Canada’s world class research can have transformative impact on our most pressing challenges, from clean energy transition, health systems’ change, environmental clean-up, sustainable agriculture and more, but without the right people, it will remain in labs and publications. This requires investment in people: translational skills and mindset training for the researchers who will be able to better take research to impact and increase Canada’s innovation capacity.
To achieve this vision, the transformational invention to Innovation (i2I) programs have been designed based on world-class research and experience specific to science-based translation, and linked to national networks of academic and industrial mentors, helping researchers unleash their entrepreneurial mindset along three complementary paths: entrepreneurial researchers, innovators in industry and venture entrepreneurs.
"Terri's depth and breadth of expertise is sometimes belied by the many ways she makes her detailed research and conclusions so accessible. An engaging speaker, she articulates her three-dimensional model of people+technologies+organizational processes in such a way that both the big picture and the specific opportunities are illuminated. I try to take in her presentations every chance I get!”