Now Innovating: 'Nursifying’ social innovation and enterprise
In this episode, we speak with Sue Crawford, RN, MN’20, manager of the Health Systems Transformation Initiative (HIVE) in the Faculty of Nursing and co-founder and executive director of Enable, a social enterprise that facilitates meaningful matches between people with disabilities and support workers.  Sue discusses how the HIVE initiative utilizes nursing expertise to empower innovators and change agents to enhance health and health care delivery by applying transdisciplinary solutions. We also discuss nurse entrepreneurship through Sue’s experiences with launching Enable, and the role nurses play in health care innovation. This episode is also available as a fully captioned and transcribed video that you can watch here: https://youtu.be/0p31b7cnodE Learn more about: The Health Systems Transformation Initiative: https://nursing.ucalgary.ca/HIVE Enable: https://enablecommunity.ca/ Learn how to move your research-to-impact in the UCalgary innovation ecosystem: https://ucalgary.ca/innovation Â
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Now Innovating: Smart Cities through Transportation Optimization
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Lina Kattan, PhD, a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering in the Schulich School of Engineering, and Canada Research Chair in Integrative Transportation Systems Through Automation and Connectivity. Lina discusses how transportation systems are key to creating smart and sustainable cities and highlights her research exploring different traffic management solutions with connected and automated vehicles. She speaks to how applied research through the Urban Alliance responds to the City of Calgary’s needs. Lina also shares how a transdisciplinary approach is key to innovation and how innovators can look to support the transformation of our Canadian Cities into smart and sustainable ones. This episode is also available as a fully captioned and transcribed video that you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEt5GRcI6c4  Learn more about: Lina’s research: https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/lina-kattan   The Urban Alliance: https://research.ucalgary.ca/urban-alliance  The Institutes for Transdisciplinary Scholarship: https://research.ucalgary.ca/research/transdisciplinary   Learn how to move your research-to-impact in the UCalgary innovation ecosystem: https://ucalgary.ca/innovation Â
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Now Innovating: Partnering with the energy industry to develop and adapt technologies
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Christopher Clarkson, PhD, a professor in the Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment in the Faculty of Science, who received the 2024 Synergy Award for Innovation from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Chris discusses his research with the Tight Oil Consortium, which develops new technologies and methods for sustainable resource development in collaboration with industry and government to enhance the extraction efficiency of Canada's unconventional hydrocarbon resources. He speaks to how these technologies and methods are now being adapted to transitional energy applications and shares his experiences working with and in the energy industry. Finally, Chris shares how the energy research landscape has evolved in Alberta and at the University of Calgary. This episode is also available as a fully captioned and transcribed video that you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL-CP3xs8TI  Learn more about: The Tight Oil Consortium: https://www.tightoilconsortium.com/  Dr. Clarkson’s NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Prizes-Prix/Synergy-Synergie/Profiles-Profils/Clarkson-Clarkson_eng.asp  UCalgary’s Energy for the Common Good research strategy: https://research.ucalgary.ca/sites/default/files/teams/4/GES/22-OPR-237100-Energy%20Research%20Strategy-2023-web.pdf  Learn how to move your research-to-impact in the UCalgary innovation ecosystem: https://ucalgary.ca/innovation      Â
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Now Innovating: One Health Strategies for Arctic Wildlife Monitoring
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Eleanor Dickinson, PhD, a 2024-2025 Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Eleanor discusses One Health, and how her work in the Kutz Research Group utilizes different strategies to develop new approaches for Arctic wildlife health monitoring and management for caribou and muskoxen. She speaks to the importance of building partnerships and relationships for research. She describes how she is working with academic and non-academic partners, local communities, and patrons of Arctic conservation to communicate the findings into practice. She also teaches us the difference between caribou and reindeer, and the importance of recognizing the innovation in your work. Learn more about: The Kutz Research Group in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine: https://vet.ucalgary.ca/groups/arctic-wildlife-health  The Faculty of Sciences’ Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowships: https://science.ucalgary.ca/research-innovation/innovation/innovation-postdoctoral-fellows --- Learn how to move your research-to-impact in the UCalgary innovation ecosystem: https://ucalgary.ca/innovation Subscribe to Now Innovating and other videos from the University of Calgary here: https://www.youtube.com/c/UcalgaryCa Catch-up on previous episodes of Now Innovating: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQYTr0P7HNUEI6AqLnpoC-mgzL1kUAHQg Explore additional short-form content from Now Innovating: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQYTr0P7HNUEqT-Oz-iDuFs1h4SSyLt3U&si=oiiaN3mjRYZLJ-xX Â
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Now Innovating: Connecting the dots with transdisciplinary scholarship with Dr. Greg Welch
In this episode, we speak with Dr. Greg Welch, PhD, Professor in the Faculty of Science’s Department of Chemistry, and one of the inaugural Institutes for Transdisciplinary Scholarship’s Academic Co-Leads in Energy Futures. Greg discusses transdisciplinary scholarship at the university and how this connects to innovation. He also shares an example of a transdisciplinary research project from his lab and thoughts on supporting innovation at all levels within academic institutions. This episode is also available as a fully captioned and transcribed video that you can watch here: https://youtu.be/J5KGaMAbzrY Learn more about: The Institutes for Transdisciplinary Scholarship: https://research.ucalgary.ca/research/transdisciplinary The Advanced Functional Materials and Coatings Laboratory: https://welchlab.wixsite.com/websiteÂ
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