Laurentian hosts enrichment program in Sudbury for students from across Canada.

“The future is right here in this room,” said Dufour, the innovation and commercialization coordinator at Laurentian’s Jim Fielding Innovation & Commercialization Space. “I am blown away by the ability of these students to come together to solve a real-world problem.

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“In just four weeks, they brought novel ideas to the question of affordable housing.”

Posing challenges to high achievers is what the Shad program has been doing since 1981.

Each summer has a unique “real-world design project” that has both economic and societal implications. Previous topics include “How might we improve the well-being of Canadians?” and “How might we leverage space as a creative research platform to advance humankind?”

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