On July 16, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, joined by the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, announced $29.7 million in Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) grants to 18 Canadian research teams across the country who are working to further discovery and innovation in areas such as environmental protection, green energy, and advanced manufacturing. The teams include a wide range of collaborators from several countries, including Germany, France, Australia, the United States, Switzerland and Brazil.
The announcement took place at the Université de Sherbrooke and was followed by a tour of the ‘Quantum Fab Lab’ of the Institut quantique at the Université de Sherbrooke.
Professor Jean-Pierre Perreault, Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies, Université de Sherbrooke
The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie
The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport
Enikö Megyeri-Lawless, Director, Research Grants, Engineering and Life Sciences, NSERC
Professor Pierre Cossette, President, Université de Sherbrooke
Professor Dominique Gravel, Full Professor, Université de Sherbrooke and CREATE recipient
Enikö Megyeri-Lawless, Director, Research Grants, Engineering and Life Sciences, NSERC; Professor Dominique Gravel, Full Professor, Université de Sherbrooke and CREATE recipient; The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie; The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport; Professor Pierre Cossette, President, Université de Sherbrooke; and Professor Jean-Pierre Perreault, Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies, Université de Sherbrooke
The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport and Enikö Megyeri-Lawless, Director, Research Grants, Engineering and Life Sciences, NSERC are greeted by Professor Michel Pioro-Ladrière, Deputy Director of the Institut quantique, Université de Sherbrooke, and students
Professor Michel Pioro-Ladrière, Deputy Director of the Institut quantique, Université de Sherbrooke alongside some students gives a tour of the ‘Quantum Fab Lab’ at the Institut quantique to the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport
The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport and The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie with a group of students at the ‘Quantum Fab Lab’ of the Institut quantique at the Université de Sherbrooke