Colleges and institutes strengthen Canada’s capacity to innovate by undertaking applied research projects that refine and adapt products, services, technologies, and processes.
They provide partners with the talent and state-of-the-art facilities needed to drive both economic and social gain. Discover over 150 innovation stories from colleges and institutes across the country.
Explore now.
Keyword:
College or Institute:
Industry:
A bit of research today keeps the doctor away — from the apples
Apples, the fruit that famously keeps the doctor away, are getting some help to keep away unwanted visitors themselves. Ontario’s apple trees are facing damage... Read more
A Precision Watering System for Turfgrass
Urban lawn watering is the single largest water demand on municipal water supplies. An Alberta company developing irrigation technology recognized that water scarcity and a... Read more
Agroforestry Extraction
The emerging bioeconomy is providing promising new opportunities for the development of new products from forestry and agriculture biomass. While significant progress has been made... Read more
Animal Semen Sexing
Being able to determine the sex of animal offspring is of significant value for animal producers, and offers opportunities for research to develop new commercial... Read more
Aqua Greens – From Seed to Restaurant
In a contest of whether Humber College or fish were more important in the success of Aqua Greens, a company that supplies organic greens to... Read more
Art, Science and Traditional Knowledge
Finding Understanding of the Thawing Northern Landscape In Canada’s north, climate change is not just manifested in more storms and hotter summers. As the world... Read more
Biological Pest Control for B.C. Blueberries
Huge numbers of insect predators and parasitoids are reared each year by the biological control industry to control agricultural insect pests in greenhouses. Although more... Read more
Crop Inputs – Are there economic limits?
Does a producer’s net profit increase continually each time more inputs are added to the crop? This question is the focus of a four-year research... Read more
Cultivating a New Crop of Farmers
Farming, once a heritage, is becoming a lifestyle choice. Traditionally Québec’s farms, like others across the country, have been passed from parent to child, each... Read more
Diagnosing the Health of Honey Bees
Concerns about declining bee populations in North America have been major news in the past couple of years as many beekeepers have suffered large losses... Read more
Finding new ways to use an old crop: Jerusalem artichokes bloom again
You may know Jerusalem artichokes primarily as the towering yellow daisies that overflow gardens in August and September; for Alberta startup NovaGreen, their value lies... Read more
Greenhouse Lighting for Winter Growing
Strong consumer demand for locally grown produce has created economic opportunities to develop lighting and heating technologies that allow vegetables to be grown year-round. The... Read more
Growing Hedgerows that Produce Food
Every year, winter wind gusts of up to 100 kilometres an hour damage or destroy winter grain crops in the river plain along the St... Read more
Helping Beekeepers Mind Their Own Beeswax
Neil Bertram, owner of Bertram Honey Ltd., was ready to move past the mess and expense of current technologies for beeswax extraction. With market demand... Read more
Looking for a Way to Nurture Systems to Feeds Us
Agricultural land is an irreplaceable natural resource and we are not looking after it as we should, according to Kent Mullinix, director of the Institute for Sustainable... Read more
Not paving, but paradise — creating an organic garden
White Oaks Resort and Spa in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, wanted to convert 1,152 square feet of its property from grass into a sustainable... Read more
Parisian Pastries from Prairie Pulses
The rich food value of dried peas, beans, lentils and chickpeas has been known for centuries — their collective name, “pulses”, comes from puls, a... Read more
Precision Agriculture and Environmental Technologies
Dr. Mike Duncan knows all about the promise and potential benefits of combining agriculture and “big data”. For the past six years, he has worked... Read more
Protection of Organic Crops
Some perennial weeds are so invasive that they can significantly reduce the production capacity of organic farms. Dr. Anne Weill, Industrial Research Chair at Cégep... Read more
Raising Fish to Grow Good Gardens
The results of one of Lethbridge College’s most delicious applied research projects can be found in restaurants throughout southern Alberta – produce grown in a... Read more
Sharing the fruits of research: studying the state of the apple industry in the Okanagan
The amount of land in the Okanagan Valley dedicated to growing apples dropped by 35 per cent between 2001 and 2011 — a shift that... Read more