June 2022 - Kelly Sears is supporting BBMD Consulting in conducting two evaluation studies for ITK, which is a non-profit organization that represents over 65,000 Inuit across Inuit Nunangat and the rest of Canada. One of the evaluation focuses on the Inuit Early Learning and Child Care program (IELCC) and other on the National Inuit [...]
June 2022 - Kelly Sears is supporting HAL Consulting to conduct a socio-economic impact study of TRIUMF, which is Canada’s national particle accelerator centre located on the campus of the University of British Columbia. It provides world-class facilities for research in sub-atomic physics, accelerator science, life sciences and materials science. The facility receives funding from [...]
May 2022 - Kelly Sears has been engaged by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada to support the development of the Pan-Canadian Genomics Strategy which was announced in Budget 21. Kelly Sears is conducting a research study on the commercialization and adoption of genomics-based technologies and innovations in Canada. The objective of the study is [...]
February 2022 - Kelly Sears is conducting a review of the Consumer and Clinical Radiation Bureau at Health Canada, a science-based organization with the mandate to protect the health of Canadians from the risks of radiation- emitting devices. A wide range of devices are regulated, including security products (e.g., airport baggage scanners), tanning equipment, and [...]
January 2022 - Kelly Sears is partnering with HAL Consulting to assess how the CSA can best support the infrastructure requirements of Canadian space industry and universities in designing and testing space hardware (e.g., satellites and their component systems, rovers, etc.). CSA houses Canada’s leading space testing facility, the David Florida Laboratory in Ottawa. The [...]
