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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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As an up-and-coming University, Ontario Tech is so proud to already have:
  • 2 Endowed and Honorific Research Chairs
  • 2 Ontario Tech University Research Excellence Chairs
  • 2 NSERC Industrial Chairs
  • 11 Canada Research Chairs
  • 1 nomination for Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada
Our Research Chairs specialize in fields like:
  • Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation
  • Internet of Things
  • Digital Life, Media and Culture
  • Electric Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification

We are home to more than 80 specialized research labs and facilities, including the Aquatic Toxicology Lab, the Automotive Centre of Excellence (ACE), and the Climatic Wind Tunnel.  Find us on the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) – Research Facilities Navigator.

In 2021, Maclean’s ranked Ontario Tech as #3 in Total Research Dollars for a primarily undergraduate institution.

Maclean’s has also ranked us #4 in Medical/Science Grants.

In 2019 to 2020, Research Grants & Contracts totaled $15,638,614.

Re$earch Infosource awarded us a #1 ranking in Cross-Sector Research – Undergraduate for 2019. We are also ranked as:
  • #5 in Faculty Research Intensity FY2019 ($ per faculty)
  • #4 in Corporate Research Income FY2019
  • #2 in Corporate Research Income as a Percent of Total Research Income FY2019
Our Brilliant Catalyst incubator of student entrepreneurship has:
  • Raised $248K in funding
  • Incubated 91 companies
  • Mentored 318 students
During the five-year period between 2014 and 2018, Ontario Tech received 155 partnership grants with Canadian companies through one or more of three federal agencies: 
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Are you an Ontario Tech researcher accomplishing ground-breaking things?  Share your news with us at research@ontariotechu.ca.