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A step toward “helping older adults stay active, connected, and safe,” the 2022 theme of Senior’s month in the Province of Ontario

A University of Waterloo researcher has received half a million dollars from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to provide needed support to older adults impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Eight University of Waterloo researchers have received Early Researcher Awards worth $1.12 million. The program, administered through the province of Ontario, assists recently appointed researchers to build their research teams. 

Each researcher will receive $140,000 over five years plus an additional $50,000 from the University. They are:

Engineering

Professor Liping Fu, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo, was awarded over $90,000 from the Rail Safety Improvement Program, infrastructure, technology and research (RSIP-ITR) funding, Transport Canada, for his work on the development of GradeX Cost-Bene

Two University of Waterloo researchers were awarded funding through the Government of Canada’s Canada Research Chairs (CRC) Program.

A recording of the April 26 Research Talks event, Health system decision-making in a post COVID-19 Canada, featuring Helen Angus, Dr. Sacha Bhatia, John Hirdes, Anita Layton, David O'Toole and Peter Wallace, is now available online.
 

Abstract submission for the Global Summit 2022 on Nanotechnology for a Healthier and Sustainable Future, is closing on May 18, 2022 at 9 p.m. (ET).

**One-on-one interviews with Canadian Equality Consulting (CEC) have been extended to June 3**

From May 9 to June 3, Canadian Equality Consulting (CEC) will conduct a series of 30-minute confidential consultations in the form of one-on-one interviews with researchers (faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and research associates) who identify as a member of an equity-deserving group and have participated in, are currently engaged in, or interested in industry-sponsored contract research and commercialization activities.

The entire University of Waterloo community (all employees and students) is invited to contribute to choosing the University's nomination for the Robbins-Ollivier Award for Excellence in Equity: 2022 Inaugural Competition by voting for one of three projects under consideration for this award.

In 2020, Waterloo formed the President’s Anti-Racism Taskforce (PART) and made a public commitment to engage our community and address systemic racism across our campuses. Two years later, PART has released a report with a comprehensive set of recommendations. See president Vivek Goel's response and read the report.

The Office of Research is partnering with Canadian Equality Consulting (CEC) to build an equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy and action plan, including Indigenous initiatives.