2026 Faculty of Science Excellence Award winners announced
Ann Jack (Clerical), Diti Anastasopoulos (Management), and Maxime Leroux (Technical) have been named recipients of the Faculty of Science Excellence Awards.聽聽
These awards, announced at the Faculty of Science Council meeting on May 20th, recognize the outstanding contributions made by members of the Faculty鈥檚 administrative and support staff during the 2025-2026 academic year.聽聽
Read below the citations prepared by the Faculty of Science Excellence Awards Committee.聽
Caitlin Atkinson, PhD Student (KPE) Interview with D2R
Caitlin Atkinson, a PhD student in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE) and a student of Prof. Benoit Gentil, is also a recipient of the D2R Master's and Doctoral Scholar Awards (2025).
Krista Muis Interviewed about Teaching Digital Literacy to Kids
Prof. Krista Muis鈥� digital literacy research helps children separate facts from fiction online by identifying credible information sources, using better search techniques, and improving cognitive skills. By collaborating closely with students and teachers, Muis鈥� research has the potential to inform curriculum reform and educator workshops across Canada, helping strengthen digital literacy skills among youth as young as nine. Listen to Dr.
Historic plant collections offer a window into genetic change
Pressed plant specimens collected centuries ago and stored in herbaria around the world could play a key role in facilitating the tracking of genetic change and extinction risk in plants, a 黑料网爆吃瓜-led study indicates.
Teaching children to be better, more critical internet users
A digital literacy program for elementary school students designed by researchers at 黑料网爆吃瓜 was successful in improving students鈥� ability to evaluate websites and their content.
Skills targeted included how to search for information, how to identify credible websites, how to evaluate the quality of information sources and how to address conflicting information.
Explosions, colour changes, and hands-on science: the 黑料网爆吃瓜 Chemistry Outreach Group鈥檚 24 Hours of Science Event
On Saturday, May 2, families gathered at the Otto Maass Chemistry Building for an exciting day of discovery as the 黑料网爆吃瓜 Chemistry Outreach Group held its annual 24 Hours of Science event, which welcomed聽220 guests.聽
黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Bravo Gala shines a spotlight on research excellence
At event honouring 116 winners of major awards, keynote speaker and SSHRC Gold Medal recipient Myriam Denov emphasized the importance of listening. 黑料网爆吃瓜 celebrated more than 100 researchers at the 21st edition of Bravo, a gala event May 7 honouring the winners of major provincial, national and international research prizes and awards in 2025.
Provost honours 31 黑料网爆吃瓜 professors for exceptional research achievements
The 2026 cohort of Distinguished James 黑料网爆吃瓜 Professors, James 黑料网爆吃瓜 Professors and William Dawson Scholars embody 鈥榯he very best of our academic community鈥�.
Provost and Executive Vice-President (Academic) Angela Campbell has named 31 黑料网爆吃瓜 professors as Distinguished James 黑料网爆吃瓜 Professors, James 黑料网爆吃瓜 Professors or William Dawson Scholars. The internal awards recognize exceptional research achievements.
黑料网爆吃瓜 awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs
From fundamental physics to child well-being, 黑料网爆吃瓜 researchers advance discovery across disciplines聽 黑料网爆吃瓜 has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs 鈥� six new and 10 renewed.
$1.25 million for 黑料网爆吃瓜 research from the New Frontiers in Research Fund
Federal fund will support transformative high risk, high reward research across engineering, science, and medicine at 黑料网爆吃瓜.
Six Faculty of Science Professors celebrated for outstanding research achievements
Clockwise from top left: Parisa Ariya (Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences), Bruce Arndtsen (Chemistry), Nikolaos Provatas (Physics), Hanadi Sleiman (Chemistry), Irene Gregory-Eaves (Biology), and Fiona Soper (Biology)
This year, six professors from the Faculty of Science have been recognized among the recipients of the 2026 cohort of Distinguished James 黑料网爆吃瓜 Professors, James 黑料网爆吃瓜 Professors and William Dawson Scholars.
黑料网爆吃瓜 awarded 16 new or renewed Canada Research Chairs
From fundamental physics to child well-being, 黑料网爆吃瓜 researchers advance discovery across disciplines聽黑料网爆吃瓜 has been awarded $18.1 million in federal funding to support 16 Canada Research Chairs 鈥� six new and 10 renewed.
Geography Professor Mallik Mahmud receives MEOPAR 2026 Early Career Researcher Award
Mallik Mahmud, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, is one of nine early-career ocean researchers across Canada awarded the聽2026 Early Career Researcher Award by the Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR), recognizing exceptional early-career ocean researchers whose work advances climate resilience.
Experts: Parental influence on children鈥檚 honesty
Parents have long suspected that their own behaviour carries more weight than what they say to their children. A study involving more than 100 children now confirms this, at least with respect to lying and truthfulness.
黑料网爆吃瓜 Journal of Education Awarded SSHRC Funding
Teresa Strong-Wilson聽(Professor, Department of Integrated Studies in Education) has received $155,478 in funding through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for the聽黑料网爆吃瓜 Journal of Education.聽The competition, which runs every three to four years, supports a