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Join Research Canada started in October 2025 and now reaches 370+ students across 5 provinces and 2 U.S. states. Here is the coverage, the facts, and who to email.
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- Founded
- October 2025
- Students reached
- 370+, across 5 provinces and 2 U.S. states
- Flagship program
- Research 101, a free 4-week online workshop led by university mentors
- Cost to students
- Free. No registration fee, no fee during the program.
- Mentor network
- University students, graduate students, researchers, and professors at MIT, Princeton, UC Berkeley, Penn, U of T, Western, Queen's, York, and TMU
- Upcoming
- The Symposium, Late February or early March 2027, in person in Downtown Toronto
- Laureates
- Randy Schekman (Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013), Jacob Tsimerman (Fields Medalist, Fields Medal 2026) and Arthur B. McDonald (Nobel Laureate, Nobel Prize in Physics 2015)
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