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10,000 ways | Jan Rainey is untangling the mysteries of spider silks

The Dalhousie University researcher is looking to create synthetic versions of spider's silk that have the potential to help heal damaged ne...

0:24:26May 20, 2025

10,000 ways | Pooneh Maghoul: Working at the forefront of geotechnical engineering

(Available only in French) Can our critical infrastructure withstand the effects of climate change? Pooneh Maghoul and her research team are...

0:21:04Mar 24, 2025

10,000 ways | Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan are global leaders in pandemic preparedness

In 2002, German researcher Volker Gerdts relocated to Saskatoon. Cutting-edge vaccine research was the attraction. Now he is at the helm of...

0:24:09Jan 21, 2025

10,000 ways | How neuroendocrinology crosses sectors to create promising new insights

(This podcast is only available in French) Nafissa Ismail focuses on the effects of hormones on the brain to pin down the interactions betwe...

0:23:26Nov 18, 2024

10,000 ways | The future of flight depends on sustainability that goes beyond biofuels

The University of Waterloo’s Suzanne Kearns is a global leader in sustainable aviation, but her flight path wasn’t without turbulence. Suzan...

0:25:04Oct 21, 2024

10,000 ways | Meet Acadian researcher Céline Surette, for whom interdisciplinarity is second nature

(The audio content of this podcast is only available in French.) Céline Surette embodies both the chemistry of living things and interdiscip...

0:23:45May 8, 2024

10,000 ways | Should bodies of water have the same legal status as people?

This podcast is about curious researchers, leading-edge science and the joys of discovery and gets its name from Thomas Edison who said, “I...

0:24:08Mar 15, 2024

10,000 ways | Science (sea) star

(Available only in French) This is a podcast about curious researchers, leading-edge science and the joys of discovery. Our podcast gets its...

0:22:50Nov 17, 2023

10,000 Ways | Reinforcing the reliability of our vulnerable electricity grid

Welcome to 10,000 ways. This is a podcast about curious researchers, leading-edge science, and the joys of discovery. York University’s Pira...

0:23:07Sep 14, 2023

10,000 ways | Alex Langlois fell in love with the Arctic. Find out why he's fired up!

(This podcast is available only in French) Alexandre Langlois is passionate about all aspects of his job. As a researcher in Northern Canada...

0:24:09May 15, 2023

10,000 ways | The healing power of food: how nutrition and Carla Prado help treat cancer

On a cold March 2, 2004, Carla Prado arrived on the doorsteps of the University of Alberta. She left behind her native Brazil to fulfill a d...

0:24:51Mar 8, 2023

10,000 ways | Why using sound to treat disease is beautiful music to Simone Dalla Bella's ears

(This podcast is available only in French) Simone Dalla Bella of Montréal’s International Laboratory for BRAin, Music and Sound Research ask...

0:24:50Nov 16, 2022

10,000 ways | Learn how Leyla Soleymani's curious nature is making life less sticky!

Leyla Soleymani is Canada’s Research Chair in Miniaturized Biomedical Devices. Her passion for the miniature world of nanotech and her commi...

0:25:58Sep 8, 2022

10,000 ways | How does Anna Blakney use TikTok to help people understand mRNA vaccines?

For many, RNA vaccines seem to have appeared out of nowhere. The curious and the hesitant have wondered how a vaccine to fight COVID-19 coul...

0:26:37May 19, 2022

Julie Carrier: Taking on sleep medicine

This podcast is only available in French. Une chercheuse à l’Université de Montréal se concentre sur le sommeil des femmes. Julie Carrier of...

Feb 18, 2021

Stéphane Laporte: Using genetics to eliminate the side effects of drugs

This podcast is only available in French. A researcher at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre explores ways to imp...

Feb 18, 2021

Tigran Galstian: Creating molecular lenses

This podcast is only available in French. One of the co-founders of LensVector talks about the origins of their molecular lens. Tigran Galst...

Feb 18, 2021

Jacques Genest: Developing new interventions to cure cardiovascular disease

This podcast is only available in French. A researcher at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre studies the link bet...

Feb 18, 2021

Ian Clark: Tracing contaminants in the earth

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. Ian Clark , professor of Earth sciences at the University of Ottawa , explains how radiocarb...

Feb 4, 2021

Constantin Polychronakos: Using genetics to find a cure for juvenile diabetes - Podcast

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. Constantin Polychronakos has devoted his career to studying the genetics of juvenile diabete...

Feb 4, 2021

Chris McGibbon: How real-world exoskeletons could change the future of rehabilitation

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. Chris McGibbon from the University of New Brunswick is researching robotic exoskeletons to h...

Feb 4, 2021

Basil Petrof: Accelerating new treatments for respiratory diseases like asthma - Podcast

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. Basil Petrof heads the Program for Translational Research in Respiratory Diseases at the Res...

Feb 4, 2021

Jordan Grigor: Studying the tigers of the plankton aboard the CCGS Amundse

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. PhD student in Oceanography at the Université Laval , Jordan Grigor , discusses his research...

Feb 4, 2021

John Rudan: Human Mobility Research Centre finds new way to keep baby boomers on their feet

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. With an aging population, the need for joint replacements is increasing. Researchers at Quee...

Feb 4, 2021

John Braun: Making sense of wildfire data through visualization

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. John Braun from the University of British Columbia will use his new data visualization lab...

Feb 4, 2021

Brian Greenspan: Attention Future Shoppers

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. The holiday shopping spree of the future will be nothing like the crowded, stuffy gauntlet o...

Feb 4, 2021

Melody Wiseheart: How distracting is technology in the classroom?

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. In her two-pronged study, York University psychology professor Melody Wiseheart found that s...

Feb 4, 2021

Michael Kramer: Examining the adverse outcomes of pre-term birth

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. Pediatrician and epidemiologist Michael Kramer studies the long-term effects of pre-term bir...

Feb 4, 2021

John Moore: Salmon swimmers of the Skeena

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. Spindly black spruce cloak the mountains and rise from the banks of the Skeena River, one of...

Feb 4, 2021

Verena Tunnicliffe: The only woman on board

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. The University of Victoria ’s Verena Tunnicliffe recalls the open hostility she faced when s...

Feb 4, 2021

Michael Kramer: Understanding the long-term impacts of breastfeeding

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. In 2001, pediatrician and epidemiologist Michael Kramer and his colleagues published the lar...

Feb 4, 2021

Leslie Weir: An innovative librarian who led the way to digital access

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. Leslie Weir , the first female university librarian at the University of Ottawa , led a team...

Feb 4, 2021

Laureen McIntyre: A portable lab helps children with speaking and literacy difficulties

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. Laureen McIntyre from the University of Saskatchewan aims to improve children’s literacy and...

Feb 3, 2021

Robert Sawyer: Sci-fi writer imagines the future of Canadian science

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. This country’s extraordinary real-life research facilities provide a wondrous backdrop for S...

0:12:47Mar 5, 2019

Gerry Wright: Keeping antibiotics ahead of infectious diseases

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. Antibiotic resistance is an increasingly serious problem - threatening to alter modern medic...

Feb 20, 2019

Annie Castoguay: Better molecules for better medicine

Disponible aussi en français: https://blubrry.com/fci_cfi/41971985/annie-castonguay-de-meilleures-molcules-pour-une-meilleure-mdecine/ Annie...

0:17:07Oct 19, 2018

Chukwunonso Nzelu:Tiny fly, deadly bite

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. University of Calgary post-doctoral student Chukwunonso Nzelu studies the deadly tropical di...

0:12:03Oct 19, 2018

Carrie Bourassa: Knowledge, ceremony, and an Indigenous approach to research

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. Carrie Bourassa explains what Indigenous research methodology means, and why it matters When...

0:19:32May 25, 2018

Sheena Gurm: Seeking a treatment for ALS

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. PhD student Sheena Gurm looks deep into brain cells for clues to a deadly disease When virus...

0:13:55Apr 23, 2018

Ghose, Damascelli, Hall and Pioro-Landrière: The solace of quantum

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. Sub-atomic research portends a second digital revolution that could solve some of our most v...

0:18:19Apr 19, 2018

Tefford Simpson: Sight for sore eyes - Researching the nerves of the cornea

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. Twenty years ago, University of Waterloo Optometry and Vision Science Professor Trefford Sim...

0:18:05Mar 15, 2018

Michael Houghton: His 30-year quest to cure Hepatitis C

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. Michael Houghton’s discovery of the Hepatitis C virus in 1989 — along with colleagues Qui-Li...

0:24:25Nov 24, 2017

Catherine Girard: Dealing with mercury in food

Disponible aussi en français: https://blubrry.com/fci_cfi/27727460/catherine-girard-attnuer-limpact-du-mercure-dans-la-nourriture/ At the Un...

0:18:27Oct 2, 2017

Episode 6: The way forward

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. In the 2017 Federal Budget, the word “innovation” appeared 262 times. Innovation's future as...

0:33:52Jun 9, 2017

Episode 5: A new research strategy for Canada

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. To help reverse the brain drain that plagued Canada's research community in the 1990s, the n...

0:17:51May 12, 2017

Episode 4: An idea becomes reality

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. The new Canada Foundation for Innovation begins to assemble a talented team that charts an e...

0:19:39Oct 11, 2016

Episode 3: The idea of CFI is born

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. The Liberal government suddenly finds itself facing a budget surplus for the first time in d...

0:12:53Oct 4, 2016

Episode 2: An unexpected opportunity

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. The Liberal government cuts spending across government so deeply, even Finance Minister Paul...

0:13:57Sep 27, 2016

Episode 1: Fiscal Armageddon

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. When the Wall Street Journal calls Canada the “Banana Republic of the North”, Jean Chrétien...

0:14:53Sep 13, 2016

Our origin story - PROMO - Canada is the "Banana Republic of the North"

Ce balado est uniquement disponible en anglais. In this excerpt, former Deputy Minister of Finance Scott Clarke describes former Prime Minis...

0:01:06Sep 9, 2016