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Innovation and Research Stories

Two hands, one adorned with tattoos, collaboratively braiding long strands of grass on a marshy coastline.
Weaving together Indigenous wisdom and Western science for a sustainable future
Community Impact Innovation and Research
Collaboratively cultivating sweetgrass, a culturally significant plant, to empower communities, reconnect generations with traditional knowledge, and ensure the plant's vitality for the future.
Five individuals stand in front of a wall smiling at the camera.
Students develop safety app to combat human trafficking
Community Impact Innovation and Research Student Success
What started as an idea to develop safety plans to prevent students from violence has quickly turned into a tangible app with the potential to save lives.
A woman is riding a bike passed a wall covered in live plants. There is a NSCC logo in the top right corner with the Together | Ensemble conference logo.
Sustainability champions gather at Akerley Campus for national conference
Community Impact Innovation and Research
Sustainability champions gathered at Akerley campus for national conference to discuss progress on Sustainable Development Goals.
Two students sit near one another at a desk while looking at a monitor together. One student points at the monitor's screen.
Student research funding opportunities
Innovation and Research
No matter what you’re studying at NSCC, there are opportunities to get involved in research. Learn about two new research funding programs and application deadlines.
Cole Gregory is pictured.
Leading the charge
Innovation and Research Student Success Study at NSCC
When Kohltech Windows and Entrance Systems wanted to determine if their residential windows could function as solar panels, they contacted NSCC’s Applied Energy Research Lab and researcher Cole Gregory for help.
Nathan Crowell, a researcher with NSCC’s Applied Geomatics Research Group, smiles in a blue, button-up shirt and looks off to the left.
Back to nature
Innovation and Research
Nathan Crowell is helping the Whale Sanctuary Project better understand the future site of North America’s first whale sanctuary. By gathering data on the seafloor, tides and flushing rates in Port Hilford Bay, he’s helping provide answers to complex questions.
Turning the tides
Turning the tides
Innovation and Research
Neil Laamanen is helping small- and medium-sized businesses bring their ocean innovations to life at SEATAC, the College's technology access centre – including a 3D metal print that’s become a world tidal sector first.
A woman with brown hair is crouched down. She is wearing an inflatable live-vest and holding a small underwater drone that is yellow. In the backgroun, a large, white ship and a gangway can be seen.
An ocean of opportunity
Innovation and Research Student Success
NSCC grad, researcher joins research project to protect Nova Scotia’s seabed.
A man crouches by a well. He is wearing a jean jacket and blue latex gloves. He is holding a test tube and looking at it. In the background there is a thick crop of trees.
Testing the water
Innovation and Research
Dr. Etienne Mfoumou leads NSCC's research project into water-filtration solutions for Shelburne community.
A man in a blue, buttoned up shirt and khaki pants walks in front of a large section of solar panels that are attached to a white shipping container. He is outside.
Shining a light on a solar future
Innovation and Research
At NSCC, Dr. Wayne Groszko explores and develops renewable energy solutions like the deployable microgrid.
A woman in a green, zip-up jacket holds a rolled up map under her arm and walks in front of a building with the letters C O V E on it.
Mapping the ocean floor and marine habitats
Innovation and Research
At NSCC, Jillian Ejdrygiewicz is mapping areas of the sea floor that haven’t been highly investigated yet.
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