Opinion: Lessons from Canada’s Nobel Prize win, and why capping graduate students will harm our economy

Contributed to the Globe and Mail by Meric Gertler (Published, Thursday, January 23, 2025).

Meric Gertler is the 16th president of the University of Toronto. His research focuses on urban innovation systems.

Last month I had the honour of travelling to Stockholm, where my University of Toronto colleague Geoffrey Hinton received the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was recognized for developing artificial neural networks, which now underpin the astonishingly powerful artificial intelligence tools shaping our daily lives….

Opinion: Lessons from Canada’s Nobel Prize win, and why capping graduate students will harm our economy – The Globe and Mail

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