Canadian Food & Wine Institute Innovation Centre

NOW HIRING: Pilot Plant Production Specialist with our Canadian Food & Wine Institute Innovation Centre team

Pilot Plant Production Specialist, Canadian Food & Wine Institute Innovation Centre Reporting to the Centre Manager, CFWI Innovation Centre, the successful candidate is responsible for the overall operation and management of the CFWI IC Beverage and Liquids R&D Pilot Processing Facility (the “Pilot Plant”). The Pilot Plant Product Specialist is the principal operator and is …Continue reading »


Research & Innovation

Collaboration crosses R&I centres

Did you know? Cross-disciplinary applied research is taking place more and more among the innovation centres within the Research & Innovation division of Niagara College. For example, The Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (WAMIC) and the Canadian Food and Wine Institute (CFWI) Innovation Centre are collaboratively working to develop low-cost, innovative technologies for a number …Continue reading »


Research & Innovation

NOW HIRING: Footcare Project Assistant position available with our Research & Innovation team

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 …Continue reading »


Research & Innovation, Walker Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre

Al Spence: Taking on the applied research rodeo

Seek first to understand and then to be understood is a truism popularized by the late leadership guru Stephen R. Covey. Ask Allan Spence, PhD, however, and he’ll tell you this mantra was published even earlier in the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi. Knowing that makes Spence, a research scientist at Niagara College’s Walker …Continue reading »