Episodes

  • Studying Sunlight by Moonlight
    Jul 18 2022

    Dr. Frank Gu explains the late-night research behind H2Nano’s ground-breaking SolarPass™ technology, which uses sunlight to treat industrial water so it’s safe for aquatic life.

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    20 mins
  • Celebrating 10 Years of Innovation
    May 4 2022
    In celebration of COSIA’s 10th anniversary, Brenda Leeds Binder, QC, joins me to discuss what it was like being on the team tasked with drafting the organization’s original governance agreements and what she believes has been the “secret sauce” in advancing clean tech innovation.
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    16 mins
  • Pots & Pans of Energy Efficiency
    Apr 12 2022
    Engineering Specialist, Denis Westphalen, shares with us what efficiencies are being explored in the oil sands industry as well as the steps he’s implementing at home to reduce his energy use.
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    20 mins
  • Gadgets to Gases: Exploring CCUS’s Role in Emissions Reduction
    Feb 23 2022
    Karo Afiegbe, P. Eng, explains how his childhood curiosity of gadgets and his father’s book collection lead him to his current role as Technology Development Specialist & Advisor for CO2 Capture at Cenovus Energy.
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    18 mins
  • Nerds and Nanos Leading Net Zero
    Dec 10 2021

    COSIA’s Chief Executive, Wes Jickling, shares insight into his role at COSIA, and his perspective on oil sands innovation. 

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    28 mins
  • The Down and Dirty on Wetlands Research
    Nov 24 2021

    Michael Wendlandt, Graduate Researcher, shares how he got down and dirty gathering wetland samples to advance reclamation efforts as part of the NSERC/COSIA Industrial Research Chair Program at the University of Calgary.

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    16 mins
  • Clean Tech Scale-Up
    Nov 1 2021

    There’s a new clean-tech accelerator program aimed at giving new cleantech companies a kick start. Peter Beaudoin, COSIA’s Senior Advisor is leading its implementation and shares learnings from the pilot and details for those looking to build or participate in such a program.

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    19 mins
  • Steaming Up the Lab
    Oct 1 2021

    Marlon Norona, a researcher at SAIT-ARIS’s Centre for Energy Research and Clean Unconventional technology solutions (CERCUTS), explains how his dreams of becoming a chef lead him to pursue a career studying water fouling, erosion and corrosion at this world-class Once Through Steam Generation facility and what he hopes to achieve through his work.

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    14 mins