Category Archives: Research & Innovation

Research & Innovation

Now Hiring | Footcare Project Assistant with our Research & Innovation team

Medical professional examining woman's feet

Footcare Project Assistant The Footcare Project Assistant is a role that encompasses two roles (Research & Footcare Assessment Assistant) and is dependent on the work available with restrictions due to the pandemic. As a Research Assistant, the selected candidate will work remotely and meet regularly with the Research Project manager and other members of the research team through virtual software programs. As a Footcare Assessment … Continue reading Now Hiring | Footcare Project Assistant with our Research & Innovation team »

Research & Innovation

POSITION AVAILABLE: Social Media Research Assistant with the Greenhouse Technology Network team

GTN Social Media Research Assistant The successful candidate will support GTN with its business‐to‐business social media strategy. As the Social Media Research Assistant for GTN the successful candidate will work on a number of projects to assess, plan and design social media activities for the Network in order to grow the reach and awareness of the Network. The Social Media Research Assistant will have a … Continue reading POSITION AVAILABLE: Social Media Research Assistant with the Greenhouse Technology Network team »

Food & Beverage Innovation Centre, Research & Innovation

Food safety expert adds to the uniqueness of Niagara College’s FBIC

Around the world, an estimated 600 million people – almost 1 in 10 – fall ill after eating contaminated food each year. Concerns over food safety have also been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s why Angela Tellez-Lance’s unique combination of skills as a food scientist and engineer make her a highly valuable team member of the Food & Beverage Innovation Centre (BCIC). She helps … Continue reading Food safety expert adds to the uniqueness of Niagara College’s FBIC »

An Expert's Perspective, Food & Beverage Innovation Centre, Research & Innovation

Pasteurization: a key to food safety and a service FBIC provides

From an Expert's Perspective

This month, we hear from Edmund Co, Research Lead with the Food & Beverage Innovation Centre. Before urbanization, most milk was consumed locally. This raw milk was fit for consumption because local rural consumers had adapted to the pathogens in the milk, and it wouldn’t make people sick. Throughout the early modern age, urbanization began, which saw the movement of large numbers of people to cities. … Continue reading Pasteurization: a key to food safety and a service FBIC provides »

Food & Beverage Innovation Centre, Research & Innovation

Cheers to the trailblazing partnership between FBIC & Wild Lot Farm Distillery

Climb the ladder. Get fired. Build your own damn ladder. That’s the mantra that Ryan Fowler, Founder & CEO of Wild Lot Farm Distillery, and his partner in life and business Taylor McIndless, live by. The two met in downtown Toronto and fantasized about one day being entrepreneurs and opening a food and beverage business together. They dreamt of leaving “the big city” for one … Continue reading Cheers to the trailblazing partnership between FBIC & Wild Lot Farm Distillery »

Food & Beverage Innovation Centre, Research & Innovation

A one-of-a-kind partnership with FBIC results in a one-of-a-kind gluten-free organic quinoa beer

Miski's gluten-free quinoa-based beer

  Ricardo Irivarren sounds like a proud parent raving about their child’s success when he tells us about his latest professional endeavours. Miski Brewing is proud to be certified gluten-free, organic, vegan and kosher – the first beer to do this in North America. It’s the sister company of Miski Organics, which originated in 2016 and brought super foods that are organic, gluten-free, non-GMO and … Continue reading A one-of-a-kind partnership with FBIC results in a one-of-a-kind gluten-free organic quinoa beer »