Resources
CME Manitoba & Vehicle Technology Centre COVID-19 Supply Chain Impact Study Report (February 2021)
This report is a summary of interviews of manufacturers in Manitoba about the impact of COVID-19 on their supply chain.
More information can be found here, the report can also be downloaded here.
College Applied Research Information Series (2014)
The document is a series of four articles about applied research in Canadian colleges, originally written in 2014 by Ray Hoemsen for the Canadian Association of University Research Administrators (now the Canadian Association of Research Administrators). The series addresses applied research, intellectual property management, community/industry engagement and partnering models and faculty/student engagement and curriculum integration.
Le temps est venu de sortir notre boîte à outils de l’innovation (3 novembre 2020)
Publié à l'origine dans le Hill Times, cet éditorial explique comment les écoles polytechniques et les collèges canadiens soutiennent l'écosystème de l'innovation et sont motivés à contribuer à la reprise économique du Canada après la pandémie. L'éditorial est également téléchargeable su https://quoimedia.com/le-temps-est-venu-de-sortir-notre-boite-a-outils-de-linnovation/.
Lessons Learned From a World Innovation Leader: Understanding Israel’s Innovation Ecosystem (2017)
This report was written following a study tour of Israel concerning its innovation skills, capabilities and performance.
The following abstract is from content sourced here and reproduced with permission from the Conference Board of Canada.
Lessons Learned From a World Innovation Leader: Understanding Israel’s Innovation Ecosystem
The Conference Board of Canada, 83 pages, March 31, 2017
Report by Jessica Brichta , Daniel Munro , Paul Preston
| This report is based on research and a study tour of Israel’s world-class innovation skills, capabilities, and performance. It aims to help Canadian innovation stakeholders learn from Israel’s experiences. |
Document Highlights
Israel is a world innovation leader, boasting world-class innovation skills, capabilities, and performance. The country’s business research and development spending is among the highest of OECD countries, and its high-tech firms attract massive amounts of venture capital. Israel also demonstrates an impressive ability to develop and benefit from niche capacities in its innovation ecosystem, such as its CyberSpark research park—home to multinational technology companies that are investing in and revolutionizing the future of cyber security.
Based on research and a study tour exploring Israel’s innovation ecosystem, Understanding Israel’s Innovation Ecosystem: Lessons Learned From a World Innovation Leader aims to help Canadian innovation executives, policy-makers, and leaders learn from Israel’s experiences by offering insights into the cultural and historical circumstances, and policy choices, that help to explain Israel’s innovation success. It also identifies strategic and policy recommendations that Canada can consider adopting or adapting to enhance its own innovation capacity and performance.
Manitoba Battery Electric Transit Bus Fleet Development & Demonstration (2015 & 2017)
Tohoku University (Japan) hosted the International Conference “Global/Local Innovations for Next Generation Automobiles” in 2015 (the proceedings can be found here).
The Manitoba Battery Electric Transit Bus Fleet Development & Demonstration presentation summarizes a multi-year international applied research program to develop an all-electric battery transit bus, and may be downloaded here.
The Final Report for this project is also available here.
Ontario College Intellectual Property Survey Report (May 2021)
Ontario’s College Employer Council confidentially surveyed its 24 members in the Spring of 2021 about the Intellectual Property (IP) policies and practices at their institutions; with a focus on applied research activities in which those faculty, staff or students engaged were employed and/or paid for their effort. Curriculum-related IP was NOT addressed. This public report summarizes the 21 survey responses.
Polytechnics Canada/Business + Higher Education Roundtable Guide to Research Partnerships (2018)
This guide to research partnerships with post-secondary institutions outlines practical ways for building mutually beneficial relationships between industry partners and Canada’s colleges and polytechnics. This publication is also available here.
Structural Health Monitoring - SHMII-8 Publication and Presentation (December 2017)
The International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure held the Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (SHMII-8) international conference in Brisbane, Australia to promote and advance the field of Structural Health Monitoring. Application and Visualization Techniques for Advanced Sensor Networks is a case study concerning a sensor installation and data visualization techniques of a building (the Skilled Trades and Technology Centre at Red River College) instrumented as a “living lab”. The paper is also available here.
Paper: Application and Visualization Techniques for Advanced Sensor Networks December 2017
Presentation: Application and Visualization Techniques for Advanced Sensor Networks - December 2017
Time to take out Canada’s Innovation Toolbox (October 26, 2020)
Originally featured in the Hill Times, this editorial speaks to how Canadian polytechnics and colleges support the innovation ecosystem and are motivated to aid in Canada’s economic recovery post-pandemic. The editorial can also be downloaded here.
University Industry Interaction Network Presentation (2020)
The University Industry Innovation Network (Amsterdam) held the 2020 University-Industry Interaction Online Conference about entrepreneurial and engaged universities, strategic partnerships and tools and methods which support institutional change. This paper focusses upon Canadian colleges and their research & innovation support for community economic development.
Winter Happens
Winter Happens: The Effect of Ambient Temperature on the Travel Range of Electric Vehicles is an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) paper concerning the cold weather operation of commercial electric (passenger) vehicles (Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi i-MiEV) in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. The paper is available from the IEEE, its abstract can also be found here.
World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics: World’s Best Practice Guide in Professional Technical Education and Training (2018 & 2020)
The World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics publishes, on a bi-annual basis, the World’s Best Practice Guide in Professional Technical Education and Training. These publications feature best practices in professional technical education and training of award-winning institutions, individuals and projects. download Volume 2 and Volume 3 which includes best practices from Red River College.
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