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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. 

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Quebec
Unsettling the Canadian hockey story
Collecting the stories of hockey players, builders and fans from Lac Seul First Nation to reveal a different narrative about Indigenous hockey
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Kelsey Leonard posing for a photo in front of a stone wall covered in vines.
podcast
Ontario
Should bodies of water have the same legal status as people?
Researcher Kelsey Leonard, member of the Shinnecock Nation and founder of the Wampum Lab at the University of Waterloo, delves into ocean, water and climate justice.
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A promising future, now: 25 years of investing in ideas that change our world
The Canada Foundation for Innovation has supported cutting-edge research in Canada for 25 years. In these videos, researchers reflect on how CFI funding has advanced their work and how future generations will benefit. They tell passionate stories of curiosity, commitment and innovation.
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An aerial shot of a patchwork of green and fallow fields
article
British Columbia
Harvesting big data
For University of British Columbia researcher Navin Ramankutty the future of sustainable agriculture grows out of a mix of algorithms, big data and powerful computers
Master's student Ryan Greene posing for a photo over a blue background.
article
Newfoundland and Labrador
Preventing back injuries in the work place
Master’s student, Ryan Greene, seeks to discover whether prolonged sitting causes back pain and injuries
Photo of Trafford Simpson, professor of Optometry and Vision Science at the University of Waterloo
podcast
Ontario
Sight for sore eyes
Trefford Simpson investigates how — and why — our eyes feel pain
A bottle spills out yellow tablets in the form of the letter “A.”
article
Manitoba
A vitamin to reduce Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Researchers at the University of Manitoba have produced compelling evidence that a vitamin A supplement could help prevent a disorder that affects more kids than you might expect
Image of Nathan Knapp-Blezius with hand drawn images of culinary arts swirling around him
video
Reinventing the grocery aisle
College student Nathan Knapp-Blezius mixes the culinary arts with a dash of scientific method to help food companies create scrumptious new products
Scientists work on innovative robotics technology in a modern laboratory.
article
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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article
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.
article
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
Michael Houghton posing for a photo.
video
Alberta
The Search for a Hepatitis C Vaccine
University of Alberta scientists close in on a deadly virus
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article
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.
podcast
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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article
Ontario
Bringing precious cargo to the North
University of Ottawa researchers are developing safer, cheaper ways to deliver vital supplies to remote communities