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The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has awarded funding to 23 University of Waterloo researchers for infrastructure.

The announcement was made today by the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, as part of a $61 million investment for state-of-the-art research labs and equipment through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) that will support 261 projects across Canada.

On August 1, the University of Waterloo welcomed the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Navdeep Bains, for a special announcement on a new initiative to help entrepreneurs better access and leverage IP.

Three University of Waterloo researchers have received spring 2019 project competition grants from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) worth $3 million. They are:

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a blueprint for designing effective information systems that will help parents receive efficient updates about their school-aged children.

The system comes out of a study that examined the use of technologies such as GPS, fitness trackers and surveillance applications and the best ways these can be used to inform parents while respecting privacy.