{"id":70818,"date":"2021-03-03T10:23:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T15:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=70818"},"modified":"2021-03-03T10:23:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T15:23:44","slug":"womans-day-panel-to-focus-on-inclusive-innovation-and-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2021\/03\/womans-day-panel-to-focus-on-inclusive-innovation-and-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman\u2019s Day panel to focus on inclusive innovation and research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University and other institutions across the country have committed to implementing policies and practices around <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/research-at-brock\/research-chairs\/crc-equity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI)<\/a>, with Brock being a signatory to the federal government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca\/NSERC-CRSNG\/EDI-EDI\/Dimensions_Dimensions_eng.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dimensions<\/a> program.<\/p>\n<p>To explore how EDI principles and practices play out in the areas of research involving innovation and commercialization, the Ontario Research and Commercialization Alliance (ORCA) is hosting a panel Monday, March 8 titled \u201cInclusive Innovation and Research,\u201d a two-hour online event to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<p>Moderating the event is Dominique B\u00e9rub\u00e9, Vice-President, Research at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), who will speak on \u201cHow Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Support Innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two panels will explore equity, diversity and inclusion in more detail: EDI in Research Teams; and EDI for Inventors and Founders.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists include: Molly Shoichet, Tier 1 Canada Research\u00a0Chair in Tissue\u00a0Engineering, University\u00a0of Toronto; Catherine Tsilfidis, Assistant Dean, Office of\u00a0Equity, Diversity and\u00a0Inclusion of the Faculty of\u00a0Medicine, University of\u00a0Ottawa; and Sheila Singh, Tier 1 Canada Research\u00a0Chair in Human Brain\u00a0Cancer Stem Cell Biology,\u00a0McMaster University.<\/p>\n<p>The panel is taking place on Monday, March 8\u00a0from 1 to 3 p.m. Registration is free at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/orcawomensday.eventbrite.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">orcawomensday.eventbrite.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An online panel hosted Monday, March 8 will explore how equity, diversity and inclusion principles and practices play out in areas of research involving innovation and commercialization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,5],"tags":[703,10046,2294,7488,98,607,384,348,522,594,129,3325,7283],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70818"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70818"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70823,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70818\/revisions\/70823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}