Dr. Jackie Dawson, Dr. Natalie Carter, Ms. Natasha Simonee, and Ms. Shirley Tagalik
Their work is leading to the creation of new routes for Arctic shipping that better protect culturally significant marine areas. The project supports national and international ocean policy and has made the region a global leader in self-determined science.
Dr. Sheila Wang
Swift Medical: AI-Powered Wound Care
Dr. Geoffrey T. Fong, Dr. Mary E. Thompson, Dr. David Hammond
With the persistent leadership of Dr. Geoffrey Fong, the ITC Project, centered at the University of Waterloo, is globally renowned for its innovative research supporting and defending effective tobacco control policies such as graphic health warnings, smoke free laws, advertising bans, and tobacco taxes.
Dr. James Robar
Dr. Robar is being recognized for integrating 3D printing into the treatment of skin, breast, head/neck and gynecological cancers.
Dr. Xiaoyi Bao
Dr. Xiaoyi Bao transformed the field of structural monitoring with her invention of Distributed Acoustic Sensor (DAS), an ultra-sensitive and precise optical fiber based technology installed in civil structures, and capable of detecting dynamic stress and high and low frequency vibrations indicative of crack formation.
Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey
While many Indigenous communities and community organizations in Canada are still working toward this ideal, Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey (MK), a collective of Mi’kmaw communities in Nova Scotia, stands out as a unique example of the vision fulfilled.
Universities Canada
Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME)
Conceived, funded, and built by Canadians, CHIME represents an innovative technological achievement as well as a major scientific undertaking that addresses some of the most profound questions facing contemporary astrophysics.
Jad Saliba
In addition to consolidating hundreds of critical data types from smartphones, computers, Internet of things devices and cloud services, Magnet Forensics’ tools leverage artificial intelligence, advanced search techniques and data visualization to help investigators uncover crucial digital evidence to convict or exonerate suspects.
Dr. Garnette Sutherland
With the goal of improving patient care, Dr. Garnette Sutherland developed a high-field intraoperative magnetic resonance (MR) system that provides surgeons with exquisitely detailed, 3-D MR images during an operation.