NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS
HUMBER COLLEGE PARTNERS WITH CANADA’S UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK (UHN) Collaborating on a Multi-Institution Research Platform to Develop Smart Textile-Based Wearables By Dianna Dinevski NESTLED IN THE HEART OF Toronto’s medical and technical research community, you can find over 50+ exceptional researchers working on advancing smart textiles to improve healthcare for Canadians and hopefully many more around the world. The breadth of research and innovation at Humber College coupled with Humber’s rising rankings in research partnerships has led to a ground-breaking collaboration with Canada’s University Health Network and other academic institutions. This is a testament to Humber’s commitment to continued partnership with a growing research community and propelling Humber’s innovation capacity. PHOTO BY LOOK STUDIO FROM SHUTTERSTOCK
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The University Health Network (UHN) is the top-ranked research hospital in Canada, and under its rehab research arm, the KITE Research Institute, UHN is leading efforts to introduce a revolutionary new research platform into the medical research landscape. Together with seven other academic institutions— Humber College, The University of Toronto, Centennial College, George Brown College, OCAD University, Ryerson University and Sheridan College—UHN has formed the FIBRE (Fabric-BasedResearch) platform. One of the first of its kind, FIBRE also includes commercial and international partners, such as Vee Technologies Inc. (headquartered in New York, U.S., and Bangalore, India, with an office in Canada) and
