Dr. Shaf Keshavjee
Transplant surgeons can now objectively assess donor lung function outside of the body for extended periods and then confidently decide whether to use a donor lung for transplant.
Marcia Nozick
With a mission to help people rediscover hope and self-sufficiency through meaningful work opportunities, the social enterprise Embers Staffing Solutions (ESS) launched in 2008.
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.
Trevor Bell, Shelly Elverum, Jenny Mosesie, Shawna Dicke
Making ice travel safe. The SmartICE team, represented by Trevor Bell (pictured).
Audra Renyi
Audra Renyi co-founded World Wide Hearing (WWH) Foundation, which uses affordable technology, market incentives and rapid training to help underprivileged people affected by hearing loss.
Terry-Lynn Young, Sean Connors, Kathleen Hodgkinson, Daryl Pullman
The research team at Memorial University identified a lethal gene mutation known to have caused sudden cardiac death in 25 Newfoundland and Labrador families.
Mary Gordon
Roots of Empathy was created as a means of reducing aggression and bullying among school-aged children.
Dr. Kamran Khan
Using geographic information systems, natural language processing and artificial intelligence, the multidisciplinary team at BlueDot has been able to predict the worldwide spread of influenza, and track the spread of recent outbreaks, including Ebola and the Zika virus.
Tom Chau
Dr. Tom Chau has developed pioneering access technologies to help non-verbal individuals overcome communication obstacles.
The First Nations Finance Authority
The First Nations Finance Authority (FNFA) developed an innovative funding regime that cuts borrowing costs and provides interest rate certainty for First Nations communities.