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The Library recently launched its first ever Indigenous Research Guide. A collaborative partnership between the Library, Graduate Student Association (GSA) and the Office of Research, this guide will help Indigenous students and those interested in Indigenous studies and research methodologies discover available resources in the Library’s collection and how to approach such research.

2021 marks a decade of scientific collaboration between University of Waterloo and University of Bordeaux.

What started as a modest collaboration between chemists from both sides of the Atlantic, is now a rich and diverse partnership, where international researchers from diverse communities come together to solve problems in unique ways.

Dr. Alfred Yu is guiding the direction of next-generation innovations in ultrasound technology. Yu’s team at the University of Waterloo has developed and commercialized high-frame-rate ultrasound techniques that are now incorporated into the community screening program by physicians at the largest retirement living network in Ontario, to help care workers assess the cardiovascular health of elderly subjects.

University of Waterloo is proud to announce that nine of its academics have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researchers™ 2021 list from Clarivate. The full 2021 Highly Cited Researchers list and executive summary can be found online here.

University of Waterloo postdoctoral fellow and small business entrepreneur, Jason Deglint, was recently recognized with the 2021 Mitacs Global Impact Entrepreneur Award for his work tackling damages and losses in the aquaculture industry, estimated to cost $2 billion.

By Mayuri Punithan

University of Waterloo researchers are using recycled tires to perfect a permeable paving product so it can be used for commercial purposes to reduce the load on stormwater systems.

A University of Waterloo professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) Laureate has been elected as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

Philippe Van Cappellen was recognized for his outstanding contributions to earth and hydrologic sciences and is among 60 people named by the AGU in the Class of 2021 Fellows. The AGU is a non-profit organization that supports 130,000 scientists and enthusiasts worldwide in earth, atmospheric, ocean, hydrologic, space, and planetary sciences.

Waterloo Engineering researchers have teamed up with the federal government and Magna International to help ensure the safety and security of vehicles as they become increasingly autonomous.

Three University of Waterloo researchers have been named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).

They are among 89 new Fellows elected by their peers for outstanding scholarly, scientific, and artistic achievement announced today by the Royal Society of Canada.

Waterloo's new Royal Society of Canada Fellows

The University of Waterloo is building out a pipeline for health innovation in Southwestern Ontario thanks to a $10-million investment from FedDev Ontario.