Foundation Lectures
The Foundation Lecture features Natural Science and Engineering Council (NSERC) award-winning scientists in a lecture to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Institute's founding in 1849.
Past Foundation Speakers
Dr. Jeff Dahn
Powering the Modern World to a Clean Future with Lithium-Ion Batteries
Dr. Barbara Sherwood-Lollar
Earth’s Most Ancient Water (John C. Polanyi Prize 2016)
Dr. Chris Eliasmith
Building a Human Brain
(John C. Polanyi Prize 2015)
Dr. Ford Doolittle
Genetics
(Herzberg Gold Medal 2014)
Dr. Makoto Fujiwara
Creating and Containing Antimatter
(John C. Polanyi Prize 2014)
Dr. Greg Scholes
Quantum Photosynthesis
(John C. Polanyi Prize 2013)