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CFI Invests in U of G Research
January 21, 2011
At the University of Guelph today, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced that it will invest more than $61 million in revolutionary research at 48 Canadian universities. U of G received more than $815,000 for five projects ranging from studying breast cancer invasion and bacterial processes to creating a population database to reducing injuries to better understanding evolution.
The announcement was made by Gilles Patry, CFI president and CEO. Gary Goodyear, minister of state (science and technology), attended the event along with U of G president Alastair Summerlee, current and past CFI award recipients, and industry partners.
“This is an investment in the talent and creative explorations at U of G that are key to helping uncover the roots of global problems and the solutions for those problems,” Summerlee said. “Many of the breakthroughs that have revolutionized the world started out as ideas in the minds of great researchers. Our goal is to use U of G knowledge and discoveries to change lives and improve life.”
Among the recipients, economics professor Kris Inwood received nearly $375,000 for his “People in Motion” project. Working with history professor Graeme Morton and Prof. John Cranfield, Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Inwood is using data mining and other computing techniques to prepare a Canadian database to understand how experience, family circumstance and even genetic heritage affect adult health, migration and social mobility. Taking a historical perspective on issues, challenges and implications will help us understand a wide range of public policy issues, Inwood said.
