Georgian College is answering the call from health-care partners by donating critical supplies and using the skills of their Research and Innovation team to manufacture temporary face shields.
Georgian's Health and Wellness programs are being delivered through remote delivery but the college has been redeploying personal protective equipment supplies to its health partners.
Georgian's Research and Innovation team also saw an opportunity to use innovative technology to meet the need for temporary face shields for the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre in Barrie until new PPEs can be mass-produced.
Two manufacturers, Innovative Automation and Molded Precision Components, are also re-tooling their operations to start production of PPEs.
Production of more than 600 face shields took place this week with the help of Research and Innovation Technologist Andrew Cywink and Jared Bergsma, a Mechanical Engineering Technology student, who was able to help remotely on the project. Bergsma is doing his co-op in the Alectra Centre for Research, Innovation, and Commercialization (C-RIC), located within Georgian's Peter B. Moore Advanced Technology Centre.
