Four 91ÑÇÉ« students were recently recognized by the Registered Nurses Foundation of Ontario for their academic excellence and leadership potential. Michelle Hermans (PhD student) earned the Lynn Kirkwood Research Award; Tiina Ranta (PhD student) received the Research in Mental Health Nursing Award; Alessia Lamanna (MScN student) was awarded the Nursing Research Interest Group Award; and […]
91ÑÇÉ« PhD candidate and Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar Coral Hillel has been selected to attend the 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany, joining more than 600 young scientists from around the world for a week of scientific exchange, mentorship and international networking. Hillel’s research explores how molecular photoswitches transform their shape and properties, […]
91ÑÇÉ« graduate students at the Schulich School of Business and Lassonde School of Engineering have been named among Ontario’s 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, […]
91ÑÇÉ« 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’s strong research excellence and ability to attract top international research talent. In total the CIRTA are worth $1.4 million in funding – $40,000 per year for […]
From plant defence in soybeans to epidemic modelling, 91ÑÇÉ« 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 – valued at $2,000 for doctoral dissertations and $1,000 for master’s theses – honour work defended in the […]
Five members of the 91ÑÇÉ« community were honoured during Spring Convocation with the University's most prestigious awards in teaching and research: President’s 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 […]
91ÑÇÉ« alumna Randa Qashoa’s journey from the Lassonde School of Engineering to a career advancing space technology highlights the growing impact of women in shaping the future of engineering. Today, Qashoa (BEng ’21, PhD ’25) is a systems engineer at Honeywell Aerospace, where she works on the assembly, integration and testing of quantum communication […]
Three 91ÑÇÉ« scholars have been awarded this year’s 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’s awardees represent the University’s […]
At the 91ÑÇÉ« Psychology Clinic, however, researchers and graduate students are working from a different premise: that understanding a child means understanding the family around them. Heather Prime, a clinical psychologist and associate professor in the Faculty of Health, is leading that effort with a team of graduate students. PhD candidate Gillian Shoychet’s doctoral […]
Research on dogs has expanded rapidly in recent years, offering new insight into one of humanity’s most loyal companions. But postdoctoral fellow Julia Espinosa says much of that knowledge still comes from studies that capture only a limited range of dogs and the people who live with them. Espinosa, a member of the Department of […]