Success Stories

Silicon Valley company, Verkada, taps into Ontario Tech’s impressive student talent
Verkada traveled north to Ontario Tech to recruit students from the high-demand areas of Networking and Information Technology, Engineering, and Computer Science. For them, no distance is too far to travel when looking to find the best university talent to help drive future success.

Ontario Power Generation and Ontario Tech partner to produce face shields in the midst of a pandemic
Ontario Tech University and Ontario Power Generation partnered on the design and production of Health Canada-approved face shields for front-line health care workers during the global pandemic.

APMA and Ontario Tech advance Canada’s plan for zero-emissions, alternative fuel vehicle by 2022
Ontario Tech University was carefully selected by APMA to be the lead academic institution for Phase 2 of Project Arrow.

Facebook Canada collaborates with Ontario Tech University’s Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism
Working to be part of the solution, Ontario Tech University’s Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism (CHBE) and Facebook Canada have created the Global Network Against Hate.

Microsoft’s Canada Skills Program
At this crucial point as the economy emerges from the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario Tech University is equipping students with high-demand fundamental digital skills and cloud certifications as it was the first university in the province to partner with Microsoft Canada on this new program.

AI - where big data gets real through a partnership with Glass House Systems and the University of Miami
An AI partnership combining powerful high-performance computing with state-of-the-art measurement facilities and tools.

ACE: A cutting edge classroom for students, researchers and industry
Ontario Tech is home to one of the world’s most extreme and advanced classrooms, the ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel. Industry partners like eCAMION and General Motors of Canada are utilizing ACE’s ability to bring students, research and industry together to test and drive innovation.

Durham Community Legal Clinic engages Ontario Tech student team to develop a solution that improves access to justice
A multidisciplinary team of Ontario Tech students explore how DCLC can digitize its intake process.

Championing Women in STEM careers
Ontario Tech runs an amazing and integral program called Women for STEM that is supported by industry leaders from IBM Canada, Ontario Power Generation, Bank of Montreal, Microsoft, and TD Bank Group with the ultimate goal of increasing gender parity in STEM careers.

COVID-19 Relief Tech Drive in partnership with the Bowmanville Older Adult Association
To address the increased isolation and lack of access to technology caused by the COVID-19 pandemic for the older adult population, Ontario Tech University is working with the local community to collect second-hand laptops and tablets.

Adam Dubrowski, Canada Research Chair in Health-Care Simulation, and maxSIMhealth collaborate to enhance simulation training
This unique partnership is translating research into commercialization opportunities, jobs, and investments.

Students tackle city-wide issues with municipal leaders
TeachingCity partners – City of Oshawa, Durham College, Ontario Tech University and Trent University Durham Greater Toronto Area – are celebrating another successful academic year for City Idea Lab.

Ontario Tech University and Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences partner to create a Clinical Demonstration Unit
Ontario Tech University and Ontario Shores have partnered to explore innovative dementia treatment options.

Lakeridge Health and Ontario Tech partner to create microcredentials with eCampusOntario
As part of eCampusOntario’s first round of micro-certification pilots, Ontario Tech together with Durham Region’s Lakeridge Health proposed a credential centered on safe patient transfer.

Reverse Career Fair
Ontario Tech connects employers with student talent as a result of participating in the annual Reverse Career Fair.

Celebrating student success
A global pandemic and all of its challenges didn't slow down Ontario Tech students from achieving and demonstrating incredible impact academically and in the community this year.

Phone It Forward
Ontario Tech University is partnering with CNIB to provide smartphones to Canadians with sight loss.

Dream Legacy Foundation and Ontario Tech’s Brilliant Catalyst partner to support entrepreneurs in the skilled trades
Brilliant Catalyst, Ontario Tech University’s incubator and experiential learning hub, with support from the Federal Government, has partnered with the Dream Legacy Foundation to launch the B.E.S.T. Foundation Program.

Ontario Tech University and Fleming College partner with Horizon Aircraft for aviation research project
Ontario Tech University and Fleming College partner with Horizon Aircraft for aviation research project

Ontario Tech researcher part of first-ever private research mission to international space station
Ontario Tech researcher part of first-ever private research mission to international space station

Meta selects Ontario Tech researcher to advance innovations needed to build the ‘Metaverse’
Meta selects Ontario Tech researcher to advance innovations needed to build the ‘Metaverse’

Partnership with FEL Motorsports creates learning opportunities for students
Partnership with FEL Motorsports creates learning opportunities for students