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[The video opens with a wide shot of workshop hosts and attendees gathered in the Robert Whitelaw Room at the McLaughlin Library. Everyone is seated at tables facing one another. The scene transitions to a group of attendees having a lively discussion around a large poster covered in sticky notes for a brainstorming session.]

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[CUT TO an interview shot of Dr. Malcolm Campbell with “Malcolm Campbell, Vice-President (Research), University of Guelph” appearing on screen as text.]
Malcolm Campbell: Today’s event is a wonderful collaboration between the Research Innovation Office at the University of Guelph and Innovation North from the Ivey School at Western University.

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[CUT TO a shot of Tima Bansal standing at the front of the room in front of a projector screen, giving a presentation. The shot transitions to a close-up of Tima standing at a table where participants discuss the poster in front of them.]

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[CUT TO Dr. Malcolm Campbell.]
Malcolm Campbell: It’s really about creating cross-pollinations, bringing people together, creating new ways of doing things making sure that things are more suitable for the future.”
[CUT TO a shot of Malcolm Campbell seated at a table with participants, then transitioning to him standing beside two participants, placing sticky notes on a poster.]

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[CUT TO an interview shot of Alice Mascena Barbosa with “Alice Mascena Barbosa, Postdoctoral Researcher, Ivey Business School” appearing on screen as text.]
Alice M. Barbosa: Innovation North is a community of researchers and organizations that co-create a new approach to innovation. 
[CUT TO a close-up of Alice standing by a table with participants, pointing to a sticky note on a poster board. This transitions to a wide shot of seated participants at a different table having a discussion.]

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Alice M. Barbosa: Today, we convened different stakeholders of the agri-food space.
[CUT TO Alice M. Barbosa. This quicky switches to a shot of Tima Bansal standing by a table of seated participants with sticky notes in her hand, then transitions to a close-up of two participants listening intently to the conversation.]
Alice M. Barbosa: They brainstormed around challenges and opportunities in the future of agri-food in Ontario.
[CUT TO shot of a group of attendees in a lively discussion, with some seated and others standing, as one attendee writes on the poster board. This transitions to a close-up shot of someone writing on the poster board.]

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[CUT TO an interview shot of Jessica Bowes with “Jessica Bowes, Assistant Vice-President, Research (Innovation & Knowledge Mobilization), University of Guelph” appearing on screen as text.]
Jessica Bowes: It’s about mobilizing knowledge, helping to create industry partnerships, really enhance within our research enterprise ultimately creating impact and amplifying it.
[CUT TO a wide shot of a group of participants in a lively discussion, some are seated and others standing, with one attendee writing on the poster board. This transitions to a shot of Jessica Bowes seated at a table with a different group of participants having a lively discussion.]

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[CUT TO an interview shot of Dr. Tima Bansal with “Dr. Tima Bansal, Professor, Ivey Business School” appearing as text on the screen.]
Tima Bansal: We have major systems problems in the world right now, whether they are to do with climate change, with biodiversity loss, with income inequality, and arguably soil health.
[CUT TO a slow zoom-in shot of a group of participants seated at a table. This transitions to a shot of Tima Bansal standing at the front of the room, holding a stack of sticky notes and giving instructions for the next activity.]

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Tima Bansal: What we need to solve these big systems problems is collaboration and we can only do that if we work together.
[CUT TO a shot of Alice and another participant workshop placing sticky notes on a poster board, then transitioning back to Tima Bansal’s interview.]

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[CUT TO a close-up of someone pointing at a sticky note on a poster board. Transition to an interview style shot of Tracey Ryan with “Tracey Ryan, Applied Research Coordinator, Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association” appearing on the screen as text.]
Tracey Ryan: There was a lot of talk of curriculum as well as providing producers with more decision support tools but also providing producers with support all the way through.
[CUT TO a shot of Tracey seated at a table with two other attendees having a discussion. This transitions to a wide shot of Tima Bansal at the front of the room, holding up a poster board covered in sticky notes. A participant stands beside her, explaining the board to the entire room. The sequence returns to Tracey’s interview. 
Tracey Ryan: Lots of interesting opportunities for research to move forward and for programming.

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[CUT TO an interview style shot of Norm Lamothe with “Norm Lamothe, CEO and Farmer, Woodleigh Farms Ltd.” appearing on the screen as text.]
Norm Lamothe: Climate change is a real thing and mitigating those challenges starts with soil health.
[CUT TO a shot of group of participants huddled over a table in a lively discussion. Some are seated, some are standing, and one is writing on a sticky note. This switches to a close-up of someone writing on the poster board.] 
Norm Lamothe: Soil health has an amazing ability to store carbon and improving on those soil conditions will help us in the long term.
[CUT TO Norm Lamothe, then switching to a participant leading a discussion at a table. The sequence continues, switching to a shot of a group, including Norm, huddled around a table discussing a sticky note on the poster board before returning to Norm’s interview.]
Norm Lamothe: The integration of industry and collaborations in this space is one that’s always been of interest to me and I’m really happy to have met so many great individuals at this event.

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[CUT TO an interview style shot of William Wang with “William Wang, Co-CEO, Terra Optima Labs” appearing on the screen as text.]
William Wang: One challenge that we’ve had, and actually this event really helps to alleviate, is to make those great connections with the industry.
[CUT TO a close-up shot of someone writing on a poster board with the camera panning up to show a group of participants seated at the same table watching. This transitions to a wide-shot of the entire room with participants seated at scattered tables.]
William Wang: Whether its with other professionals, with other businesses, with research colleges or research initiatives. It’s really hard to do that because it’s difficult to know where we can find these resources and the right people to reach out to.
[CUT TO a close-up Tima Bansal and William Wang. Tima Bansal holds up a poster board as William presents to the room. The sequence returns to William’s interview.]

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[CUT TO a wide shot of two attendees standing at the side of the room, one attendee holds up a poster board while the other points at it. Participants seated around the room are watching intently. The sequence cuts to Alice’s interview.]
Alice M. Barbosa: I think we really confirmed the importance of just gathering different people with different perspectives, building that collective understanding of what the barriers are, what the challenges are around soil health.
[CUT TO a slow pan across a table of participants before transitioning to a close-up shot of a participant having a discussion with someone off camera while the person sitting beside them listens. The sequence continues to a shot of a large group seated at a table, with one person standing and writing notes. In the background, two participants watch the discussion. The sequence returns to Alice’s interview.]
[CUT TO Norm’s interview.]
Norm Lamothe: Making the connection between what they’re studying on the research level and what we’re looking to implement at the farm level. I think we’re bridging that gap and we have an amazing opportunity to work together moving forward. 
[CUT TO a white closing screen where the University of Guelph Improve Life logo slides across and stops in the middle.]