蹤獲扞⑹ receives close to $2 million in federal funding to establish Environmental Solutions Innovation Hub

Media Release

Funding the Hub will help support advancement of innovative environmental and clean technologies in northern B.C.

Members of 蹤獲扞⑹ and members of PacifiCan gathered for a photo
蹤獲扞⑹ Office of Research and Innovation Director Mark Barnes, Northern Analytical Laboratory Services (NALS) head Dr. Hossein Kazemian, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada Harjit Sajjan, 蹤獲扞⑹ President Dr. Geoff Payne, Elder Darlene McIntosh, 蹤獲扞⑹ Interim Vice-President Research and Innovation Dr. Kathy Lewis

Prince George, B.C. 蹤獲扞⑹ received more than $1.9 million in funding from the Pacific Development Agency of Canada (PacifiCan) to support the establishment of the Environmental Solutions Innovation Hub.

This funding will allow 蹤獲扞⑹ to procure the advanced analytical instruments and personnel needed to meet an ever-expanding demand from local and regional natural resource-based firms to perform chemical and physical analytical work.

The new hub will be housed in the Northern Analytical Laboratory Services (NALS) lab and will allow for the increased and expedited development and prototyping of new materials and technologies needed to solve pressing environmental concerns in northern B.C. in sectors such as water management, mining, forestry, and bioenergy.

To be able to have highly qualified personnel stay here in the region is just immense and this funding is going to secure us for the next 10 to 15 years.  It will enable us to continue to meet our mandates of education, research, and community service, said Dr. Hossein Kazemian, the head of NALS. We are working on solutions to air, water and soil pollution that will offer benefits to our region and the world.