He is based at Women's College Hospital at the University of Toronto, where he is the Canada Research Chair in Breast Cancer. The Canada Council Killam Prize has been dubbed "Canada's Nobel." Elizabeth Edwards, engineeringMicrobes that can fight toxic waste (Killam)"You want to make a difference somehow — that's what drives me," says Prof. Edwards at her lab at the University of Toronto. Five top-of-their-game researchers receive $100,000 each and are celebrated for their innovative work that pushes boundaries, challenges assumptions and inspires new ways of thinking about the world. With 22,000 contaminated or suspected contaminated sites on federal land alone, Edwards' innovations can contribute to the cleanup.

Source: CBC News May 22, 2016 03:30 UTC