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VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Canada’s scientists are driven to make discoveries that lead to new opportunities, a stronger economy and a growing middle class. What they need are the sophisticated tools and laboratories that help them break new ground in areas such as climate change, clean...
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OTTAWA, ON — Canadian agriculture has long relied on leading-edge research and technology development to keep pace with the rapidly changing ways we plant and store crops, raise animals and produce food. A study by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) shows that the agriculture sector, which...
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO — Canada 150 Research Chairs at three Canadian universities will receive more than $800,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for state-of-the-art research infrastructure that will help them carry out world-class research. Among the list of recipients is Australian...
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February 27, 2018OTTAWA, ONTARIO — Government investments through the federal funding agencies and the Canada Foundation for Innovation are critical to maintaining a healthy research environment in our universities, colleges and research institutes. Today, the 2018 federal budget is allocating the Canada...
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February 15, 2018OTTAWA, ONTARIO – Whether developing better tools for emergency responders, inventing an app that allows diabetes patients to monitor their health or promoting the use of indigenous language, young scholars from across Canada are making important contributions to the country’s research...
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January 31, 2018The Canada Foundation for Innovation has been named one of the National Capital Region’s top employers for the second year running. The National Capital Region’s Top Employers is an annual competition that identifies exceptional workplaces in the Ottawa-Gatineau area based on a number of...
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January 22, 2018OTTAWA, ONTARIO – The Canada Foundation for Innovation has invested more than $7.7 billion in over 10,000 projects since its inception in 1997. What does Canada’s research community have to show for these investments? To remain accountable and to better understand how Canada benefits from...
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January 8, 2018OTTAWA, ONTARIO — Canada’s young researchers are curious, ambitious, innovative and collaborative problem solvers. Today, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced that three of these talented young researchers have won its #IAmInnovation Twitter contest, which aimed to showcase how...
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December 13, 2017OTTAWA, ONTARIO – In celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary, the Government of Canada announced the first Canada 150 Research Chair recipients today. The Canada 150 Research Chairs Program aims to attract top-tier, internationally based scholars and researchers to Canada to help enhance the...
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December 11, 2017Flying across the prairies, only recently enveloped in a mantle of white, soon to be shared across our country, my breath was taken by a veil of Northern Lights that swept past and disappeared in the inky darkness of the wintry night. I was reminded of the northern-ness that unites Canadians and the...
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Earlier this fall, during one of the worst hurricane seasons on record, a group of graduate students was testing the resilience of roofs in full-force winds at Western University’s Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes. It’s unlikely they’d call themselves lifesavers, but their work will...
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November 9, 2017OTTAWA, ONTARIO – “Our greatest challenge is to explain to people the importance of fundamental science,” said Fabiola Gianotti, Director-General of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, at the annual public meeting of the Canada Foundation for Innovation November 7....
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November 2, 2017OTTAWA, ONTARIO — Canada Research Chairs at 25 universities and colleges across the country will receive more than $12 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to carry out world-class research. The funding, through the CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund, is part of a partnership...
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October 27, 2017OTTAWA, ONTARIO ‒ The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) welcomes the establishment of the Canada Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) in response to the recommendations made in the Fundamental Science Review. The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, and the Honourable Ginette...
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October 17, 2017Today, the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s Research Facilities Navigator reveals an exciting new suite of features that makes it easier for researchers, industry and other partner organizations to search, connect and collaborate. The Navigator is the CFI’s online directory showcasing...
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