Apparel Production in the new world of COVID-19 (APNWC): reforming and innovating for PPEs, safe manufacturing environments, and remote workers

COVID-19 新世界中的服装生产 (APNWC)：个人防护装备、安全制造环境和远程工人的改革和创新

• 批准号: 550387-2020
• 负责人: Yates, Colin
• 金额: $ 4.61万
• 依托单位: Fanshawe College of Applied Arts & Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research Rapid Response to COVID-19
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=696117
• 关键词: Apparel; Production; new; world; COVID

Apparel Production in the new world of COVID-19 (APNWC) builds upon a prior CCSIF-funded research initiative, Poorly Made Shirt Workers (PMSW): a social solution for integration into the Canadian workforce (2018-2020) and a partnership with Goodwill Industries. This previous research increased the value of the apparel worker's labour, specifically for newcomers and women, and the value of the garments they produce, while diverting textile waste from landfill. Prior to the COVID pandemic, outcomes from this project included a trained workforce for apparel re-manufacturing, and a functioning sewing platform which was producing re-manufactured goods for a Goodwill Industries social enterprise named WORTH. However the COVID pandemic has suspended this undertaking. To counter this stoppage and to respond to societal needs, the new project has three objectives: 1) to design, prototype, and test the methodology necessary to mass-produce 2,500 washable fabric non-medical masks per week, scaling to 20,000+ masks weekly by October 1st; 2) to develop, prototype, and test a COVID-safe, functioning, sustainable physical sewing platform; and 3) to develop, prototype, and test a home-based manufacturing network that would offer the legitimization in, and flexibility of, remote work for Goodwill apparel production employees.

COVID-19新世界的服装生产（APNWC）建立在CCSIF先前资助的研究基础上 一项名为“粗制滥造的衬衫工人”的倡议：一项融入加拿大劳动力的社会解决方案 （2018-2020），并与Goodwill Industries合作。这项先前的研究增加了 服装工人的劳动，特别是新来者和妇女的劳动，以及他们生产的服装的价值， 同时将纺织废物从垃圾填埋场转移。在COVID大流行之前，该项目的成果包括 一个训练有素的服装再制造劳动力，和一个功能强大的缝纫平台， 为一家名为WORTH的社会企业提供再制造产品。然而，COVID 大流行病暂停了这项工作。为了应对这种停顿并回应社会需求， 该项目有三个目标：1）设计，原型，并测试大规模生产2500所需的方法 每周生产可清洗织物非医用口罩，到10月1日每周生产20，000多个口罩; 2）开发， 原型，并测试一个新冠病毒安全，功能，可持续的物理缝纫平台;和3）开发， 原型，并测试一个家庭为基础的制造网络，将提供合法化，和灵活性 为Goodwill服装生产员工提供远程工作。