Canada’s Climate Change Action
It speaks about Canada’s climate action, how we have not yet met our goals and possible solutions for the future. Canada’s climate change action [image transcript] Canada has not met the 1.5˚C…
The Canadian Partnership for International Justice Team (CPIJ)
Year: 2023 · Quebec The Canadian Partnership for International Justice Team (CPIJ) Nominated by: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council About the Innovation Led by Professor Fannie Lafontaine, the Canadian Partnership for International Justice (CPIJ) is a pan-Canadian partnership that brings together a team of 25 researchers and practitioners from 12 organizations to strengthen access […]
Dr. Sheila Wang
Year: 2021 · Montreal, QC Swift Medical: AI-Powered Wound Care Nominated by: Mitacs About the Innovation Dr. Sheila Wang receives the Governor General’s Innovation Award for her leadership in the creation of an artificial intelligence-driven technology for monitoring wound care patients remotely. The technology is being deployed by Swift Medical across North America to help […]
Katherine Homuth
Year: 2020 · Montreal, QC Sheertex Nominated by: Startup Canada About the Innovation Ms. Homuth is the Founder and CEO of Sheertex, the company behind the world’s first unbreakable sheer knit. Made with the same type of fibers found in ballistic materials, the Sheertex knit can be used in a variety of high-performance products like […]
Dr. Joelle Pineau
Year: 2019 · Montreal, QC Dr. Joelle Pineau – a leader in innovative, personalized, robot-assisted health care. Nominated by: NSERC About the Innovation Dr. Pineau is a leader in the innovative application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to personalized and robot-assisted health care. She pioneered the development of algorithms to handle a special […]
Audra Renyi
Year: 2017 · Montreal, Quebec WWH is helping underprivileged people with hearing loss Nominated by: GRAND CHALLENGES CANADA About the Innovation 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. Ms. Renyi is also the founder and CEO of […]
Charles Deguire
Year: 2016 · Boisbriand, Quebec Robotics helps people push beyond physical limitations to work safer Nominated by: NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA About the Innovation Kinova designs and manufactures simple, safe and sexy robotics platforms and components for a broad range of applications. Co-founded by Charles Deguire, the company helps people push beyond their physical limitations […]