Category Archives: Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre

The value of networking and attending industry events for HESIC

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This month, we hear from Alberto Hardt and Gabriela Torrens, Research Associates with the Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre. From February 21-22, Niagara College’s (NC) Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre (HESIC) team participated in the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Convention (OFVC), in Niagara Falls, Ont. This year brought another opportunity to represent NC’s Research & Innovation (R&I) division with a dedicated booth at … Continue reading The value of networking and attending industry events for HESIC »

Passion projects NC grad Gabriela Torrens towards success in her role with HESIC

Gabriela Torrens, inspecting a plant at the NC greenhouse.

If you would have told Gabriela (Gaby) Torrens that she would be working with Research & Innovation during the entirety of her time as a Niagara College (NC) student, and beyond, she wouldn’t have believed you. “I never thought that I would be working for Research & Innovation this long – it’s so amazing to me that I’ve been able to be part of the … Continue reading Passion projects NC grad Gabriela Torrens towards success in her role with HESIC »

Watch: FBIC capabilities & Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery success story video is here

Niagara College’s Food & Beverage Innovation Centre (FBIC) is proud to officially launch our latest video that highlights the capabilities of the Innovation Centre and the partnership and success story with Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery (Ravine). Ravine has also completed several projects with our Business & Commercialization Innovation Centre. Ravine is home to an organic vineyard, a winery, a restaurant, a cidery and a retail … Continue reading Watch: FBIC capabilities & Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery success story video is here »

From neighbours to partners in research, HESIC find solutions for Walker innovations

  A familiar name in Niagara, Walker is a diverse, Ontario-based company with an environmental division that specializes in waste management and resource recovery. Being a neighbour to Niagara College (NC), in the literal sense in Niagara-on-the-Lake, has created an ongoing and positive partnership with NC’s Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre (HESIC). One of the areas of focus for Walker, led by Greg Robles, … Continue reading From neighbours to partners in research, HESIC find solutions for Walker innovations »

We’re Hiring: Greenhouse Research Assistant position with the HESIC team | Closing date: Fri. March 22

R&I - We're Hiring! Greenhouse plants with Research & Innovation label.

Greenhouse Research Assistant Reporting to the Manager, Research Program, the Research Assistant will work with Research and Faculty leads, as well as the Research Laboratory Technologist, to assist with overseeing and establishing research experiments, to maintain plant growth, apply fertilizers/irrigation, etc., and to assess and measure plants both pre and post-harvest. The successful candidate will collect data from the growing trials and will help to … Continue reading We’re Hiring: Greenhouse Research Assistant position with the HESIC team | Closing date: Fri. March 22 »

HESIC experts help companies navigate the cannabis industry with research trials

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The mantra in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is to start clean and to be pro-active, says Sebastian Jacob, Faculty at Niagara College’s School of Environmental and Horticultural Studies and Research Lead at Niagara College’s Horticultural & Environmental Sciences Innovation Centre. This includes good sanitation practices and starting crops from cuttings that are free of pests. As he explains to students, over the past 10 years, Canadian researchers at … Continue reading HESIC experts help companies navigate the cannabis industry with research trials »