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From left: Brad Maclsaac, Vice-President, Administration; Loïc de Fabritus Gautier, Senior Manager of Advocacy and Citizen Engagement at Fairtrade Canada; Isabel Savransky, Asset and Sustainability Planner, Office of Campus Infrastructure and Sustainability; Ken Bright, director, Office of Campus Infrastructure and Sustainability

Ontario Tech’s commitment to sustainable practices earns national Fair Trade Campus Designation

October 27, 2023

Ontario Tech University is proud to have been awarded a Fair Trade Campus Designation by Fairtrade Canada, in recognition of the institution's dedication to promoting fairtrade practices and sustainability on campus.

The Ridgebacks men's soccer team are hosting a home playoff game at Vaso's Field for the second consecutive year.

Ridgebacks men’s soccer team hosting a home playoff game for second straight season

October 24, 2023

The Ontario Tech Ridgebacks men’s soccer team will begin its quest for the provincial championship on Saturday, October 28 with a home playoff game at Vaso’s Field.

From left: Dr. Qusay Mahmoud, Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (FEAS), Ontario Tech University; Taylor Somann, Senior Software Engineer, Turnkey Aquaponics Inc.; Connor Loughlean, Manager, Programs and Operations, Brilliant Catalyst, Ontario Tech; Dr. Glenn Harvel, Professor, FEAS; Maryam Akhtar, Program Officer, Brilliant Catalyst, Ontario Tech; Dr. Osman Hamid, Director, Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Brilliant Catalyst, Ontario Tech; Nicholas Varas, Co-Founder and CEO, Moduleaf Technologies Inc.

Ontario Tech’s entrepreneurship ecosystem helps secure $1 million grant to investigate winter season food production in Canada

October 24, 2023

Known as the ‘Brilliant Farm Project’, the innovative technology plan recently earned a $1 million development grant from the Weston Family Foundation through its Homegrown Innovation Challenge.

Emily Lai, Co-organizer and third-year Software Engineering student, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Jacqueline Good, Founder and CEO, Magnestar Inc., Dr. Carolyn McGregor AM, Professor and Interim Dean, Faculty of Business and Information Technology, Ontario Tech University, Sean Mitra, Space Lawyer, Co-Founder and CEO, Foundation Space Resources, and Francis Picotte, Spacecraft Component Sales Engineer, Sinclair Interplanetary by Rocket Lab.

Predicting space weather and protecting satellites: Ontario Tech students' idea helps them soar to global stage of international NASA hackathon

October 23, 2023

Four Software Engineering students at Ontario Tech have advanced to the global stage of the NASA Space Apps Challenge hackathon with the hope of earning one of 10 Space Apps Global Awards from the space agency.

Fourth-year Faculty of Health Sciences (Kinesiology) student Gillian Slade (left) with PhD candidate Michael Watterworth (Biomechanics and Ergonomics) in the Occupational Neuromechanics and Ergonomics Laboratory at Ontario Tech University.

Ontario Tech grad student Michael Watterworth wins national award for master’s thesis

October 20, 2023

A pair of Ontario Tech students garnered national attention for their scholarship and research at the Association of Canadian Ergonomists conference held in early October in Burlington, Ontario.

Charles Hall at Ontario Tech University's downtown Oshawa campus location.

Ontario Tech announces new and reappointed members of its Board of Governors

October 19, 2023

Ontario Tech University has strengthened its leadership and governance with the addition of several new members to the university’s Board. These individuals were selected because of their personal experience, skills, leadership and community involvement.

From left: Dr. Steven Murphy, President and Vice-Chancellor; Dr. Martin Agelin-Chaab, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science; Dr. Theresa Stotesbury, Faculty of Science; Dr. Ahmad Barari, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science; Dr. Les Jacobs, Vice-President, Research and Innovation.

Transformational research, in your community: Ontario Tech’s local R&D enterprise builds global influence

October 19, 2023

This Fall, Ontario Tech is recognizing a new cohort of Research Excellence Chairs for their high-quality research and career achievements that are widening the university’s global influence.

Ontario Tech students in the Dixon-Alger Fireside Reading Room in the Campus Library at the university's north Oshawa location.

Ontario Tech climbs again in annual Maclean’s university rankings

October 13, 2023

For one of Canada’s youngest research-intensive universities now celebrating its 20th anniversary, Ontario Tech University once again celebrates its remarkable trajectory in the 2024 Canadian post-secondary rankings published by Maclean’s magazine.

Ontario Tech University Master of Applied Science (Mechanical Engineering) students Cameron Slade (left) and Noor Khabbaz use one of the new robot work cells in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science's Robotics and Automation Laboratory (October 4, 2023).

New Ontario Tech robotics equipment to enhance experiential learning environment for Engineering students

October 13, 2023

As Ontario Tech University celebrates its 20th anniversary, students in a wide range of undergraduate Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (FEAS) programs now enjoy access to updated state-of-the-art robotics technology in their lab spaces.

The 2023 Ontario Universities' Fair takes place October 21 and 22 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

Visit Ontario Tech University at the Ontario Universities’ Fair in Toronto

October 11, 2023

Explore all that Ontario Tech University has to offer by visiting our interactive display booth at the Ontario Universities' Fair (OUF) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Saturday, October 21 and Sunday, October 22, each day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Ontario Tech Ridgebacks men's soccer team celebrate goal during action at Vaso's Field.

Reaching for the top: Ridgebacks men’s soccer team holds No. 7 ranking in Canada

October 11, 2023

While Ontario Tech University celebrates its 20th anniversary during this academic year, the Ridgebacks men’s soccer team is enjoying extended time in the national spotlight.

Participant at Ontario Tech University Engineering Outreach's first InSTEM Land Camp program in an ‘energy beading’ activity (simulating consumption of renewable and non-renewable energy sources).

New federal funding will help expand Ontario Tech University Engineering Outreach programming

October 05, 2023

A new PromoScience grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), valued at $600,000 over three years, will expand Engineering Outreach’s support of Indigenous and Black youth hands-on STEM education activities, and inspire the next generation of innovators.

Ontario Tech University enjoys strong ties to University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering (UNENE). In this image, Nuclear Engineering students speak with Sharman Perera, Associate Teaching Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (right). UNENE has named Dr. Les Jacobs, Ontario Tech Vice-President of Research and Innovation (pictured below) to its Board of Directors.

Ontario Tech extends leadership role in nuclear engineering community

October 02, 2023

As Ontario Tech celebrates its 20th anniversary as an influential young Canadian research-intensive university, it contributes a fresh voice brimming with new ideas to help advance the energy industry into its next era, with a focus on net-zero carbon emission energy sources. Central to all of this activity is Ontario Tech’s longstanding role in the University Network of Excellence in Nuclear Engineering (UNENE).