Melanie Woodin, an internationally recognized neuroscientist who studies the mechanisms underlying learning and memory in the brain, has been named the University of Toronto’s 17th president.
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High-Powered Progress: New Battery Technology at UTSC’s Clean Energy Lab
The Clean Energy Lab, led by Professor Alex Voznyy (Department of Environmental and Physical Sciences), unites UTSC researchers in exploring next-generation materials for energy harvesting and storage.
Read our 2024 Annual Impact Report
2024 was an impactful year for Climate Positive Energy. We are pleased to share our successes and updates in our Annual Impact Report.
On Women, Water, and Leadership: Meet UTSC Professor Irena Creed
March 8, 2025 marked International Women’s Day under the theme “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.” Climate Positive Energy is pleased to recognize and support women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) year-round through our...
Highlights from True Blue Expo 2025
On Thursday, March 6, Climate Positive Energy was pleased to exhibit at University of Toronto's True Blue Expo as part of True Blue Impact Day, which brought together a vibrant ecosystem of startups, accelerators, community partners, and university leaders.Organized...
Performance Matters: When do households benefit from residential solar?
In 2023, Assistant Professor Fedor Dokshin received a Climate Positive Energy award for his research project “Performance matters: Augmenting analyses of residential solar PV deployment and distribution with system performance data.” His research explores solar...
Climate Positive Energy Research Day 2025 – Student Pitch Competition
Are you a U of T student researcher working on innovative technology, policy, social, or finance solutions for a cleaner, greener future? Does your research help to to address climate change, support a clean economy, and achieve net-zero by 2050 targets? Here’s your...
STEM is More Than Scientists: Celebrating Women in STEM, and the Storytellers Who Support Them
Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat.com via Unsplash Tuesday, February 11 marked The International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGS). Recognized by the United Nations, IDWGS is an annual observance adopted by the United Nations General Assembly to promote the...
Driving Change: How CPE Researcher Harshit Gujral is Examining Public Health Impacts of Green Vehicle Mandates
In 2023, Harshit Gujral was one of 13 University of Toronto graduate students to receive a scholarship of $15,000 from Climate Positive Energy to further his research. Titled “Examining the public health impact of ZEV mandates in the US,” Harshit’s research project,...
U of T awarded $2.5M from NRCAN to support Direct Air Capture research
Photo credit: Neil Ta On February 12, Parliamentary Secretary Marc G. Serré, on behalf of the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, announced new funding provided through the Energy Innovation Program (EIP)’s Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Research,...