NAIT Applied Research

🎉 We’re thrilled to share the success of our SOLD OUT Growing Your Food Business event in celebration of #SmallBusinessWeek, co-hosted with the amazing team at City of Edmonton's Business Friendly Edmonton. A big thank you to our inspiring panelists, who shared real insights into the challenges of scaling small food businesses and the most meaningful supports they received. Gratitude to our panelists: 🍬 Jolene Ali, Gummy Nutrition Lab 🥃 Kris Sustrik, Hansen Distillery 🍽️ Cecilia, Okinawa Onigiri 🍦 Yuko, White Rabbit Ice Cream And thank you to our ecosystem champions who set up vendor tables: Business Link AB, Alberta Food Processors Association, University of Alberta AFDP, Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation FPDC, and Alberta Innovates. Our food innovation community truly showed up to support small businesses! Here’s to more growth and collaboration in our local food industry! 🚀🍽️

🌿 Excited to announce Nakiskậtowin – an Indigenous Partnership Celebration happening next week! Join us for our largest event yet, complete with a trade show, networking, and a showcase of innovative capacity-building and applied research initiatives led by 25+ Indigenous communities, businesses, and organizations from Alberta, BC, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories. Register before November 4: https://bit.ly/4eUMyHX Meaning "meeting one another" in Cree, Nakiskậtowin celebrates collaboration, connection, and reconciliation with our Indigenous partners. 🌍✨ Together, we’ll reflect on our past successes, share insights, and explore future opportunities to foster growth and harmony. Don’t miss this chance to connect with Indigenous and industry leaders and build partnerships for a brighter, balanced future! Ryan Leskiw Olle Lagerquist Carmelita Crisp Matthew Menzies Len Ferry Scott Biggs

Discover the future of hydrogen technology in transportation! 🚛 Join NAIT Corporate & Continuing Education November 6-9 for a collaborative workshop with the Alberta Motor Transport Association and DTI showcasing cutting-edge hydrogen-powered trucks. This workshop is a fantastic opportunity to get hands-on with this technology and learn how it’s reshaping the automotive and heavy equipment sectors. Whether you're a heavy equipment or automotive technician—or just curious about hydrogen technology—don’t miss this chance to prepare for the future! More info below!

🤔Why should we study microplastics in our rivers? In this episode of "Ask a Scientist," that’s the question we asked Jeremiah Bryksa, lead researcher of our microplastics project. With rivers serving as major pathways for microplastics, our team is working to quantify these particles in the North Saskatchewan River, creating a crucial baseline for future research. The microplastics project is just one piece of our Plastics Research in Action (PRIA) partnership with Heartland Polymers, aimed at advancing plastics reuse and recycling on a global scale. Curious about our projects? You can get more details of our PRIA projects here! 👇 https://bit.ly/4eLJsWA https://bit.ly/3Uo196P

🌿 Join us on Thursday, November 7, for Nakiskậtowin – an Indigenous Partnership Celebration! This special event, named after the Cree word for "meeting one another," celebrates the power of collaboration, connection, and reconciliation with our Indigenous partners. 🌍✨ Together, we’ll reflect on past successes, share insights, and explore future joint opportunities that foster growth and harmony. Don’t miss the chance to engage with both Indigenous and industry leaders as we strengthen partnerships for a brighter, more balanced future. Register today: https://bit.ly/4eUMyHX

Thank you for visiting, Trade Commissioner Christina Connelly! It was a pleasure hosting you in our Centre for Culinary Innovation and the CAMS - Centre for Advanced Medical Simulation, we look forward to future collaborations! Matthew Labine

We are thrilled to be announced as a finalist for the #ASTech2024Awards! Our Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability is working towards a future where the environmental and economic challenges of the energy and mining industries have been solved. In collaboration with our partners, we are helping to achieve this by applying scientific principles, bringing our knowledge to practice and connecting partners with shared interests. This will lead to the restoration of pristine, functional landscapes for Albertans. See you on November 1st ASTech Awards! cc: Olle Lagerquist Ryan Leskiw Heather Kaminsky Michael Chae

Microplastics – those tiny but impactful particles – are an emerging environmental contaminant that’s gaining attention worldwide. Yet, accurately measuring them, especially in freshwater systems with high suspended solids, is no small feat. Over the last 10 years, we have partnered with Heartland Polymers through the Plastics Research in Action (PRIA) initiative. Together, we’ve developed and refined groundbreaking methodologies for sampling and measuring microplastics in the North Saskatchewan River. This effort represents the most extensive examination of microplastics in Alberta’s environment to date👏 Hear from Jeremiah Bryksa and Patric McGlashan at 10:35 in the Beatty Room at #REMTech2024 where they discuss their research and findings. Michael Chae

The NAIT Applied Research Team is in-person this week at #RemTech2024! Stop by booth 42 and chat with us about how we can help you with your remediation and sustainability efforts Let's discuss how: 🔹We can help you improve your processes, technologies, and services. 🔹 Our Indigenous Community-led Environmental Monitoring program builds capacity for our partners. 🔹 We can help amplify your research dollars through external funding programs 🔹 and more! Don’t forget to enter to win an Ooks stuffie and a cozy NAIT sweatshirt while you enjoy some mini-golf and delicious oranges and chocolate! 🍊🍫 Michael Chae Jeremiah Bryksa Kels Hockin Hannah Prinsen Nadia Stelck  Carmelita Crisp Matthew Menzies

This is your chance to learn from local entrepreneurs who’ve turned their food dreams into reality! Join us and the City of Edmonton for a FREE interactive panel and networking event. What's in it for you? 💡 Behind-the-scenes stories of successful food businesses 💡 Pro tips and tools for growing your own venture 💡 Networking opportunities and business support resources 💡 Optional tour of our cutting-edge Culinary Innovation Centre (limited spots!) 💡 Lunch! 📅 October 23, 2024 📍NAIT Productivity and Innovation Centre Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to learn from the best! Plus, sign up for a guided tour of the Centre - limited spots available! RSVP now https://bit.ly/3XTriuL