Memorial University of Newfoundland Supporting Innovation ... · • Innovation Canada: A Call to...
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
Supporting Innovation
and the Green Economy
Dr. Gary Kachanoski President and Vice-Chancellor
INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT: Memorial
University of Newfoundland
THE HARRIS CENTRE www.mun.ca/harriscentre
•Largest University in Atlantic Canada
•Only University in NL
•Special obligation to people of NL
•Long tradition of engagement
OVERVIEW
1. Innovation Imperative
2. Supporting Innovation (Memorial)
- Recent and planned programs and initiatives
- Talented people
- Infrastructure
- Tech. transfer/commercialization
3. Engagement and the Future
• Innovation Canada: A Call to Action (Jenkins, 2012 report)
• Conference Board of Canada Scorecard:
“How Canada Performs”(www.conferenceboard.ca)
• Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies for Advancing Innovation in Newfoundland and Labrador. (Hall et al., 2014. Harris Centre Report)
The Innovation Imperative
Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies for Advancing Innovation in Newfoundland and Labrador.(Hall et al. 2014.)
How do the stakeholders advance Innovation in our province ?
The Innovation Quadruple Helix
Review of federal gov’t support to R&D. Expert Panel report (Jenkins et al., 2012) “Canada’s future …depends on
…ensuring sufficient numbers of talented, educated, entrepreneurial people.”
“Canada needs a fundamentally new approach to building public–private research collaborations .…”
The Innovation Ecosystem: Converting “research” into Innovation from Innovation Canada: A call to Action. (Jenkins et al., 2012)
How Canada Performs: A Report Card on Canada —assesses Canada’s quality of life compared with that of its peer countries.
Canada continues to get a “D” for innovation.
Education and Skills Grade High School completion A College completion A University Completion B PhD graduates D
“Highly skilled people are key to the creation, commercialization, and diffusion of innovation. Doctorate holders are not only the most qualified in terms of educational attainment, but they are also specifically trained to conduct research.” www.conferenceboard.ca/hcp
Battle for Brains “The empires of the future will be
empires of the mind.” ~Winston
Churchill
Recruiting Talent/HQP
• Faculty
• Students
• Staff
NL High School Graduates and MUN Eligible: 2002-2024
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Changing Composition: Student Enrolment
12.4%
87.6%
2004
Graduate Undergraduate
20.1%
79.9%
2013
Graduate Undergraduate
Total (2004)= 18,600 Total (2013) = 18,700
Student Residency
84.5%
11.5%
4.0%
2004
Provincial National International
70.9%
18.6%
10.5%
2013
Provincial National International
Memorial Graduate
Student Enrolment
2,187
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PhD Student Enrolment
Programs and Initiatives
Grenfell Campus
• Environmental Policy Graduate Program
• Agriculture, Forestry, and Environment
(Boreal Ecosystem Research Institute)
• English as a Second Language
Programs and Initiatives Marine Institute
• School of Ocean Technology (Ocean Instrumentation, Ocean Observation,
Ocean Mapping, Underwater Intervention –
Vehicles and Diving)
• Research/Graduate Program Expansion
• Centre for Fisheries Ecosystem
Research
Programs and Initiatives Labrador Institute
• Budget and Research Expansion
(Environment/earth Science, Archaeology, Economic Geography,
Fisheries, Aboriginal Education)
• University of the Arctic Collaboration
• Degree Program Partnership and Delivery
(Social Work, Education)
Programs and Initiatives St. John’s Campus
• Professional Program Expansion
(Medicine, Pharmacy, Social Work)
• New Department of Ocean Science
in the Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Engineering growth
Future: Engineering 2020
• Double size of faculty
• 50 new faculty positions
• Increase enrolment
• 300 graduate students
• 500 undergraduate
Programs and Initiatives
Sponsored research chairs
• Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Economic and Cultural Transformation
• Power Corporation Research Chair in Corporate Governance and Transparency
• Wood Group Chair in Arctic and Cold Region Engineering
• Vale Research Chair in Process Risk and Safety Engineering
• Chevron Chair in Petroleum Engineering
• Husky Energy Chair in Oil and Gas Research
• Chevron Chair in Reservoir Characterization
• NSERC-Altius Industrial Chair in Mineral Deposits
• CARD Chair in Ice Mechanics
+ 23 Canada Research Chairs ( e.g. Archeology, healthy aging, marine bioscience)
Infrastructure Renewal
Grenfell Campus
• Arts and Science Extension
• New Residence
• Environmental Research Labs
(plant, soil, water analysis)
Infrastructure Renewal
Marine Institute
• Foxtrap Offshore Safety and
Survival Centre
• Hibernia Offshore Operations
Simulation Facility
• Holyrood Marine Base
Phase II development
Existing building and wharf
Waterlot Development (under water technology test bed)
• ROV field • Acoustics/Geotechnic field • AUV test field
• Long term monitoring sites • Bell Island Observatory
Infrastructure Renewal
St. John’s Campus
• Suncor Energy Offshore R &D Centre (Faculty of Engineering)
• Centre for Arctic Resource Development (C-CORE)
• Medical School (with Craig L. Dobbin Genetics Research Centre)
• Ocean Sciences Centre (Cold Ocean and Deep Sea Research Facility)
• New Residence Complex
• Core Sciences Facility
Core Science Infrastructure
125,000 sq ft “shelled space” for future partnerships
The Innovation Ecosystem: Converting “research” into Innovation from Innovation Canada: A call to Action. (Jenkins et al., 2012)
Great people, great ideas, poor commercialization.
Conference Board of Canada
Technology Transfer/ Commercialization
• External review of research services
• Re-organization and re-investment
• Research agreements (speed, facilitation)
• Indirect research costs (allocation, policy)
• IP policy and procedures
• Genesis group: Genesis Centre
The Innovation Quadruple Helix
Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies for Advancing Innovation in Newfoundland and Labrador.(Hall et al. 2014.)
Recommendations Create An innovation awareness campaign Create an quadruple helix innovation strategy Position NL as a leader in Innovation education Promote and support business networks Encourage more commercialization
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
MOBILIZE MEMORIAL.
ENABLE ENGAGEMENT.
BUILD BRIDGES TO ENGAGE.
MEMORIAL’S PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
SUPPORTING REGIONAL INNOVATION
THROUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
HARRIS CENTRE KNOWLEDGE
MOBILIZATION PROCESS
The Battery
Gardiner Centre for Company Development Genesis Centre Harris Centre Office Public Engagement Alumni Affairs and Development ** Graduate Student Residence**
Conceptual design by Rounthwaite Dick and Hadley Architects Inc.
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Thank you!
Questions?