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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

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2023

Dolph Schluter

Evolutionary biologist recognized as world leader in study of rapid diversification of species

Crafoord Prize

Natural Sciences

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2021

Amira Mittermaier

Writing an ethnography of God with help from Guggenheim Fellowship

Guggenheim Fellowships

Social Sciences and Humanities

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2022

Alec Jacobson

Computer scientist advances applications of geometry processing

Sloan Research Fellowships

Engineering and Technology

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2023

Diana Valencia Pineda

Astrophysicist investigates what would make super-Earths habitable

Guggenheim Fellowships

Engineering and Technology

Canadian excellence, global recognition

Canadians should be proud of the research being conducted at our universities and research institutes. From understanding habitat fragmentation and its effects on species conservation, to discoveries that have changed the understanding of the underlying biology of cancer, from the development of tools that produce the shortest man-made flashes of light, to understanding the origins of planets, researchers in Canada are providing insights and solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges and greatest questions.

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