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Wildlife ecology done “in a good way”

Researcher Jesse Popp works alongside Indigenous communities to understand their most pressing questions about biodiversity and the plants and animals on the Land
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Ontario

Wildlife ecology done “in a good way”

Researcher Jesse Popp works alongside Indigenous communities to understand their most pressing questions about biodiversity and the plants and animals on the Land
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Nova Scotia

Jan Rainey is untangling the mysteries of spider silks

The Dalhousie University researcher is looking to create synthetic versions of spider's silk that have the potential to help heal damaged nerves and damaged hearts
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Transforming research instincts into a successful business (March webinar)

Part of our Future You webinar series. This webinar features a new generation of researchers who share their challenges and successes as they made the move from researcher to entrepreneur. Watch the video to gain insights and receive valuable tips on how to start your own business.
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Scientists work on innovative robotics technology in a modern laboratory.
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The future belongs to the highly skilled

How working in leading-edge research labs is preparing a new generation for success, in the lab and out
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Alberta

Lasting mobility and joint health is bred in the bone for new research facility

A new facility at the University of Calgary will help researchers get closer to their goal of preventing and treating bone and joint diseases, a growing and often devastating problem for an aging population
Rachel Barre teaching a dance class to Parkinson's patients.
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Ontario

Boosting brainpower at the barre

Researchers are learning how the unique combination of music and movement provided by learning dance can improve both the mental and physical health of Parkinson’s patients
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Alberta

The Search for a Hepatitis C Vaccine

University of Alberta scientists close in on a deadly virus
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British Columbia

Let it snow

Oh, the weather outside is frightful. Frightfully warm that is, according to University of Northern British Columbia researchers monitoring snowfall and temperatures in B.C.’s Cariboo Mountains.
Michael Houghton posing for a photo.
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Alberta

Michael Houghton’s 30-year quest to cure Hepatitis C

After discovering the Hep C virus in 1989, Houghton is now closing in on a vaccine for the potentially fatal disease

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Ontario

Bringing precious cargo to the North

University of Ottawa researchers are developing safer, cheaper ways to deliver vital supplies to remote communities
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More than 10,000 ways to make Canadian research world-class

That's how many investments the Canada Foundation for Innovation has made in cutting-edge research tools and facilities since it began in 1997
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Alberta

The aurora borealis barometer

Cloudy with a chance of magnetic interference: A new imager at the University of Calgary will deepen our understanding of space weather
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Quebec

Stronger, lighter, greener

Montreal’s leaders in engineering and manufacturing combine forces to create the next generation of composites for jets and Jettas
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Ontario

New facility has improv researchers jazzed up

University of Guelph’s new ImprovLab promises more elbowroom to explore the social impact of the improvisational arts
Illustrations of medical equipment arranged in the shape of human lungs
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Ontario

Earlier and better treatments for healthier kids

At Toronto’s SickKids Hospital, researchers and clinicians team up to tackle childhood obesity and lung disease