Mr. Stéphane Germain, President and CEO
Year: 2025 · Québec GHGSat Vanguard (C-10): Satellite-Based Emissions-Monitoring Nominated by: Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) About the Innovation GHGSat’s Vanguard (C-10) satellite marks a significant advancement in climate tech and environmental monitoring. As the world’s first commercial satellite capable of pinpointing carbon dioxide emissions from individual industrial facilities, this satellite provides unprecedented accuracy […]
Dr. Milica Radisic
Year: 2025 · Ontario Heart-on-a-chip for drug discovery and disease modelling Nominated by: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) About the Innovation Dr. Radisic invented Biowire heart-on-a-chip, a game-changer in drug testing and disease modelling. Traditional testing relies on animal models which cannot capture human genetic diversity & sex specificity. Using electrical […]
Helen Watts, Executive Director of Student Energy (team lead, pictured), Angela Paley, Shakti Ramkumar, Abdullah Khair, Claris Canta
Year: 2025 · Alberta Student Energy Nominated by: PrairiesCan About the Innovation Student Energy represents a truly global movement for advancing youth-led energy solutions and equipping a new generation of leaders to accelerate the transition to a sustainable, equitable energy future. It is harnessing the critical talent and abilities of youth to drive the energy […]
Ms. Nivatha Balendra, CEO & Founder
Year: 2025 · Québec Dispersa – Decarbonizing surfactants through food waste Nominated by: Ingenium About the Innovation Dispersa® has commercialized the world’s first proprietary process to produce waste-derived biosurfactants. These biosurfactants are affordable, non-toxic alternatives to petroleum and palm-based synthetic surfactants in everyday consumer products, such as soaps and cosmetics. At commercial scale, their first […]
Dr. N. Zoe Hilton (team lead, pictured), Dr. Angela Eke, Elke Ham, Kate Lines
Year: 2025 · Ontario ODARA: The Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment Nominated by: Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences About the Innovation ODARA is the world’s first data-driven tool for assessing the risk of future intimate partner violence based on specific risk factors in domestic incidents. Developed and expanded through a 25-year academic-police partnership, […]
Team Co-Leads: Dr. Sumantra Monty Ghosh (pictured), Lisa Morris-Miller, CEO, Grenfell Ministries, and NORS
Year: 2025 · Alberta National Overdose Response Service – NORS Nominated by: Universities Canada About the Innovation The NORS program is currently the only national service supporting individuals who use drugs alone. Currently, the opioid crisis is the largest public health crisis facing Canadians, and 70% of individuals who have died, died by using drugs […]