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91亚色 graduate students at the Schulich School of Business and Lassonde School of Engineering have been named among Ontario鈥檚 top AI talent, earning prestigious Vector Scholarships in Artificial Intelligence. Awarded by the Vector Institute, an Ontario-based AI research organization, the merit-based scholarships are support Ontario graduate students advanced studies in fields including business analytics, AI management, and computer engineering and science. In addition to financial support, recipients are given access to networking opportunities with researchers and industry professionals, along with the Vector Institute鈥檚 Digital Talent Hub which connects AI specialists with potential employers.

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91亚色 is poised to welcome 11 doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers through the first wave of the federal Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards (CIRTA) initiative, reflecting the University鈥檚 strong research excellence and ability to attract top international research talent. In total the CIRTA are worth $1.4 million in funding 鈥� $40,000 per year for three years for seven doctoral students and $70,000 for two years for four postdoctoral researchers at 91亚色 鈥� to address critical national and global challenges in some of Canada鈥檚 priority areas. Altogether, the CIRTA will go towards funding 600 doctoral students and 400 postdoctoral researchers at universities across Canada.

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From plant defence in soybeans to epidemic modelling, 91亚色 graduate researchers are tackling urgent scientific and social questions. The Faculty of Graduate Studies recognizes outstanding research annually through its thesis and dissertation prizes. The annual prizes 鈥� valued at $2,000 for doctoral dissertations and $1,000 for master鈥檚 theses 鈥� honour work defended in the previous calendar year that demonstrates originality, excellence and impact. This year鈥檚 awards highlight six projects that explored pressing questions with implications for food security, AI, public health, aging, air quality and workplace accessibility. Together, the projects show how graduate research at 91亚色 connects scientific inquiry with real-world challenges.

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Five members of the 91亚色 community were honoured during Spring Convocation with the University's most prestigious awards in teaching and research: President鈥檚 University-Wide Teaching Awards and Distinguished Research Professor. Wahid Khan, a course director in the Faculty of Education and a doctoral student in Kinesiology and Health Sciences, was selected for his commitment to creating inclusive learning environments where every voice, identity and experience is valued. Prilly Bicknell鈥慔ersco, a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education, was selected for recognition for her work as a teaching assistant supporting courses in Black studies focused on the experiences of Black communities.

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Three 91亚色 scholars have been awarded this year鈥檚 Governor General's Gold Medals, honouring exceptional academic achievements among Canadian graduate students. The 2026 recipients are Chimira Nicole Andres, Nicholas Cheng and Joel Landon Prowting. The Governor General's Academic Medals are the highest honour given to outstanding Canadian post-secondary scholars. This year鈥檚 awardees represent the University鈥檚 dedication to supporting students in achieving academic success.

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Antara Dey has won the Mahmoud Eid Graduate Prize at the Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Annual Conference 2026, held at the University of Windsor, Ontario.

The Mahmoud Eid Graduate Prize is presented to the best graduate-level (Master鈥檚 or PhD) student paper submitted to the Canadian Communication Association (CCA) annual conference that focuses on media and diversity in Canada, as it pertains to race, religion, and/or Indigeneity.

Dey received the award for her paper, 鈥淐urry, Camera, and Communication: Tasting Home in the Bengali Diaspora.鈥�

This paper explores how Bengali food mediates diaspora identity, emotion, and sense of belonging through the mediums of cinema and lived experience. Combining textual analysis and autoethnography, the study examines the films Maacher Jhol (2017) and Daab Chingri (2019) alongside the researcher鈥檚 act of sourcing ingredients and cooking these dishes while living in the Bengali diaspora in Canada. Through this dual lens, the paper analyzes how maacher jhol (fish curry) and daab chingri (prawns in coconut milk curry) serve as signifiers that bridge the distance between home and hostland through taste, texture, and memory.

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The research builds on Banerji (2001), Barthes (1957/1972), and Murcott鈥檚 (1986) work on Bengali cuisine, food semiotics, and food identity. The personal accounts expand on the presenter鈥檚 experiences of moving away from home, childhood memories of Bengali food, and cooking in a Canadian city while illustrating her journey of cooking two Bengali dishes inspired by her two grandmothers. Bengali foodways, thus, emerge as a system for familial bonding to recreate a sense of home and communicative archive where taste and texture carry the taste of home and connection. Ultimately, the paper enables a discussion of food鈥檚 multiple meanings while commemorating its power as a narrator of identity, an emotion of nostalgia, and a sign of cultural expression.

Reflecting on the recognition, Dey shared:

鈥淢y grandmothers inspired this research long before I knew it would become an academic project. Through their recipes, I learned that food is memory, history, culture, and a language of love. This paper is both a scholarly exploration and a tribute to the women whose cooking helped me carry a sense of home across continents while living far from my family as part of the Canadian Bengali diaspora. Winning this prize highlights how some of our most powerful stories about identity, migration, and belonging are not only communicated through media, but also through taste, memory, and the recipes passed down across generations.鈥�

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Graduate students within the School of Health Policy and Management (SHPM) who are tackling issues from racial inequities in mental health care to workforce shortages in hospitals were recognized for research excellence with Health Graduate Research Awards. The awards highlight work from across the graduate unit within SHPM that specializes in health policy and equity, as well as health system management and data analytics. This year鈥檚 recipients presented their work as part of Health Graduate Research Day, an annual event that brings together students and faculty to share and discuss new research. 鈥淲hat stands out is how these students are taking on complex, real-world health challenges with both rigour and care,鈥� says Farah Ahmad, program director of the graduate unit in SHPM. 鈥淭heir work reflects a growing commitment to equity and meaningful impact through research that not only advances knowledge, but also has the potential to shape practice and policy.鈥�

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