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The International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project at the University of Waterloo has been awarded one of six Governor General’s Innovation Awards for 2021.

Read the full story "Strengthening actions to end tobacco use" about this honour awarded jointly to the interdisciplinary ITC team including:

John Hirdes and George Heckman, both professors in the School of Public Health and Health Systems, have received a $500,000 New Frontiers Research Fund Global Grant, the first of its kind to be awarded to Waterloo researchers. The grant is the Canadian component of a $8.9 million integrated 10-country European Union project, Horizon 2020, on the care of older persons in nursing homes and home care settings.

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A team of Canadian researchers led by a University of Waterloo professor has been awarded $4.9 million in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation to build a next generation telescope.

The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) will give astronomers insight into how the stars and galaxies in the universe formed.

While many university classes across Canada are being held online, some programs require in-person learning and access to on-campus and off-campus research and learning facilities. This increases the risk of exposure for students, faculty and staff to SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19.