University of Waterloo cuts ties with Huawei over federal security rules

The University of Waterloo is cutting ties with research partner Huawei, citing the government of Canada's mandatory risk-assessment framework for university researchers, introduced two years ago to safeguard intellectual property from authoritarian governments.Ng Han Guan/The Associated Press The University of Waterloo is cutting ties with Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., saying its research partnership with the telecommunications giant is incompatible with federal security rules. Charmaine Dean, vice-president of university research, said the government of Canada's mandatory risk-assessment framework for university researchers, introduced two years ago to safeguard intellectual property from authoritarian governments, "led to an inability to get partnership funds through…