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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
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British Columbia

Blasting past computer limits

In Vancouver, researchers aim to build the world’s first universal quantum computer and open up entirely new possibilities
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New Brunswick

Helping rescuers save more lives

Postdoctoral fellow, Shabnam Jabari, has developed an algorithm that creates a more accurate before-and-after picture to aid in recovery after a disaster
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British Columbia

A better quality of life for people with diabetes

PhD student, Austin Lee, is commercializing a smartphone device he invented to help diabetics monitor their blood sugar
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Alberta

Greener fuels for a better future

Research associate, Luis Alejandro Coy, is making a name for himself globally by developing nanocatalysts for more environmentally friendly oil upgrading
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Ontario

Houses that hold up in a hurricane

A state-of-the-art research facility at Western University has found that a few dollars can make our homes much safer in extreme storms
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Ontario

Intelligent cars change everything

Once the domain of traditional robotics, the future of self-driving cars now lies in artificial intelligence, where Canadian researchers like Raquel Urtasun have serious clout
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Saskatchewan

It’s all in the algorithm

Making machine learning more affordable by tweaking how the machine interacts with the data sources that teach it
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Quebec

What if your stove could learn your bad habits?

How artificially intelligent devices could make living at home for longer a safer option for seniors
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Ontario

Finding new markets for monkey bars

Lambton College labs help develop the next generation of playground equipment to give a southwestern Ontario company a boost into the adult fitness market
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Alberta

Making regenerative therapies reality

The University of Alberta’s Cell Therapy Manufacturing facility will take new therapies for diabetes and cancer from the hypothetical to the viable
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Ontario

Reconstructing the ancient Arctic

Trent University’s Paul Szpak is using animal remains from archaeological sites to reconstruct Arctic ecosystems of the past