Research Stories

Sudbury-designed construction robot prepping for first home build in 2024

November 24, 2023 | Publication | Northern Ontario Business

Featured project(s):

• Human-Robot Interaction and Collaboration as a Catalyst for Creative Economy, Community Outreach and Emerging Design-Build Solutions in Ontario's North

A conversation with Ărramăt Indigenous leaders and scholars on holistic healing and physical-spiritual relationships with Mother Nature

October 11, 2023 | Publication | University of Manitoba

Featured project(s):

• Ărramăt: Strengthening Health and Well-Being through Indigenous-Led Conservation and Sustainable Relationships with Biodiversity

McMaster scientists and local artists team up for innovative exhibition

September 7, 2023 | Publication | McMaster University

Featured project(s):

• The Art of Creation

IBET Momentum Fellow Raylene Mitchell aims to change how engineering is done in northern and Indigenous communities

August 24, 2023 | Publication | University of Toronto

Featured project(s):

• CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy

Social sciences and humanities at the forefront: leading high-risk, high-reward interdisciplinary research

August 15, 2023 | Publication | New Frontiers in Research Fund

Featured project(s):

• Safe and Sustainable Development of Space
• Indigenous Approaches to the Western Literary and Visual Canon
• Ecological Devastation in Extractive Zones: Resistance, Recuperation and Regeneration

Adaptable clean-energy technology revolutionizes the fight against climate change

August 14, 2023 | Publication | University of Calgary

Featured project(s):

• CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy

A made-in-Canada tool to fight cancer

August 4, 2023 | Publication | New Frontiers in Research Fund

Featured project(s):

• Rare Isotopes to Transform Cancer Therapy

Invention enables early airborne virus detection

August 3, 2023 | Publication | Michigan State University

Featured project(s):

• Understanding the seasonal impacts of microplastic inhalation on health

The Canadian “Dream Team” Building the Heart of the Future

August 3, 2023 | Publication | New Frontiers in Research Fund

Featured project(s):

• Enabling novel cardiac therapies with pluripotent stem cells

Radiopharmaceuticals Offer New Promise to Image and Treat Cancer

July 25, 2023 | Publication | University of Toronto

Featured project(s):

• Rare Isotopes to Transform Cancer Therapy

Study hopes to use music to combat side effects from prescribed medication

July 24, 2023 | Publication | University of Alberta

Featured project(s):

• Effects of music on drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics

The Crudden Effect

July 24, 2023 | Publication | Queen’s University

Featured project(s):

• Protection of Metallic Surfaces from Bulk to Nano Through Molecular-Level Innovation

How scientists and people with lived experience are working together in the fight against brain diseases

July 11, 2023 | Publication | New Frontiers in Research Fund

Featured project(s):

• A pipeline approach for the rational design of neuronal lineage conversion approaches to treat neurological disorders

USask research team receives $250,000 for groundbreaking investigation into Saskatchewan wetlands

July 17, 2023 | Publication | University of Saskatchewan

Featured project(s):

• Quantifying and valuing insect emergence and migration from wetlands as a novel ecosystem service

CANSTOREnergy: Making Technology and Community Equal Partners in the Clean Energy Transition

July 11, 2023 | Publication | New Frontiers in Research Fund

Featured project(s):

• CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy

Turning brain disorder research on its head

July 10, 2023 | Publication | New Frontiers in Research Fund

Featured project(s):

• TRIDENT: TRanslational Initiative to DE-risk NeuroTherapeutics

USask researcher trying to unlock mysteries of ‘strange and fascinating’ quantum materials

July 4, 2023 | Publication | University of Saskatchewan

Featured project(s):

• Topology and the Next Generation of Quantum Materials

Can probiotics improve outcomes in knee replacement surgeries?

June 21, 2023 | Publication | Western University

Featured project(s):

• GUt MicroBiome in Orthopaedics: GUMBO Trial

Indigenous-Led AI: How Indigenous Knowledge Systems Could Push AI to be More Inclusive

June 21, 2023 | Publication | New Frontiers in Research Fund

Featured project(s):

• Abundant Intelligences: Expanding Artificial Intelligence through Indigenous Knowledge Systems

New study using nuclear medicine and rare isotopes in the fight against cancer

June 14, 2023 | Publication | CTV News

Featured project(s):

• Rare Isotopes to Transform Cancer Therapy

New study uses rare isotopes as a tool in the fight against cancer

June 13, 2023 | Publication | Western University

Featured project(s):

• Rare Isotopes to Transform Cancer Therapy

Unlocking a cure for heart disease

May 31, 2023 | Publication | Hospital News

Featured project(s):

• Enabling novel cardiac therapies with pluripotent stem cells

Recovery Curriculum

May 30, 2023 | Publication | Memorial University

Featured project(s):

• Resilient Experiences and Agency of Youth and Children During the Pandemic: Re-visioning Education through Storytelling (REAP)

York collaborates on international post-pandemic recovery research

May 23, 2023 | Publication | York University

Featured project(s):

• Transparency and shared responsibility for sustainable post-pandemic recovery and evidence-informed decision-making during future global emergencies

New federal initiative aiming to increase employment rate of persons with disabilities

May 19, 2023 | Publication | Benefits Canada

Featured project(s):

• Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA)

Lassonde Professor receives NFRF grant to explore 3D and 4D printing in space

May 18, 2023 | Publication | York University

Featured project(s):

• 3D and 4D Laser Metal Additive Manufacturing in Zerogravity and Vacuum for Space Exploration

'Seeing' and 'Feeling': Controlling prosthetic hands with AI

May 11, 2023 | Publication | Memorial University

Featured project(s):

• Next-generation Intelligent Interface for Natural Prosthetic Hand Control

UWinnipeg Canada Research Chair collaborates on national renewable energy project

May 10, 2023 | Publication | University of Winnipeg

Featured project(s):

• CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy

University of Lethbridge researchers receive grant to study causes of Alzheimer’s disease

May 10, 2023 | Publication | Lethbridge News

Featured project(s):

• Novel mutant mouse models of the sporadic version of Alzheimer's disease and targeted cannabinoid treatments

TRU research studies brain development in infants

May 9, 2023 | Publication | Thompson Rivers University

Featured project(s):

• Naturalistic mapping of typical and atypical functional connectivity in human brain development

Félicitations à Eva Monson pour l’obtention d’une bourse du Fonds Nouvelles frontières en recherche!

May 9, 2023 | Publication | Institut universitaire sur les dependances

Featured project(s):

• Exploring the effects of a rapidly evolving gambling landscape on socio-economic inequality in gambling related harm: Implications for postpandemic recovery

Nuclear medicine can cure cancer, and Canadian researchers are stepping up the fight

May 4, 2023 | Publication | The University of British Columbia

Featured project(s):

• Rare Isotopes to Transform Cancer Therapy

Assistant Professor Zhengbo Zou Receives NFRF Grant to Enhance Social-Emotional Intelligence of Construction Robots

May 3, 2023 | Publication | University of British Columbia

Featured project(s):

• Social-emotional intelligence in construction robots: Reducing barriers for dynamic human-robot collaboration in construction environments

Building a broken heart: UM researchers to create 3D bio-printed heart muscle

May 2, 2023 | Publication | University of Manitoba News

Featured project(s):

• Building a broken heart: 3D bioprinted, stem cell derived cardiac muscle to study and treat rare metabolic diseases

Des chaînes d’approvisionnement vertes et locales

May 2, 2023 | Publication | Université du Québec à Montréal

Featured project(s):

• Des chaînes d’approvisionnement responsables et ouvertes pour la transformation et la traçabilité des écosystèmes agroalimentaires (CAROTTE AA)

New Frontiers in Research Fund grant supports research to inform a more sustainable and equitable future

May 2, 2023 | Publication | Toronto Metropolitan University

Featured project(s):

• Transparency and shared responsibility for sustainable post-pandemic recovery and evidence-informed decision-making during future global emergencies

University of Hawaii Working with Indigenous Leaders on AI

May 1, 2023 | Publication | Government Technology

Featured project(s):

• Abundant Intelligences: Expanding Artificial Intelligence through Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Government of Canada announces New Frontiers in Research Fund support for Laurier professors Jonathan Crush and Philip Marsh

April 27, 2023 | Publication | Wilfrid Laurier University

Featured project(s):

• Women Feeding Cities Project: Building a Gender-Transformative, Resilient, and Sustainable Informal Food Sector for COVID-19 Recovery
• Improved measurements of Arctic snowfall using a novel interdisciplinary approach (A-Snow)

How UWindsor researchers are preparing for the next pandemic

April 26, 2023 | Publication | CBC

Featured project(s):

• Evidence-based decision-making to counter the effects of emerging pathogens on cross-border economic activity

Western to revolutionize drug development for brain diseases with $24M federal funding boost

April 26, 2023 | Publication | Western University

Featured project(s):

• TRIDENT: TRanslational Initiative to DE-risk NeuroTherapeutics

Concordia researchers receive $500K from Government of Canada to boost ‘high-risk, high-reward’ studies

April 26, 2023 | Publication | Concordia University

Featured project(s):

• Towards Early and Accessible Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Related Lymphedema and Its Social Implications
• The Sub-measurable is Not Unreal: Modeling and Communication of the Effect of COVID-19 on the Brain

IDRC supports five partnerships to address priorities in COVID-19 recovery

April 26, 2023 | Publication | IDRC

Featured project(s):

• Beyond the Informal Water Paradox: Integrating Formal and Informal Water Systems for Inclusive Development
• Building equitable and resilient community-based emergency response strategies in rural Guatemala
• Digital Agripreneurship Innovation to Enhance Post-Pandemic Resilience Among Refugee Women and Youth in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda (Digital Agripreneur Study)
• Expanding Virtual Incubators to Assist Refugees and other Marginalized Persons to Develop Economic Sustainability
• Women Feeding Cities Project: Building a Gender-Transformative, Resilient, and Sustainable Informal Food Sector for COVID-19 Recovery

U of G Project Receives Funding to Explore Inuit-led Research Innovation

April 26, 2023 | Publication | University of Guelph News

Featured project(s):

• Building A Resilient Climate Future Through Inuit-Led Research Innovation: A New Vision For Southern Scientific Institutions in Canada

McMaster researchers awarded over $24 million for climate and pandemic research

April 25, 2023 | Publication | McMaster University

Featured project(s):

• CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy

Research to help provide clean drinking water to First Nations communities

April 25, 2023 | Publication | University of Regina Discourse magazine

Featured project(s):

• Development of self-powered nanocomposite filters for point-of-use drinking water treatment at First Nations communities

UH part of $17M grant to improve AI through Indigenous knowledge

April 25, 2023 | Publication | University of Hawaii News

Featured project(s):

• Abundant Intelligences: Expanding Artificial Intelligence through Indigenous Knowledge Systems

U of T-led collaboration to develop community-tailored clean energy technologies

April 25, 2023 | Publication | University of Toronto

Featured project(s):

• CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy

Two CBS researchers awarded federal funding for innovative projects

April 25, 2023 | Publication | University of Guelph

Featured project(s):

• The manufactured ecosystem
• Personalized ultra-fast detection and treatment of resistant microbial infections

Sunnybrook-led research team awarded $24M grant to develop approach to reprogram brain cells

April 25, 2023 | Publication | Sunnybrook Research Institute

Featured project(s):

• A pipeline approach for the rational design of neuronal lineage conversion approaches to treat neurological disorders

Une équipe de recherche sur l’intelligence artificielle menée par l’Université Concordia obtient une subvention de près de 23 millions de dollars

April 25, 2023 | Publication | Concordia University

Featured project(s):

• Abundant Intelligences: Expanding Artificial Intelligence through Indigenous Knowledge Systems

Beyond the informal water paradox project awarded New Frontiers in Research funding

April 25, 2023 | Publication | University of Waterloo

Featured project(s):

• Beyond the Informal Water Paradox: Integrating Formal and Informal Water Systems for Inclusive Development

"Beyond the informal water paradox" project awarded New Frontiers in Research funding

April 25, 2023 | Publication | University of Waterloo

Featured project(s):

• Beyond the Informal Water Paradox: Integrating Formal and Informal Water Systems for Inclusive Development

Cutting-Edge Gene Therapy Research: Professor Ubaka Ogbogu Secures $24 Million NFRF Transformation Grant

April 25, 2023 | Publication | Dami Adeniyi

Featured project(s):

• A pipeline approach for the rational design of neuronal lineage conversion approaches to treat neurological disorders

Two Ontario Tech researchers leading study to improve reliability of bloodstain analyses at crime scenes

April 25, 2023 | Publication | Ontario Tech University

Featured project(s):

• Reimagining Forensic Bloodstain Pattern Analysis From the Bottom Up

New Frontiers in Research Fund propels research projects at TMU

April 25, 2023 | Publication | Toronto Metropolitan University

Featured project(s):

• An Adaptive Virtual Reality De-escalation Training System for Canada's First Responders

Prof. Ubaka Ogbogu receives New Frontiers in Research Fund Transformation Grant

April 25, 2023 | Publication | University of Alberta

Featured project(s):

• A pipeline approach for the rational design of neuronal lineage conversion approaches to treat neurological disorders

Dr. Anna Blakney and collaborators awarded New Frontiers in Research Fund grant

April 25, 2023 | Publication | University of British Columbia

Featured project(s):

• A pipeline approach for the rational design of neuronal lineage conversion approaches to treat neurological disorders

Historic Perspective of the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 25, 2023 | Publication | University of Manitoba

Featured project(s):

• Democratizing Pandemic Recovery: Local Health and Housing Advocacy for Equitable COVID Recovery in Canada and Guatemala

Brock awarded NFRF funding for research on youth and social media, and biases in health care

April 25, 2023 | Publication | The Brock News

Featured project(s):

• Next Gen Edtech: A Systematic Analysis and Modelling of the Latent Effects of Social Media on Youth Digital Citizenship

COVID-19 impact on immigrant languages, culture, health, the focus of USask study

April 25, 2023 | Publication | University of Saskatchewan

Featured project(s):

• Sociocultural and linguistic practices and needs of immigrant communities: the pandemic impact and post-pandemic recovery

The WHO’s international pandemic treaty: Meaningful public engagement must inform Canada’s negotiations

April 23, 2023 | Publication | The Conversation

Featured project(s):

• Understanding, recovering from and mitigating inequities associated with the use of travel measures during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons for post-pandemic recovery and future preparedness from Canada-US border management

Bringing Indigenous Knowledge to the Table

April 20, 2023 | Publication | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Featured project(s):

• Sacred Responsibilities to Water: Indigenous Knowledge Exchange (Canada-Colombia)

Du macro au nano : de l'astronomie à la microscopie

April 18, 2023 | Publication | Acfas Magazine

Featured project(s):

• Flashes of light: discovering rare brain events by combining astronomy and microscopy image analysis

Dal Health researcher contributes to new book on frontline responders and mental health

April 11, 2023 | Publication | Dalhousie University

Featured project(s):

• Individualized CARE for older persons with complex chronic conditions in home care and nursing homes (I-CARE4OLD)

Airplanes face a growing risk of being hit by uncontrolled re-entries of rockets used to launch satellites

March 29, 2023 | Publication | The Conversation

Featured project(s):

• Safe and Sustainable Development of Space

Researchers Identify a Plant-based Compound that Inhibits Reactivation of the HIV Viral Reservoir, Giving the Immune System a Break

March 28, 2023 | Publication | Newswise

Featured project(s):

• Molecular, Chemical, and Community-Based Exploration of Indigenous Medicinal Plants

20 Years of DNA Barcoding: U of G-Developed Technology Hits Milestone

February 10, 2023 | Publication | University of Guelph News

Featured project(s):

• BIOSCAN: Tracing the Patterns of Life on a Changing Planet

Colorectal cancer surgery: gut microbiota helps healing

January 31, 2023 | Publication | Université de Montreal

Featured project(s):

• Prediction of poor anastomotic healing and oncological outcomes after surgery in patients with colorectal cancer

Research explores how fungi become drug-resistant

January 30, 2023 | Publication | University of Alberta

Featured project(s):

• Understanding and mitigating drug resistance: Quantitative models and synthetic gene networks

Towards an equitable, diverse, inclusive and accessible research ecosystem

December 1, 2022 | Publication | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Featured project(s):

• Emergency Management Cycle-Centric R&D: From National Prototyping to Global Implementation

Bayano-McGill Reforestation Project named a finalist for the AASHE Sustainability Awards

November 28, 2022 | Publication | McGill Reporter

Featured project(s):

• From carbon to forests for life: Towards sustainable Indigenous engagement

Judith Burr applied creative methods to her interdisciplinary graduate degree

November 28, 2022 | Publication | UBC Okanagan News

Featured project(s):

• Living with wildfire

Growing a better future

August 16, 2022 | Publication | UM Today News

Featured project(s):

• Designing with biomaterials: A pathway towards resilient architecture in Northern Canada

Bold USask projects aim to advance MS therapy, agriculture innovation

August 15, 2022 | Publication | University of Saskatchewan News

Featured project(s):

• Super-resolution Synchrotron X-ray Fluorescence Imaging to Illuminate Metals in a Multiple Sclerosis Model
• Use of deep learning to accelerate the underground agricultural revolution: Designing root system architectures that improve crop resilience to climate change
• Mini chromosome development in Canola: a tool to fix heterosis using apomixis technology

Karen Patte earns Early Career Research honour

July 18, 2022 | Publication | Brock University News

Featured project(s):

• Allergenicity from Childhood Adversity

SFU Beedie founded Invention to Innovation (i2I) program developing scientist innovators for major international collaboration on spinal cord research

July 18, 2022 | Publication | SFU

Featured project(s):

• Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

Caregivers were traumatized by COVID-19 public health and long-term care policies

July 17, 2022 | Publication | The Conversation

Featured project(s):

• Developing and assessing an innovative exergaming technology for older adults living in long-term care homes with a user-centered design approach

Researcher will use New Frontiers funding to study racism and exclusion in academia

July 5, 2022 | Publication | McMaster University

Featured project(s):

• "Hidden Figures" in the Social and Natural Sciences: Exploring Racism, Whiteness, and Epistemic Oppression in the Canadian Academy

Mother tongue: How lullabies could help revitalize Indigenous languages

June 21, 2022 | Publication | McMaster University

Featured project(s):

• Language revitalization in infants: Lullabies as a tool to promote intergenerational mobility, Indigenous health and community well-being

Backing for study exploring stem cell therapy’s use in horses

June 15, 2022 | Publication | Horsetalk

Featured project(s):

• A transdisciplinary approach to develop stem cell therapies for equine cartilage injuries

L'impression 3D : entre art et science

June 14, 2022 | Publication | Acfas Magazine

Featured project(s):

• L'impression 3D de Résidus Industriels Forestiers au service du développement durable: l'exploration de nouvelles formes de matérialité aux frontières des arts, du génie des matériaux et du génie mécanique.

Study explores the promising but still puzzling field of stem cell therapy for painful joint injuries

June 13, 2022 | Publication | UCalgary News

Featured project(s):

• A transdisciplinary approach to develop stem cell therapies for equine cartilage injuries

Adapting to life with COVID-19: Lessons our own immune system can teach us about public health information

June 9, 2022 | Publication | The Conversation

Featured project(s):

• Allergenicity from Childhood Adversity

Queen’s launches Carbon to Metal Coating Institute

May 31, 2022 | Publication | Queen’s Gazette

Featured project(s):

• Protection of Metallic Surfaces from Bulk to Nano Through Molecular-Level Innovation

UCalgary researcher illuminates natural gas leaks with 'smart' infrared cameras

May 19, 2022 | Publication | UCalgary News

Featured project(s):

• Application of image recognition and machine learning to identify, localize, and quantify leak of natural gas

Stress can make you more selfish if you’re good at understanding others’ points of view

May 11, 2022 | Publication | The Conversation

Featured project(s):

• Understanding the neurobiology of social distancing and the impact of staying digitally connected "online"

The Australian biomedical engineers hoping to one day build back spines

May 5, 2022 | Publication | Create (Engineers Australia)

Featured project(s):

• Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

Mac Eng researchers to develop and expand the power of hearing tech on personal devices

April 29, 2022 | Publication | McMaster University

Featured project(s):

• Towards Virtual and Augmented Acoustic Reality on Commodity Devices

York professors receive awards from Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund

April 26, 2022 | Publication | York University

Featured project(s):

• PhoneMe app: An innovative research approach to community literacy
• Community Science and Accountabillity for Canada's Colonial Genocide Past and Present

Young Innovators: U of S research helps sustain Indigenous farming

April 19, 2022 | Publication | Saskatoon Star Phoenix

Featured project(s):

• miyo mâmawi atoskewin "All working together in a good way": Applying Indigenous knowledge and Western science to discern historic and contemporary agricultural land use on First Nations reserves

SFU research team innovating real-time measurement of climate-related distress in Canada

April 19, 2022 | Publication | SFU News

Featured project(s):

• Creating an Automated Climate Change Distress Monitoring System (A-CDMS) for Measuring Population-level Distress About Climate Change

High-Risk, High-Reward Funding For Amniotic Fluid Study

April 12, 2022 | Publication | The Manitoban

Featured project(s):

• Amniotic fluid as a mediator between maternal smoking and fetal lung health

Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA): An initiative set to break down barriers, creating a more inclusive labour market

April 11, 2022 | Publication | McMaster University

Featured project(s):

• Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA)

UCalgary research will investigate effects of prenatal cannabis exposure on maternal and infant health

April 8, 2022 | Publication | UCalgary News

Featured project(s):

• Examining the current Canadian social context of prenatal cannabis consumption and intersections with maternal and infant health outcome

Lakehead University Professors receiving New Frontiers in Research Grants

April 6, 2022 | Publication | Net News Ledger

Featured project(s):

• Probabilistic slope stability analysis and design under small censored samples due to pandemic
• An ecologically valid approach to examining the behavioural and physiological responses of vulnerable populations during heat waves

Lakehead professors receiving New Frontiers in Research Grants

April 5, 2022 | Publication | Lakehead University

Featured project(s):

• Probabilistic slope stability analysis and design under small censored samples due to pandemic
• An ecologically valid approach to examining the behavioural and physiological responses of vulnerable populations during heat waves

Bold and Innovative

April 5, 2022 | Publication | Memorial University Gazette

Featured project(s):

• Decarbonization Strategy through Bio-hydrogen Production from Brown Algae: Multi-Scale Investigation
• Does exposure to micro- and nanoplastics impact pregnancy and fetal development?

Funding to advance bold, innovative research programs

April 5, 2022 | Publication | Queen’s Gazette

Featured project(s):

• Electro-bio hybrid systems for converting carbon dioxide to bioplastic
• Expanding urban ecology research in developing nations through coordinated community science biodiversity surveys

Study finds link between high density of fracking operations and increased risk of adverse birth outcomes

April 5, 2022 | Publication | University of Calgary

Featured project(s):

• Impact of residential proximity to hydraulic fracturing sites on human reproduction and child development

Joint grant to Algonquin College and CHEO Research Institute supports post pandemic research

April 5, 2022 | Publication | City News

Featured project(s):

• Transforming Health Information, Research, and Scholarship through Technology and Teamwork

Living Near Fracking Sites Linked to Adverse Birth Outcomes

April 4, 2022 | Publication | Medpage Today

Featured project(s):

• Impact of residential proximity to hydraulic fracturing sites on human reproduction and child development

New funding ensures Ontario Tech researchers will continue to monitor COVID-19 and other indicators of health in wastewater

April 4, 2022 | Publication | Ontario Tech University

Featured project(s):

• Wastewater epidemiology to measure community gastrointestinal disease

Going boldly: five Dal scholars receive $1.1 million to move in ambitious new research directions

April 4, 2022 | Publication | Dal News

Featured project(s):

• Social Media Vigilantism in Canadian Gentrifying Neighbourhoods: New Risks for Societal Inclusion
• The Little Brain of the Heart: The Importance of the Intracardiac Nervous System for Cardiac Function in Health, Disease, and Ageing
• Prevention of Environmental Arsenic Cancer Risks: Applying Machine Learning to Predict Arsenic Related Cancers for Proactive Primary Prevention Strategies
• A novel field-based surveillance approach for antimicrobial resistance for pandemic preparedness
• Next Generation Wastewater Surveillance: Reliability, Specificity and Equity

UBC Medicine researchers awarded nearly $1 million from New Frontiers in Research Fund

April 4, 2022 | Publication | University of British Columbia

Featured project(s):

• In Vivo Imaging for Investigating Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Brain and Eye
• Cell simulator: a computer-driven approach to genetically programming cells
• Beyond morphology: Convert disease-related gene networks to pixels in digital pathology to solve the puzzle of "vulnerable plaques" that lead to cardiovascular events
• Developing an integrated, innovative platform for retrospectively quantifying the prenatal and early child exposome using deciduous teeth

McMaster researchers awarded $1.25 million in New Frontiers in Research Fund grants

April 4, 2022 | Publication | Brighter World

Featured project(s):

• Ethno-ecosystem approach to conserving imperiled freshwater turtles in two indigenous Georgian Bay coastal communities
• Development of Remote Collaboration Strategies Across Institutions through the Synthesis of Biomolecule Conjugates
• Towards Virtual and Augmented Acoustic Reality on Commodity Devices
• New Antibiotics Using Molecular Trickery
• Language revitalization in infants: Lullabies as a tool to promote intergenerational mobility, Indigenous health and community well-being

TRU research studies disaster-resilient communities

April 4, 2022 | Publication | Thompson Rivers University

Featured project(s):

• Community Science : interlinking place-based knowledge, social learning, collective action and empowerment

Agile and evocative: Where live coding meets choreography

March 31, 2022 | Publication | Brighter World

Featured project(s):

• Collaborative, online live coding of dance and movement

The next frontier in transplantation: Canadian researchers develop breakthrough technology with the goal of eliminating organ transplant waitlists

March 29, 2022 | Publication | New Frontiers in Research Fund

Featured project(s):

• The Next Frontier in Transplantation: Ex Vivo Strategies to Repair and Rebuild Organs

Spray-On Nanotherapeutic Restores Heart Function and Electrical Conductivity

March 16, 2022 | Publication | AZoNano

Featured project(s):

• Hand-held bio-printing device for customized on-the-spot heart repair

The Ărramăt Project: “We don’t want to sit at the table …. We want to reconstruct the table”

March 14, 2022 | Publication | New Frontiers in Research Fund

Featured project(s):

• Ărramăt: Strengthening Health and Well-Being through Indigenous-Led Conservation and Sustainable Relationships with Biodiversity

Pioneering research bridges engineering and medicine

March 10, 2022 | Publication | Mirage News

Featured project(s):

• Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

Mathematicians build the future of materials through art: USask research

March 2, 2022 | Publication | University of Saskatchewan News

Featured project(s):

• Topology and the Next Generation of Quantum Materials

Dr. Isaac Li studies a cell’s sense of touch through designer DNA

March 1, 2022 | Publication | UBC Okanagan News

Featured project(s):

• Trojan tag strategy for exosome liquid biopsy

From metal coating to medical miracles: How chemistry is at the core of an international first that could transform the world’s metals industry and lead to new cancer-fighting technologies

March 1, 2022 | Publication | New Frontiers in Research Fund

Featured project(s):

• Protection of Metallic Surfaces from Bulk to Nano Through Molecular-Level Innovation

Cartographier les étoiles et détecter la maladie de Parkinson

February 25, 2022 | Publication | ULaval nouvelles

Featured project(s):

• Flashes of light: discovering rare brain events by combining astronomy and microscopy image analysis

Cartographier les étoiles et détecter la maladie de Parkinson

February 25, 2022 | Publication | Le Droit

Featured project(s):

• Flashes of light: discovering rare brain events by combining astronomy and microscopy image analysis

Omitting indoor air quality from COVID-19 guidance for shelters and long-term care homes is a grave mistake

February 20, 2022 | Publication | The Conversation

Featured project(s):

• Exposing the brain: The neurocognitive impacts of indoor air pollution

Could a Biomaterial Hydrogel One Day Treat Spinal Cord Injuries?

February 18, 2022 | Publication | MDDI Online

Featured project(s):

• Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

First step towards hope: developing a breakthrough treatment to improve quality of life for people living with spinal cord injuries

February 14, 2022 | Publication | New Frontiers in Research Fund

Featured project(s):

• Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

A better post-pandemic future means not giving in to COVID-19 now

February 6, 2022 | Publication | The Conversation

Featured project(s):

• Ancient memory: Reconstructing the antibody repertoires of ancient humans to probe infectious diseases of the past

Transforming opportunities for marine industries in Western Newfoundland

February 4, 2022 | Publication | New Frontiers in Research Fund

Featured project(s):

• Repurposing Marine By-Products or raw Materials for the Development and Production of Functional Foods and Bioactives to Improve Human Health and Coastal Community Sustainability

Salmon camps show youth Indigenous science at work

January 25, 2022 | Publication | UBC News

Featured project(s):

• Ărramăt: Strengthening Health and Well-Being through Indigenous-Led Conservation and Sustainable Relationships with Biodiversity

550 M$ pour appuyer la recherche scientifique canadienne

January 25, 2022 | Publication | Magazine Circuit Industriel

Featured project(s):

• Protection of Metallic Surfaces from Bulk to Nano Through Molecular-Level Innovation

Researchers bioengineering ‘bridge’ to help heal spinal cord injuries

January 22, 2022 | Publication | Troy Media

Featured project(s):

• Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

Queen’s chemistry gets $24M federal boost for barrier coatings research

January 20, 2022 | Publication | The Whig Standard

Featured project(s):

• Protection of Metallic Surfaces from Bulk to Nano Through Molecular-Level Innovation

Concordia receives $1.9M for transformative coatings research

January 19, 2022 | Publication | Concordia University News

Featured project(s):

• Protection of Metallic Surfaces from Bulk to Nano Through Molecular-Level Innovation

Concordia receives $1.9M for transformative coatings research

January 19, 2022 | Publication | Concordia University News

Featured project(s):

• Protection of Metallic Surfaces from Bulk to Nano Through Molecular-Level Innovation

BIOSCAN: A global biosurveillance system may hold the answer to protecting life on the planet

January 19, 2022 | Publication | New Frontiers in Research Fund

Featured project(s):

• BIOSCAN: Tracing the Patterns of Life on a Changing Planet

From cancer survivor to cancer researcher: Dr. Andrew Beharry and his team aim to enhance photodynamic therapy

January 17, 2022 | Publication | The Medium

Featured project(s):

• Darkdynamic Therapy: Photodynamic Therapy without Light

Pioneering Queen’s chemistry research gets $24M boost

January 17, 2022 | Publication | Queen’s University

Featured project(s):

• Protection of Metallic Surfaces from Bulk to Nano Through Molecular-Level Innovation

Decline of biodiversity, health of Indigenous peoples interconnected

January 16, 2022 | Publication | Troy Media

Featured project(s):

• Ărramăt: Strengthening Health and Well-Being through Indigenous-Led Conservation and Sustainable Relationships with Biodiversity

Mending the gap: U of T’s Molly Shoichet joins team developing new treatments for spinal cord injuries

January 14, 2022 | Publication | U of T News

Featured project(s):

• Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

UBC researchers to lead $24M grant to treat spinal cord injury

January 14, 2022 | Publication | University of British Columbia, Life Sciences Institute

Featured project(s):

• Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair

UHN awarded transformative $24 million New Frontiers grant to advance transplant research

January 13, 2022 | Publication | University Health Network

Featured project(s):

• The Next Frontier in Transplantation: Ex Vivo Strategies to Repair and Rebuild Organs

UHN and U of T receive $24-million federal grant for transplant research

January 13, 2022 | Publication | University of Toronto

Featured project(s):

• The Next Frontier in Transplantation: Ex Vivo Strategies to Repair and Rebuild Organs

University and community researchers tackle coastal community sustainability through two-eyed seeing lens

January 12, 2022 | Publication | Memorial University Gazette

Featured project(s):

• Repurposing Marine By-Products or raw Materials for the Development and Production of Functional Foods and Bioactives to Improve Human Health and Coastal Community Sustainability

UVic trio part of biodiversity project awarded $24M

January 12, 2022 | Publication | University of Victoria News

Featured project(s):

• BIOSCAN: Tracing the Patterns of Life on a Changing Planet

Western chemists engage in ‘game-changer’ metals research

January 12, 2022 | Publication | Western University News

Featured project(s):

• Protection of Metallic Surfaces from Bulk to Nano Through Molecular-Level Innovation

UBC researchers lead $24m project to treat SCI

January 12, 2022 | Publication | iCORD

Featured project(s):

• Mend the Gap: A Transformative Biomaterials Platform for Spinal Cord Repair