Thank you, Madam Chair.
I thank all the witnesses for being here this evening and for their insightful presentations.
I'll begin with my questions to Mr. Nantel from Niagara College.
In a previous session of one of our hearings, one of our witnesses, Mr. Kenyon from Brock University, during his presentation talked about the power of smaller research institutions. He talked about how smaller institutions can play a larger role in the cultural and economic activity of their communities. I really felt that sentence and that line defined perfectly what Niagara College is doing and has been doing for the past several years.
You mentioned in your presentation the notion of applied research and working with industries, and working in terms of months, not several years, on several of the projects in your innovation centres, be it the Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre, the Canadian Food and Wine Institute and the innovation centre there, or the Agriculture and Environmental Technologies Innovation Centre.
Could you give us some examples of the projects, applied research projects, that have made a real difference to Canadian companies, primarily those in our local communities?