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Waterloo’s creator-owned intellectual property (IP) policy, Policy 73, is a key differentiator for the University. Unlike most universities, Waterloo researchers inherently own what they invent, which incentivizes Waterloo’s attraction of the most entrepreneurial faculty and students. It is also a major draw for industry partners.

Recently, the New Zealand Government announced that it will be implementing a similar model.

Sandra Klemet-N’Guessan, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo, is the focus of an article published by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). They sat down with her to talk about ecology, her field of study and her life as a francophone researcher in an anglophone environment.

With funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Dr. David Hammond is leading a new five-year study to determine how often Canadian youth are vaping and how the ingredients in vapes might be affecting lung health. The study will provide data on vaping behaviour, products, and biomarkers of exposure and potential harm, to help understand the impacts of youth vaping.