Grant: Applied Research Tools and Instruments Grants

This proposal outlines a request for capital resources to support the purchase of a mobile science unit equipped with on-board research instrumentation needed to deliver proposed applied research projects at Algonquin College in the Ottawa Valley located in the City of Pembroke, County of Renfrew. Through expressions of interest from industry, government and a number of non-governmental partners, several collaborative applied research projects have been identified. Two have been chosen to develop applied research opportunities to students within our Forestry Technician Program. Each of the two projects has been developed through collaboration with key local industry partners who stand to gain both economic and knowledge benefits from the partnership with professors and students and through access to the mobile unit and its on-board equipment. The first project is aimed towards enhancing industry's ability to evaluate the success of White pine silviculture in Ottawa Valley Forests. The second project requires the use of a mobile lab facility for enhancing industry's Environmental Assessment and Reporting process through the use of aquatic and terrestrial field telemetry technologies and on site quality control measures. These projects will provide a solid foundation for many more projects to be conducted in the coming years.