Research stories

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In CFI-funded labs and facilities across the country, researchers in all stages of their careers are making discoveries, supporting a robust innovation ecosystem and helping solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. 

Portraitof Suzanne Kearns

The future of flight depends on sustainability that goes beyond biofuels

The University of Waterloo’s Suzanne Kearns is a global leader in sustainable aviation, but her flight path wasn’t without turbulence

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British Columbia

Life on the edge

An experiential research project at Simon Fraser University explores the psychology behind our perceptions of poverty
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Ontario

Power, policies and sustainability in the global food system

Today’s industrial approach to agriculture leaves the world dangerously dependent on a few crops and a few companies. Jennifer Clapp wants to change that.
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Saskatchewan

Climate resilient crops that can do more with less

How researchers are tackling the roots of food insecurity — in a very literal way
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Ontario

Blueprints for boosting plant immunity

How sophisticated genomics could help address food insecurity by giving crops an edge in the arms race against pathogens
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Northwest Territories

Can wind power the North?

Researchers at Aurora College’s Research Institute are using portable LiDAR scanners to help find the answer
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Ontario

Summoning the storm, at the Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment Research Facility

By simulating intense winds and weather, a research facility at Western University tests how buildings will hold up under catastrophic conditions
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Saskatchewan,Ontario

Mounting an early warning system for Canada’s looming water crisis, through the Global Water Futures Observatories

A network of observation systems across the country’s freshwater basins provides urgently needed data to help ward off the devastating impacts of floods, droughts and other water crises plaguing Canada
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Alberta,Quebec,Ontario,British Columbia

Tweaking biology for health and biotech solutions, at GlycoNet Integrated Services

A pan-Canadian network of over 170 researchers brings together the country’s expertise in the field of glycomics to create solutions in medicine and other bio-based industries
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Ontario

Keeping pollution in check, at the world’s freshwater laboratory

A network of lakes in Ontario provides a globally unique perspective on how human activity affects lakes and watersheds, so we can find ways to preserve them
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Ontario

Cataloguing all the world’s living things, at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics

The University of Guelph is building a powerful inventory of every species on Earth in an effort to monitor and conserve biodiversity in the face of crisis