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Find out more about our latest engagements and initiatives.
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Announcement

CIFAR partners with Swiss National Science Foundation

The partnership aims to strengthen cross-border collaboration in science, technology and innovation  

September 28, 2023
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Announcement

Deloitte report: Canada leads the world in AI talent concentration

Report on Canada’s national AI ecosystem finds Canada tops world rankings in talent concentration, with patent growth...

September 27, 2023
Towards Measuring and Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Large Language Models

AI and Society

Generative AI doesn’t have to generate climate disaster

A new report published by CIFAR outlines basic steps for policymakers on how to measure and address the environmental im...

September 25, 2023
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Announcement

British Academy and CIFAR announce partnership on New Frontiers in Technology

The research supported by this new partnership will examine the potential of new and emerging techno

September 14, 2023
Ellora Derenoncourt

Advances

The racial wealth gap: How it started and how we can fix it

The racial wealth gap in the United States hasn’t changed in 70 years. CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Ellora Derenoncour...

September 06, 2023
A banner image graphic with a portrait of Candice Odgers, program co-director of the Child & Brain Development program

Advances

Social media fuelling youth mental health crisis? CIFAR researcher cites other causes

In May, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory about the impact of social media on adolescent mental health, refuel...

August 25, 2023
photo Gerald R. Heffernan

In Memoriam

Remembering Gerald Heffernan

Gerald Heffernan, former CIFAR Board member and one of our cherished supporters, recently passed

August 23, 2023

AI and Society

CIFAR AI Insights Policy Brief outlines strategies for federated health data access in Canada

A timely new report published today by CIFAR provides expert guidance for policy-makers, regulators and service provider...

August 03, 2023

Boundaries, Membership & Belonging

What does successful migrant integration look like? CIFAR researchers explore a new framework

Members of CIFAR’s Boundaries, Membership & Belonging program are providing a framework for understanding and creating...

July 25, 2023
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AI and Society

CIFAR announces launch of two AI for Health Solution Networks

Today CIFAR announced details about two successful Solution Networks selected from a competitive call for proposals issu...

July 13, 2023

Brilliant Minds

Read about the extraordinary people in our research community.
photo Gerald R. Heffernan

In Memoriam

Remembering Gerald Heffernan

Gerald Heffernan, former CIFAR Board member and one of our cherished supporters, recently passed

August 23, 2023
Alan Bernstein

Award

Dr. Alan Bernstein named U of T Professor Emeritus

The title reflects Bernstein’s past and continued substantive contributions to the University of Toronto community

October 31, 2022

Award

CHIME team wins Brockhouse Canada Prize, CIFAR members among recipients

Key members of the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) team are CIFAR researchers in the Gravity & th...

October 27, 2022

Award

Marla B. Sokolowski and W. Thomas Boyce named CIFAR Distinguished Fellows

Both researchers honoured in recognition of their research contributions and transformational leadership of CIFAR’s Ch...

October 03, 2022
David Dodge

Award

A lifetime honour: CIFAR names David A. Dodge an honorary fellow

David A. Dodge, member of CIFAR’s board of directors and a former board chair, has been named a CIFAR Honorary Fellow

September 23, 2022
Lissa Matyas

News

Expanding CIFAR’s global reach: A Q&A with Lissa Matyas, VP, Global Government Affairs

A recognized thought leader in science and technology research-funding, Lissa Matyas shares her vision for CIFAR’s glo...

August 19, 2022

Artificial Intelligence News

Discover the latest AI news and research that’s changing the world.
Towards Measuring and Mitigating the Environmental Impacts of Large Language Models

AI and Society

Generative AI doesn’t have to generate climate disaster

A new report published by CIFAR outlines basic steps for policymakers on how to measure and address the environmental im...

September 25, 2023

AI and Society

CIFAR AI Insights Policy Brief outlines strategies for federated health data access in Canada

A timely new report published today by CIFAR provides expert guidance for policy-makers, regulators and service provider...

August 03, 2023
Photo of a diabetes test beside a photo of a radiology scan

AI and Society

CIFAR announces launch of two AI for Health Solution Networks

Today CIFAR announced details about two successful Solution Networks selected from a competitive call for proposals issu...

July 13, 2023
Illustration of a woman wearing a VR headset against a background of a pixelated illustration of a birch forest Illustration d'une femme portant un casque de RV avec en toile de fond une illustration pixelisée d'une forêt de bouleaux

CIFAR NextGen AI Training Programs

“Nothing about us, without us”

A journey of meaningful collaboration to increase Indigenous participation in AI

June 06, 2023
A pink, purple, and green illustration of a future city. Text in various languages show on screens, people relax in apartment style housing, walk their dogs, and meet to talk. Another man is arrested by two police officers and taken to a police station. Illustration en rose, violet et vert d'une ville du futur. Du texte en plusieurs langues s'affiche sur des écrans, des gens se détendent dans des appartements, promènent leur chien et se rencontrent pour discuter. Un autre homme est arrêté par deux policiers et emmené au poste de police.

AI Science

AI in 2063

. How do we use AI in our daily lives?

June 06, 2023

AI and Society

Report: CIFAR Symposium on AI for Energy and the Environment

On March 21, 2023, CIFAR brought together Canadian stakeholders from across academia, government and the private sector...

June 02, 2023

Research & Advances

Explore the latest discoveries and ideas from our community.
Ellora Derenoncourt

Advances

The racial wealth gap: How it started and how we can fix it

The racial wealth gap in the United States hasn’t changed in 70 years. CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Ellora Derenoncour...

September 06, 2023
A banner image graphic with a portrait of Candice Odgers, program co-director of the Child & Brain Development program

Advances

Social media fuelling youth mental health crisis? CIFAR researcher cites other causes

In May, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory about the impact of social media on adolescent mental health, refuel...

August 25, 2023
Flowers accompanying the Very Large Array on the Plains of San Agustin, NM.

Advances

CIFAR members among team to find first evidence of low-frequency gravitational waves

Astrophysicists have found first evidence for gravitational waves that oscillate for periods of years to decades. This n...

June 29, 2023
Adeel Razi, looking off into the distance, posing at a round window in a tan suit.

Advances

Believe the Impossible: The future of… human consciousness

From making neurons play Pong, to studying how psychedelics alter states of consciousness, Adeel Razi is taking non-trad...

February 09, 2023

Advances

Behind the headlines: Will the nuclear fusion breakthrough save the planet?

Curtis Berlinguette, clean-energy researcher and program co-director of the Bio-Inspired Solar Energy program at CIFAR,...

January 10, 2023
Leah Cowen

Advances

Believe the Impossible: The Future of…Treating Infectious Fungal Diseases

Leah Cowen, co-director of CIFAR’s Fungal Kingdom program, discusses the often overlooked fungi, from new opportunitie...

November 03, 2022
Fungal Kingdom Illustration

Brief

The Future of Fungi: Threats and Opportunities

CIFAR and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund held a workshop to help chart the future challenges and opportunities presented by...

October 19, 2022
Dhanya Sridhar

Advances

Believe the Impossible: The Future of… Fairness in AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is extremely prevalent, but is it fair? Dhanya Sridhar, Canada CIFAR AI Chair, d...

September 12, 2022
Carolina Tropini

Advances

Believe the Impossible: The Future of… human gut health

Carolina Tropini, a fellow in CIFAR’s Humans & the Microbiome program, gives insights in studying the human microbiota...

August 11, 2022
INDUSTRY FINAL

Brief

CIFAR Workshop on Astronomy/Cosmology and Artificial Intelligence

Optimizing AI/ML use in astronomy/cosmology, applying (astro)physics to AI's theoretical underpinnings

July 19, 2022

In the News

A selection of international news coverage of the global CIFAR research community.

CIFAR in the News

Slate | Those Beautiful James Webb Space Telescope Images Are Just the Beginning

July 13, 2022

CIFAR in the News

Toronto Star | Can we make artificial intelligence less racist?

June 22, 2022

CIFAR in the News

The New York Times | ‘It’s Life of Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens

April 23, 2022

CIFAR in the News

Financial Post | Lunch with Dan Breznitz: 'Our kids will have a worse life than us, unless we change Canadian business'

April 19, 2022

CIFAR in the News

The Verge | Keywords from hallucinogenic experiences can help find parts of the brain affected by drugs

March 16, 2022

CIFAR in the News

New Scientist | There are neurons in the brain that only seem to respond to singing

February 22, 2022
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