Research
Research
Rethinking Inequality: The Role of Identity, Narratives, Recognition, and Judgements
Roundtable with fellows from the Successful Societies research program and leading change makers
Inequality as a Multidimensional Process
Launch of the Summer 2019 Daedalus Issue
When antibiotics fail
An expert panel on antimicrobial resistance chaired by B. Brett Finlay releases its report
The ABCs of B cells
Meet 2019 CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar Jean-Philippe Julien, who uses robots to design better vaccines.
The secret wars of plants and fungi
CIFAR fellow Hailing Jin has uncovered the details of a chilling plot to silence opposition and subvert resistance in th
CIFAR receives grant from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support research for more versatile AI systems
The CIFAR Learning in Machines & Brains program has been awarded a $475,000 USD grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundatio
Quantum supremacy: Giant leap, or one small step?
With much hype surrounding Google’s recent announcement of “quantum supremacy,” CIFAR fellows weigh in on this mil
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero honoured with Buckley Prize
A fellow in the CIFAR Quantum Materials program, Jarillo-Herrero receives the award from the American Physical Society
James Peebles Receives the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics
A founding fellow of CIFAR’s Cosmology & Gravity program, Peebles’s work laid the foundation of modern cosmology.
CIFAR Presents: The Walrus Talks Boundaries
Watch CIFAR fellows explain how divisions shape our lives, what lies between borders, and what membership means now.
Meet the 2019-2021 cohort of CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars
Fourteen inspiring early-career researchers named across five CIFAR research programs
Hope for an inclusive future
A Q&A with Boundaries, Membership & Belonging co-director Will Kymlicka