Faculty of Business and Information Technology

Back row, from left: Dr. Olena Zenkina; Dr. Ahmad Barari; Dr. Bobby Stojanoski; Dr. Winnie Sun; Dr. JoAnne Arcand; Dr. Lindsay Malloy; Dr. Jean-Paul Desaulniers; Dr. Les Jacobs, Vice-President, Research and Innovation; Dr. Amirali Salehi-Abari; Dr Bill Kaprolos. Front row: Dr. Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen. Absent: Dr. Ibrahim Dincer (October 29, 2024).

Ontario Tech’s newest Research Excellence Chairs showcase university’s transformational research

November 18, 2024

In addition to being home to 10 Canada Research Chairs and a host of industrial research chairs, each fall the university designates a cohort of faculty leaders as Research Excellence Chairs (REC) and Research Excellence Award (REA) winners.

Students worked closely with experts and mentors to design real-world solutions for advancing fusion energy during a three-day Ideathon.

Ontario Tech graduate students innovate solutions for Canada’s energy future at Ideathon

November 14, 2024

In early October, graduate students from Ontario Tech University came together for a three-day idea-creation event to tackle one of Canada’s most pressing challenges: innovation in clean energy.

Ontario Tech University students in a Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science laboratory.

Federal funding announced for 32 new Ontario Tech-led research projects

September 13, 2024

Ontario Tech’s powerful upward research trajectory continues after Canada’s research funding Tri-agencies announced new grants valued at nearly $4.5 million for 32 new projects across multiple research disciplines being led by dozens of the university’s faculty experts.

North Oshawa campus location, Ontario Tech University,

Ontario Tech announces 2024 Joyce Family Foundation Success Award recipients

August 14, 2024

In 2016, a donation of $1 million from The Joyce Family Foundation to Ontario Tech established two new awards to help students turn their dream of post-secondary education into reality.

Taylor Flood received the Ridgeback Award at the Annual Employee Awards Celebration event on May 7.

Ontario Tech University honours faculty and staff for their exemplary service

May 16, 2024

Over the last 20 years, Ontario Tech University’s reputation for high-quality teaching, student services, work-integrated learning opportunities and overall student satisfaction has grown steadily. This success hinges on the contributions and dedication of a diverse and collaborative community of faculty and staff members.

Ontario Tech Nuclear Engineering students in an Energy Research Centre laboratory at the university's north Oshawa location.

Ontario Tech University joins Canadians for CANDU campaign

April 30, 2024

Ontario Tech University announces its support for Canadians for CANDU, a campaign promoting the deployment of CANDU nuclear technology at home and abroad to achieve Canadian and global efforts to reach net-zero emissions.

Ontario Tech students prepare for a visit to an area employer on the Career Bus (Winter 2024).

Ontario Tech students reflect on benefits of work-integrated learning opportunities

March 27, 2024

The Career Bus is just one of many ways that demonstrate Ontario Tech’s longstanding belief in the value of student-focused educational options that deliver practical, hands-on experiences as a major component of every university program.

Example of drone swarm flying over an agricultural area in an unspecified location.

Ontario Tech researcher investigating the opportunities and risks associated with drone swarms

January 04, 2024

Institute for Cybersecurity and Resilient Systems networking and information technology expert Dr. Khalil El-Khatib of Ontario Tech’s Faculty of Business and Information Technology recently received new research funding from Canada’s National Cybersecurity Consortium (NCC) to investigate a ‘Trustworthy AI-based framework for self-aware drone-based swarm technologies’.

Dr. Carolyn McGregor, incoming Dean, Faculty of Business and Information Technology, Ontario Tech University

Internationally acclaimed computer science and health analytics expert named Dean of Ontario Tech’s Faculty of Business and Information Technology

December 19, 2023

Ontario Tech University announces Dr. Carolyn McGregor AM as the new Dean of the Faculty of Business and Information Technology (FBIT), effective Monday, January 1, 2024.

Ontario Tech University research laboratory of Dr. Denina Simmons, Canada Research Chair in Aquatic Toxicology, and Associate Professor, Faculty of Science.

Top marks: Ontario Tech named Canada’s Research University of the Year

December 07, 2023

Ontario Tech University’s impressive reputational trajectory for top-notch research continues with a fresh distinction as Canada’s Research University of the Year for 2023.

From left: Lee Hays, Executive Director, Advancement and Alumni Relations; Dr. Carolyn McGregor AM, Interim Dean, Faculty of Business and Information; Ed and Sylvia Vanhaverbeke; James Barnett, Vice-President, Advancement and Alumni Relations; Dr. Steven Murphy, President and Vice-Chancellor, Ontario Tech University (October 26, 2023).

Ontario Tech University building atrium named in honour of Ed and Sylvia Vanhaverbeke

November 02, 2023

In honour of the generous continued support and philanthropic commitment of Ed and Sylvia Vanhaverbeke to Ontario Tech, the university has named the atrium in the Business and Information Technology building the Vanhaverbeke Family Atrium.

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.

Nutritional scientist Dr. JoAnne Arcand, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences (standing), is among a large group of Ontario Tech University faculty experts receiving new research funding from Canada's tri-council agencies for 30 new multi-disciplinary projects being led by the university.

Tech with a conscience: How excellence in strategic research at Ontario Tech is driving the future

September 12, 2023

This summer, there’s further evidence of Ontario Tech’s powerful upward research trajectory after Canada’s research funding Tri-agencies announced a further $5.03 million in new grants for 30 new multidisciplinary projects being led by dozens of the university’s faculty experts.

Ontario Tech researcher Dr. Carolyn McGregor talks to elementary students at Australia's Baulkham Hills North Public School (image courtesy of Baulkham Hills North Public School).

Ontario Tech researcher inspires young students during visit to her former elementary school in Australia

August 02, 2023

It may be more than 15,000 kilometres away from Oshawa, Ontario, but Baulkham Hills North Public School in New South Wales, Australia is very close to home for Ontario Tech University researcher Dr. Carolyn McGregor.

Session participants of the Attitudes Towards Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) at the 2023 Co-Design Festival co-hosted by Ontario Tech University, CNIB and OCAD University.

Ontario Tech University researchers establish new partnership with CNIB to develop explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) accessibility standards

July 28, 2023

With federal funding from Accessibility Standards Canada, CNIB and Ontario Tech are working on a new research project exploring accessible forms of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI).

Ontario Tech Women for STEM program students gather in the Dixon/Alger Fireside Reading Room in the Campus Library at the university's north Oshawa location (March 2023).

Marking a special milestone on the journey to gender parity in STEM-based fields

June 13, 2023

To address the gender disparity in Canada and empower the next generation of women leaders in STEM, Ontario Tech introduced the Women for STEM program in 2019. Led by the university’s Women for STEM Council, the program’s goal is to provide 200 entrance scholarships and 600 in-course scholarships over a 10-year period.

From left: Dr. Steven Murphy, President and Vice-Chancellor, Ontario Tech University, Brilliant Catalyst Team members Connor Loughlean; Denzel Sheppard-Thompson; Leen Jaber; Lina Hamouda; Marissa George; Maryam Akhtar; Osman Hamid and Jamie Bruno, Vice-President, People and Transformation.

Recognizing the exemplary achievements and contributions of Ontario Tech University faculty and staff

May 30, 2023

Over the last 20 years, Ontario Tech University’s reputation for high-quality teaching, student services, work-integrated learning opportunities and overall student satisfaction has grown steadily. This success hinges on the contributions and dedication of a diverse and collaborative community of faculty and staff members who make an outstanding impact at the university.

More than 40 students representing three faculties participated in 2023 Ontario Tech University Design League's 2023 Design-a-thon event.

Ontario Tech ‘design-a-thon’ event opens new learning avenues for Engineering students

May 29, 2023

From the creation of a functional and compact handheld multi-tool to an improved way to install streetlights, all kinds of creative ideas were dreamt up and brought to life this spring as 40 Ontario Tech Engineering students teamed up at the 2023 Design-a-thon competition hosted by the Ontario Tech Design League student club.

Image of a chest (thoracostomy) tube insertion depicting a doctor practising where to insert the needle. A thoracostomy tube, is a flexible tube that must be inserted through the chest wall between the ribs into the pleural space. Once the opening is made, fluids or air is allowed to escape and the collapsed lung ‘reinflates’. If inserted in the wrong place, it enters nerves and vessels. If too deep, it may damage the lung, and if not deep enough, it won't work.

Ontario Tech research collaboration developing simulated medical training technology for physicians in remote locations

May 25, 2023

Ontario Tech University researcher and Canada Research Chair in Health Care Simulation Dr. Adam Dubrowski says that new simulation technology may have the potential to help doctors hone their skills in their own practice without leaving their patients unattended.

Graduating students with Hunter the Ridgeback on Polonsky Commons

Ontario Tech University to confer nearly 2,500 degrees and eight honorary doctorates at 2023 Convocation

May 04, 2023

From Wednesday, June 7 to Friday, June 9, Ontario Tech University will celebrate the achievements and milestones of its class of 2023 along with eight honorary degree recipients.

From left: Dr. Peter Lewis, Associate Professor (Computer Science), Faculty of Business and Information Technology, Co-Principal Investigator; and Dr. Theresa Stotesbury, Assistant Professor (Forensic Science), Faculty of Science. Principal Investigator.

Two Ontario Tech researchers leading study to improve reliability of bloodstain analyses at crime scenes

April 25, 2023

Some branches of forensic science have modified existing schemes in response; but more recently, fundamental issues with the assumptions behind these classification schemes have been exposed. To address these issues, an Ontario Tech University-led research team has been awarded Government of Canada Interagency research funding through the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) Exploration stream in a project entitled ‘Reimagining forensic BPA from the bottom up’.

Dr. Karla Dhungana Sainju, Associate Professor of Criminology in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, has been appointed inaugural Chair of the university’s Women in Research Council.

Ontario Tech University Women in Research Council announces inaugural Chair

April 06, 2023

Dr. Karla Dhungana Sainju, Associate Professor of Criminology in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (FSSH) at Ontario Tech, has been appointed inaugural Chair of the university’s Women in Research Council (WIRC).

Ontario Tech's 2023 Experience Ventures National Hackathon team celebrating the second-place prize. From left: Scott Dennis (third-year, Faculty of Business and Information Technology); Alizah Zaidi (fourth-year student, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities); Anupriya Dubey (third-year student, Faculty of Science); Nicholas Varas (fifth-year student, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science); and Connor Loughlean (Manager of Creativity, Brilliant Catalyst, Ontario Tech University). Absent: Katherine Walduck (third-year student, Faculty of Business and Information Technology), and Michael Bondarenko (third-year student, Faculty of Science).

Impactful solutions to improve food security on campus: How Ontario Tech students won silver at national hackathon

April 05, 2023

Over a six-week period during the winter, a team of six Ontario Tech students representing four different faculties at the university put their knowledge to the test in a national ‘hackathon’ organized by Experience Ventures, a federal program funded by Employment and Social Development Canada.