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10,000 ways

This podcast is about curious researchers, leading-edge science and the joys of discovery.

Our podcast gets its name from Thomas Edison who said, “I have not failed. I’ve successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work.” These stories are about how researchers in Canada embrace that same perseverance and optimism. In each episode, researchers reveal their motivations, discoveries and hopes for future generations.

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Portrait of Volker Gerdts Director and CEO of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO)

Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan are global leaders in pandemic preparedness

In 2002, German researcher Volker Gerdts relocated to Saskatoon. Cutting-edge vaccine research was the attraction. Now he is at the helm of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO).
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Past episodes

Watch for new episodes about every other month.

Portrait of Nafissa Ismail professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa.
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Ontario

How neuroendocrinology crosses sectors to create promising new insights

Nafissa Ismail focuses on the effects of hormones on the brain to pin down the interactions between our organs and our emotions
Portraitof Suzanne Kearns
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Ontario

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
Université de Moncton Faculty of Science dean and researcher Céline Surette
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New Brunswick

Meet Acadian researcher Céline Surette, for whom interdisciplinarity is second nature

Céline Surette embodies both the chemistry of living things and interdisciplinarity to serve the real needs and questions of communities. And to achieve this, and ensure that critical thinking triumphs, she'll pull out all the stops.
Kelsey Leonard posing for a photo in front of a stone wall covered in vines.
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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.
Guillaume St-Onge is wearing a striped red sweater and sunglasses, posing in front of the Pingualuit crater in Quebec, full of clear blue water.
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Quebec

Science (sea) star

Ocean science research is at a pivotal moment according to Guillaume St-Onge, Director of the Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski at Université du Québec à Rimouski
York University researcher Pirathayini Srikantha poses for a photo.
podcast
Ontario

Reinforcing the reliability of our vulnerable electricity grid

York University’s Pirathayini Srikantha studies power grid systems with the aim of keeping Canada’s infrastructure safe from fluctuations and hackers. Find out why she’s passionate about power.
A person wearing a coat in an empty field, posing for a photo.
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Quebec

Getting fired up about the Arctic

Alexandre Langlois is passionate about all aspects of his job. As a researcher in Northern Canada, he studies the fastest-warming place on the planet and the problems that arise as the climate changes.
University of Alberta researcher Carla Prado poses for a photo.
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Alberta

Using the power of nutrition to treat those living with cancer

Carla Prado left her native Brazil and flew to Alberta in pursuit of a dream. Now, she is a globally recognized researcher who advocates for incorporating nutrition into the treatment of cancer.
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Quebec

How using sound to treat disease is music to one researcher’s ears

Simone Dalla Bella of Montréal’s International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research asks “How can music help us in our daily tasks? And how can it slow down the deleterious effects of diseases such as Parkinson’s?”
McMaster University researcher Leyla Soleymani poses for a photo.
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Ontario

Rapid diagnostics: Nano discoveries and mega results

McMaster researcher Leyla Soleymani looks to the tiny world of nanotech to make some very big discoveries
UBC researcher Anna Blakney poses for a photo.
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British Columbia

Vaccination consteRNAtion

Anna Blakney wants to share with the world the power and potential of messenger RNA vaccines. She uses TikTok to post facts and fight fears