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December 21, 2016
There’s no point in asking to see Jérôme Lapointe’s invention. “It’s invisible — that’s the innovative part!,” says the engineering physics Ph.D. student at Polytechnique Montréal. His large fingers...
December 17, 2015
6:30 a.m. The alarm clock launches its unholy clatter, slingshotting you out of the rumple of bedsheets and off to the bath. You grumble at the reflection in the mirror, then shuffle on to the...
July 11, 2016
Annual public meetings
Annual public meetings are part of the CFI’s ongoing commitment to the principles of public accountability, transparency and openness.
The annual public meeting, a...
May 28, 2015
This summer, music lovers will descend on music festivals around the world to listen and dance to their favourite bands. And when they do, they’ll be participating in a practice as ancient as the...
March 1, 2007
When you live near the Arctic Circle, you can’t exactly grow lettuce in your own garden. In fact, almost all fresh food and everyday products are usually brought in by plane from “the South.” So, by...
November 1, 2005
What’s the favourite topic of conversation for Canadians? The weather.
As a nation that’s used to weather extremes of all kinds, our national conversation has always had a rich and varied vocabulary...
October 29, 2016
Because of its unique status as a foundation entrusted with public money, the CFI attached paramount importance to operating in an economical, effective, and transparent manner, and to communicating...
April 26, 2016
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Vice-President, External Relations and Communications
As Vice-President of External Relations and Communications, Pierre Normand is responsible for developing and...
April 24, 2017
“Smart garments” of the future will include hospital gowns that record vital signs, military clothing that harnesses a soldier’s body heat for energy, turning it into power to charge her equipment,...
May 12, 2010
Rapping, DJing, graffiti arts and breakdancing are all part of hip-hop culture that originated in New York City in the mid-1970s. Now, aboriginal youth in parts of Canada are using hip-hop to...