Until recently, discussions on climate action often elicited the argument: “We can’t just stop everything to fix climate change, because of what that would do to the economy.”
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Women’s College Hospital (WCH) is challenging traditional ideas about health-care delivery with its groundbreaking virtual hospital model. This forward-thinking approach on virtual care has allowed WCH to quickly adapt in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Developing smarter farming practices that tackle the challenge of feeding a rising population sustainably, while addressing the role of climate change on food systems, calls for new ideas and technologies coming from a workforce with diverse backgrounds, talents and experiences.
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Transparency inspiring better environmental performance in commercial real estate.
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Artificial intelligence helping to make medicine and care more personalized and proactive.
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Partnerships and technologies providing insights into migration and integration.
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Tackling microplastics pollution, CO2 emissions and battery waste.
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In the field of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), several myths often keep Canadian investors sacrificing more of the returns on their investments than they should.
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Water – both in terms of quantity and quality – is one of the most pressing issues facing the world. It is critical to human, animal and environmental health, and with freshwater resources under more pressure than ever before, the consequences are more serious than ever before.
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Canada’s aerospace industry is hoping all parties in the new parliament will work together to implement a bold plan to reinvigorate a sector at risk of losing its share of global aerospace growth to industries in countries with high levels of government support, planning and investment.
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Welcome to the virtual hospital.
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Leading-edge research and treatments are driving the future of medicine.
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While Canadians have a healthy respect for forests, few might imagine the breadth of new and surprising applications of wood and its components, such as material for making clothes and lightweight plastic equivalents, material that is transparent or bullet-proof, or material for filtering and desalinating water.
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As a solution-driven technology, artificial intelligence (AI) has a wide range of real-world applications, from financial services and insurance fraud detection to developing smart wearables to government decision-making.
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Urban design meeting the unique needs of all residents.
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From the challenge of the next game to potential applications in particle physics, biomechanics, medical imaging and more.
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Better support for sports officials includes training with innovative technology.
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Discoveries transforming lives and livelihoods.
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Science, technology, engineering and mathematics combine with the arts (STEAM) to prepare youth to thrive in a technology-driven world
It’s been barely two years since the official launch of Canada 2067, but the ambitious 50-year program to promote learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) has already gripped the imagination of educators, learners and the business community more firmly than its founders had hoped for.
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Speedier transition needed to achieve clean energy’s full potential
With the world’s population on track to reach 10 billion by 2050, the drive towards a more sustainable global economy has become an imperative. Arguably, few people recognize that imperative more than University of British Columbia (UBC) professor Walter Mérida.