NSERC CREATE for the Canadian Meat Education and Training Network (MEaTnet) for Assuring Meat Safety and Quality

拟议的NSERC CREATE for a Meat Education and Trading Network(MEATnet)旨在确保工业流程中的肉类安全和质量，这是NSERC CREATE计划的“制造”优先事项。目前，加拿大没有肉类科学研究生学位或专业，因为加拿大没有一所大学有足够的质量来提供培养肉类行业准备就绪的毕业生所需的广度和深度的教育。拟议的NSERC Create MEaTnet将建立一个由肉类研究人员和教育工作者组成的多学科核心，能够提供以研究为基础的M.Sc。以及带行业实习的博士学位项目。向研究生传授专业和行业技能的新课程将作为密集的实地考察和研讨会实施，以解决肉类行业对研究生工作准备情况的担忧。我们与行业合作伙伴的实习将向肉类科学研究生介绍行业和制造业的驱动因素，如流程效率、良好的制造实践、国际标准化组织(ISO)和六西格玛质量管理体系，以及个人领导技能的重要性。由NSERC CREATE产生的新项目将成为一个行业认证的国家研究生项目，为行业设计，并与行业合作，通过增加为就业做好准备的肉类安全和质量专业知识来增强加拿大肉类行业的国际竞争力。

The proposed NSERC CREATE for a Meat Education and Training Network (MEaTnet) for Assuring Meat Safety and Quality in the Industrial Stream is within the "Manufacturing" priority of the NSERC CREATE program. At present, no post-graduate meat science degree or specialization exists in Canada because no single university in Canada has the critical mass to provide the breadth and depth of education needed to produce graduates ready for the meat industry. The proposed NSERC CREATE MEaTnet will establish a multi-disciplinary core of meat researchers and educators that will be capable of delivering research-based M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree programs with industry internships. New courses imparting professional and industry skills to graduate students will be implemented as intensive field trips and workshops to address meat industry concerns regarding post-graduate work readiness. Internships with our industry partners will introduce meat science graduate students to industry and manufacturing drivers such as process efficiency, good manufacturing practices, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Six Sigma quality management systems, and the importance of personal leadership skills. The new program generated by the NSERC CREATE will become an industry-certified, national post-graduate program designed for and with industry that will enhance the international competitiveness of the Canadian meat industry by adding 'job-ready' meat safety and quality expertise.