Shakya Sur is a research associate with CGEN’s Reconciliation Through Engineering Initiative. As part of the Initiative, he is working on facilitating collaborative partnerships between the University’s research faculty and Indigenous communities in Canada to address some of the most pressing infrastructure challenges around food security, housing, energy and transportation. Shakya received his MASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto in 2017, working with Professor Amy Bilton on developing an aeration system for small-scale pond aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region.