Kids who dream about becoming the next famous inventor, take note: a summer camp with a mission to inspire creativity and innovation in youth is coming to London.
Future Design School, a Toronto agency, is teaming up with Western’s Ivey Business School and TechAlliance to run an entrepreneurship camp in July.
“Entrepreneurship is something we should encourage in kids,” said Sarah Prevette, the founder of Future Design School who is originally from London.
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Novare Pharmaceuticals, which is developing therapeutic products that modulate the Receptor for Hyaluronan-Mediated Motility (RHAMM), is pleased to announce a research and licensing agreement with Lawson Health Research Institute that includes the creation of an incubator focused on potential treatments for major diseases, including arthritis, breast cancer, and lung fibrosis.
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There is a critical need for healthcare providers to enhance collaborative interprofessional team skills and Dr. Carole Orchard from Western University has created a fun and exciting way to improve these skills.
Circles of Care is an innovative interprofessional education (IPE) online game designed to help healthcare providers gain skills working in collaborative interprofessional teams. The game contains twelve patient/client cases from a variety of practice areas and the teams can play as many times as they wish.
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Recently, two WORLDiscoveries startups, Renix and LifeLike BioTissue, received MaRS Embedded Executive grants, which give them each a $50 thousand dollar grant to hire experienced business professionals for six months. Congratulations goes out to everyone at LifeLike BioTissue and Renix!
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Downtown London will soon be boosted by about 100 bright young minds with the movement of Robarts Clinical Trials Inc. into the Bell building at 100 Dundas St.
“Robarts attracts the best researchers from around the world. Now they will work in our downtown and can live in our downtown,” said Mayor Matt Brown.
The move will also allow the prestigious medical facility to expand.
“This will allow us to do better science, bigger science, science that makes a difference,” said Brian Feagan, CEO of Robarts Clinical Trials.
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USPTO Issues Patent No. 9,000,000 on Windshield Washer Replacement System by Gene Quinn
Earlier today the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 9,000,000. The invention that was awarded this historic patent is a system and method of collecting and conditioning rainwater and other moisture from a windshield of a vehicle and utilizing the collected fluid to replenish the fluids in the windshield washer reservoir. According to the invention, a collection funnel is positioned to collect rainwater and other moisture, which is then directed to a conditioning cartridge where the water is de-ionized and windshield washer fluid is added. The mixed fluid is then directed to the pre-existing windshield washer reservoir.
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With today’s children born into a fast-paced, technologically driven economy and digital atmosphere, it is difficult to predict what will be in store for them in a couple decades from now. The pace of technological growth is certainly not slowing down and technological skills that were once unique assets are now understood as an established norm.
Integrating computer classes into school curriculums was a necessity to train the next generation in being prepared to enter the digital age. But why stop there?
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How committed are your employees? In measuring employee commitment to an organization, it is important to analyze three significant elements that can gain insight into commitment, including desire, obligation and cost. TCM has integrated these important dimensions of employee commitment to produce high-quality and effective employee surveys resulting in enhanced workplace satisfaction.
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The concern over consuming contaminated food is a frequent worry among customers at restaurants, as many have gained a heightened awareness of Food borne illnesses.
79 million cases of Food borne illness in North America cost the Healthcare system $3.3 billion per year and a major source of these illnesses come from the floors of restaurants and food processing facilitation. Floors are a constant source of cross- contamination as they are moist, contain microorganisms that can survive a long time, they have high foot and vehicle traffic, food is often on them and people average 50 hand contacts per day.
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WORLDiscoveries® is excited to introduce an innovative and high-quality team enhancement program: TEAMc- Tools to Enhance and Assist Maximizing Team Collaboration.
TEAMc helps to deliver patient- centred care in a collaborative, coordinated and participatory approach to shared decision making around health and social issues. For a while now, the health system has been emphasizing patient involvement in the need for health providers to work in teams, yet there has been limited assistance to improve interprofessional client- centred collaborative practice (IPCCCP). TEAMc is designed to assist health providers in learning how to work more effectively in a collaborative sense, including their patients and family members within care planning. These components have been proved to reduce staff turnover, sick time and shorten patients’ length of stay; reduce nosocomial infections, falls, and medical errors; and increase staff and patient/family satisfaction with care.
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