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Hon. Glen Murray Minister of Research and Innovation June 30, 2011

Hon. Glen Murray Minister of Research and Innovation June 30, 2011. iDeaWORKS is a Mohawk College initiative linking innovation, entrepreneurship and applied research. Innovation —Focuses on improving productivity, efficiency, and value creation in the service sector.

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Hon. Glen Murray Minister of Research and Innovation June 30, 2011

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  1. Hon. Glen Murray • Minister of Research and Innovation • June 30, 2011

  2. iDeaWORKS is a Mohawk College initiative linking innovation, entrepreneurship and applied research Innovation—Focuses on improving productivity, efficiency, and value creation in the service sector. Entrepreneurship—Encourages entrepreneurs- in-the-making through The Hatchery, a pre-incubator that provides guidance, facilities and seed money for student business ventures. Applied Research – Faculty and students work with businesses and other community partners in finding innovative solutions real-world challenges. Partners benefit from our expertise, technology and facilities; students learn practical skills and build relationships with future employers.

  3. Our success in health informatics demonstrated our leadership in software technology In 2007, Mohawk launches the Applied Research Centre in Health Informatics (MARC-HI) Mohawk’s iDeaWORKS gears up for an mHealth project to build a working protoype of an SMS-based interface to jurisdictional infrastructure Mohawk wins $2.5M grant to implement an architecture to integrate electronic health records across Canada In 2010, MARC-HI wins the prestigious Canada Health InfowayStandards Collaborative Peer Award MARC-HI becomes the home for Canada’s EHR System reference implementation Mohawk’s centre is used as a model for health informatics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa

  4. Our vision is to be renowned for our innovative culture and future ready grads • Build innovation and entrepreneurship into college curriculum • Teach hands-on skills to students through real-life projects • Co-develop new technologies with community partners • Create an environment for student start-ups • Become a centre of excellence for Service Innovation • Build our reputation as the most important eHealth and technology facility in Canada

  5. By teaching innovation skills, we create an advantage for our graduates • Creativity • Critical thinking • Team work • Brainstorming • Problem resolution We use a multi-disciplined process that approaches problems from a human-centric perspective for a solution that is truly transformative

  6. National Centre for Health and Technology Services Innovation

  7. Discussion Questions • Application to the OCE Experiential Learning Program for Young Entrepreneurs pending funding • Opportunity to support a Centre of Health and Technology Services Innovation in the core of Hamilton’s Downtown

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