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Recognition and Celebration

Researchers in Canada are providing insights and solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges and greatest questions.

Featured Winners

2025

Peter Howitt

Honorary Western professor, alum Peter Howitt, MA‘69, wins Nobel Prize in Economics

Nobel Prizes

Mathematics and Statistics

2025

Élise Devoie

Queen's researcher secures global scholarship

Global Young Academy (GYA)

Engineering and Technology

2025

Fabio Boschini

Fabio Boschini, first INRS researcher to receive an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship

Sloan Research Fellowships

Engineering and Technology

2025

Malgorzata Anna Gazda

Malgorzata Gazda secures global scholarship

Global Young Academy (GYA)

Medical & Health Sciences

Canadian excellence, global recognition

Canadians should be proud of the research being conducted at our universities and research institutes. From research leading to breakthrough medications like Ozempic, to algorithms powering artificial intelligence and innovative explorations that connect textiles with computer coding, researchers in Canada are providing insights and solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges and greatest questions.

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