Sustainable Innovation through Information Technology and Multiple Perspectives

信息技术正在迅速改变经济运行方式和资源管理方式。在一个日益互联的世界中，培训具有多样视角的熟练劳动力可以最好地利用这些技术工具。在这种数字化转型的同时，地球也面临着气候变化和自然系统可持续性方面前所未有的挑战，这在新斯科舍省同样如此。人工智能、远程成像和环境传感等技术的获取和培训对于培养未来几代创新者解决这些资源管理挑战至关重要。发展技术技能对受人才短缺限制的行业也有直接的经济影响。我们的社区拥有许多形式的知识，超越了技术。米克马克长老阿尔伯特马歇尔形容Etuaptmumk，或两眼看，作为结合本土知识和西方科学的智慧，造福所有人。使用这种“两眼看”方法作为指导框架，新斯科舍省社区学院（NSCC）与企业和社区合作伙伴，旨在通过建立跨人类，土地和水部门以及自然系统的卓越研究联系来促进经济机会。具体来说，拟议的研究计划将调查如何信息技术，从科学和土著的角度与自然系统知识相结合，可以创造经济机会和长期管理资源的决策支持。除了直接关注工业和社区的具体挑战，该研究项目将为来自该地区社区的学生和早期职业领导者提供IT和技术培训。 NSCC旨在利用这一计划，通过应用研究加强公平，多样性和包容性的伙伴关系，这将对合作伙伴产生有意义的影响。应用信息技术改善可持续经济活动有助于负责任的企业增加其产品和服务，同时建立当地知识和能力。

Information Technology is rapidly transforming how economies perform and how resources are managed. In an increasingly connected world, training a skilled workforce with a diversity of perspectives enables the best use of these technology tools. At the same time as this digital transformation, the planet is also facing unprecedented challenges in climate change and natural system sustainability, this is equally true in Nova Scotia.Access and training for technologies such as artificial intelligence, remote imaging, and environmental sensing are important to build future generations of innovators to solve these resource management challenges. Developing technology skills also has immediate economic impacts for industries constrained by a shortage of talented people.Our communities hold many forms of knowledge that reach beyond technology. Mi'kmaq Elder Albert Marshall described Etuaptmumk, or Two-Eyed Seeing, as the wisdom of combining indigenous knowledge and western science to benefit all. Using this Two-Eyed Seeing approach as a guiding framework, the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), with business and community partners, aims to advance economic opportunity by building connections for research excellence across human, land and water sectors and natural systems. Specifically, the proposed research program will investigate how information technology, when combined with natural systems knowledge from scientific and Indigenous perspectives, can create decision-supports for economic opportunity and long-term stewardship of resources.In addition to directly focussing on specific challenges for industry and community, the research program will enable IT and Technology training for students and early-career leaders from communities across the region. NSCC seeks to utilize this program toward partnerships that strengthen equity, diversity, and inclusion through applied research that will have meaningful impacts for partners. The application of Information Technology to improve sustainable economic activities helps responsible businesses growth their products and services, while building local knowledge and capacity.