THE VOICES OF SPARK
Dean’s Message
WELCOME TO THE SECOND EDITION of SPARK—where we celebrate our researchers and innovators at Humber. In the previous issue, we began by giving you an idea and a sneak peek at what is happening in our growing Humber research community—proud to say that we grew and endeavoured even during the unprecedented pandemic.
Ginger Grant, PhD. Dean, Research and Innovation
In this issue, we share more stories about expanding a dialogue around the words research and innovation and how we are building a research culture one step at a time. We are talking about restructured funding opportunities and why social innovation matters. Our approach to developing a research culture can be explained in three simple questions, and we encourage you to reflect on these: 1. 2. 3.
What do you love to do? What do you want to do more of? What resources do you need to make this happen?
We are born researchers—born curious. That is where you start. Simple curiosity. We focus on our polytechnic approach—solving problems. The pandemic surfaced many interesting questions that allowed us to start thinking differently about our world of work. What did we learn? What questions are now being asked?
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