Science and technology
Ontario Tech University explores the future of intelligent manufacturing
October 18, 2019
Ontario Tech University recently became the first Canadian university to host the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) workshop: an influential international engineering forum exploring key questions related to intelligent manufacturing.
Mentors and role models critical for gender parity in ‘STEM’ fields
October 18, 2019
Ontario Tech University's inaugural Women for STEM Summit on October 17 brought together 190 industry leaders and partners, faculty and students from across the Greater Toronto Area who discussed how women and men each have an important role to play in equalizing gender parity.
Ontario Tech University’s Cyber Girls Ambassador Program provides insight and vision for girls in STEM
October 18, 2019
Young girls often show a keen interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines, but if they have no role models, they may not see themselves as candidates for careers in these fields. Ontario Tech University is changing that with its Cyber Girls Ambassador Program.
Ontario Tech University welcomes Global News to campus for October 16 newscast
October 18, 2019
In case you missed it, Global News was on campus October 16 to film their 5 p.m. Durham newscast and broadcast their Ontario-wide newscast live at 5:30 p.m. (anchored by Alan Carter) from the university's 61 Charles Street Building in downtown Oshawa.
Leading the charge: Ontario Tech, ACE and eCAMION test how to power autonomous vehicles
October 17, 2019
True autonomous functionality requires an autonomous AV charging system. That’s where Ontario Tech University, ACE, Canadian advanced-energy storage and charging leader eCAMION, and Ontario’s Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (AVIN) enter the picture.
Ontario Tech University research pioneering virtual reality health-care training
October 15, 2019
An Ontario Tech University research team is exploring the practical potential of VR, where the user is completely immersed within a 3D computer generated world; as well as ‘augmented reality’ (AR), where digital and graphic elements are added to the real physical space to augment objects comprising it.
Ontario Tech University’s leadership in AI education preparing students for cybersecurity careers
October 09, 2019
The Vector Institute, a collaborative research centre on AI in Canada, recently added Ontario Tech University's Master of Information Technology Security – Artificial Intelligence in Security (MITS-AIS) specialization to its list of recognized master’s programs in AI. This recognition not only gives MITS-AIS students access to the Vector Institute’s publications, contacts, research and programming, but also allows them to compete in an exclusive pool for the Vector Scholarship in AI (VSAI), established in collaboration with the Province of Ontario in 2017.
Ontario Tech a university on the rise: 2020 Maclean’s magazine rankings
October 08, 2019
The 2020 Maclean’s magazine rankings of Canada’s universities affirms Ontario Tech University’s place in the top 10 of primarily undergraduate institutions. The new survey marks the first time the university appears in the Maclean’s rankings with its new Ontario Tech University brand.
Ontario Tech e-bike project exemplifies Mitacs’ support of work-integrated student learning
October 03, 2019
One of the ways the Ontario Tech University delivers on outstanding experiential learning opportunities is through a collaborative partnership with Mitacs, a Canadian non-profit research organization that helps connect academia with industry.
Ontario Tech University taps into powerful national STEM program leader Actua
September 26, 2019
Through its strong community connections, Ontario Tech University's Engineering Outreach program has forged powerful new ties with Ottawa, Ontario-based Actua, Canada’s largest STEM youth outreach network.
Why accounting is about far more than crunching numbers in isolation
September 20, 2019
Many outsiders assume accountants are 24/7 math nerds with no interest in anything beyond numbers and balance sheets, locked into a boring and tedious career. But Ontario Tech researcher John Friedlan, PhD, says these myths could not be further from the truth.
Faculty of Science researchers get real on artificial intelligence
September 17, 2019
At Ontario Tech University, Faculty of Science researchers Dr. Hendrick de Haan and Dr. Faisal Qureshi, along with Modelling and Computational Science PhD candidate Martin Magill, dissect these artificial brains in what they call their ‘mathematical laboratory’.
Ontario investing in research in Durham Region at Ontario Tech University
September 11, 2019
The grant to Ontario Tech University (for dietary sodium research by Dr. JoAnne Arcand, Faculty of Health Sciences) is part of the Early Researcher Awards program, designed to help newly appointed researchers working at Ontario’s research institutions build their teams.
Ontario Tech researchers: It’s high time to stop environmental crime
September 09, 2019
Two Ontario Tech University researchers are among a group of international experts issuing a dire warning that the world needs to take immediate action on international environmental crime.
Celebrate Science Literacy Week with the Campus Library - September 16 to 19
September 04, 2019
Celebrate Science Literacy Week with the Campus Library - September 16 to 19
Ontario Tech University among North American leaders in energy efficiency; employee/student wellness programs
August 30, 2019
For the fourth consecutive year, Ontario Tech has achieved a Gold rating through AASHE’s Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System, a voluntary framework used by universities and colleges to measure, report and strengthen their contributions to sustainability.
Ontario Tech University strengthens international ties with Australian agreement
August 27, 2019
With long-established research relationships throughout the eastern Greater Toronto Area and across the province, Ontario Tech University boasts an expanding international research portfolio. Adding to dozens of global partnerships, it’s exploring stronger ties Down Under with counterparts at University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
Ontario Tech University researchers on the leading edge of emerging technologies research
August 12, 2019
More than 30 researchers at Ontario Tech will share more than $1.82 million in new funding for various projects aimed at helping us understand some of the biggest challenges Canadians face
The road to autonomous vehicle development leads through Ontario Tech University
August 09, 2019
Autonomous vehicle (AV) research is paramount to the future of mobility in the province. But what you may not know is that a lot of the critical research to advance AV technologies is happening right here in your own backyard at Ontario Tech University.
Ontario Tech's Dr. Pierre Côté shares health policy research on the international stage
July 16, 2019
Health policy experts from around the globe have been learning plenty this summer from Ontario Tech University’s Dr. Pierre Côté.
Waste watchers: Sewage and cannabis
July 09, 2019
As the cannabis market becomes more firmly entrenched across the country, an Ontario Tech University researcher says Statistics Canada (StatsCan) is going to great depths to study national cannabis consumption rates.
Can technology help uncover new answers on dementia research?
July 08, 2019
The Ontario Tech-Ontario Shores collaboration allows for cutting-edge research to move more quickly into frontline practice and provides frontline careworkers and patients’ family members with an opportunity to present the problems needing solutions.
The evidence is clear: Ontario Tech University’s Forensic Science program is among the best
June 28, 2019
Among its signature academic programs, Ontario Tech University’s Forensic Science program has earned a full five-year renewal of its FEPAC accreditation from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences' Forensic Education Programs Accreditation Commission, a distinction first granted to the university’s Faculty of Science in 2014.
