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March 6, 2013
When walking into Simon Fraser University’s 4D LABS, you would be forgiven for thinking you had stepped off campus and into an ambitious start-up tech firm. 4D LABS is a collaborative research centre...
September 20, 2016
Two decades ago Canada’s federal government was struggling to contain a deficit that, in the words of one top finance official, was pulling the country towards "fiscal Armageddon." And yet, this was...
September 17, 2008
At SickKids in Toronto, the study of human genetics and genomics has led to groundbreaking discoveries in cancer and other childhood ailments. Such discoveries are the ultimate outcome of CFI...
October 10, 2012
Manitoba’s international leadership in infectious disease, medical devices and pharmaceutical research has led to the steady growth of a biomedical technology cluster in Winnipeg. About 100 life...
December 20, 2012
To carry out top-notch research and make groundbreaking advances, academics need world-class tools and facilities. Since its inception in 1997, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has funded...
September 20, 2016
The Liberal government suddenly finds itself facing a budget surplus for the first time in decades. Researchers, university presidents, government officials in the department of Finance and the PMO...
January 15, 2007
Knowledge-intensive economies and societies of the 21st century will be characterized by a cutting-edge research enterprise, a highly educated and skilled workforce, as well as a...
November 23, 2011
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University of Western Ontario student Chandra Rodgers out on Lake Opinicon to collect measurements from bluegill sunfish to take back to QUBS, one of the largest land-...
April 11, 2016
The CFI strives to be a workplace of choice. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package along with an enviable defined contribution pension plan.
We understand the importance of work-life...
April 24, 2017
Innovation can perhaps be defined; but how it touches our lives can hardly be confined. In the broadest sense, innovation is the desire to make things better. This innately human drive changes our...