Le CIRADD

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Le CIRADD

• Centre dinitiation à la recherche et daide au
  développement durable

Initiative to research and sustainable
development Centre 
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Emergence of the CIRADD (2005)

• Two professors and one director
• Gilbert Bélanger M.sc Biology
• Sylvain Roy Ph.D in sociology
• Louis Bujold Director of the Centre détudes
  collégiales Baie-des-Chaleurs
• Two work experiences
• Observing the lack of support for a business.
• Experience working at UQAM as a researcher to the
  service of communities
• Two observations
• Limited resources in research and development for
  organizations and small enterprises in Gaspésie
• Lack of researcher in Quebec

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One main goal

• Supporting the community of Gaspésie in its
  development by providing research expertise in
  human science and in natural sciences of a
  college.

• Supported by research assistants
• The students from the Centre détudes
  collégiales Baie-des-Chaleurs in natural science
  and human science
• existing class
• Approach of integrating acquired sciences
• Integration of acquired in natural science
• Social transformation of societies
• General Biology

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One approach

• Sustainable development
• Ethics as a framework for acceptance of requests
  for assistance in solving problems in natural
  science and human sciences.
• focusing on constructive intergenerational links
  between students and the CECBC.
• participating in projects that are promising both
  for the region and for occasional speakers.
• seeking active collaboration between the CIRADD
  and other organizations or enterprises in
  Gaspésie and Quebec

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Financing and support

• Since January 2006
• Grant from the MDEIE and contribution from
  many agencies in Gaspésie (ex CRÉGÎM, CLD,
  CREGÎM, etc.)
• Support of many institutions and agencies in
  Quebec and in Gaspésie (ex UQAR, UQAM,
  Université Laval, UPA Gaspésie-les-Îles, IRDA,
  CHAU-TVA)

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After three years

• Participation in 50 research project
• Involvement of 130 students-researchers
• Increase of research proposals
• 11 Non for profit organizations
• 8 Institutions
• 14 enterprises
• 14 professors-researchers
• Status of NFPO in December 2007

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• Reseach projects - examples

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Request from CRÉGIM for analysing the needs in
term of collective transportation for the
population of Gaspésie et des Îles-de-la-Madelein
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• Work team at the CIRADD
• 6 students-researchers and one professor-researche
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• 12,000 sended survey
• 6269 returned survey
• For a total of 9260 participants
• Impact Validation of transit needs in the
  Gaspésie and Îles de la Madeleine which
  contributed to the announcement of the
  establishment of collective transport for 2009 in
  Gaspésie.

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Maple liquor

• To answer a need expressed by a local company.
• History of the project
• Teams of students worked on this project in 2006
  (4) and 2008 (3) under the supervision of a
  teacher-researcher.
• At the winter session 2009, collaboration with
  UQAR and a winemaker of the region.
• Desired impact To develop a process for
  producing an alcoholic beverage from the
  fermentation of maple syrup that can be certified
  organic.

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Other activities of the CIRADD

• Conference (24 in three years)
• Scientific Conference (3)
• Partership College Universities
• Participation at regional conference
• Presentation of the results
• TV advertising CIRADD CHAU-TVA
• Compost
• Sustainable development

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Retrospective Analysis

• Area/territory
• Solving problems
• Clarification of mandates
• Testing of products

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Retrospective Analysis

• Students from the CECBC
• Clarification of the training project
• Increased motivation of some students
• Improved knowledge of Gaspésie problematic
• Summer jobs related to research
• Recruitment of teams research

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Retrospective Analysis

• Professors-researchers
• Construction of expertise in regard to regional
  issues.
• Improved partnerships and networks of contact.
• Recognizing the value of work by collaborating in
  the development of the Gaspésie.

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For the future

• Several research applications for winter 2009
• Partner center in the social economy of the Gaspé
  
• An application to become a MAMR Laboratories
  rural Quebec
• An application for recognition of MELS CIRADD as
  CCTT-PSN

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In conclusion

• The CIRADD is a social innovation in that it
  allows the use of a center for college to help
  solve problems in research and development of a
  rural community where there are no university

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