I wasn't too surprised. If you look at the Vector Institute website (http://vectorinstitute.ai/#people), you'll see many additional well-known researchers involved, in addition to Geoff Hinton:
David Duvenaud, Sanja Fidler, Brendan Frey, Roger Grosse, Geoffrey Hinton, Jordan Jacobs, Tomi Poutanen, Daniel Roy, Raquel Urtasun, Richard Zemel.
there is a lot more momentum at UofT in this specific area of research, more than there is at Waterloo.
David Duvenaud, Sanja Fidler, Brendan Frey, Roger Grosse, Geoffrey Hinton, Jordan Jacobs, Tomi Poutanen, Daniel Roy, Raquel Urtasun, Richard Zemel.
there is a lot more momentum at UofT in this specific area of research, more than there is at Waterloo.