From helping children in lower-income neighbourhoods overcome
their literacy setbacks to showing civil engineers how to
build better bridges in cold climates, NCE investigators in
2005-2006 were intensely involved in a broad spectrum of research
activities to enhance and enrich Canadian lives.
Areas of endeavour included health, human development and
the biosciences; engineering and manufacturing; natural resources
and the environment; and advanced technologies.
Research took place in the High Arctic and the Lower Mainland
of British Columbia. Our investigators tracked the flow of
fish through rural rivers and the flow of shoppers through
urban malls. We helped Canadian businesses mine data and apply
mathematics to particularly tricky problem-solving. We brought
Canadian experts together to better safeguard the water supply,
boost Canadian competitiveness in the auto industry and apply
stem cell breakthroughs to fight Alzheimer's and Parkinson's
disease.
It was – in a variety of ways in a variety of fields,
a successful year of enhancing the value of Canadian research.
