontario
The Connected Health and Wellness Project (CHWP) connects prominent industry, academic and healthcare organizations in a $39M public–private partnership designed to:
- Create jobs and optimize the benefits of a new health economy
- Promote people-centred health care
- Give people information and tools to improve own health
- Offer new solutions to improve the quality and efficiency of health and wellness services
- Enhance patient safety and outcomes
Launch of website highlighting SFU Research by the Office of the vice-president of Research.
Media are invited to tour a nearly completed research centre at the University of Regina.
The $30-million, 6,500 square foot research centre will be home to a team of Canada Research Chairs and environmental researchers studying environmental issues related to water quality, aquatic ecosystems and their protection.”
The Canadian Centre for Fisheries Innovation is hosting a presentation and tour, highlighting the centre’s success in bringing together the expertise and applied research resources of Memorial University with fish farmers, harvesters, processors and equipment developers to enhance productivity and entrepreneurship in the fisheries sector.
The event will take place in Hampton Hall at the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University, St. John’s, on Ridge Road at 10 a.m.
DalPower Breakfast: Innovation and eggs for breakfast? You bet.
Read an article about the event
7:45 – 9:00 a.m.
Life Sciences Research Institute, Atrium,
1344-48 Summer Street,
Halifax
Meet five teams of graduate students and professors whose specialized research is positioning Halifax as an R&D leader with solid university links. This inaugural DalPower Breakfast will introduce you to research that’s building our economy, attracting the best brain power, and spinning out new technologies that help local companies succeed in global markets.
The inaugural DalPower Breakfast, marking the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada’s “Open Doors, Open Knowledge” initiative, will introduce you to research that’s building our economy, attracting the best brain power, and spinning out new technologies that help local companies succeed in global markets.
The following five research programs will be highlighted:
For more information about Dalhousie research
RSVP: Lisa.Nociforo@dal.ca
November 12 and 13
Food: A Serving of Science
This week, member institutions of the Association of Universities of Colleges and Canada are hosting events to promote innovation and innovative ideas to a broad public as part of an initiative called Open Doors, Open Knowledge. The Trottier Symposium, which has been stimulating public debate about science and society since 2005, is proud to represent McGill during Open Doors 2012.
Jeffrey Blumberg and Dr. Walter Willett
Monday, November 12, 2012
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Centre Mont Royal, 1000 Sherbrooke Street West (corner Mansfield)
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Centre Mont Royal, 1000 Sherbrooke Street West (corner Mansfield)
To eat, or not to eat; that is the question. In today’s world we are infiltrated with all types of conflicting messages. Foods are labeled as “natural” or “healthy”; we’re told to load up on vitamins and anti-oxidants; insert probiotics into our diet and to stay clear of pesticides. But what does all this really mean? What is the evidence for any of these claims? Show me the science! And so we will.
The Lorne Trottier Public Science Symposium Series is proud to present four distinguished speakers, all with expertise in food. From what’s on your plate to cooking in the kitchen, each of the speakers will present their views on food and the science behind it. Following the speakers’ presentations, the public will be encouraged to ask questions and engage in a discussion with all the participants.
McGill University is proud to host the eighth annual Lorne Trottier Public Science Symposium, made possible through the generous support of Dr. Lorne Trottier and honouring his wish “to hold a public forum to inform, inspire debate and raise public awareness on contemporary issues confronting society today”.
General admission
The symposium will be recorded for distribution as webcasts (both live, and viewing on demand) plus future television broadcasts by Canal Savoir.
For additional information: 514-398-2852 or email
Generating Partnerships in Long Term Care: The Mount’s Care and Construction Project
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Evaristus 307C,
Mount Saint Vincent University will showcase its partnership with a number of long-term care facilities in the province. The Care and Construction project is a multi-faceted three-year nationally-funded project examining the experiences of residents living in nursing homes in Nova Scotia. It represents a true collaboration between academics and industry.
Dr. Janice Keefe, Director of the Nova Scotia Centre on Aging and the Mount’s Lena Isabel Jodrey Chair in Gerontology, will partner with Ann McInnis, Vice-President of Northwood, to provide an overview of the project. Mary Lee, President and CEO of Health Association Nova Scotia, will speak from the sector council perspective.
In conjunction with their Fall Open House, Trent University will showcase some of their research and labs which are connected to private sector partnerships. Key partners and local politicians will tour facilities in Peterborough to learn more about the work Trent is doing in partnership with the private sector.
The University of Windsor’s Open Doors event coincides with its general campus Open House for prospective students and will be held in the newly opened Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation.
There, students and faculty members will profile some research projects that are underway in collaboration with regional businesses.
DATE TBC
Open Doors at Bishop’s Entrepreneurial Centre will showcase the bridge between students and the business community.
Western University based its Open Doors event around the grand opening of its Fraunhofer Project Centre. The FPC@Western, located at the new Advanced Manufacturing Park, is North America’s first full-sized production environment for developing, testing and validating lightweight materials and advanced manufacturing processes. It is expected to make London, Ontario the leading site for advanced composite materials research and testing at a manufacturing scale for several North American Industrial sectors, including transportation, renewable energy and construction. The initiative was made possible through a partnership between Western and Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical Technology, and funding from the City of Londn, FedDev Ontario, and the Province of Ontario. It will create composite materials for industry and is expected to create jobs in the manufacturing sector.
At the event, the federal government announced a $13.7M FedDev investment for the FPC and a centre for commercialization of advanced manufacturing technology, also to be located at Western’s Avanced Manufacturing Park.
Waterloo’s Open Doors event will include a tour of the university’s new Research Office at the Stratford Campus, a ribbon cutting ceremony at Waterloo’s Research & Development Park, and the announcement of funding for a new Research Chair.
As part of the University of Victoria’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, alumni and the community at large are invited to a series of events. Visit the university website for a complete list: http://www.uvic.ca/anniversary/events/calendar/index.php