University of Waterloo researchers have been awarded more than $4.4 million in funding by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), to support research that addresses environmental inequality, economic sustainability and Indigenous language revitalization.
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 one-year membership with Community-Based Research Canada (CBRC) is now available to all University of Waterloo faculty, staff and students.
The mission of CBRC is to advance community-based research (CBR) excellence in Canada by strengthening partnerships, bridging capacity, mobilizing knowledge, and championing community-based research among individuals, communities, and institutions.
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).
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.