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?