Regional Innovation Chair Presents at National College Conference

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The theme Inspiration is the creative spark and breath that leads to great achievements. The 2016 Colleges and Institutes Canada (CiCan) Conference focused on this important theme, which drives innovation, development and discoveries. Presentations revealed how colleges and institutes promote change through innovative practices and approaches in teaching and learning, applied … [More]

RDI Concludes Regional Food Systems Research

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The purpose of the 18-month Regional Food Systems research project was to identify opportunities to enhance regional food production in ways that promote economic, social, environmental and cultural well-being. Funded by the BC Real Estate Foundation (in addition to the RDI’s core funding from the Columbia Basin Trust), the project adopted a multi-method approach to better … [More]

Purdue University Delivers Strategic Doing Training

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Join Dr. Scott Hutcheson, Senior Associate at the Purdue Center for Regional Development and Janyce Fadden, Executive in Residence at the University of North Alabama, for this hands-on and teamwork-based certification training in Strategic Doing. Strategic Doing is a new, network-based model for economic and workforce development emphasizing the strategic value of focused … [More]

RDI Explores Productivity and Innovation in the Metallurgical Sector

Interest in industrial “clusters” has grown under the realization that productivity and innovation seem to blossom in an environment where multiple interests operating within the same sector are arranged in a geographically condensed area. Promotion of industrial clustering has resulted in productivity booms and general improvements in economic conditions for the … [More]

Digital Technology Project Featured by National Research Council

Digital technology changes the way we do business, and Selkirk College in partnership with College of the Rockies and Okanagan College implemented a 14-month program (January 2013 to February 2014) to help small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) to develop their business, by fulfilling some of the needs that arise in the adoption of digital technologies. The overarching aim … [More]