I was fortunate to be part of a group from the University of Guelph who last week heard outgoing Minister of Research and Innovation Hon. John Wilkinson describe his vision for a research infrastructure designed to get innovators out of their silos and into a province-wide network. It’s an admirable goal, and one that comes at a crucial time for the province as it struggles to maintain activity as Canada’s manufacturing engine. I write about the network in this week’s Urban Cowboy column in the Guelph Mercury.
OWEN ROBERTS
Owen Roberts is a faculty member in the Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications program at the University of Illinois. As an agricultural journalist, he is the past president of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists and a lifetime achievement award recipient from the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation. His programs and research papers have been recognized nationally and internationally through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence, and others.