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CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Gold Medal
Nearly 50% of IVF embryos arrest before they become viable pregnancies, and the molecular mechanisms causing this failure remain poorly understood. The Digital Embryo is the first multi-omic…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Gold Medal
Anorexia Nervosa is a severe psychiatric disorder that primarily impacts teenage girls. This condition is especially challenging due to the lack of concrete biomarkers, such as structural ch…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Gold Medal
This project explores how a wearable tail could help seniors with Parkinson’s disease maintain balance, reducing their risk of falls. Using built-in sensors to detect when they are unstable,…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Silver Medal
Oral diseases affect nearly 3.7 billion people worldwide, making them one of the planet’s most widespread and neglected health burdens. Although largely preventable, these conditions often p…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Gold Medal
The plastic mulch film, a plastic sheet applied to agricultural soils, increases crop yield through its benefits such as moisture retention and weed suppression. However, due to their potent…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology Gold Medal
By 2052, one quarter of the population will be over the age of 65, with adults over 85 the fastest growing segment. Supporting older adults to age well is a national priority. This project e…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Gold Medal
2.3 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year, world wide. One of the main tools to decide the treatment is tumor grade, or aggressiveness of the cancer cells. Yet, the patho…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Platinum Award
When my father was hospitalized, overworked staff struggled to check his vitals regularly. That experience led me to remote heart-rate monitoring, then to a deeper problem: optical heart-rat…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Platinum Award
Over 98% of potential therapeutics for neurological diseases fail because they cannot cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Current screening methods for novel ligands often focus too heavily…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Silver Medal
The prevalence of microplastic pollution in aquatic environments is a significant global concern. However, quantifying microplastics using conventional laboratory-based methods is costly and…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology Silver Medal
Deafblindness is a combined disability of vision and hearing impairments that create significant challenges to communication and information access. Many deafblind individuals rely on interv…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Gold Medal
Heart disease currently affects roughly 6 million Canadians, with emerging research indicating that up to one-third of individuals with underlying cardiometabolic conditions will develop myo…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Gold Medal
Many people struggle to take medications correctly, leading to missed doses and potential hospitalizations. Existing pill dispensers require someone to read each label, hand-load pills into…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Silver Medal
Lead pollution is a major environmental and health problem, and current industrial treatments are damaging to the environment in both production and end-of-life disposal. In this project, Ce…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Gold Medal
1 out of 4 patients die within 3 months of a bloodstream infection from Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus) [1]. Currently, both first-line and even last-resort antibiotics are mainly ineffecti…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Gold Medal
Many patients are injured when IV fluids accidentally leak into their skin instead of staying in the vein. This causes painful swelling and bruising, and it happens to nearly 1 in 10 people.…