Carleton University continually works on making its research relevant to the wider community. The latest offshoot of that work is a concept called a living lab, which comes up with economic and social solutions for Eastern Ontario. Entrepreneurship and innovation are the major focuses of Mika Westerlund and other researchers involved in living labs. Creating new industries is one way of stimulating community innovation, notes Westerlund, an… Read full post »
PhD student David Hudson had planned to work for a couple of years after completing his masters, and then pursue a doctoral degree. But a couple of years turned into about 20 years with Nortel where Hudson ended up supervising about 600 employees. During his final years at Nortel, he was responsible for its external research program. “This program had me working with grad students and professors… Read full post »
Carleton University today announced a $1 million, 10-year commitment from RBC to the Centre for Research and Education on Women and Work (CREWW) at the Sprott School of Business to continue its important work on diversity and the advancement of women in the workplace. RBC has a longstanding relationship supporting CREWW, which was launched in 1992 to facilitate and disseminate cutting-edge research on women and the workplace,… Read full post »
Carleton University’s Tony Bailetti will receive the International Talent Acquisition Centre (In-TAC) award in the group category as the head of Lead to Win (LTW). LTW has partnered with In-TAC to connect innovative companies in LTW with talented international professionals. “Tony has taken Carleton’s innovative entrepreneurship and technology programs to the marketplace, and he continues to support our students by connecting them with professionals, bringing new business to Ottawa and to… Read full post »