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F a l l 2 0 1 3 iv n ESTing Ein TR nT Learning with Robots Rethinking Memory Loss donation of oven hat could be better lzheimer’s is a major disease Wfor a nursing student Athat is of increasing concern What is bakes Up Clear air than practicing on a real, live as our population ages. But what Showcase patient? How about practicing if Alzheimer’s and other forms TREnT l E a ding E d g E T E a C h i n g a n d R ESE a R C h on a high-fidelity simulator of dementia are not diseases, but RSU n iv E i T Y and water Solutions that looks and acts like a real, rather, a normal part of aging asks Kg n o w l E d E M o b i l i z a T i o n E d i T i o n live patient? That’s what Ph.D. Goes Mobile Dr. Stephen Katz, professor of Knowledge Mobilization? student and professor of Nursing Sociology, who is researching Mild (knowledge mobilization, that is) Jane Tyerman will be exploring Cognitive Impairment (MCI) along when she begins simulation with Dr. Kevin Peters (Psychology) knowledge applied to action research with students enrolled in the B.Sc.N. program. and Dr. Peri Ballantyne (Sociology). Their three-year The research, which begins January 2014, will focus on project is funded by CIHR. unresponsive patient scenarios. “Studying people with MCI The simulation will utilize human-like mannequins may help us learn more about which can exhibit patient symptoms that can be remotely the early development of to help facilitate real-world impacts manipulated to respond to a student’s actions. “We’re Alzheimer’s, and assist in allowing the student to apply the theoretical knowledge the creation of intervention “The purpose is to link science, gained in the classroom, clinical, and lab into simulated, strategies,” says Professor Katz. on policy and society policy and community.” real-life experiences where there are no threats to the “But we also need to question patient’s safety,” said Prof. Tyerman. “Using a simulator, the medicalization of memory loss, a student can actively learn and its negativizing disease model of “When students interact with industry partners, while we assess and discuss causes, affects, losses and treatments. Perhaps we should Dr. Andrew Vreugdenhil with graduate student Jayme Stabler they appreciate what they bring to the table.” proactive process that involves their actions and responses.” be talking about the ageing mind in a positive sense – Prof. Tyerman will be what is gained, what changes, and how we cope with ombine market opportunity, positive environmental evaluating whether simulation memory loss.” specific efforts to build impact, technology and research together. Bake at 1200 improves the nursing students’ Through focus groups and interviews, the researchers moving available relationships between research Cdegrees Celsius until new processes, new product and knowledge, self-confidence, are giving a voice to patients, caregivers, doctors, new knowledge are achieved. Thanks to a generous donation of and self-efficacy in dealing professionals and experts, and are planning to share a new Sentrotech STTR 1200, (a state-of-the-art rotary oven), with unresponsive patient their research with professionals and public audiences producers and users, such as knowledge/research into Dr. Andrew Vreugdenhil’s inorganic materials research laboratory scenarios. The findings will be at an upcoming symposium. “We hope such discovery is making research red hot. disseminated into the nursing can be useful to all stakeholders involved in healthcare economic and cultural challenges sustainable solutions to social, environmental, people and organizations seeking to develop connects research and researchers with formal and informal events, “It inspires The research capabilities of Trent University and the curriculum. “The research for aging persons,” says Prof. Katz, “and we hope to active use business acumen of the oven’s donor, Sittler Demolition and them to make will highlight which areas of theoretical content needs communicate that MCI is part of a larger cultural focus networks, and collaboration on Environmental (SDE), are joining forces to create a product that to be further enhanced, so students are knowledgeable on aging.” research resources for research use will turn wood scraps into biochar and activated carbon that can and better-prepared to respond to these life-threatening accessible.” taking be used to clean water and air. situations,” Prof. Tyerman said. Feeding our Food One of the core businesses of SDE is demolition. The an smart use of manure, compost, worm castings, company takes a sustainable view to its business practices and Localizing Climate Change Impacts Cand other agricultural biowaste improve economic is aligning with Trent to research a new use for the wood debris The Evolution of a Research Collective research hat could the potential impacts of climate change viability for agricultural producers and reduce process from the removed from demolition sites. Currently wood remnants can be look like for local infrastructure, industries and environmental impacts? Dr. Mehdi Sharifi, assistant hen Dr. Chris Furgal decided to unite his group This pooling of collective experience, together with Indigenous Knowledge; an examination of goose ecology turned into mulch, animal bedding or boiler fuel. Often the wood W environment? Dr. Stephen Hill, associate professor of professor of Environmental of diverse graduate students and research facilitating an exchange of communication of what they in a Northern Ontario First Nation where the management into public scraps are destined for the landfill. creation of evidence Environmental and Resource Studies, and graduate and Resource Studies and assistants under one umbrella several years are learning, means students in the HEIC collective are of the species could have potential impacts on the needs With the oven now in place, the goal of the research is to use W student Lynda Langford developed a research paper Canada Research Chair in ago, he had no idea that the group would evolve into the working together to achieve knowledge mobilization in of residents who depend on the resource for food and it to transform these reusable scraps into a product destined for a for the Peterborough region which helped to make the Sustainable Agriculture dynamic formal research collective it has become today. the truest sense of the word. culture; a study about the role of Indigenous Knowledge bridging the gap between research, policy and practice domain to its ultimate impact wider, more substantial market and with a greater positive impact findings relevant to local policy-makers.It also identified thinks so. Professor “These students, like me, are doing research which in developing environmental policy in Northern Labrador; for the environment. The product will be an absorbent material barriers to action and suggested strategies for adaptation Shafiri’s research focuses applications out into real world getting research change capital does not necessarily lead to innovation or own intellectual recognizes that organizing one’s lies at the intersection of different disciplines and topics, Group Interactions Spark Knowledge and an examination of the implications of climate change that can be used to clean up unexpected spills, to help in cleaning planning. The research was conducted on behalf of the on improving so they don’t easily fit in one discipline,” says Professor on accidents and injuries while traveling on the sea ice for knowledge sharing between research municipal water and air purification. Activated carbon required Mobilization Sustainable Peterborough Working Group on Climate the management Furgal, a professor in Trent’s Indigenous Environmental residents of an Arctic Inuit community. street in a way that’ information learned in the ivory tower and moving it to knowledge mobility is really about accessibility and taking Prof. Furgal explains that, while some students’ projects for this type of application is usually made from coal. Change which included local municipalities and health of nitrogen and producers and research users Studies program, who is cross-appointed between the directly explore issues of knowledge mobilization (for Speaking of the common issues discussed in and environmental organizations. The project was phosphorous Environmental Resource Science/Studies and Indigenous example, evaluating the communication of territorial the paper, Prof. Furgal says: “It’s not just about the Students Interact with Industry funded by MITACS and members of the working group. in agricultural systems to advance environmental Studies Departments. “When I first formed the group, health survey results to northern communities), knowledge importance of relationship in getting the research Professor Vreugdenhil is an associate professor of Chemistry “Our objective was to take what academics already sustainability, protect the quality of soil and water, and emphasizes the intention was to provide a common collective and mobilization is also a direct product of the interactions done respectfully, but about how to communicate that and the director of the Materials Science graduate program. He understand about climate change and make it real for increase economic returns for growers. collaboration a supportive environment for graduate students and sparked within the HEIC group itself. A prime example importance to other researchers. My students recognized was thrilled when SDE contacted him at Trent for his research local politicians and policy-makers,” says Professor Hill. “Ecological-based nutrient management reduces young researchers. It evolved when my students wanted of this is a new collective research paper, authored by this critical element in their work and came together to purpose expertise. He also feels his students can benefit from being “Partnering with the municipal excess nutrients in the environment which are to contribute and take on more, even above and beyond members of the HEIC group around the importance of share their experiences on this topic and learn from one exposed to the process.

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