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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,...
Highlights from our Academic Panel: Managing Grid Resilience in a Decarbonized World – Small Modular Reactors vs. Renewable Energy
On February 11, Climate Positive Energy (CPE) was pleased to support University of Toronto’s Student Energy chapter in welcoming more than 40 guests for the sold-out Academic Panel titled Managing Grid Resilience in a Decarbonized World – Small Modular Reactors vs....
Climate Positive Energy researchers visit Alectra Utilities Control Room to explore potential collaboration
Image: Alectra Utilities control room in Mississauga In December 2024, delegates from Climate Positive Energy and University of Toronto’s Mississauga and St. George campuses visited Alectra’s head office in Mississauga for exclusive access into the utility...
Meet the CPE Climate Leaders attending Leading Change Summit
Climate Positive Energy is partnering with Leading Change to develop multidisciplinary programs for CPE students. As part of this collaboration, CPE is pleased to offer a handful of exceptional sustainability students the opportunity to attend two of...
Student Opportunity: CPE is partnering with Leading Change Summit
Climate Positive Energy is partnering with Leading Change to develop multidisciplinary programs for CPE students. As part of this collaboration, CPE is pleased to offer a handful of exceptional sustainability students the opportunity to attend two of Canada’s Top...
U of T-led Research Team Receives $2M in Provincial Funding to Support Recycling Innovations
RECYCLEAN Canada Explores Recycling Methods for Clean Energy Technologies The University of Toronto has received $2,000,000 from the provincial government under the Ontario Research Fund (ORF) to support a Climate Positive Energy-led project, RECYCLEAN Canada,...
U of T and Siemens Canada partner to transform energy grid
Strategic industry-academic collaboration aims to accelerate adoption of green energy technologies Faisal Kazi, President and CEO of Siemens Canada (left) with Leah Cowen, Vice-President, Research and Innovation, and Strategic Initiatives at University of Toronto The...