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Industry committee Not any university in Canada, I'm afraid to say. I think there are universities in the U.S. that are privileged in having long histories of those relationships and focused, oftentimes, on creating student experiences as well that are really about creating public good, often throu
August 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Prof. Matt Ratto
Industry committee I really think universities could do better to support and value forms of research that result in direct community outcomes. As we've heard already from other colleagues of mine in the university system, community collaboration is something that is highly valued in the university
August 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Prof. Matt Ratto
Industry committee My responsibilities are fewer, I think, than those of many of the folks here, who are obviously responsible for many more students. Within my own faculty and within the bachelor's degree program that I ran up until recently, we focused on reaching out individually to most of the
August 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Prof. Matt Ratto
Industry committee Well, thank you very much. That's a great question. I'm often very concerned with and focused on IP, and not necessarily for the same reasons you just mentioned. Within the university, I think we have a tendency to see intellectual property as one of the primary ways that we crea
August 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Prof. Matt Ratto
Industry committee I think you're right. I think there's often a disconnect. We've seen that disconnect, though, be brought back together, particularly with groups that have community-focused research. We've seen it in education and we've seen it in social work, where community-based research has s
August 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Prof. Matt Ratto
Industry committee Thank you very much. Thanks for the invitation to testify. I've been going through the transcripts of recent witnesses to this committee, and I was struck by comments by Dr. McDonald, on June 1 of this year, about the development of an emergency ventilator by an international t
August 14th, 2020Committee meeting
Prof. Matt Ratto