Canada Invests $3 Million in Advanced Blockchain and Federated Learning Research

Montreal, Canada — October 16, 2025 — T-RIZE Group and École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) have received a significant funding boost of over CAD $3 million to support their Industrial Research Chair in Tokenization. The chair, established in 2024 under the guidance of Professor Kaiwen Zhang, has secured this grant from leading national organizations such as Mitacs and NSERC through the Mitacs Accelerate – NSERC Alliance Grants program. This award underscores the high impact of their pioneering research in blockchain sustainability, real-world asset tokenization, and decentralized federated learning.