Innovation Station

Sioux Lookout Innovation Station Introduces Partners

June 17th & 18th, 2019
Lac Seul First Nation Events Centre
Frenchman’s Head, Lac Seul First Nation

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Conference Agenda • Presentation Summaries • Presenter Biographies

Download Agenda (Updated June 12, 2019)

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University of Toronto

• Sustainability and Environment at Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry- Dr. Arthur Chan
• Sustainable Solutions for Housing and Infrastructure – Dr. Jeffrey Siegel
• Impact of Air Service Reliability on Community Resiliance and Well-being – Pia Dimayuga and Erik Ohlrogge
• High Food Prices and Subsidy Policy in Northern Ontario Communities- Dr. Tracey Galloway
• Reconciliation Through Engineering Initiative (RTEI)- Sonia Molodecky and Shakya Sur
• Efficiency in Regional Water, Storm Water and Sewage Distribution Systems – Dr. Jennifer Drake

Lakehead University 

• Lakehead University Research and Innovation – Dr. Andrew P. Dean
• An Anthropology Field School with an Anishinaabe First Nation – Martha Dowsley, Samuel Tait, and Frederico Oliveira
• Indigenous Food Circle – Jessica Mclaughlin and Charles Levkoe
• Supporting the Development of Young Children’s Self-Regulation Capacities and Literacy Skills in Ontario’s Northern Communities – Monika Orzechowska

The Innovation Station Features:

Reconciliation Through Engineering Initiatives (RTEI), the Centre for Global Engineering (CGEN) is a multi-disciplinary initiative taking a community-based collaborative approach to infrastructure-related challenges faced by Indigenous communities across Canada, from accessing clean drinking water, food security, energy, housing, healthcare, transportation and communication systems.

The Innovation Station is being located in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, at the Heritage Railway Station in partnership with the University of Toronto, Centre for Global Engineering and the Department of Anthropology, and Lakehead University – Research and Innovation Department, with the support of the Municipality of Sioux Lookout – Economic Development, the Northwestern Health Unit, and Sioux Lookout First Nation Health Authority. Approaches to Community Wellbeing and the Sioux Lookout Friendship Accord Partners to tackle challenges facing Northern Ontario and the Far North.

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