Susan Blum

Dr. Susan Blum is the Associate Vice President Applied Research and Continuing Education at Saskatchewan Polytechnic. She has spent over 24 years working in research administration Previously, she was the Director of Research Services and Ethics at the University of Saskatchewan and Director of Finance and Administration at the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation. Prior to these roles, Susan had a strong research background in ecotoxicology and was polar bear biologist for the Government of Nunavut.

Susan is currently a member of the World Federation Colleges and Polytechnics Applied Research Group, is Chair of Polytechnic’s Canada research group, is a member of the NSERC Committee on Research Partnerships, the NSERC Canadian Association of Research Administration (CARA) Working Group, the Colleges and Institutes of Canada National Research Advisory Committee, the Tri-Agency Grant Management System External Advisory Board, and serves as a Board of Director member for the Refined Manufacturing Acceleration Process (ReMAP), the Mining Innovation Commercialization Accelerator (MICA), and Genome Prairie.

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