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Ellen MacKay
Director, Innovation Development at Lakehead University
Ellen MacKay is a Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP) at Lakehead University's Economic Development and Innovation Office.
In this role, Ellen primarily collaborates with faculty to identify, evaluate, protect, and commercialize intellectual property developed at the University.
She is involved in creating and negotiating various contracts such as Research, Industry-Sponsored, Collaborative, Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure, Material Transfer, Student Project, and Complex Service agreements.
Ellen works on licensing intellectual property including start-ups, patents, copyrights, trademarks, etc., to facilitate commercialization.
Additionally, she provides support in grant application reviews and conducts educational seminars for faculty and graduate students.
Ellen MacKay and the EDI office at Lakehead University partner with local economic development, innovation, and entrepreneurship organizations to promote economic outreach in Thunder Bay.
