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From left: Dr. Ilan Lenga, Chief Information Officer, Lakeridge Health; Dr. Steven Murphy, President and Vice-Chancellor, Ontario Tech University; Cynthia Davis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lakeridge Health; Dr. Les Jacobs, Vice-President, Research and Innovation, Ontario Tech University (at Lakeridge Health Oshawa, October 10, 2024).

Lakeridge Health harnessing the power of AI through transformative partnership with Ontario Tech University

October 10, 2024

In a groundbreaking new initiative, Lakeridge Health has teamed with Ontario Tech University to drive health-care innovation and address Durham Region’s evolving health needs using artificial intelligence (AI). The Partnership for Advanced Technology in Health Care (PATH) seeks to enhance patient care and improve health outcomes for the community through the sharing of cutting-edge research with practical applications.

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.

Aneta Stolba, Doctor of Education candidate, Mitch and Leslie Frazer Faculty of Education, Ontario Tech University.

Ontario Tech doctoral degree candidate recognized for helping advance key research on autism in Canada

August 27, 2024

Ontario Tech Doctor of Education candidate Aneta Stolba’s research recently earned major recognition from the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), in the form of an Autism Scholars Award. Her prize was one of just five presented by the COU to a doctoral or master’s-level researcher at an Ontario university for research that will positively impact individuals with autism and their families.

Patient receiving rehabilitation care and treatment at a health-care centre in Norway (photo credit: WHO).

Ontario Tech rehabilitation research hub designated as a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre

August 19, 2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) says nearly one-third of the planet’s 8.1-billion people live with a health condition that could benefit from rehabilitation, such as back pain and arthritis. Yet, in many instances they are unable to access the essential health interventions they require. As part of the global response to this issue, the WHO recently designated the Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research at Ontario Tech University as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Health.

Dr. Hossam Kishawy, Dean and Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (FEAS), Dr. Mohsen Tayefeh, FEAS Research Associate and Industrial Engineering Supervisor at Ontario Tech, Dylan Bender, FEAS PhD candidate, and Dr. Ahmad Barari, Professor, FEAS, using a precise measuring tool on a prototype.

Ontario Tech lab wins Engineering Research Project of the Year Award for work on Project Arrow

August 01, 2024

Ontario Tech University’s Advanced Digital Design, Manufacturing, and Metrology Laboratories (AD2MLabs) have won the prestigious Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) (York Chapter) Engineering Research Project of the Year award for its work on Project Arrow. The award recognizes the remarkable technical achievements of the AD2MLabs team in developing the design prototype for the first Canadian zero-emission electric vehicle.

Ontario Tech researcher looking to create national Safe Sport handbook

July 26, 2024

Ontario Tech’s Dr. Joseph Gurgis says one of the reasons safe sport goals have not been reached is due the development of dozens of safeguarding initiatives that are intended to support a safe environment, but are not empirically or theoretically driven. Dr. Gurgis is addressing this gap through new research leading to the development of a resource that will provide coherent, effective and proven safe-sport guidelines.

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science research laboratory at Ontario Tech University.

Ontario Tech ranks among the world’s top young universities

May 16, 2024

As Ontario Tech begins its third decade as a young university of rising influence, it does so with a strong foundation and a well-established tradition of research excellence. Further evidence of Ontario Tech’s research ascendency comes in the form of the latest survey of the youngest global universities (founded within the past 50 years) by the international rankings organization Times Higher Education.

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.

Dementia Village partnership celebration event on March 22, 2024 included members of the Alzheimer Society Durham Region's (ASDR) Board of Directors, members of the Ontario Tech University Brilliant Catalyst team, along with Whitby MPP Lorne Coe (second from left), and ASDR CEO Gillian Barrie (second from right).

‘It takes a village’: New community partnership exploring ways to help those with dementia to live well

March 25, 2024

Through a new partnership agreement with Ontario Tech University, Alzheimer Society Durham Region envisions the creation of a ‘Dementia Village’. The idea calls for a unique, dementia-friendly community space that is accessible, safe, inclusive, and promotes activity, socialization, research initiatives, and training programs to improve the quality of life for people living with dementia and their care partners.

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