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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
Announcement
A Year in Review: Top 20 CIFAR stories of 2022
CIFAR’s 40th year was fittingly monumental, from welcoming a new president, to launching the second phase of Canada’...
December 22, 2022
Announcement
CIFAR researchers star in new microbiome documentary, "The Invisible Extinction"
For a limited time beginning today, CIFAR is exclusively screening the documentary, featuring researchers from Humans &...
November 17, 2022
Announcement
First-ever all-cohort meeting brings together CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars from around the world
Next-generation researchers from all seven cohorts met for the first time in a four-day event that enabled blue-sky coll...
November 11, 2022
CIFAR NextGen AI Training Programs
CIFAR partners with Actua for Indigenous next-generation training in AI
InSTEM connects Indigenous ways of knowing with Western methodologies, breaking down barriers to STEM for Indigenous you...
November 08, 2022
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
AI and Society
CIFAR at the Science Summit during the United Nations General Assembly
CIFAR-led sessions addressed the role of science to meet urgent challenges in human health, global insecurity and climat...
November 02, 2022
Announcement
President to President: in conversation with Alan Bernstein and Stephen Toope
After 10 years leading CIFAR, Alan Bernstein steps down from his role as President and CEO at the end of October. On Nov...
November 02, 2022
Announcement
Stephen Toope takes on leadership as CIFAR’s President and CEO
Stephen Toope plans to draw on his extensive global experience to inspire new directions and create breakthroughs across...
November 01, 2022
News
My Last Message as President and CEO of CIFAR
This will be my last message before I step down as president and CEO of CIFAR as of Oct. 31.The wor
October 31, 2022Brilliant Minds
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
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
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
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Werner Israel (1931-2022)
Revered as Canada’s foremost gravitational physicist, Israel was a key figure in the founding years of CIFAR
June 01, 2022Artifical Intelligence News
CIFAR NextGen AI Training Programs
CIFAR partners with Actua for Indigenous next-generation training in AI
InSTEM connects Indigenous ways of knowing with Western methodologies, breaking down barriers to STEM for Indigenous you...
November 08, 2022
AI and Society
CIFAR at the Science Summit during the United Nations General Assembly
CIFAR-led sessions addressed the role of science to meet urgent challenges in human health, global insecurity and climat...
November 02, 2022
CIFAR Pan-Canadian AI Strategy
CIFAR, Amii and the Vector Institute name eight new Canada CIFAR AI Chairs
World-leading scientists to advance Canadian leadership in artificial intelligence for priority areas including health,...
October 27, 2022
CIFAR NextGen AI Training Programs
DLRL 2022: That’s a wrap, and a return to in-person learning in 2023
For five days attendees from dozens of countries Zoomed into the Canadian AI ecosystem for a fast-paced week of workshop...
September 28, 2022
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
AI and Society
A Culture of Ethical AI: Workshop report
CIFAR, Partnership on AI and the Ada Lovelace Institute brought together recent ML conference organizers and AI ethics e...
August 03, 2022Research & Advances
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
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
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
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
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
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
Advances
Believe the Impossible: The Future of… Mars Exploration
From designing instruments to detect water on Mars, to mapping the architecture of planets in 3D, CIFAR researcher John...
June 30, 2022
Advances
Year in Review: Top 10 CIFAR stories of 2021
Can we measure global happiness? Does using sanitation tools during COVID-19 pose longer-term threats to human health? T...
December 22, 2021
Brief
CIFAR Roundtable on Global Quantum Strategies
Sharing international perspectives on policy measures to support quantum R&D and nurture an ecosystem.
December 13, 2021
Advances
Artificial intelligence provides sustainable solutions for clean drinking water in rural community
"This project is about using AI to provide safe, fresh drinking water for rural communities."
November 29, 2021In 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, 2022Support Us
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