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Welcome to the AUCC's website dedicated to promoting and celebrating the value of Canadian university research.
University research helps explain the world around us, from the state of our environment to the functioning of our society. It improves our health, our communities, our government, our economy, and our place in the world.
What's new
AUCC's new publication promoting Canada as a premiere destination for researchers on the move. Download the PDF.
Success stories
“Canada’s at the forefront of research that directly helps kids in schools across Canada. The benefits of this research are enormous. It results in the constant improvement of human capital within Canadian society.” More...
The University of Regina’s International Test Centre for Carbon Dioxide Capture (ITC) is attracting the attention of the Minister of Western Economic Diversification, and international power companies. More...
Fast fact
Universities perform more than one third of all research in Canada - more than in any other of the G7 countries. More...
Publications
University research: Canada's strength in a changing world (pdf). Download brochure
Download AUCC’s report, Momentum: the 2005 report on university research and knowledge transfer. More...
Featured link
A compendium of the university communities’ best publications, events and websites promoting great Canadian research and researchers. Link...