Governor General's Innovation Award

PhD student Sarah Hazell recognized with 2024 Governor General’s Innovation Award

rahul.kalvapalle — Tue, 28 May 2024 18:42:08 +0000

PhD student Sarah Hazell recognized with 2024 Governor General’s Innovation Award

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St. George

Department of Anthropology

Faculty of Arts & Science

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Sarah Hazell (photo by Sara Cornthwaite)

Sarah Hazell, a PhD student in the department of anthropology in the Faculty of Arts & Science, has received a 2024 Governor General’s Innovation Award.

Launched in 2016, the annual awards celebrate exceptional Canadian individuals, teams and organizations for their excellence in innovation and their contributions in helping to shape our future and positively impact our quality of life.

Hazell was recognized for her contributions to the Canadian Archaeological Association Working Group on Unmarked Graves (CAAWGUG), which developed resources pertaining to the search for missing Indigenous children and unmarked burials associated with residential schools in Canada. The working group was nominated for the honour by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

A member of Nipissing First Nation, Hazell is an award-winning archaeologist and anthropologist with over 25 years of experience working in the Middle East, the Canadian Arctic, Alaska and northern Ontario. She has played a central role in building archaeological capacity in Indigenous communities, with the aim of achieving equity in the domains of research, legislation and industry.

“The significance of this award, hopefully, will bring more attention to the difficult work that communities are engaged in to bring their children home,” Hazell said. “Our working group continues to develop training resources so that communities can ultimately undertake all aspects of the work themselves.”

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Kang Lee recognized with 2024 Governor General’s Innovation Award

rahul.kalvapalle — Tue, 28 May 2024 15:06:30 +0000

Kang Lee recognized with 2024 Governor General’s Innovation Award

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rahul.kalvapalle Tue, 05/28/2024 - 11:06

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St. George

Governor General's Innovation Award

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Professor Kang Lee (L) and Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada (photo by Corporal Alexandre Brisson/Canadian Armed Forces Photo)

Kang Lee, a professor in the department of applied psychology and human development at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), has received a 2024 Governor General’s Innovation Award.

Lee, who holds a Canada Research Chair in Moral Development, was recognized for his research that has had wide-ranging impacts that include a key legal reform concerning child witnesses, transformation of the diagnosis and treatment of children with behavioural problems and the development of a new technology that allows people to monitor their health using their smartphones. He was nominated for the honour by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

“Dr. Lee’s work has revolutionized scientific research on moral development and transformed our fundamental understanding of the development of lying,” the award citation states. “Although his work was originally motivated to answer basic science questions about childhood dishonesty, his discoveries have made unexpected transformative practical impacts in multiple fields.”

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Biomaterials startup Erthos recognized with 2024 Governor General’s Innovation Award

rahul.kalvapalle — Tue, 28 May 2024 15:01:48 +0000

Biomaterials startup Erthos recognized with 2024 Governor General’s Innovation Award

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St. George

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Nuha Siddiqui (L) and Kritika Tyagi (photo by Matthew Volpe)

Erthos, a biomaterials startup co-founded by ��Ƶ alumni Nuha Siddiqui and Kritika Tyagi, has received a 2024 Governor General's Innovation Award.

Erthos, which began as a research project of Siddiqui’s while she was studying at U of T, was recognized for its efforts in helping tackle plastic pollution with its novel plant-based resin, which serves as a sustainable alternative to single-use plastics. The startup was nominated for the honour by the Business Development Bank of Canada.

“Nuha Siddiqui's leadership at Erthos is a testament to strategic vision, adaptability and a commitment to global sustainability,” reads the award citation. “Erthos stands resilient, inspiring transformative change for a more sustainable and inclusive future.”

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U of T Scarborough researchers receive Governor General’s Innovation Award

lanthierj — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 18:34:28 +0000

U of T Scarborough researchers receive Governor General’s Innovation Award

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lanthierj Wed, 06/28/2023 - 14:34

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Alumni

Scarborough

Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences

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(L-R) David McLagan, Carl Mitchell and Frank Wania (supplied images)

Researchers from the ��Ƶ Scarborough who developed an innovative air sampler that can monitor mercury pollution without using electricity or gas have won a Governor General’s Innovation Award.

The award celebrates excellence in innovation across all sectors in Canada and is given to individuals or teams whose innovations are “truly exceptional, transformative and positive in their impact on quality of life in Canada.”

Professors Carl Mitchell and Frank Wania of the department of physical and environmental sciences and former grad student David McLagan – now an assistant professor at Queen’s University – designed, developed and tested the Mercury Passive Air Sampler (MerPAS), which has been commercialized and is now being used in Canada and around the world.

Unlike active air samplers that rely on electricity and a supply of gas to run, MerPAS uses the natural movement of air and a carbon material to capture airborne mercury.

The real benefit of this design is that it can be used with almost no training and can be deployed in remote locations around the world, says Mitchell, who is an expert on pollution and mercury cycling in the environment.

“We are really pleased with the performance of MerPAS. For a long time, we were confident that it was going to be broadly useful and beneficial, so it’s really satisfying that others hold our work in high regard,” he says.

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