Welcome to SOSCIP's Spotlight, a web series exploring (digital) transformation through an intersectional lens, showcasing original and thoughtful perspectives from leading entrepreneurs and innovators

This episode of Spotlight features Emily Thorn Corthay, Founder and CEO of Thorn Associates. The episode is broken down into four segments:
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Project Goals and Expected Outcomes
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Diversity is Fundamental
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Community Fellowship Impact
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StepUp and the Importance of EDI
Emily Thorn Corthay is the Founder and CEO of Thorn Associates
Thorn Associates is an energy management and climate change consulting firm based in Toronto.

This episode of Spotlight features Asli Sari, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mining at Queen’s University. The episode is broken down into four segments:
Asli Sari is Assistant Professor in the Robert M. Buchan Department of Mining at Queen’s University
Queen’s is a co-educational university with more than 23,000 students and over 131,000 alumni living worldwide. Notable alumni include government officials, academics, business leaders, four Nobel Laureates and one Turing Award winner.

This episode of Spotlight features Afshin Rahimi, Assistant Professor in Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering at the University of Windsor. The episode is broken down into six segments:
Afshin Rahimi is Assistant Professor in Mechanical, Automotive and Materials Engineering at the University of Windsor
The University of Windsor is a public research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada’s southernmost university. It has approximately 12,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and 4,000 graduate students.

This episode of Spotlight features Maryse Harvey, Executive Director of the Downsview Aerospace Innovation & Research (DAIR) Hub. The episode is broken down into six segments:

This episode of Spotlight features Mehdi Sheikhzadeh, Vice-President of Research and Innovation at Lambton College. The episode is broken down into three segments:

This episode of Spotlight features Christopher Yip, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering at the University of Toronto. The episode is broken down into three segments:
Over the course of these three videos, Dean Yip speaks to the importance of international engagement in applied science & engineering, the coming new normal (post-lockdown) and the role of EDI in developing excellence.

This episode of Spotlight features Edward Shim, co-founder and Managing Director of Studio1 Labs. The episode is broken down into four segments:
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Studio 1 Labs’ Origins
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The Ontario Innovation Ecosystem
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Doing Things Differently
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Addressing (Anti-Asian) Hate
Over the course of these four videos, Edward speaks to how Studio 1 Labs got started, how the Ontario Innovation ecosystem supported them as a start-up and helped them scale up, how doing things differently opened up new ways of collaborating and doing business, and how to understand and react to hatred of all kinds.
