WATERLOO, Ontario, Canada, June, 2009 - Perimeter Institute and Canada’s Technology Triangle Inc. (CTT) have been co-awarded the 2009 Global City Award from the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI), a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in urban areas across Canada and internationally. 

The award recognizes Perimeter’s achievements in propelling world class research and outreach activities in Waterloo for nearly a decade, catalyzing a wide range of benefits for the region as a whole.  The Urban Leadership Awards (ULA) Program honours Canadian individuals, groups and organizations that have made significant contributions to improving the quality of life in Canada’s cities and urban regions.

“The acknowledgement of the CUI's Global City Award supports our belief that cutting edge research and innovative outreach programs have an important role to play in contemporary urban centres. PI's structure, activities and long-term goals are a model for excellence, now being noticed and copied by other centres around the world" said John Matlock, Perimeter’s Director of External Relations and Outreach.

The award was presented in Toronto on June 5, 2009, where 17 other groups and individuals across the country who are making Canadian cities “exciting and dynamic” places to live and work were also recognized.

About Perimeter Institute

Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is an independent, non-profit, scientific research and educational outreach organization where international scientists cluster to push the limits of our understanding of physical laws and develop new ideas about the very essence of space, time, matter and information. The centre provides a multi-disciplinary environment to foster scientific collaboration in research areas of cosmology, particle physics, quantum foundations, quantum gravity, quantum information, superstring theory, and related disciplines. Located in Waterloo, Ontario, PI also provides a wide array of award winning outreach resources and public lectures for students, teachers and the general public in order to share the joy of research, discovery and innovation.  In partnership with the Governments of Ontario and Canada, Perimeter Institute continues to be a successful example of private and public collaboration in science research and education.  A full history is available at www.perimeterinstitute.ca.