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Students and staff taking part in a United Way fundraising event featuring remote controlled cars
London Home Builders ’ Association ( LHBA ) is a case in point , providing a lot of feedback to college building programs . “ They also create research opportunities for our students as well ,” he adds . “ One of our goals is that every student who goes through Fanshawe should have at least one applied research experience as part of their time here . Construction firms always have projects under development that need tweaking before they become the new mainstream product , and our students are more than happy to assist in some of that applied research .”
The Centre for Research and Innovation ( CRI ) is Fanshawe College ’ s Research Office and Industry Innovation Centre ( IIC ). CRI links industry , business and community partners with Fanshawe student and faculty researchers to develop research and innovation projects and programmes , and serves as the College ’ s liaison to external funders . Gilbert is excited about the concept of an ‘ Innovation Village ’ that would be much more than a fancy name for a community hub . “ It ’ s built on the
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