Canada Foundation for Innovation

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  • Since 1997, the Canada Foundation for Innovation has invested in infrastructure that researchers need to think big, innovate and push the boundaries of knowledge. State-of-the-art research facilities and equipment increase the capability of Canada’s universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research organizations to carry out high-quality research. This, in turn, helps them to attract and retain the world’s top talent, train the next generation of researchers and support world-class research that strengthens the economy and improves the quality of life for all Canadians. Website: https://www.innovation.ca
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Episodes
  • 10,000 ways | The future of flight depends on sustainability that goes beyond biofuels

    10,000 ways | The future of flight depends on sustainability that goes beyond biofuels
    Oct 21 2024
    The University of Waterloo’s Suzanne Kearns is a global leader in sustainable aviation, but her flight path wasn’t without turbulence. Suzanne Kearns grew up in Wiarton, Ont., where she would lie in the grass and watch airplanes from the local airport take flight overhead. Her dreams of flying led to a fixed-wing licence at 16 and helicopter licence a year later. At 24, she was a full-time university lecturer on aviation. Today, as the founder of the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Aeronautics, she is helping curb the environmental impacts of flight and inspiring the next generation of aviation professionals in the process. Want to know more? Suzanne Kearns biography from the University of Waterloo. More about the history, mission and vision of the Waterloo Institute of Sustainable Aeronautics (WISA), its research studies and its flight simulator lab. Pipistrel Aircraft , a light aircraft manufacturer aiming to provide sustainable and environmentally-friendly solutions to the aircraft industry. Read about University of Waterloo alum Jeremy Wang and his company Ribbit, an innovator in pilotless planes.
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    25 mins
  • 10,000 ways | Meet Acadian researcher Céline Surette, for whom interdisciplinarity is second nature

    10,000 ways | Meet Acadian researcher Céline Surette, for whom interdisciplinarity is second nature
    May 8 2024
    (The audio content of this podcast is only available in French.) Céline Surette embodies both the chemistry of living things and interdisciplinarity to serve the real needs and questions of communities. And to achieve this, and ensure that critical thinking triumphs, she'll pull out all the stops. Céline Surette is Dean of the Faculty of Science and Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Université de Moncton. She has a unique perspective on natural ecosystems as well as New Brunswick’s research community, including mentors and students, for whom she is a guiding light. And she isn’t easily thrown off course, even in the face of attempts to criticize science. Listen to Céline Surette talk about all the dimensions of her work in the field and in the lab. Want to know more? Biography: Dr. Céline Surette, Environmental Scientist Group of Shediac, N.B. residents calling for bylaw to ban pesticides - New Brunswick | Globalnews.ca Tracadie- Sheila looking at by-law to ban the use of glyphosate Manganese in water tied to kids' low IQ | CBC News Protecting the health of our oceans: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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    24 mins
  • 10,000 ways | Should bodies of water have the same legal status as people?

    10,000 ways | Should bodies of water have the same legal status as people?
    Mar 15 2024
    This podcast is about curious researchers, leading-edge science and the joys of discovery and gets its name from Thomas Edison who said, “I have not failed. I’ve successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work.” Researcher Kelsey Leonard, member of the Shinnecock Nation and founder of the Wampum Lab at the University of Waterloo, delves into ocean, water and climate justice. Shinnecock is a dialect derived from the Algonquian language. It means “people of the stony shores.” It’s along the stony shores of the Shinnecock Nation, on the Atlantic-facing eastern coast of New York’s Long Island that Kelsey Leonard developed her passion for the water. Undergraduate studies took her to Samoa and graduate studies brought her to the University of Waterloo, where she is now the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Waters, Climate and Sustainability.
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    24 mins

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