ONTARIO INNOVATES 

Premier McGuinty Celebrates Ontario’s Top Research and Innovation Talent

Premier and Minister of Research and Innovation Dalton McGuinty joined some of Ontario’s top researchers and innovators to celebrate this year’s recipients of the inaugural Catalyst, Discovery and Summit Awards held at the MaRS Discovery District. 

From distinguished researchers to prominent leaders in the technology industry, the honoured award winners represent a dynamic and exceptional group of individuals and companies whose extraordinary work has helped strengthen our province’s position as a world-class centre of innovation. 

View videos of the winners of the Premier's Catalyst Awards for excellence in innovation:

• Best Young Innovator, Parham Aarabi,Toronto
• Innovator of the Year, En-Hui Yang, Waterloo
• Lifetime Achievement in Innovation, Savvas Chamberlain, Waterloo
• Start-up Company with the Best Innovation, Tessonics Inc., Windsor
• Company with the Best Innovation, Research In Motion, Waterloo.

View videos of the winners of the Premier's Discovery Awards for individual research achievement:

• Life Sciences and Medicine, Spencer C.H. Barrett, University of Toronto;
• Natural Sciences and Engineering, Andreas Mandelis, University of Toronto;
• Social Sciences and Humanities, Regna Darnell, The University of Western Ontario;
• Innovation Leadership, Aaron Fenster, Robarts Research Institute.

The Premier’s Summit Awards program provides extraordinary research support to a small number of outstanding medical researchers, in partnership with their sponsoring institution. View videos of the winners of the Premier’s Summit Award in Medical Research:

• John E. Dick, University Health Network
• Tak Mak, University Health Network.
• Anthony J. Pawson, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
• Peter St George-Hyslop, University of Toronto and University Health Network.

Learn more about the impressive accomplishments of the award winners by
viewing the backgrounder documents.