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April 21, 2022
Dear member,
As we weather through the cold breeze hitting Edmonton these past few days, our team is gearing up to be hosting one of our first major in-person events since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic. As announced in our last newsletter, we will be hosting our first “Health Innovators’ Meetup” on Thursday, May 12th at 4 pm at our office space at Enterprise Square. With our topic for the panel, “The power of community - and what it means for health innovation” we wanted to rope in some of the community leaders who have been the voices of change in the health innovation ecosystem. It is our pleasure to have Zachary Storms (Founder, Startup TNT), Andrew MacIsaac (CEO, Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation), Gail Powley (President, Technology Alberta) as our panellists and Catherine Warren (CEO, Innovate Edmonton) as our guest moderator for the first-ever Health Innovator’s Meetup. Please join us in this event as it is about celebrating you, the community and engaging in intellectual discourses on issues that could define our health innovation ecosystem while networking with those peers you haven’t seen outside of that zoom background. You will find the link to register for the meetup below.
Once again, we thank you for taking the time to read this newsletter and sending us your wonderful feedback, we love reading through each one of them and they give us the encouragement to keep curating these newsletters for you, our community. Please forward the digest to your network to support the momentum in health innovation across Alberta.
Health Innovation Hub Team
News from the Hub
Health Innovators' Meetup at the Health Innovation Hub
Join us on May 12 to participate in the first Health Innovation focused Meetup in Edmonton. We will have the guest speakers Zack Storms, Andrew MacIsaac, Gail Powley and the moderator Catherine Warren. See you there!
Library Resources and Research for Entrepreneurs – a Case Study
We had a great event a few weeks ago where we worked with a specific case study to show how you can access the library resources that will support anyone interested in starting and building a venture. Access the recording below.
True Angle was featured in the Innovate Edmonton Annual Report
True Angle was mentioned in the annual report from Innovate Edmonton under the Tackle Global Challenges in Public Health section.
Ruthlessly Sustainable: Make Your Everyday Greener
On April 21 at 5 MT, this Earth Day webinar hosted by Ruth will share the importance of sustainability and provide simple tools for a greener lifestyle.
Our Companies are Hiring
Head of Insect Technologies. The Head of Insect Technologies will oversee the development, innovation, and management of our EntoEngine platform and the ongoing operation of the industrial insect rearing facility.
Cybersecurity engineer / Data Protection Engineer. As a Cyber Security Engineer, you’ll be in charge of ensuring our software, hardware and overall computer systems are secured and protected from cyber-attacks.
Meet our Community
Director at A-BaVi Protec Inc.
1. What does health innovation/ innovation in health mean to you?
Just as special as they are to me, they could convey a variety of concepts depending on the person. To me, in particular, they mean actions of shedding light on our current understanding of healthcare through rigorous analysis, data collection, and association of knowledge, leading to the generation of higher levels of perspectives and insights on related subjects. Ultimately, through health innovation, researchers and companies will create useful pieces of knowledge to be translated into meaningful, physical, and applicable inventions
2. In your opinion, what is the state of the health innovation ecosystem in Alberta, Canada and globally?
They are contributing a significant amount of pioneering work as part of the worldwide movement that facilitates the formation of linkages between healthcare researchers and practitioners with varying expertise and experience. In other words, they are becoming progressively essential in initiating and making health innovation possible.
3. In your opinion, what is the purpose of the Health Innovation Hub?
I firmly believe that the Health Innovation Hub finds its aim in contributing to the foundation of a shareable knowledge and technology database, interconnecting like-minded innovators and entrepreneurs and gathering them toward a common goal of bettering the health of us, our children, and future generations.
4. How would you describe yourself in one sentence?
I am a passionate researcher that pursues the common good of society, through endeavouring to promote conceptual and technological progress in the healthcare industry and related fields.
5. What is the one thing that you are most excited about right now?
I must admit that I am excited to further my involvement in the initiative of like-minded individuals to improve the health of our society. Additionally, sharing and exchange of knowledge and expertise will open a new era of innovation that will foster everyone’s learning curve and that of society.
Funding & Wage Subsidies
Circular Economy Challenge
Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) is committing $50 million through its new Circular Economy Challenge to accelerate the province’s transition towards a low-emissions economy. The application deadline is May 26.
Science Horizons Youth Internship Program
The Science Horizons Youth Internship Program is a wage subsidy that helps you hire an intern for 6 to 12 months for environmental science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) job and receive a subsidy of up to 80% of their salary (maximum $25,000).
Export Readiness Micro Vouchers
Through this program, Alberta Innovates supports Alberta SMEs, that can apply for up to $20,000 to build and develop a strategic approach to expanding their international plans and building global export opportunities.
Resources & Opportunities
Canada – Israel 2022-23 collaborative industrial R&D
This call for proposals is open to organizations from Canada and Israel who wish to form project consortia to perform collaborative projects focused on developing innovative products, processes, or technology-based services.
Student Founders Program
The Student Founders Program offers student entrepreneurs access to exclusive student programming over the summer months. Launch your startup towards success and apply today! The application deadline is April 25.
Community News & Events
TALENT – A Top Priority for Every Organization
Friday, April 22 | 12:00 p.m. This session will focus on providing practical, fundamental, considerations for startup Founders, and scaleup CxOs, with valuable lessons for leaders in every size organization.
YEG Startup Community Awards 2022
Thursday, May 19 | 5:30 p.m. The YEG Startup Community Awards are an entrepreneur-led, volunteer-run, and community-centric initiative to recognize the brilliant work that's being done in our city. The awards bring our community together and celebrate the accomplishments of our boldest risk-takers.
2022 BIO International Convention - San Diego, CA
June 13-16, 2022 BIO will be held, on June 13-16 in San Diego, California for four exciting days of networking, programming, and partnering opportunities that will shape the future of our industry and celebrate the scientific discoveries transforming our world.
Startup TNT Investment Summit V Finale
Thursday, June 23 | 4:00 p.m. 75+ investors have each committed $5,000, spent 8 weeks working together to conduct due diligence on 60 companies, and will be announcing their investment decisions live at the TNT Investment Summit V Finale on June 23!
Articles
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