Grant: CCI Mobilize Grants

Located on the traditional territory of the Musqueam First Nation, in Vancouver, BC, Langara College is also known by its Musqueam name, sn?w?ey?? lel?m?, which means “house of teachings.” Langara’s Applied Research Centre contributes to the social and economic well-being of our community through its three established applied research themes, which are Natural Product Innovation, Data Analytics, and Community and Indigenous-led Innovation. Examples of projects completed by the Centre’s research teams have resulted in a new commercial variety of hops for Canadian farmers, an innovative product for investigating energy consumption patterns, policy recommendations to improve outcomes for international students, and indigenized curriculum for students of early childhood education. Langara is applying for Mobilize funding to enhance this meaningful work. The funding will facilitate growing the number and diversity of community partners engaged annually by the College, increasing the number of students trained and enhancing their job readiness, developing collaborative, interdisciplinary applied research opportunities with high synergistic potential, and augmenting the technical expertise and research capacity of our staff and faculty. Further developing the Applied Research Centre is important to Langara’s strategic goals of benefiting our community and providing high impact learning opportunities for a diversity of students.