Elicia Maine
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Queen's University at Kingston (BA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS)
University of Cambridge (PhD)
Elicia Maine | |
|---|---|
 Maine in 2017 | |
| Born | Canada |
| Education | Queen's University at Kingston (BSc) Queen's University at Kingston (BA) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Occupation | Professor |
Elicia Maine is a Canadian academic. She was the founding educational coordinator for New Ventures BC,[1] and the founding Academic Director of Invention to Innovation (i2I),[2] an award-winning graduate program in science & technology commercialization offered in traditional and online formats.[3] Within Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business, she serves as Associate Vice President, Knowledge Mobilization & Innovation, providing oversight of SFU Innovates.[4]
Maine serves on the Board of Directors for the Foresight Cleantech Accelerator[5] and Innovate BC.,[6] on the Princeton University Dean for Research Innovation & Entrepreneurship Council and on the Mitacs Research Council.
Her research interests include science innovation, science & technology entrepreneurship, technology-market matching, and innovation policy. Maine was honoured with the 2022 Trailblazer Award in Innovation Policy by the Canadian Science Policy Centre.
She is the head of a Simon Fraser University Beedie School of Business project to help students convert research findings into tangible products that just recently received $22.9M from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Lab to Market program.
- Person of the Year Nomination, BC Tech Association, 2016[7]
- TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award, Beedie School of Business, 2017[8]
- B.C.'s Most Influential Women 2018: Stem Stars, BC Business[9]
- Top Educator Award, BC Cleantech Awards, 2021[10]
- Trailblazer Award, Innovation Policy, Canadian Science Policy Conference, 2022[11]
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