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2023
- VECTOR INSTITUTE PARTNERS WITH WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ON RESPONSIBLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH INSIGHTS
- KIDS HELP PHONE AND THE VECTOR INSTITUTE ANNOUNCE IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP FOR ENHANCED HUMAN-CENTRIC INNOVATIONS FOR YOUTH E-MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FROM COAST TO COAST TO COAST
- ONTARIO GOVERNMENT GRANTS $27 MILLION TO THE VECTOR INSTITUTE FOR DRIVING INNOVATION, FOSTERING AI TALENT, AND PROPELLING ECONOMIC GROWTH
- PUBLIC STATEMENT FROM THE VECTOR INSTITUTE
- TOP ONTARIO STUDENTS PURSUING GRADUATE STUDIES IN AI RECEIVE NEARLY $2 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS FROM VECTOR
- VECTOR AND COMMUNITECH PARTNER TO HELP CANADIAN SMES LEVERAGE THE POWER OF AI
- VECTOR INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES TONY GAFFNEY AS NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO
2022
- VECTOR INSTITUTE NAMES BEN DAVIES AS ITS NEW CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
- THE VECTOR INSTITUTE INTRODUCES THE VECTOR AI20 FOR 2023
- AI ECOSYSTEM IN ONTARIO ON A STRONG GROWTH TRAJECTORY
- VECTOR INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES CEO TRANSITION PLAN; BOARD INITIATES COMPREHENSIVE SEARCH FOR SUCCESSOR
- CIFAR ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR SECOND PHASE OF THE PAN-CANADIAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY
- ONTARIO STRENGTHENS ITS AI ECOSYSTEM LEADERSHIP POSITION BY EXTENDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH FOUNDING INDUSTRY SPONSORS
- MOU BETWEEN CIFAR, THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA AND CANADA’S THREE NATIONAL AI INSTITUTES OPENS DOORS TO COLLABORATION ACROSS SECTORS
- THE VECTOR INSTITUTE ENTERS FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH CANADIAN TIRE CORPORATION TO ENHANCE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
- 2022 ONTARIO BUDGET INCLUDES $107M FOR CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVES
- VECTOR INSTITUTE INTRODUCES A SMART HEALTH INITIATIVE TO DRIVE INNOVATION IN HEALTHCARE
- NORCAT COLLABORATES WITH VECTOR INSTITUTE TO UNLOCK THE POWER OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE GLOBAL MINING INDUSTRY
- USING AI FOR GOOD: TELUS AND VECTOR INSTITUTE PARTNER TO REDUCE CLIMATE IMPACTS FROM DATA CENTRES WITH NEW ENERGY OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM
- ACCELERATING INNOVATION IN HEALTH: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM AND THE VECTOR INSTITUTE TO COLLABORATE ON AI
- ROYAL BANK OF CANADA REAFFIRMS VECTOR INSTITUTE SPONSORSHIP THROUGH 2027
- BELL ENTERS INTO A STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT WITH THE VECTOR INSTITUTE TO ADVANCE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS
- TD BUILDS ON COMMITMENT TO ADVANCE AI WITH EARLY RENEWAL OF VECTOR INSTITUTE PARTNERSHIP
2021
- NEW PROGRAM AIMS TO ACCELERATE AI-FUELED GROWTH FOR SMALL-AND-MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES
- ACCELERATING INNOVATION AND GROWTH: OMERS AND THE VECTOR INSTITUTE TO COLLABORATE ON AI
- VECTOR SPONSORSHIP FROM NVIDIA RENEWED THROUGH 2027
- VECTOR CO-FOUNDER RAQUEL URTASUN RAISES $100 MILLION FOR SELF-DRIVING STARTUP WAABI
- GEOFFREY HINTON RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE FROM UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RENEWS PAN-CANADIAN AI STRATEGY
- VECTOR COLLABORATES WITH PHASE AI ON NEW CAREER SKILLS PROGRAM
- VECTOR INSTITUTE RELEASES FIRST ANNUAL ONTARIO AI SNAPSHOT
2020
- VECTOR WELCOMES 2020 COHORT OF FACULTY AFFILIATES
- VECTOR INSTITUTE ESTABLISHES NEW AI ENGINEERING TEAM TO RAMP UP APPLIED AI FOR SPONSORS AND PARTNERS
- UNVEILING THE VECTOR INSTITUTE’S NEW THREE-YEAR STRATEGY
- VECTOR PARTNERS WITH MICHENER INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION AT UHN TO EMBED AI INTO HEALTHCARE PRACTICE
- JANE PHILPOTT NAMED SPECIAL ADVISOR OF THE ONTARIO HEALTH DATA PLATFORM WHICH VECTOR IS SUPPORTING WITH COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND DATA SCIENCE EXPERTISE
- VECTOR SCHOLARSHIP IN AI ANNOUNCEMENT
- TORONTO STAR: TORONTO-BASED HEART HEALTH APP MEDLY HELPS PATIENTS MONITOR SYMPTOM CHANGES AT HOME
2019
- MITACS TO COLLABORATE WITH VECTOR INSTITUTE TO ACCELERATE PLACEMENT OF AI INTERNS INTO CANADIAN INDUSTRY
- VECTOR INSTITUTE APPOINTS EIGHT NEW FACULTY MEMBERS, ANNOUNCES PLANS TO RECRUIT THREE NEW FACULTY IN DEEP LEARNING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
- VECTOR INSTITUTE NAMES 29 NEW FACULTY AFFILIATES
- LEAGUE ANNOUNCES NEW AGREEMENT WITH THE VECTOR INSTITUTE
- VECTOR INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES SECOND COHORT OF VECTOR SCHOLARSHIP IN AI RECIPIENTS
- VECTOR INSTITUTE’S CHIEF SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR, DR. GEOFFREY HINTON, RECEIVES ACM A.M. TURING AWARD ALONGSIDE DR. YOSHUA BENGIO AND DR. YANN LECUN
2018
2017
- GEOFFREY HINTON NAMED AMONG BLOOMBERG’S LIST OF 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE OF 2017
- GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO COMMITS $30 MILLION TO VECTOR TO ACCELERATE GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL APPLIED MASTERS’ GRADUATES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
- VECTOR INSTITUTE APPOINTS DR. GARTH GIBSON AS PRESIDENT AND CEO
- TORONTO STAR: NEW INSTITUTE AIMS TO MAKE TORONTO AN ‘INTELLECTUAL CENTRE’ OF AI CAPABILITY
- GLOBE AND MAIL: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS THE FUTURE, AND CANADA CAN SEIZE IT
- REUTERS: CANADIAN GOVERNMENT, BUSINESSES BACK $150 MILLION ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTE
- BNN: CANADA BETS BIG ON AI WITH AI INSTITUTE
- BBC: VECTOR INSTITUTE IS JUST THE LATEST IN CANADA’S AI EXPANSION