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Waterloo battery researcher wins Canada’s top science prize

Linda Nazar receives NSERC Herzberg Gold Medal for research on cutting-edge energy storage technology.
News Research

NSERC laureates help save people — and the planet

Researchers at McMaster, Western and the University of Guelph honoured for work in human health and environmental protection.
News Policy

Budget pressures put satellite campuses under threat

Universities wrestle with educational mission, financial realities.
News Research

Universities in Guelph, Toronto, Alberta and Trois-Rivières win Synergy Awards

From cell biology to sustainable packaging, the NSERC prizes recognize innovative research partnerships.

Opinion Accessibility

An accessible campus is only part of a university’s responsibility

Universities must embed disability knowledge into core professional learning.
Opinion Artificial intelligence

Faculty well-being in the age of GenAI

When every student has an AI assistant, the writing teacher's job becomes both harder and more essential.
Opinion EDI

Committee’s EDI recommendations are based on flawed logic

Excellence must be sufficiently rigorous and inclusive to identify talent wherever it exists.
Opinion Arts

Building resilience in Arts through interdisciplinary collaborations

In a technology-enabled future, Arts faculties have an opportunity to demonstrate their relevance by making collaboration across disciplines easier and more visible.

Features Research

The Nuisance Variable

Two-thirds of Alzheimer’s patients in Canada are women. Why does research still treat them as an afterthought?
Features Policy

Quebec universities: 60 years of change

From the Quiet Revolution to the present day, universities have profoundly transformed Quebec society. As a provincial election rapidly approaches, we reflect on their changing mission over six decades of often tense history.
Features Research

A bridge to human rights

IDRA scholarship winner Karen Spring studies Central American communities seeking redress for harms caused by major development projects.
Features Research

Heat waves and brain waves

IDRA scholarship winner Tianqi Zhao studies climate change and mental health in South Africa.

Career Advice Retirement

Finding my family in retirement

Academic research experience comes in handy when tracking down ancestral geneaology.
Career Advice Writing

How to get published when your reviewers don’t get it

New theoretical approaches often encounter editorial skepticism.
Career Advice Research

How serendipity built a cross-disciplinary career

Taking research positions out of economic necessity allowed me to gather a broad set of skills and knowledge.
Career Advice Research

From doctoral student to entrepreneur

Resources abound to help you turn your PhD research into a business startup.

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Lessons from a quarter-century of innovation

Our four-part series spotlights scientists who overcame obstacles to successfully commercialize their biotech breakthroughs.

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Tim Lougheed
October 25, 2026

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