Humber’s Research and Innovation Quarterly SPARK Issue #3 is out now!

The special issue shines a spotlight on Humber’s Centres of Innovation—an essential part of the research and innovation ecosystem that propelled Humber College ITAL’s research ranking to #2 in Canada and #1 in Ontario.

Whether it is collaborating with industry partners on transformative projects, shaping the future of business and entrepreneurship or housing North America’s first-of-its-kind Broadcast-Broadband Convergence (B2C) Lab with an ATSC 3.0 broadcast system and 5G core network, Humber’s Centres of Innovation (COI) are continually pushing the boundaries of creativity and innovation. The new issue of SPARK includes the latest updates from Humber’s COI Network as well as special contributions by Dr. Sharon M. McIntyre, founder and president of New Cottage Industries & Co., and Tyler Charlebois, Director, Centres of Innovation Network and Partnership Development.

SPARK features Dean’s Message Ginger Grant, PhD and Editor’s Note Anju Kakkar, IMGB™ who welcome you into the world of research and innovation. No matter where your curiosity lies—from social innovation to health & wellness to technology innovation to business and entrepreneurship—SPARK is here to inspire you on your research and innovation journey.

Read SPARK Issue #3 today!

To our research and innovation community,

The Journal of Innovation in Polytechnic Education (JIPE), Humber Press, Office of Research & Innovation (ORI), has compiled a comprehensive and detailed JIPE Submissions Handbook which we have the pleasure of sharing widely with our research and innovation community. You may make submissions to JIPE.ca at any time.

Have you participated in or conducted a research/innovation study? Do you have research you want to share? Every research project, study or initiative is a journey. Researchers and innovators embark on this journey, and their work advances essential knowledge and changes the way we understand the world.

JIPE welcomes research stories and manuscripts from seasoned and emerging researchers from across the polytechnic and community college sectors, both within and outside Canada. Students/research assistants are also encouraged and invited to submit in collaboration with a faculty member/researcher.

JIPE publishes original research papers, review articles, brief reports, book reviews and our “micro-dissemination” options: innovation spotlights and more.

As part of Humber College’s sustainability plan, JIPE will only be published electronically to reduce paper consumption. JIPE is an online, open-access journal for double-blind peer-reviewed submissions/manuscripts that mobilize knowledge and insights generated by the global polytechnic community. The articles published in this open journal are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

Read JIPE's Submission Handbook today!

I am pleased to announce and welcome Dianna Dinevski MBA, (abd) as Associate Dean, Research & Development at the Office of Research & Innovation (ORI), Humber College. Since July 2020, Dianna has worked at ORI as a Research Specialist. Prior to joining Humber, Dianna excelled as an Industrial Liaison Manager with Sheridan College’s Research Department since 2010.

At Humber College, Dianna will build capacity on specialized research and innovation projects including, but not limited to, the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), our work with the Global Polytechnic Alliance, Humber Innovation Management Analytics Program (IMAP), as well Humber Press which includes Humber SPARK and the Journal of Innovation in Polytechnic Education (JIPE). She will work closely with Tania Massa, PhD, Associate Dean of Applied Research & Innovation, to continue to grow the research grant portfolio for Humber College.

Dianna holds an MBA, MA and is wrapping up her PhD Management—Leadership and Organizational Change (abd). She has extensive experience in grant administration and grant development and is a valuable addition to our Research & Innovation team.

Please join me in extending a warm welcome to Dianna Dinevski, Research & Development, ORI.

Ginger Grant, PhD
Dean
Humber Research & Innovation