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News & Announcements

Find out more about our latest engagements and initiatives.

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
Young people wearing Actua t-shirts working together on a robotic AI-piloted car.

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
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
Group of presenters speaking at the front of a room

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
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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, 2022

Brilliant Minds

Read about the extraordinary people in our research community.
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
Werner Israel

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, 2022

Artifical Intelligence News

Discover the latest AI news and research that’s changing the world.
Young people wearing Actua t-shirts working together on a robotic AI-piloted car.

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
Group of presenters speaking at the front of a room

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
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

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, 2022

Research & Advances

Explore the latest discoveries and ideas from our community.

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

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
alt: quantum report

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
Adam-white

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, 2021

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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